联邦政府的食品杂货退税（grocery rebate）今天已发放给数百万加拿大人，但许多人对这一次性退税并不满意。
副总理兼财政部长方慧兰(Chrystia Freeland) 在周三上午的一条推文中表示，食品杂货退税正在带来“重要的通胀缓解”。
By targeting the Grocery Rebate to those who need it most, our government is delivering important inflation relief while maintaining Canada’s AAA credit rating and strong track record of fiscal responsibility. To read more about the Grocery Rebate: https://t.co/i8Yb6kbXT9
— Chrystia Freeland (@cafreeland) July 5, 2023
许多加拿大人认为它没有实现这一目标，并通过社交媒体表达不满。
大家的共识似乎是，食品杂货退税只是解决系统性问题的“创可贴”。
一位网友在推特上写道：“政府为给人们提供200多元的补助而沾沾自喜。”······“5分钟后，人们又破产了，账单仍然拖欠，仍然没有食物。”
Government pats themselves on the back for giving people slightly above $200.
5 mins later, people are broke again and still behind in bills, still don’t have groceries. pic.twitter.com/ddVIPW4WMB
— LosinghopeinCanada (@losinghopein) July 5, 2023
另一位补充道：“对于许多加拿大人来说，这是致命伤口上的创可贴。”
This is a band-aid on a mortal wound for many Canadians.
— Scott Barber (@thescottbarber) July 5, 2023
其他人则表示退税不够，因为获得退税的资格根据是否单身、有或没有孩子进行细分；或年纪大小。你还必须是低收入或中等收入。
一位网友在推特上写道：“如果你有资格获得食品杂货退税，单人金额为234元。”······“你们想想去一次杂货店会花多少钱？ 这没有帮助，这是自由党超支造成的进一步债务！”
If you qualify for grocery rebate it’s $234 for single person.
How many of you spend that in ONE trip to the grocery store?
This is not help,this is further debt caused by liberal overspending!— Debbie Bloodclot. (@bettybloodclot) July 5, 2023
一些家长也表示，他们收到的钱很少。
I generally support you but this was a bit of a punch in the gut. The media made it sound like so many if not almost everyone especially with kids would receive this. I got a whopping $100 and we are not high income not even average.
— Jen Diane (@jendiane_w) July 5, 2023
一些家长甚至指出他们的孩子符合资格，但他们没有拿到退税。
As the person who buys the groceries in our family, I sure wish I qualified for this! Seems weird that my dependent kids qualify but I don’t? As is, I’m working extra to help cover the rising costs of basics like…groceries.
— Nancy (@PoMoNancyO) July 5, 2023
其他人则对这笔钱仍会回到Loblaws等杂货巨头店铺的手中感到失望。
#GroceryRebate hilarious to me that their response to astronomical food prices was to just give everyone cash to spend on the astronomical food prices. Like “oop here’s 200$ that you will probably end up giving right back to Galen Weston!”
— Becca� (@BeccaBabe_) July 5, 2023
虽然大多数加拿大人似乎并不感谢食品杂货退税······
Thanks for nothing bro �
— TheStuffin (@The_Stuffin) July 5, 2023
但也有人仍然对帮助表示感谢。
People who earn over $38K are complaining that they didn’t get the one time #GroceryRebate.
As someone on legislated poverty disability supports who did qualify, I will gladly swap incomes with you.
Instead of “why not me,” be cognizant of why it’s needed in the first place.
— Sarah Colero (@Sarah_Colero) July 5, 2023
杂货退税是自由党在3月份的2023年财政预算中引入的，作为《生活成本救济法案》（即 C-64 法案）的一部分。
