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Carney announces suite of food affordability measures, including boost to GST rebate (www.cbc.ca)
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Luckily there's a lot more than the grocery rebate.

That said I hope these investments don't go to the existing monopolies:

To help bring down the cost of groceries, which have been rising faster than inflation, Carney said he will direct $500 million from the government's Strategic Response Fund to help food suppliers "expand capacity and increase productivity."

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[–] kbal@fedia.io 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

$500 million in capital investment funding for food businesses, $20 million for food banks

What if we make that 500 for food banks (or something new) and 20 for capitalists?

[–] SamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I just want to point out when someone says both sides is the same they're likely a massive moron.

But when someone says both parties(Liberals & Conservatives) are the same, this stuff gives them a lot of credence. And yes Liberals is clearly more socially progressive or at least not regressive but it really doesn't hold up when they do stuff like this.

[–] SamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Just to elaborate on 2 things. Even by language this is 100% clearly not tied to affordability but some trickle down nature of it.

Carney said he will direct $500 million from the government's Strategic Response Fund to help food suppliers "expand capacity and increase productivity."

It means food businesses looking to make capital investments to help strengthen their supply chains can apply to have some of those costs covered by the fund.

And to provide context for the 20m. It's about $3921 per food bank.

Food Banks Canada is a national charitable organization representing the food bank community across Canada, supporting a network of 10 Provincial Associations and over 5,100 hunger relief organizations in Canada.

https://search.open.canada.ca/qpnotes/record/esdc-edsc,FCSD_Dec2024_015

[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 6 points 1 day ago

Right???? Fucking hell.