NDP to unveil campaign pledge to remove tax on internet, heat, diapers [Video]

With the cost of living playing a central role in provincial elections across Canada and in the U.S. presidential race, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is set to unveil a pre-campaign policy plank for the next federal election to differentiate his party from the governing Liberals. 

Singh is expected to announce this morning that an NDP government would remove the GST on what his party deems “essentials.” 

This includes pre-made meals and foods at grocery stores, clothing for children under 15 years old, diapers, home heating, and cellphone and internet bills. 

Some provinces like Ontario already exempt certain items like children’s clothes and some prepared grocery items from the provincial share of the HST or provincial sales tax. 

These exemptions are not universal, though, and Saskatchewan added sales tax to prepared grocery meals and children’s clothing as part of its 2017 budget. 

Singh is set to make the announcement at an …