Available Expert: Trudeau government announces a two-month partial break to the GST

Available Expert: Trudeau government announces a two-month partial break to the GST

November 21, 2024

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Available Expert: Trudeau government announces a two-month partial break to the GST

Just in time for the holidays, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced measures to alleviate some of the affordability pressures Canadians have been experiencing since the COVID-19 pandemic.

One measure includes a GST holiday for two months on some goods and services. They include kids’ toys, diapers, restaurant meals, food items like chips, candies, baked goods, pop, beer and wine, and coolers with up to 7% alcohol content.

Political Studies expert Dax D’Orazio is able to speak to media about the following:

  • political calculus at play
  • how channeling populist momentum through the electoral system works

To arrange an interview, please contact: mediarelations@queensu.ca