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RSS FeedsParties overlap in pocketbook appeals to voters
(The Star Golf)

 
 

10 october 2019 02:04:51

 
Parties overlap in pocketbook appeals to voters
(The Star Golf)
 


After Monday night’s election debate, you might be left wondering what you should do with your vote, or if it even matters.Well, it does matter, because one way or another, the result of the Oct. 21 federal election will determine which party forms our next government.It will also determine whether one party wins a majority, giving it the leeway to do largely as it pleases, or if the result is a minority government that needs the support of at least one other party to deliver on its various campaign promises.So what might the first legislative session of the next government look like? With polls suggesting the most likely scenario is a majority Liberal or Conservative government, or a minority government, the Star, in a five-part series, does some crystal-ball-gazing to give you an idea. Today, we look at affordability issues.Liberal majorityJustin Trudeau announced Wednesday that a Liberal government would act fast to cut taxes. Declaring that “families are still feeling the crunch,” Trudeau told a Markham audience that the tax cut “will be the first thing we do.” Picking up on the theme of their 2015 campaign, the Liberals are making the middle class a focus of their campaign messaging this time around. On income tax, the Liberals have committed to raise the basic personal exemption to $15,000, up from $12,069. Phased in over four years, this benefit would save a typical family $600 a year, the Liberals say; those making more than $147,667 would see smaller savings, and anyone with earnings more than $210,371 would see no benefit at all.The Liberals made the Canada Child Benefit a signature element of their first budget in 2016 and credit the initiative with helping lift tens of thousands of families out of poverty. It’s likely then that the party would use the first budget of its next term to make good on a promise to make the benefit more generous, boosting it by 15 per cent for children under the age of 1.It’s impor ...


 
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