GST tax break: Bill expected to pass today, Conservatives opposed [Video]

The federal government’s five-page piece of legislation to enact Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promised two-month tax break on a range of consumer goods over the holidays, is expected to pass in the House of Commons by the end of the day.

As a winding procedural process unfolds in the chamber to see the bill advance, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has confirmed his MPs will be voting against what he said “isn’t a tax cut.”

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“Conservatives will vote against this irresponsible, inflationist… temporary two-month tax trick,” Poilievre told reporters on Thursday. “Now is the worst possible time to be blowing $6 billion trying to save Justin Trudeau’s political skin.”

The minority Liberals introduced Bill C-78 on Wednesday afternoon, revealing the decision to split up the affordability package in the face of political pressure and a ticking clock.

For now, the federal government is focused on enacting the temporary Goods and Services …