When my husband died in late summer last year, my daughter and I didn't just lose him.
We lost more than half our household income overnight.
Suddenly, every dollar had a job. Every bill became a math problem.
Because my income dropped so dramatically, I became eligible for a GST rebate of about $435.
To some people, that might sound like a nice little bonus.
To people like me, trying to live on less than $27,000 a year, it's not spending money. It's survival money.
Where I live, water, garbage, and recycling cost me $520 every three months. Coincidentally, those bills arrive around the same time as the GST rebate.
So the GST cheque doesn't buy treats. It doesn't fund vacations. It doesn't even make life easier.
It mostly disappears into a utility bill before I can blink.
Today I'm sharing screenshots from my CRA account to demonstrate the federal government's latest affordability miracle with their renamed GST benefit masquerading as the Groceries and Essentials Benefit.
My GST rebate went up.
By six dollars.
Not sixty.
Not six hundred.
Six.
Apparently somewhere in Ottawa, somebody looked at the affordability crisis facing Canadians and thought:
"Hmm, needs more half sandwich."🤔
What makes this worse is knowing there are millions of Canadians out there who need help just as badly as I do, but don't qualify for a penny of it.
People working two jobs.
People trying to raise families.
Seniors watching every grocery bill climb higher.
People doing everything right and still falling behind.
So to @MarkJCarney, I have a simple question.
Why are you celebrating the existence of a Grocery and Essentials Benefit instead of asking why Canadians need one in the first place? How much did it cost taxpayers for the photo-op? Do you not see the hypocrisy in it?
Because that is the part I can't understand. A government should not be standing in a grocery store congratulating itself for handing back a few dollars of taxpayers' own money.
A government should be creating the conditions where people can afford groceries without government assistance.
The goal should be fewer Canadians needing benefits, not more!
I'm not proud to qualify for this.
👉🏻 I don't want to qualify for a government cheque.
👉🏻 I don't want to qualify for a renamed GST rebate.
👉🏻 I don't want my kid to qualify for a school lunch program because parents can no longer afford lunches.
I want an economy where ordinary Canadians can stand on their own feet and keep more of what they earn and be proud about it.
The fact that Ottawa felt the need to rename the GST rebate to include the words "Groceries and Essentials" should have set off alarm bells in every cabinet office in the country.
Because groceries and essentials are not luxuries. If Canadians need government assistance to afford the basics of life, that is not evidence of success.
It's evidence that something has gone very badly wrong.
What makes it even harder to stomach is watching a government talk about borrowing billions for new projects and sovereign wealth funds while ordinary Canadians are being told to celebrate an extra six dollars.
Six dollars!
That's not economic leadership.
That's a receipt. Perhaps the question Canadians should be asking is this:
If #MarkCarney's resume is as impressive as advertised, why do the results look like this?
At some point, Canadians stop listening to credentials and start looking at outcomes. And the outcomes are speaking for themselves!
Genetically Modified Mayo: Hellmann's 'Real' Mayonnaise now requires a bioengineered label on its jars.
Less than 2% of each jar is egg...98% is chemicals, oils, corn starch, EDTA & thickened with gums.
This isn’t food anymore — it’s a Frankenstein experiment in a jar. GMO corn, seed oils that inflame your arteries and disrupt hormones, EDTA that leaches minerals from your body, and synthetic gums that wreck your gut lining. Every spoonful is quietly feeding chronic disease, autoimmune chaos, and the slow poisoning of America’s families.
They slapped a “bioengineered” warning on it like it’s no big deal — because they know most people won’t read it. Hellmann’s sold its soul for profit while we were busy trusting the brand our grandparents used.
STOP FEEDING THIS TO YOUR KIDS.
Boycott it. Throw it out. Make your own in 60 seconds with real ingredients. Your body will thank you.
Quick Homemade Butter Mayo (Immersion Blender – makes about 1 cup)
Ingredients:
- 1 large egg (room temperature)
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard (or prepared mustard)
- ¼ teaspoon salt (or to taste; use ½ tsp if butter is unsalted)
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, melted and cooled slightly to warm (not hot)
Directions:
1. Place the egg, lemon juice, mustard, and salt in a tall narrow jar or container that just fits your immersion blender head.
2. Insert the immersion blender to the bottom and blend for a few seconds until combined.
3. With the blender running, slowly pour in the melted butter. Move the blender up and down gently as it thickens into creamy mayo (about 30-60 seconds total).
4. Taste and adjust salt or lemon if needed.
Store in a glass jar in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
Genetically Modified Mayo: Hellmann's 'Real' Mayonnaise now requires a bioengineered label on its jars.
Less than 2% of each jar is egg...98% is chemicals, oils, corn starch, EDTA & thickened with gums.
This isn’t food anymore — it’s a Frankenstein experiment in a jar. GMO corn, seed oils that inflame your arteries and disrupt hormones, EDTA that leaches minerals from your body, and synthetic gums that wreck your gut lining. Every spoonful is quietly feeding chronic disease, autoimmune chaos, and the slow poisoning of America’s families.
They slapped a “bioengineered” warning on it like it’s no big deal — because they know most people won’t read it. Hellmann’s sold its soul for profit while we were busy trusting the brand our grandparents used.
STOP FEEDING THIS TO YOUR KIDS.
Boycott it. Throw it out. Make your own in 60 seconds with real ingredients. Your body will thank you.
Quick Homemade Butter Mayo (Immersion Blender – makes about 1 cup)
Ingredients:
- 1 large egg (room temperature)
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard (or prepared mustard)
- ¼ teaspoon salt (or to taste; use ½ tsp if butter is unsalted)
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, melted and cooled slightly to warm (not hot)
Directions:
1. Place the egg, lemon juice, mustard, and salt in a tall narrow jar or container that just fits your immersion blender head.
2. Insert the immersion blender to the bottom and blend for a few seconds until combined.
3. With the blender running, slowly pour in the melted butter. Move the blender up and down gently as it thickens into creamy mayo (about 30-60 seconds total).
4. Taste and adjust salt or lemon if needed.
Store in a glass jar in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
🚨GUILTY VERDICT: In Oregon, rainwater falling on your own land doesn’t actually belong to you.
Gary Harrington built 3 reservoirs on his 170-acre property to collect rainwater & snowmelt for fire protection.
The state demanded he drain every drop. “All water belongs to us.”
He refused.
They hit him with 9 misdemeanors, jailed him for 30 days, and fined him more than $15,000.
This is government claiming ownership of the sky.
What’s next — your air? Your soil?
Actually… yes. 👇
🚨BREAKING!
Ottawa is launching investigations into Alberta separatists and alleged foreign interference.
Watch them preparing the ground in real time. The political establishment knows support for Alberta independence is growing, and they’re already building the narrative against Alberta patriots.
Today it’s investigations. Tomorrow it could be something else.
They see the momentum. They see Albertans demanding a voice. And they’re starting to panic.
Watch this video.
🚨BREAKING!
Ottawa is losing its mind because it knows Alberta is no longer willing to stay silent.
The louder Albertans speak about independence, the more desperate the reaction becomes.
They know the movement is growing. They know Albertans are waking up.
Watch this video.
Lasagna with Beef - €2925.00
Salmon - €3825.00
Chocolate Mousse for desert - €1350.00
Telling Canadians they will have to make sacrifices because of the failing economy
Priceless
@nationalpost This has nothing to do with kids — they’re doing this so everyone will have to upload their ID and link it to social media accounts in order to “prove their age”.
One step closer to a digital ID, as we hurdle down the path of Liberal-imposed fascism.
Javier Milei: “I thought being on the left was a mental problem. The empirical evidence is so overwhelming that it never worked anywhere, and they refused to accept it.”
“But what I discovered is that being on the left is a disease of the soul. The left is built on envy, hatred, resentment, and unequal treatment under the law. They are very violent, and since they have no way or arguments to answer, they go for physical violence.”
Managers have spent $1.6 million advertising regional high speed rail service that doesn’t exist.
@altotrain now has 13 vice presidents.
“We are so proud.”
— @stevenmackinnon
https://t.co/4PqmjGDTto
#cdnpoli
It was indigenous elites who initiated the mass Graves hoax, egged on church burnings, and turned national grief into power and Profit. Journalists do ordinary indigenous people no favours by covering up for corrupt tribal politicians. Indigenous people deserve the truth too.