CBC News reports the Government of Canada will announce a new payment for residents to counter high grocery costs due to inflation. The payment, which CBC's unnamed government source called a "grocery rebate," would reportedly mean an extra $234 for eligible individuals living alone and $467 for a family of four.
You'll need to allocate more toward your booze budget as of April 1 higher alcohol taxes are brewing across the country. The annual price inflation of beer, wine and liquor will see rates rise by just over six percent. That's either a good reason to cut back on your consumption or find ways to imbibe for less.
Inflation is still going up in Canada, though the rate of increase is not as bad as it was last year not that that's much comfort to Canadians watching prices mount.