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NDP will not support Liberal GST holiday bill unless rebate expanded: Singh

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh states his party will not support a Liberal GST holiday bill unless eligibility for the rebate is expanded to include vulnerable groups.
Singh demands that the rebate include seniors, students, people on disability benefits, and those unable to work last year.
A spokeswoman for Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland claimed it would be "categorically false" to say seniors and people with disabilities are excluded from the rebate.

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The Globe & Mail

Liberals table GST relief bill with NDP support, but fate of $250 cheques unclear

NDP has vowed to help pass temporary tax holiday this week, but are pressing the Trudeau government to expand eligibility for the cheques to retirees, students and people with disabilities

3 months ago·Canada

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The Epoch Times

NDP Ready to Open ‘Gates’ to Pass Liberal GST Holiday Bill Separate From $250 Rebate

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party is ready to introduce motions as early as today that would help the Liberals pass legislation to create their promised GST holiday but only if they separate it from their parallel promise to send $250 cheques to working Canadians. Singh said his party would open the procedural “gates” including motions to extend the sitting hours of the House of Commons to debate and pass the legislation in time for it tak…

3 months ago·New York, United States

NDP ready to open 'gates' to pass Liberal GST holiday bill separate from $250 rebate

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party is ready to introduce motions as early as today that would help the Liberals pass legislation to create their promised GST holiday but only if they separate it from their parallel promise to send $250

3 months ago·Flin Flon, Canada

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Toronto Sun

Trudeau Liberals' $250 cheques a tax break, not a charitable handout: MPs

OTTAWA – While opposition parties are asking the Trudeau Liberals to extend their $250 "tax holiday" relief payments to non-working seniors, some members of the government caucus say they've already done plenty to help older Canadians.

3 months ago·Toronto, Canada

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CBC News

Liberals table a GST holiday bill, $250 rebate cheques punted for now

The Liberal government has introduced a bill that would bring in a promised GST holiday starting next month — but it doesn't include the government's proposal to send $250 rebate cheques to certain Canadians.

3 months ago·Canada

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