Alberta’s recent auto insurance reforms – including the Care First no fault model, the annual excess profit review, and strict rate cap limits – have been blamed for driving insurers out of the province. Premiums now sit near $1,835 per driver, the second highest in Canada, while market competition dwindles and consumer choice erodes.
The GST credit, renamed the Canada Groceries & Essentials Benefit, receives a 50% boost in its first year and a 25% lift for the following four. While framed as a relief for low income Canadians facing soaring food costs, opponents argue the program merely repackages an existing rebate – groceries are already tax free – into a new liberal leaning social handout.
