Québec solidaire is proposing to temporarily double the solidarity tax credit in order to help the most disadvantaged to cope with rampant inflation.
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A few days before the presentation of an economic update by the Minister of Finance, Eric Girard, the solidarity MP Ruba Ghazal urged Quebec to put in place measures to support families in the face of the increase in the cost of living .
“As you can see, there are people now who have to make very heartbreaking choices between doing a big grocery store for a week or between buying winter boots for the youngest. And it’s really a very, very difficult situation, more and more for a lot of people, ”she worried.
However, if some see their wages increase, others, like the elders, are left on the sidelines, argues Ruba Ghazal.
His solution: to double the solidarity tax credit over the next six months, a measure that would benefit 2.8 million Quebeckers. This refundable tax credit is intended to help low- and middle-income households.
Right in their pockets
The measure, the cost of which is estimated at $ 900 million per Québec solidaire, would allow, according to the party, a family of two parents and two children to receive up to $ 2,340 and an elder to receive up to $ 1,917 per year.
“It’s money that goes straight into their pockets. It is a simple measurement that can be done very quickly. And the most vulnerable people, those who really need it today, well, they could benefit quickly, ”concludes the Member for Mercier.
Ruba Ghazal, however, denies encouraging high inflation with the injection of these new sums, the numerous aids granted by the government to deal with the COVID-19 crisis often being identified as one of the factors that can contribute to the price increase.
According to her, “many causes that contribute to inflation” and “food insecurity” experienced by many households demonstrate that “this is not the time to skimp and then say: ‘Oh! inflation by giving people less money “”.