Prime Minister Mark Carney’s second federal budget allocates tens of billions of dollars in new spending to tackle what the government describes as the twin challenges of our time: improving affordability in an era of high prices and securing Canada’s sovereignty as it faces external threats.

The budget’s new big-ticket items include generous tax measures designed to prompt an “investment supercycle,” increased GST rebates to help with the cost of living, an $11.2-billion cash injection to tackle homelessness and one of the largest investments in Canadian arts, culture and identity in recent history to bolster national pride.

  • ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.caEnglish
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    6 days ago

    The high price part is easy. Do a windfall tax on grocery chains and oil companies. Create state-owned grocery stores with affordable prices. Tax the rich. Make Canada build public housing for the people like he fucking promised.

    • assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works
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      6 days ago

      Hey great news, Carney’s working on that too!

      And with many of Canada’s big cities grappling with a post-COVID surge in people sleeping rough, one of the single largest line items in this budget is a major funding envelope for programs designed to end homelessness over the next decade.

      Much of that money will be used to build new transitional and supportive housing, which pairs modest living quarters with health and mental care, to get people off the streets. There’s also $2 billion to build new infrastructure to help those grappling with substance abuse.