(Lévis) François Legault takes out the checkbook again. After distributing $500 to all Quebeckers who earn less than $100,000 a year in the last budget, the leader of the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) is doing it again by promising to send between $400 and $600 to taxpayers by the end of the year.
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More specifically, Mr. Legault promises to devote 6.4 million from state finances to distribute a check for $400 to citizens whose individual income is $50,000 to $100,000 per year, or a check for $600 to those who earn less than $50,000 annually.
“Revenu Québec will use the tax returns filed last spring to automatically send this new amount to eligible Quebecers,” the party said. Citizens will not have to take any steps to receive the money, if the CAQ is elected on October 3.
This measure is the second point of the “anti-inflation shield” that the CAQ is announcing these days during the election campaign. Earlier Monday, Mr. Legault promised to lower the first two levels of taxes by one percentage point as of 2023.