NDP pushing to expand GST holiday while $250 cheques remain in jeopardy
The NDP plans to call for the GST to be removed permanently from essential goods, and for the $250 rebate cheques to be offered to more Canadians, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Wednesday ahead of his party's upcoming opposition day. NDP finance critic Don Davies tells Power & Politics he has had no negotiations with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland about expanding the rebate cheques.