Ontario NDP leader Marit Styles has pledged to help offset rising food prices with monthly food rebates for low- and middle-income households.
Styles said the rebate program can support up to 4 million families and individuals, offering up to $122 per month to families of four.
“It’s over $1,400 a year,” Styles said at a stop at the campaign in Toronto on Saturday.
“As they cross Ontario, what I’m hearing from people is that everyone is tired of paying too much for basics like bread, rice and vegetables.” She said.
The tax-free rebates are based on how much the cost of grocery staples has increased over the past few years, linked to the recipient’s annual income and household size.
The NDP said families and individuals with net profits of up to $65,000 will get full credit and household rebates between $65,000 and $100,000 will be reduced.
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The party said the programme would cost around $409 million a month.
If her party forms the government, Styles said it would also introduce measures to prevent a coordinated price rise among Ontario grocery stores and set up consumer protection watchdogs.
Meanwhile, the liberals on Saturday said they were a variety of progressive conservative leader Doug Ford, including plans currently reversing to close the Ontario Science Centre and develop protected Greenbelt lands. We have made pledges to appoint special investigators to investigate the movements.
Liberal leader Bonnie Crom had made a similar promise last June long before Ford called for the February 27 snap election.
Ford is running a campaign in the Niagara and Hamilton areas on Saturday, and is set to announce it at Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Meanwhile, Green Party leader Mike Schleiner has set up several stops in Ontario’s cottage country, including Kearney and Huntsville.
