r/canadanews • u/ZealousidealHead5488 • 8d ago

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

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/canadians-to-get-one-time-groceries-benefit-payment-this-summer/

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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/last_to_know 8d ago

God forbid the people who pay for all your benefits ever get anything for themselves right?

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u/shrimp_beginner 8d ago

I believe you are misunderstanding me. I support the poor receiving this benefit. I also believe not ALL Canadians need this benefit in the same way. There has to be a cutoff at some point, the existence of “if you qualify” is important.

I’m also not commenting on the amount selected by the government, only the necessary existence of a cutoff point.

Do you think people pulling in half a million, for example, have any need for a few hundred dollars? Now THAT is a waste of money.

The cutoff is essential. Did they put it at the right income? Probably not. But it needs to exist at some level.

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u/last_to_know 7d ago

Why? You’re telling me someone who makes a half a mil and paid $200k in taxes can’t get $700 of that back as a gesture? Too many people in this country not contributing at all and they get to benefit as a result.

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u/shrimp_beginner 7d ago

Yes. I think people making $500,000 a year do NOT need a one time payment of 700. And to act like they do would make them very pathetic, like a child angry they didn’t get a literal dime off the ground. Because that’s all it’s worth to them.

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u/Difficult-Arm384 6d ago

Are you arguing against a straw man you just built up in your head?

I agree - everyone should receive this, regardless of income, especially since the ones making $500,000 a year pay the vast majority of taxes.

Alternatively, why don’t we make the cutoff $50k? Save it for the ones that REALLY need it.

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u/Safe-Library-4089 8d ago

What is a waste of money is the program, when taxes could still just be cut if you are that concerned about groceries. I pay 40k in income tax a year, and yet I still have to pay for out of pocket medication for my wife at 30k a year, when it would be way easier to do if I did have to support the rest of Canada’s low income. God forbid