Will Canadians buy the Liberals’ self-interested survival plan?

The Liberal government is well past the point of hoping that sprinkling a few bucks here and there will fix what ails both them and Canadians.

Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks, centre, speaks at an announcement about the government’s sales tax holiday on essential items at Sherwood Deli in Ottawa on Nov. 22.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

November 27, 2024

OTTAWA—Can Canadians be bought off by a two-month GST-targeted “relief” agenda, and a $250 cheque for 18 million-or-so citizens in April? The prime minister is hoping that Canadians are malleable enough that this attempt to show he feels their pain will staring moving ...

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