Will opposition parties support Trudeau’s tax relief for Canadians? | Power Play with Vassy Kapelos

[@Malcrom1967]

I'd take an election over $250 dollars.

[@momtur4875]

Tell Ford LMFAO

[@gerganatzoneva7615]

Yes! Bravo!!!❤

[@kanuduh5234]

@@momtur4875 What's Ford have to do with it?

[@Malcrom1967]

@@momtur4875 I'm not in Ontario

[@Tempus64]

Election will come soon enough. I'll take the $250 now.

[@niclejeune2023]

Anyone supporting Conservatives voting against, click like

[@northernperspective00]

There you have it folks, as we said on our episode. NDP is saying Canadians can be BOUGHT for $250.

[@briano9397]

They know it's not getting tabled, they just want to say Conservatives made your Christmas presents more expensive

[@gerganatzoneva7615]

If they could sell Canada for a pension, no wonder they could think that we could be bought for 250$. It's our fault - all those who voted (still do and would!) For liberals and NDP.

[@stynger_OO7]

We need sweeping tax reform!! Enough of this dog and pony show!

[@gerganatzoneva7615]

Oh, the dear Vassy! She is glowing!!!😊

[@denipar69]

I’d rather have an election asap!

[@Mark-dd2nh]

I am going to donate my $250 to the conservatives election fund and get a tax receipt.

[@christian1392]

That's a great idea! ❤❤❤

[@nosbike1]

Exactly what I thought.

[@jbfletche]

Great idea! I will do the same.

[@joshdoddadbod]

Same here

[@asmith8947]

Correct!

[@joanneg5194]

Beer, wine, takeout food and Christmas trees are NOT essential items. How about helping with my heating bill or fresh produce......you know, things that really help.

[@garrethikes]

heating bill agreed, but vegetables and produce are already tax exempt

[@Anita-db9ro]

This is the most important point of all of this. These are not essentials

[@ps17747]

I am willing to pay $250 out of my pocket to have an election now!

[@PeanutWarrior2135]

As am I. I think there are many Canadians that would

[@Fargol-u5r]

😂😂 me too

[@redyr6]

I honestly would

[@professorakiba434]

Then you aren't suffering to badly are you? I can use the tax relief my self but to each his own I suppose. Just means you really are playing hypocrite cause I'll bet you will be crying for tax relief in an election but not willing to enjoy some now.

[@ps17747]

@@professorakiba434 I would much rather see Trudeau gone than getting $250. The damages caused by Trudeau are much much greater than $250.

[@pattyzadow1867]

My vote is not for sale!

[@anthonyscaletti6071]

NDP is a complete joke, all for a greedy man's pension.

[@davidlee8396]

I want an election for Christmas (In response to the NDP leader's questions at 6:00)

[@FionaBlacksecondhandonline]

I definitely will give up $250.00 for an election now!!!!! Yeah I’ll Donate my money to the Conservatives as well.

[@abuntanttruth2684]

OAS here...dont have kids, dont drink, dont eat in restaurants or precooked food, SO NO HELP TO ME! And Trudeau has already lost next election!!!!! Too luttle too late!!!!

[@abuntanttruth2684]

Send me a cheque instead...still won't vote Liberal though 😊

[@m-705]

*Trudeau little Trudeau late

[@MrMark021967]

Exactly. I’m in the same boat except not on OAS yet...does nothing for me. If the liberals morons want to play political games at least include all Canadians.

[@nosdog136]

$250 is an insult. I would pay that money to have an election tomorrow to vote out the Lib/NDP party.

[@ashlea1980]

Wow NDP is dilusional!!

[@nickg8494]

Pierre has my support to not support Trudeau's "tax relief"

[@stratford374]

So you, and Pierre, don't want to axe the tax. Noted.

[@troycleveland]

@@stratford374How basic can you be? That's not at all what's been said.

[@stratford374]

@@troycleveland Trudeau wants to axe the tax on food, kids clothes and beer. Why is Pierre so pro tax? Smh.

[@asmith8947]

@@stratford374 Oh come on! This is nothing more than vote-buying. And I for one cannot be bought.

[@stratford374]

​@@asmith8947 It's okay, I totally get it. You and Pro-Tax Pierre want Canadian's to suffer over Christmas. Sad.

[@brianrobinson3644]

Barret should have asked Vashi "would you sell you vote for a few dollars?"

[@stratford374]

Doug Ford wants to know.

[@brianrobinson3644]

@@stratford374 Doug Ford is doing it from a budget surplus, Trudeau is adding 6.3 billion in debt for a 2 month pig in a poke.

[@MitchKelly-m3y]

He really should have. But she's doing her job

[@kanuduh5234]

@@stratford374 More desperate deflections from the peanut gallery representative.

[@huguettebourgeois6366]

AS CANADIANS, we must refuse these checks!!!! Let's save our dignity!!!!!

[@bradflannigan7204]

Ill take an election before $250

[@marcusjaybrode2129]

I’m 77 years old; my wife is 73. My pension is $14,000; her’s is a bit more. We get nothing because he doesn’t need “old” votes. But my vote counts as much as a young vote. And I (and my wife) WILL vote.

[@zachweyrauch2988]

I'm a millennial. When I was 18, it was 2008. I spent years being scammed desperately taking whatever work I could find all while boomers lived happily on the effort provided by low paid migrants who were taking all the jobs I needed. Trudeaus mistakes aren't new. You just didn't care until they affected you.

[@donnafournier1989]

This government owes Canada more than what they are offering and what they are offering will never be enough after 10 years. Heat and hydro are ridiculous. We are being taxed to no end and paying high insurance for everything to no end. Food prices have soared to no end. This has been almost 10 years of a tragedy for many many many Canadians. Start standing up for Canadians on the News. Thankyou!!!

[@ryanvargus9456]

A Christmas election sounds way better than a very temporary GST break on junk food and booze.

[@calgarykid9940]

Look at their list of "essentials" what a joke. To my family, fuel, insurance, mortgage and heating is essential. Not beer and chocolates. A cheap trick in my opinion

[@TracyW5754]

We Love Mr. Barrett! Liberals will not buy my VOTE for $250 shove your money, call an election! We are done with liberals and you must be kidding me 2 months gst break on somethings!

[@user-uc1ng1vs8i]

But it's OK to charge the carbon tax on the GST? Tax on a tax? That is a scandal.

[@simplyme6574]

I take the election. I will not be bought. Keep your 250!

[@Tempus64]

You won't be bought? So you're not for "axing the tax" which is about buying your vote since the cost of lowering emissions will just get hidden away in other things and the cost passed on to you regardless.

[@jbfletche]

Donate your $250 to the Conservative party and get a tax receipt.

[@glennpearson8046]

just remember, the conservatives are responsible for far more of the tax we pay, you know just to start with...GST...Income tax

[@eyobelberhe9641]

I will take the $250 and get help on my holiday list. I want JT gone but when something helps it helps

[@BellaBella-un8bl]

@@eyobelberhe9641you won’t be getting the cheque until April.

[@PeanutWarrior2135]

This is just dumb. It would come into effect Dec 14th when most Canadians have already done their holiday spending. Do they think that Canadians will push back their Christmas to January so they can take advantage of this? We Canadians are not that stupid.

[@mittu2884]

This is like giving just one peanut from a peanut bag. How much can anyone buy?, I may accept it, but I am sure to vote for the Conservatives, period ! This cannot undo so much of the chaos endured on Canadians for the last 9 years.

[@melissamacdonald3685]

Trick, no treat.

[@dawnthompson7224]

Trudeau needs to step down now........

[@JCNeylan]

VASSY, These are only Tax breaks on select LUXURYS... WAKE UP

[@PaulK-el9zx]

How are you going to get your money when canada post is on strike.

[@donnarocha4043]

I will never vote for the liberal, ndp party provincial or federal tax tax tax destroying Canada 😢 🇨🇦

[@boballen3055]

I’m sure the $250 will be a taxable benefit payed by the taxpayers of course 😂

[@nickelstore]

Right! If you make 150k your gonna give half of it back.🤣

[@alexander1974ish]

One has to feel sorry for the NDP fellow who twists himself into a pretzel just to justify his party's support for the Government. His statement of Canadians preferring $250 cheque to an opportunity to turf out the Government is priceless.

[@gladysgauthier1198]

They think we are stupid. NDP never teared the agreement. It was a show.

[@LoadKing-lo3fc]

I'll take a Christmas election. I'd even be willing to vote on New Years day. Getting rid of this current government would be a great way to start the new year.

[@joshdoddadbod]

$250 to the conservatives. FJT.

[@DarleneRamsay-le6bz]

For God's sake, Canadians want an election.

[@lloydkuepfer1599]

Taking a tax off of beer doesn't help hunger

[@douglas13qecvi]

Put the $250 each towards something Canadians want like an election!

[@vernenowlan8269]

Election now! And axe the tax!

[@jollyheader]

This is a joke ans an insult to all Canadians. We need an election now not later.

[@kevinembury1740]

Where's the money coming from Vassy??

[@vinasel96]

Just call an election. Enough of these jokes.

[@JessT-vg7ib]

Why not just eliminate GST permanently.

[@Baileygirl2023]

I would rather a election than 250 dollars

[@lilywang7672]

The best Christmas present prime minister can deliver is calling for election!

[@yarrdayarrdayarrda]

I would gladly pay $250 dollars today to have an election called TODAY.

[@peterkennedy9341]

I would not give any support to this liberal pedi file NDP should also reject the proposal

[@daytonshuflita2201]

English please

[@katlidstone3918]

The NDP has been dancing this jig so long, they think they're leading. Obviously, just like the Liberals, they've earned themselves a double helping of tar and feathers.

[@niclejeune2023]

Donating the 250.00 to Conservative party if this goes through the house. I will pay it in Advance of the April cheque...

[@Poppinwheeeeellllllieeeeez]

NEVER FORGET THE NDP ENABLED THE LPC.

[@sc00bs63]

Vassy, $250 is a drop in the bucket,,,,, one time.

[@Contrarian52]

How is $250 going to make life more affordable? Come on Vassy

[@Slipshott]

Nobody get $250. BEFORE Christmas...the cheque happens 4 months down the road. So much for Christmas spending money.

[@asmith8947]

Hm. Right around the time the spring budget, always a confidence vote, comes out. Convenient.

[@dianedee7919]

That little bit is not going to help or get me above the poverty line.

[@steveduffey5790]

Too faced underachiever liberal NDP have to go

[@matti8894]

Make it permanent!

[@joycemclean9661]

Vote buying. And sell out thinks he’s going to be prime minister? 😅😅😅😅 His riding is very blue at the moment!😅😅

[@idanbjacobs]

Elections > $250

[@djfrankie]

Liberals think Canadians are idiots. Canadians are not idiots. FJT.

[@benreilly4616]

Sorry friend but Canadians are idiots, they put this fool of a PM in 3 times.

[@saladgirl2062]

This tax relief amounts to a sugar high

[@user-xj9vf4xb9p]

Great work on challenging both sides Vassy 👍

[@johndekam1084]

Hopefully I am mistaken and this $250 is in fact a gift paid for by the Trudeau Trust Fund and not my own money? If not, What a sham… use my future tax dollars, cuz they spent/ wasted several of the $1000’s I paid this year already, add some govt overhead and cost (admin, envelope, cheque , postage) and send $250 of borrowed money dollars back to me. I along with my kids and grandkids will now foot the bill for this, along with the other $650 Billion+ that JT and his band of merry men added to Canadians indebtedness, over the term of their power. We need an election to get this party out now?

[@mikeelizarev4563]

Donate your 250 $ TO THE CONSERVATIVES AND GET A TAX RECEIPT !

[@vicischwan1362]

This is no help at all. Junk food

[@asdfhiuh]

Great, so now I have to check the 75,000 different products my store sells to see which products qualify? And then change them all in my point of sale software. Than I will have to switch them back in 2 months...How will I pay for all that extra labour? I guess I will have to raise my prices for those 2 months. This government is completely insane.

[@bonniejackson7393]

Too little too late!

[@tedtester6728]

Vassy you are right and I just asked everyone around me they would all pay $250 for an election. I would pay $500 personally.

[@daverasmussen6475]

So I go and spend $200 for unhealthy snacks for Christmas and New Years and I save $10. 🤬 I’ll pass and buy some real food for Christmas dinner, like a turkey.

[@mahanrazagh]

Is there anybody out there who supports NDP?! Can you please let me know?!😮

[@gerganatzoneva7615]

Sadly, yes. Check British Columbia!😢 And while you are at it, check New Brunswick!🤮🤮🤮

[@GaryCooper-b1c]

Not BC. Vancouver and Victoria. Not everyone in BC is that simple. ​@@gerganatzoneva7615

[@mahanrazagh]

@gerganatzoneva7615 I mean federal NDP not provincial NDPs. British Columbia NDP for instance, is a more reberal.l

[@Helvigster]

Hamilton is an NDP stronghold

[@robtilley837]

I bet they will call it a trick ! Well. It is !!

[@dddoyle]

So the federal govt borrows money to pay out. And there is an annual budget shortfall in the billions. How can anyone support this? It is irresponsible to borrow money for the purchase Christmas gifts.

[@FionaBlacksecondhandonline]

$250.00 is not even a weeks grocery bill.

[@sophieeeaaahhs6547]

I’m perfectly fine not receiving this temporary 2 month “relief” if we have an election. We’ve been trudging through this mess for 9 years with the liberal government - what substantive change is 2 months of temporary relief actually going to do

[@lululee9726]

The chaos for the stores to change their systems will be chaotic. How is this kind to the multi product small retailer. I wish these politicians would stop being so reactive for their own benefit and sit down to think about what we as Canadian are saying and need.

[@Cool_J3471]

I'll take the election now, and I'll pay Justin $250 dollars to have it RIGHT now!

[@RaysLaughsAndLyrics]

"I'll take election for $250.00, Alex."

[@MistyMartin-xp4ly]

How much money do new Canadians get every month??

[@bubbajay1934]

Is it $150k per individual income, or combined? It it just me, or does this seem like a nothing-burger. Take all taxes off heat and utilities for families!! Its essential.

[@wadeross6311]

Vassy are you for sale? Why are you asking if Canadians are for sale?

[@stynger_OO7]

The $250 is payable starting in April helloooooooo

[@rinel3066]

$250 is not enough.

[@lloydkuepfer1599]

I thought nothing movie until he released green corruption documents

[@joeisberg9481]

This host is terrible, guy answers the question but she doesn’t even listen

[@YeaYeaOK-BUT]

I know- terrible of her to look for a simple “yes” or “ no”

[@Fargol-u5r]

I completely agree with you. Michael Barrett answered her question that they need to see the proposal as for the time being nothing has been presented to them. He also mentioned that Canadians need a permanent solution as apposed to this band aid solution by this prime minister.

[@calbro932]

Smoke and Mirrors, A very minor relief for some for 2 months , but you'll be paying it all back and more come April when the 4th carbon tax kicks in. They must think we're stupid. Trying to buy our votes is an absolute Insult.

[@cheryllea7706]

When the measly 2 months are up then what? A huge blast of taxes plus another big hike in April. April Fools Day. Who ends up being fooled? Who's the fool here?

[@gqd1975]

It's not tax relief. It's not even a tip you give a waiter.

[@thefly373]

Hopefully software used by most small companies are capable of making this temporary change to how GST is charged. Why not make the change permanent?

[@Generic321]

Retailers will increase their prices when this stimulus rolls out, then after the credit is gone prices stay elevated and taxes apply to all new high prices. This is a direct gift to Loblaws not the public.

[@AS-or6ot]

Vassy is a great journalist and interviewer.

[@nickdivincenzo2342]

I wonder if this pays back the GST they put on the carbon tax? Or the extra GST they have collected on inflation? How about the inflation on gas that increases the fuel tax and the carbon tax, then GST on all the increases.

[@annroberts8991]

Not worth the cost. Costing the government about $6 billion. More debt.

[@annroberts8991]

The NDP has no substance. They flip flop on everything. They have no direction whatsoever.

[@MrMark021967]

You know what would help this senior (I won’t be getting a $250 cheque) and all Canadians (not a select few), remove the carbon tax, would be the best help, especially on heating my home. If the NDP are voting for this they really are very stupid, just like their handlers.

[@MrPeaceman71]

Why would the Conservatives support this it's a joke!! Helps nobody

[@spizmon]

I’m also donating $ 250.00 to Conservatives.

[@fredallen7000]

ELECTION.

[@lawrencecheung73]

"The oldest con game in the world is taking away people's money quietly, and then giving some of it back flamboyantly" Thomas Sowell

[@Matt-YT]

No one is asking how we are paying for that tax break?

[@carolburgess5190]

I will donate my money as will my working age children, so we can have an election. I'm sure almost every other Canadian would also.

[@cedude69]

Hope not. But Jagmeet is a total sellout!