▲ 46 ▼ Liberals' grocery benefit payments start for eligible Canadians today (www.winnipegfreepress.com) submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by grte@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca 10 comments fedilink hide all child comments Mirror
[–] ag10n@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (2 children) 2 weeks of groceries is better than nothing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 4 points 2 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ag10n@lemmy.world 1 point 2 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 4 points 2 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ag10n@lemmy.world 1 point 2 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ag10n@lemmy.world 1 point 2 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 permalink fedilink source parent