0li0li comments on Liberals' grocery benefit payments start for eligible Canadians today

Liberals' grocery benefit payments start for eligible Canadians today (www.winnipegfreepress.com)

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[–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Bandaid solution, based on revenues from 2 years ago. And grocery stores still profit more than ever...

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[–] Uncle_Ben@fedinsfw.app 8 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Fr, what am I supposed to do with ~$270? That's like 2 weeks of groceries at best.

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[–] ag10n@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago (3 children)

2 weeks of groceries is better than nothing

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[–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

No. Putting that money towards a program/commission to regulate food prices, which affect everybody, would be better than 2 weeks of discounts for some people.

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[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

Better than nothing in the short term. But beyond those two weeks? I'm not convinced that this is better than nothing.

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[–] ag10n@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago

Agree this is far too short term to make a difference

I’m not the target audience so assuming it might help someone

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