No Bounce: Liberals' hoped-for support surge in wake of under-40 targeted spending blitz has yet to materialize Despite popularity of various measures, budget appears to have no immediate effect on vote April 24, 2024 – A month-long political sales job by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his cabinet and caucus attempting to raise awareness and – crucially – support for a slew of budget spending measures aimed making life affordable for Canadians has yet to pay off. In a bid to climb out of a 20-point deficit in vote intention, this year’s budget invested heavily in Gen Z adults and Millennials, loading $8.5 billion in spending on housing and other affordability measures, to woo Canadians under 40, while forecasting a nearly $40-billion deficit for the next fiscal year. The problem? These key vote demographics do not appear to be picking up what the Liberals are throwing down. New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds Trudeau and the Liberals’ “generational fairness” budget has had no effect on the party’s electoral fortunes so far. The opposition Conservatives lead the Liberals by a margin of nearly two-to-one (43 per cent versus 23 per cent) while the NDP are a not-to-distant third at 19 per cent. The Liberals are also the third choice among the Gen Z and Millennial voters they’re trying to win over, trailing both the NDP and CPC among those age cohorts. However, this does not mean the budget’s measures are unpopular. At least seven-in-ten Canadians approve of the pharmacare (70%), dental care (73%) and Canada Disability Benefit (74%) included in the budget. Measures to address the housing affordability crisis – leasing out federally owned lands to build affordable housing (68%) and funding infrastructure such as pipes for new housing developments (65%) – are also popular. At issue for many Canadians, though, is there is little belief that the budget as a whole will improve their personal financial situation, Canada’s economy, or the housing affordability crisis. In fact, a majority say the changes planned by the federal government will have a detrimental effect on these fronts instead. Meanwhile, half (47%) of Canadians say they are more pessimistic about the future of their personal financial situation, and a majority (56%) say their outlook for Canada’s economy has grown more negative in the wake of the budget. 
@RobertFife Which measures are popular? The entire budget is a stinker of red ink, debt and interest to be passed on to our children.
@JaredJConway @RobertFife Reducing taxes only helps the rich. But those struggling don't understand that.
@JaneH2114 @JaredJConway @RobertFife Not true if done correctly. I’ve been saying we should increase the minimum personal exemption to $30K to match a full time minimum wage job so the poorest working people don’t pay income taxes at all and it would help the middle class too.
@Bannedforlife69 @JaredJConway @RobertFife Yes. And raise income tax rate on those over some number to be determined. Right now it seems like the middle class pay the same tax on an income under $100 000 that rich pay on an income of hundreds of thousands.. but the rich have loop holes as well.
@JaneH2114 @JaredJConway @RobertFife It’s not necessarily that the rich have loopholes we don’t. It’s that I don’t have any disposable income left to put into tax shelters! The next part of the tax revolution is to switch to a flat tax with no exemptions at all except the $30k personal….
@JaneH2114 @JaredJConway @RobertFife Your tax form should be ( Income - $30k ) x 20% (Percentage to be determined)
@Bannedforlife69 @JaredJConway @RobertFife I think a tax rate higher than 20% on income over some income tbd
@JaneH2114 @JaredJConway @RobertFife Maybe but the point of a flat tax without any shelters or loopholes is that everyone pays their fair share and aren’t punished for their successes. Remember, #TaxationIsTheft after all.