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Today, the government introduced legislation to make life more affordable for Canadians.  
 
These i:nclude new proposed financial support measures for housing, dental care services for children under 12-years-old, and doubling the GST credit for six months:  
 
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2022/09/government-of-canada-introduces-legislation-to-make-life-more-affordable-for-canadians.html

So as a struggling middle class family who hasn't received a GST cheque for 25 years I don't see how this helps the majority of folks. I agree it will help a few in the short term, but nothing to help inflation or fix any real issues. Just another media event to make uninformed people believe our government is helping Canadians!

So, what, other than money, will help people who are struggling to pay the bills?  
 
Inflation is a world-wide issue that cannot be fixed over night, and people need financial help right now. Putting some cash in the hands of those who's paycheck doesn't get them to the end of the month is the only real answer to an immediate problem until the rest of us who can afford it, take on the burden of inflation.  
 
I personally won't benefit, and I shouldn't...but I have seen those who do need it...and to suggest it won't help them is a woefully undedicated and, quite frankly, a short sighted opinion rooted in partisan politics.

What about the single people who don't have kids who don't make a decent wage??

Financial handouts won’t help much at all. If anything they make things worse by driving demand, prices and therefore inflation higher.  
Consumer demand has to reduce so that inflation can reduce .

Handouts have never solved anything. This money will help for about five seconds and the problem will still be there. It will never be enough and there is always someone else saying “what about me”. Our society is used to the government handouts, we have lost the the ability to think for ourselves and come up with our own solutions. And, yes, there are always exceptions.

From my understanding it could be about $75

I like this way of thinking.

I don’t see how a family making over 90k a year could be struggling. That’s a lot of money! As a senior on CPP , OAC and GIS I’m doing just fine. I don’t own a home and am renting. The GST increase and the $500 will be a nice bonus before Christmas.

I wonder how those who cannot fend themselves would feel about this sentiment.

Did anyone actually receive this ?

I believe this has just been proposed and is awaiting final approval.  
 
Edited by DuWayne, 2022-10-07 12:38:29

received the MB government's $300 yesterday. Nothing else though-GST this week was the normal amount

Government handouts is just going to keep increasing the inflation that the turd in Ottawa has already put onto our country. What needs to actually happen rather than these feds giving out these handouts is to get rid of that idiot running our country.

Increasing inflation has been a long time coming and was inevitable. The influence of the pandemic, the Ukraine invasion and other production failures haven’t helped.  
It is a worldwide phenomenon that can’t be attributed to any one government.  
Central banks have manipulated the economy for over 30 years with excessively low interest base rates that created a false sense of economic stability and growth. This has created an inefficient workforce with poor productivity . Most western economies are reliant on providing services and importing cheap goods. During this time money has been too cheap , individuals , businesses and governments have borrowed beyond their means and property prices have risen too high and too fast.  
The cure is higher interest rates , higher prices of consumer goods and falling property prices and the employment market will have to cool. We will all need to enter a period of austerity and reduce consumer spending.  
Unfortunately most people haven’t realized or accepted the need for this correction and consumer spending is not reducing fast enough. The reality is there are tough times ahead for all of us and we will have to adjust our lifestyles accordingly.

Do you know who all qualified for that cheque?

Have any families with children received this yet?

Families making less than $175,000 WTH. Seniors that make more than total income of $40,000. Get F**K all again. Not sure how the government came up with these numbers but they should relook at this

Goes to anyone over 65 who had a net income of less than $40000, owns or rents their home and claimed the education tax rebate on their 2021 tax return.