‘This was once a serious party’: The Roundtable on Justin Trudeau’s rebate and tax-exemption announcement

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits a grocery store in Sharon, Ontario, November 21, 2024. Chris Young/The Canadian Press.

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22 Nov 24

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss the various problems with the Trudeau government’s plan to issue $250 rebate cheques and temporarily suspend the federal sales tax on certain consumer goods like beer, newspapers, and Christmas trees. They also discuss the government’s response to the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.

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‘This was once a serious party’: The Roundtable on Justin Trudeau’s rebate and tax-exemption announcement

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