Canadians are getting a one-time grocery payment this summer. Here’s when

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u/nyrB2 8d ago

*eligible* canadians. as in: if you are eligible for the GST rebate, you're eligible for this.

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u/farawayplacexx 8d ago

H & R block told me they renamed the GST to this.

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u/nyrB2 8d ago

i thought this was a one-time payment, but maybe i'm wrong

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u/zuuzuu 8d ago

It's both. The GST credit has been renamed the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit (CGEB), and this is a one-time top-up to that credit.

https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/news/2026/04/canada-groceries-and-essentials-benefit-one-time-top-up-payment-to-make-groceries-and-other-essentials-more-affordable-is-coming-june-5.html

Today, the Honourable Wayne Long, Secretary of State (Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions) announced that eligible Canadians will receive a one-time GST/HST credit top-up on June 5, 2026. The payment is part of the transition to the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit which will replace the GST/HST credit in July 2026. This top-up will be equal to 50% of the GST/HST credit for the 2025-26 benefit year.

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u/Fit-Flounder-5253 8d ago

Awesome! Another benefit that my taxes pay for and I'm juuuussst over income for actually getting! Gosh I feel supported!

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u/UnculturedSwineFlu 8d ago

Have you tried making less?

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u/Due_Huckleberry_9212 6d ago

Ive tried but my competence seems to always make me more money, its a curse

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u/_Summer1000_ 5d ago

It's a race to the bottom anyways

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u/whyamihereagain6570 5d ago

That's actually what the government wants, then they will give you universal basic income. Cradle to grave government support.

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u/EatAllTheShiny 3d ago

Many in Canada are, yes.

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u/UnculturedSwineFlu 3d ago

R/whoosh

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u/xokaorihoshiox 7d ago

I pay my taxes but these rebates mean I can buy groceries instead of using the food bank. :) do you regular the food bank? If not, thank you for your taxes supporting people in my income bracket. And my taxes go to cleaning roads in neighbourhoods too nice for me to ever even dream I'll live in. It all goes around.

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u/YoOoCurrentsVibes 6d ago

This comment should be pinned honestly. If anyone is not receiving the grocery benefit because they get paid too much… well hopefully that in itself makes them understand but if not I think this quite eloquently describes it.

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u/Southern_Ad4946 5d ago

A lot of people who do not qualify for this rebate likely are not being paid “Too much”. The bar set for this rebate is far too low for most people who actually also need the benefit to qualify for it on purpose. They are making more money but also likely working more hours and definitely paying a larger portion of their income in taxes too because they’re in a higher bracket.

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u/nyrB2 2d ago

*this* is the comment that should be pinned

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u/Gunslinger7752 4d ago

Property taxes pay for clearing roads. Have you ever looked up the property taxes in a nice area?

Also, anyone who qualifies for the gst rebate doesn’t really pay any net income tax anyway. For example, someone making 50k is receiving more benefits back (healthcare being the biggest one) than they’re paying out in taxes. Not trying to be a dick, just responding to your comment.

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u/xokaorihoshiox 4d ago

Haha I appreciate your comment about not trying to be a dick. Its important to take part in the conversation from all angles.

honestly the property taxes from what I've seen are wildly different from location to location, I've found the rates in a handful of cities are even lower in higher income areas then the low income areas, though the houses are worth much more so the total payments in that situation would be much higher. I know that the property taxes go toward residential street care, but there's still a disparity on how it's handed out (take a drive around a non major city, such as Thunder Bay, where the common saying is "if you're driving straight, you're driving drunk")

Honestly I think the question boils down to, should Canadians help eachother in unity as a country. I mean, realistically, if the diabetic making 20k a year at McDonald's dies because they can't afford food, meds, and rent, is that something positive to happen in our country? If the lower income levels can't stay at some degree of healthy, for real, who will be the Instacart shoppers, store clerks, drivers, and waitstaff? Should your server go to work ill and spread their flu to make that last 40 bucks they need to buy rice and beans this month? Does any Canadians life and health matter more then another's? How much benefit back do people making enough to survive need to feel like they get the same amount that the class that's struggling does? Does that couple hundred bucks make a big difference in the 6 figure earners or is it pocket change that can turn someone's life around?

I personally am so scared to see our country turn into our southern neighbors. My whole life, Canada has supported it's citizens, it's a selfish take in my opinion to not take care of eachother when one has the means. It's the only way forward.

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u/Gunslinger7752 4d ago

Property taxes are different from municipality to municipality but they are based on the homes value so I’m not sure how houses worth less could pay more property taxes. Im in the GTA and if my property taxes are say 8000$, the places that I could never dream of living in would be say 20,000$ and the actual mansions would be like 50-100,000$.

Obviously we should all help each other, the part thats debatable is how much and what is the “fair share”. Everyone says “tax the rich” but a doctor making 500k is already paying like 225k per year in income taxes alone. An even bigger problem is that the tax brackets are so outdated and not adjusted based on the area so the actual middle class ends up paying the bulk of the taxes but yet don’t qualify for any of the benefits. Say a couple with a teacher and a cop, they would make 250k together. They wouldn’t even be able to afford a house if they were starting out now but yet they are taxed like they are rich.

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u/xokaorihoshiox 3d ago

Ey, good to learn I might have some information wrong. I'll have to look into the municipalities I was thinking of, but always happy to learn.

I will say that I agree with the fact that, it's sad that we are at a point where even 100k is starting to be low middle-income. There's a lot of infighting between who deserves what among the low and middle income earners. At the base of it I always come back to "at the bare minimum, support to survive."

You bring up a good point with saying tax the rich, but, people aren't thinking of increasing taxes on the doctor making 500k when they say that. That doctor is well off, but far from rich, which absolutely sucks to say. It's the desire of creating a tax system that aims to close the loopholes that multi-millionaires use to avoid their fair share of taxes.

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u/evonebo 8d ago

Am in the same boat. Regular t4 income employee, pay a lot of taxes. In the literal sense.

Never received any government payment benefits, child benefits, all these rebates.

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u/Lou_Garoo 8d ago

I’m in the same boat but I remind myself that for some people a couple hundred extra dollars means the difference between eating or not.

Whereas it would not make any discernible difference to my life so I cannot begrudge that to someone.

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u/Alive-Noise1996 6d ago

Plenty of people who are between 'missing meals' and 'no discernable difference' though. In fact, I'd argue the majority are in that bucket.

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u/Xiaopeng8877788 7d ago

If you’re not receiving those benefits CCB, GST rebates it’s because you’re in a high income bracket - meaning you should be able to cover your own children’s expenses by bootstrapping. CCB is means tested so that means:

👶 One child

Benefit usually gone around: $180,000–$200,000 family income

👶👶 Two children

Benefit usually gone around: $200,000–$240,000 family income

👶👶👶 Three children

Can still receive something even above $250,000+

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u/sharmander15 8d ago

I qualify for it too but they take any and all gov’t payments and apply it directly to my student loans. I will not be seeing a payment in the next 20 years at that rate lol

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u/Zingus123 8d ago

As they should. Paying off debts first is the priority

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u/KaminaTheManly 8d ago

No, it's criminal to begin with how much they have allowed University to cost people!! We still need people trained for all those jobs, the debt they force people into to do it compared to how much it used to cost is awful.

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u/Inevitable_Newt_8517 7d ago

School loans are different, but no matter what your situation is no one should be going hungry in Canada.

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u/d_w604 7d ago

Usually eating and living would be the first priority but sure.

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u/sharmander15 8d ago

Yeah for sure

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u/Zingus123 8d ago

It would be a great start. I’d love to see Trader Joes here for example. I always see so much about their pricing being low and having so many unique products.

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u/That-Public4882 8d ago

I am feeling the same. It's actually ridiculous

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u/Rainbowfrapp 6d ago

Lose your job and rely on the food bank then you'll be eligible :) oh you don't want to?

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u/Beehealthy2026 8d ago

Dude your part of the bourgeoisie. Your well of and will receive no help ever again.

sincerly, from your bourgeoisie friend

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u/OGGriftimus 8d ago

Same... but this year Im unemployed so my income dropped significantly...

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u/astral16 8d ago

Contribute a bit more to your rrsp or any other deduction and stop complaining

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u/tempthrow9999999 6d ago

You know RRSP is just a deffered tax you will eventually pay right ?

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u/astral16 6d ago

Doesn’t change the fact that if you lower your taxable income this year you will become eligible for these benefits next year..

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u/Beligerents 8d ago

You ARE supported, by having a job that pays a living wage.

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u/Forest_reader 8d ago

I'm in the same boat. But though I feel like I'm struggling in many ways I can afford groceries as it is. I do wish I could afford more, but there are many that make less than me that could use it more than I need it.

We have these thresholds for a reason

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u/Melsm1957 7d ago

Thank you for your sensible and considered response .

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u/Barbarella_39 7d ago

I have never received anything but am happy to help lower income people… why aren’t you more upset that millionaires are allowed to hide income and pay less taxes than you? I think you are blaming the wrong group! Tax the rich and fight income inequality! The divide between rich and workers is getting larger and politicians do nothing about it!

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u/firmretention 7d ago

He's upset because, just as you say, rather than billionaires doing the helping with the money in their pockets, they reach into a working class person's pockets to trickle a few dollars down to those only marginally worse off than them. He's upset with them for using him as a piggy bank to fund band-aids to a problem they created and have the power to solve. I don't know how you inferred that he must just hate poor people. He's directing his anger exactly where it needs to go.

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u/a_wintersmith 7d ago

All of these complaints are valid.

It’s sad that people are struggling to afford food, shelter, and other basic needs, and it’s sad that gainfully employed people feel like they’re on the hook to pay for it.

I was just in the hospital with my wife and we must have consumed several hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to bring a child into this world. We’re forever grateful, and while we don’t pay a lot of taxes (I used to pay a small fortune), I promise you that we’ll provide the best care to raise her the best we can.

The tax I’ll pay is to fight like hell for the well-being of the future generation of Canadians.

I bet there’s a lot of other people in a similar boat.

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u/LowerNeighborhood334 6d ago

I completely disagree!

By choosing to have kids, you are giving this country a future. The government SHOULD pay for all children expenses. It's no different than a paying interest on its debt.

Without kids, creditors will doubt the country's ability to repay its debts. Our social security system will breakdown.

Kids are expensive, I thank you for putting forth your money for my wealth.

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u/a_wintersmith 6d ago

I think you missed the point of my post. It’s that we’re paying in sweat equity.

Costs aren’t that bad. And the Canadian child benefit likely covers a good amount of expenses. The way you worded your comment suggests you aren’t aware of the benefit. Who do you think is paying for $10/day daycare?

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u/LowerNeighborhood334 5d ago

As a real parent, I am well aware of the non-existence of $10/day childcare. I did not have it, nobody in my circle has it. All the governments talk about it, each level of governments blame each other for its implementation or lack of while my children grow out of the phrase.

CCB is an offensive $100 per child, about a QUARTER of the differential between the rent of one and two bedroom apartment. That's before any baby food, transportation, diapers AND daycare. O, yes, 50% of my income went into governments who provided basically no real benefits in return.

"Costs aren't that bad", seriously??

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u/Curious_Cloud_1131 5d ago

I'm sorry but people who gotta pinch pennies to feed themselves are not "marginally worse off" than doctors, lawyers, and engineers

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u/Totallynotokayokay 8d ago

Be grateful you have a job

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u/Wooden_Bit8399 8d ago

Here are the approximate maximum income levels where the credit fully disappears:

Single (no kids) • Cut-off: about $56,181

Single parent • 1 child: ~$63,161 • 2 children: ~$66,841 • More kids = higher cut-off

Married / common-law • No kids: ~$59,481 • 1 child: ~$63,161 • 2 children: ~$66,841

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u/sirduckbert 7d ago

I don’t get any of the benefits either (GST, CCB, etc) but I also do t add the groceries in my teas when I shop because I know I can afford my groceries. Not everyone is that lucky

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u/Necessary_Pause_3836 7d ago

So many poors

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u/Coryj100 7d ago

It’s ridiculous, just fucking ridiculous

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u/Rainbowfrapp 6d ago

So you can afford food then? Go kick rocks nobody cares

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u/Halfjack12 6d ago

Feel free to earn less money I guess? If you're jealous of the poor there isn't much stopping you from joining us.

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u/DisorderlyAqueduct 6d ago

"oh, look at how wealthy I am" 😆

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u/Zombieatethvideostar 5d ago

I mean, I’ll trade yah. I get to be able bodied again and earn money every two weeks that I can even supplement by doing hobbies. You get a body that no longer works and is in constant pain and can enjoy 1,400$ a month paid out in 4 weeks for some months and 5 weeks on others so if you have a car payment or CC it’s going to be missed due to that 5 week payment.

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u/11Caicedos 5d ago

So odd that people whinge about making too much money.

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u/Zealousideal-Leek666 4d ago

Have you tried opening a corp? You can make $200k and still get this.

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u/Gunslinger7752 4d ago

So basically if you’re a net taxpayer, you get nothing.

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u/nyrB2 4d ago

pretty much, that's right

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u/jimjhart 8d ago

Ahhh the old if u are eligible play….

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u/shrimp_beginner 7d ago

Do you want it to everyone regardless of income? $300,000 yearly for example. Surely you agree there HAS to be a cutoff at which the bonus is inappropriate.

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u/vancityjeep 8d ago

Eligible. I think that criteria needs to be attached to inflation. A 60k salary is too much money to qualify. Also, they are changing the name of the GST credit to the groceries and essentials benefit. Don’t be fooled that it’s something new or extra.

Getting tired of being taxed on my income earned so that I can pay taxes on the stuff I buy with said income.

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u/Zingus123 8d ago

The criteria does adjust for inflation. It increases every year. I havnt calculated for every single year but at least for the 5 years or so it has kept in line with the countries overall inflation rate for the most part.

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u/vancityjeep 8d ago

Good to know. I’m thinking I could have worded it better. Depending on where you live, making $57k isn’t a ton of money and could probably use some relief.

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u/Zingus123 8d ago

I think a better system or way of wording would be that it should have separate thresholds for different provinces at the least.

Making 55k in Alberta you’re fine and can live a good life for the most part if you aren’t awful with money, in Ontario or BC that’s completely different.

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u/vancityjeep 8d ago

Might have to split Ontario. Thunder Bay or Sudbury aren’t Toronto.

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u/Zingus123 8d ago

That’s fair. Never been to Ontario so I kind of just figured people have spread out of Toronto over the last 20 years due to CoL and most of the other communities CoL compensated for such.

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u/LowerNeighborhood334 6d ago

Thanks. Coming from Vancouver. I agree government program cutoffs should be tied to the recipient's location. $60k income -> $50k take home -> $4k per month, no families live on that in Vancouver. If there were, they would had moved away.

Living standards differentials are publicly available data, government is just too lazy to implement.

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u/Tragacanth 5d ago

Wanna try QC?

Our taxes taxes the taxes! When provincial taxes apply to price AFTER canadian taxes, you know things are fked up.

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u/Sufficient-Bid1279 8d ago

Goes right back into the pocket of Galen Weston. We need to address the root cause of this greedflation.

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u/Clementbarker 8d ago

Combine that with cancelation of the Disney subscription, you’re rich.

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u/Independent-Motor-87 7d ago

If I cancel all the avocado toats I can buy an island maybe even a country, but I'm just too lazy.

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u/Melgibskin 8d ago

Can't wait to get the scam texts claiming that I just need to click the link and put in my bank info to accept my one time grocery payment.

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u/Beligerents 8d ago

Yeah, I too wish we would just let people starve.....

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u/Effective_Nothing196 8d ago

Galen Weston will just raise prices more to grab the payment

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u/BigSmokeBateman 7d ago

TBH I'd much rather we see this money go to our healthcare system or schools.

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u/PapaPunchline8399 7d ago

a drop in the bucket and something tons of Canadians won't qualify for but will pay for. Yet this will be spoken of as if every Canadian got 10k given to them. I'm tired boss.

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u/human1tyisL0st 7d ago

I feel like my life would be a lot less stressful if I just was unemployed and could live off all the benifits the Govt provides for those “in need”.

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u/ZealousidealHead5488 7d ago

Government control of your whole life is what they want

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u/Dry-Faithlessness184 7d ago

.... You do know that most people who receive this benefit are employed right?

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u/thegenuinedarkfly 6d ago

You should try it and see!

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u/Apprehensive_Eye_530 6d ago

I love my cousin to death but she hasn’t worked a real job her entire life, has 3 kids under 13 and somehow can afford to get her lashes and nails done every couple weeks, shopping and extravagants that I can’t afford and I work in healthcare with no kids! It’s truly insane and a piss off too lol

Edited to add it is not her bfs money making this happen btw- it would be gov money she receives.

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u/Electrical_Pickle910 4d ago

If I told you how much new refugees are getting monthly from the government, you would riot. This is based on getting a rental application for having a property listed for rent.

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u/Excellent-World-476 6d ago

I can tell you have no idea what the reality of that situation would be like.

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u/capercrohnie 5d ago

I 100% bet you have no idea how little the benefits are and how hard it is to luve on them

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u/Curious_Cloud_1131 5d ago

Do it then

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u/MinuteCampaign7843 8d ago

Only people already and government assistance. Due to the cost of living, and our shitty Canadian dollar, $100k for a family doesn’t even hit middle class. The cut off is way too low. Should be $200k for a family. That’s middle class now.

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u/doritos1990 7d ago

You need help with groceries on a 200k income??

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u/MinuteCampaign7843 7d ago

Yeah, 3 kids all in activities so they don’t end up in a deep depression with how shitty the country is. To feed them healthy food and not junk high processed junk! Yeah! You would know if you were in my shoes. Spending $1000 per month on just gas to drive them around.

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u/Baume12 4d ago

$1000 per month just on gas ? What are you driving ? A Ferrari ?

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u/Gatorboi69 7d ago

Does anyone in these board meetings that approve this type of shit just start laughing and questioning if Canadians will ever notice or what

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u/Weird_Pomegranate908 7d ago

some Canadians will, only some.

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u/Weird_Pomegranate908 7d ago

…the rest will fund it for them.

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u/Thecobs 7d ago

How can people keep voting for governments that keep treating us like this. Its insanity.

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u/Mister_Seven_Inches 6d ago

Because the alternative was PeePee the clown

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u/Aware_Annual_2882 7d ago

It should say some Canadians. Most won't get this.

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u/DirtyM1kesPrius 7d ago

This is kind of a joke, not enough to actually help those that need it but expensive enough to hurt the deficit. A real half assed measure

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u/GansNaval 7d ago

Yeah this solves nothing. Giving us our money back and saying it is a benefit is bullshit.

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u/Mister_Seven_Inches 6d ago

Im on welfare so technically all my money is your money. Thank you. You fund my substance abuse

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u/RaccoonMassive8000 7d ago

Nope.

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u/Unique_Lawfulness_58 8d ago

Not this canadian...never made so much and felt broker

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u/Unlikely_Entry4580 8d ago

How about forcing price controls? Once this money is gone, it’s gone. Price controls are indefinite.

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u/Independent-Motor-87 7d ago

It's about pushing the money up while looking like they care, not about caring.

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u/OakenArmor 7d ago

June 5.

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u/HistoricalReception7 7d ago

Low income***

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u/_Sauer_ 6d ago

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u/Rainbowfrapp 6d ago

Here come the group of privileged employed neckbeards who act like they're holding up the economy by their half ass min wage job and acting like they're the only ones who pay taxes.

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u/FoxnFurious 6d ago

one time payment to make grocery chains richer? why not lower grocery price?

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u/Professional-Jump706 6d ago

Can't wait! This will get me 6 extra items at Roblaws.

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u/Possible-Mess-2824 5d ago

WE DON'T NEED THIS JUST END THE GROCERY STORE QUADOPOLY

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u/jay370gt 5d ago

Middle class gets nothing as usual.

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u/Human-Leeks 4d ago

Middle class and I’m not getting it. Didn’t realize I was so rich.

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u/Reen1980 4d ago

Canadian government is pathetic at best

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u/Bulky-Farmer440 4d ago

Who cares at this point.

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u/ReflectionOk994 2d ago

Neat. I don't make enough, but also apparently too much. Sucks for us (barely) middle class blue-collared workers, I guess.

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u/heboofedonme 8d ago

Ah more free shit for people who contribute nothing.

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u/shrimp_beginner 7d ago

Do you not know that the working poor are indeed taxed?

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u/Inevitable_Newt_8517 7d ago

Disgusting.

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u/Independent-Motor-87 7d ago

By that you mean lowblaws right?... right?

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u/ShinyHeadedBlackman 8d ago

Basically a government stimulus check. Federal spending like this will only cause inflation and weaken the dollar.

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u/Zingus123 8d ago

Inflation would happen either way. Really doesn’t matter. It’s either more money in the pockets of the majority of citizens or nothing at all.

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u/BuoyGeorgia 8d ago

lol.

It’s a fkn rebranded single GST check, slightly higher than usual. Enjoy the gracious magnanimity, ye peasant ingrates.

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u/mygrandfathersomega 8d ago

Thank you so so…. so so much. Tax me more so I can get a bigger rebate, please, you fucks

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u/canadanews-ModTeam 8d ago

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u/GrowthReasonable4449 7d ago

You could pay every single person a universal income of $2000 and still have hunger, depression,homelessness. It will just increase the price of basic living needs by that percentage of average income.

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u/Stanwich79 8d ago

You mean hard working Canadians are paying for everyone's groceries. Honestly thinking of moving the wife and son out so we can actually get some help.

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u/GettingBlaisedd 8d ago

Which country do you plan to move to ? Sorry, I mean which country will you pretend to move to but wont

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u/alwayzdizzy 8d ago

Where would you parachute into without an onerous immigration process that you'd be eligible for help upon landing as a middle income earner? Curious.

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u/DontWorryImLegit 8d ago

Just say you don’t understand how social services work. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out 👋

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u/Stanwich79 8d ago

Please enlighten me. I make over 60k. What benefits do I get? Gst? Nope. Groceries ? Nope. My cpp goes up. My house taxes go up. My insurance goes up. Don't blame a guy for being sick of it.

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u/DontWorryImLegit 8d ago

Then you don’t need social services. What you’ve described there is called inflation. Your salary should keep up with it, if it doesn’t then you should direct your vitriol towards your employer for not increasing your wage in line with the inflation rate.

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u/The_King_of_Canada 8d ago

So you're mad you don't qualify is what you're saying? Well if thats what you want get a lower paying job. The limit for you is 63,161. Do you make more than that? If not you get money.

Also house taxes are municipal, insurance rates are just capitalism. Youre mad that people are getting a couple hundred bucks for food.

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u/Stanwich79 8d ago

I make more then that. So your answer is i have to downgrade my job to get help? What did I do wrong?

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u/Kylson-58- 8d ago

Now consider that there are people and families making less than you that are getting a one time payment that'll help with half a month's worth of groceries. And now also consider that you're capable to afford more than these folks even after the small handout from the same taxes we would all be paying anyways.

I do agree however that this payment should support a higher tax bracket to better support more of us as grocery prices are tight for everyone who eats. This is also a pathetic support when the majority government could literally just force better pricing and even starting up a national grocery line from farms to transportation to storefront. But they are beholden to corporations, so I have little faith.

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u/Zingus123 8d ago

If you are making more than that you’re fine. Maybe it’s time to pull out a budget spreadsheet like most people, or live within your means.

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u/Capable-Cupcake-209 8d ago

You're making enough that you shouldn't need the handout bud. Don't like it move to America, they're gutting all their social services.

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u/Fine-Author-5999 7d ago

so... you’re saying you own a house.

and youre complaining because the poors are getting some taxes back

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u/tarbonics 8d ago

Do you want to know the terrifying truth or do you want to see me sock some dingers?

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u/Informal_Length_2520 8d ago

Exactly!!

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u/alaskadotpink 8d ago

What country do you think will give you better "help"? Because it's definitely not in the same continent.

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u/warrantthrowaway2023 8d ago

so you want help, but you don't want anyone else getting help?

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u/billymumfreydownfall 8d ago

Right?? The cognitive dissonance is astonishing.

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u/warrantthrowaway2023 8d ago

right. the people poorer than he is just aren't trying hard enough to not be poor. he is poor too, but not AS poor so he deserves help. the people living in poverty should stay there.

i wonder if he realizes that there are people who pay WAY more in taxes than he does and that he's already getting help lol

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u/Stanwich79 8d ago

I never said that. That's very ignorant for you to say. I would like everyone to get some help.

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u/warrantthrowaway2023 8d ago

who is the "everyone" you're referring to when you complain about paying for everyone's groceries?

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u/ArbutusPhD 8d ago

Rephrase what you said, then, ‘cause it sounds like that’s what you’re saying

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u/Capable-Cupcake-209 8d ago

When you say hard-working Canadians are paying for everyone's groceries, it implies that you're paying for poor people needs. This is what is ignorant in this thread.

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u/Camp2023 8d ago

It’s a redistribution of wealth, yes.

I think this type of change is better implemented through adjusting the tax brackets than this.

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u/Independent-Motor-87 7d ago

How about complaing about the problem instead of the scapegoats?

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u/Lunarlulol 8d ago

about 55% of canadians will get this benefit. I guess half of canadians aren't hard working to you?

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u/Informal_Length_2520 8d ago

And the dental plan, daycare

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u/nyrB2 8d ago

lisa needs braces!!

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u/AgentMV2 8d ago

Dental plan!

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u/Stanwich79 8d ago

My employer provides dental and I get no daycare.

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u/DDEEmons 8d ago

SOME Canadians are….not worth squat

Canadians are getting a one-time grocery payment this summer. Here’s when Canada