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.
Canada’s unemployment rate is rising faster than in the U.S., and many blame Prime Minister Carney’s extended foreign trips and lack of decisive domestic action. Critics are demanding an end to his “unearned vacation” and urging swift progress on Canada’s energy‑superpower goals, renewed tariff negotiations, and the removal of red‑tape that stalls vital projects from Alberta to the Prairies.
Alberta’s historic frustration with Liberal federal rule is easing under Prime Minister Mark Carney. Premier Danielle Smith notes new common ground, and AEG President Catherine Brownlee highlights advances in regulatory reform, energy sector recognition, and joint carbon capture projects – signalling a pragmatic, collaborative era for Alberta-Canada relations.
