This is how Canadians would spend the proposed grocery rebate

While Canada’s recently announced grocery rebate has yet to be implemented, Elise Chartrand from Embrun, Ont., already knows what she would do with the extra money. The 76-year-old said she plans to treat herself to some of the food items she’s been avoiding at the grocery store lately, due to rising costs. “I’ve been so hungry for watermelon and some fresh fruits,” Chartrand told CTVNews.ca in a telephone interview on March 30. If eligible for the rebate, she may receive as much as $225.
“I haven’t bought fresh fish in so long, it’ll be so nice to get a big piece of halibut …     That should take care of the money rebate real quick.” While Canada’s recently announced grocery rebate has yet to be implemented, ”Included in this year’s federal budget, which was tabled on March 28, the grocery rebate is a one-time payment aimed at helping Canadians deal with the rising cost of living. Once a bill implementing the measure passes in Parliament, the rebate will be offered through Canada’s GST/HST tax credit system and those with low or modest incomes will be eligible to receive it.  Although recent data show that Canada’s annual inflation rate dropped from 5.9 percent in January to 5.2 percent in February, grocery prices remain high across the country. According to data from Statistics Canada, food prices increased 10.6 percent year-over-year in February.
Chartrand is one of the dozens of Canadians who wrote to CTVNews.ca about the rising cost of food and how they would benefit from the proposed grocery rebate. Food inflation remains a growing concern among Canadian consumers, with food prices hitting their highest levels in decades, according to data from Statistics Canada.
Source:ctvnews.ca