The Senate has passed legislation to implement the Liberals' promised "grocery rebate" and federal health transfer top-up.
The legislation pulled out two specific elements of the 2023 federal budget that the Liberals wanted to see passed in short order. It also means that the provinces and territories will soon receive their respective promised portions of a total $2 billion in "unconditional" health-care top-up funding, thanks to amendments made to the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act.The bill had been before the Senate since April 19, when MPs agreed to move the legislation—billed as the “Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 3,"— through all stages of debate and study in one fell swoop.
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