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Feds to share details of cost-of-living aids for low, modest income Canadians

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today is expected to share the details of a plan to ease the pain of inflation for Canadians.

Both Liberal and NDP sources tell The Canadian Press the plan includes doubling GST rebate cheques for six months, a temporary dental-care benefit for some families with young children and an expanded housing allowance payment.

The NDP has been asking the federal government to implement those three initiatives since the spring as inflation began weighing heavily on Canadians with low and modest incomes.

The dental-care and housing benefit also fulfills NDP demands made as part of the Liberal-NDP supply and confidence agreement reached last March.

Today’s scheduled announcement was delayed last week following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Trudeau is set to release the full details today amid the Liberal caucus retreat in St. Andrews, N.B.