There are millions of hard-pressed Canadians who don’t qualify

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Prime Minister Mark Carney is embracing the politics of economic tinkering, offering a rebranded, narrowly targeted GST credit top-up when Canadians need broad, structural relief. While the government says it is responding to the affordability crisis, modest tweaks to the GST credit will not deliver the kind of meaningful, universal relief that cutting income taxes would.

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The newly named Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit will provide a one-time top-up payment this spring to families that currently receive the GST credit and will boost payments by 25% for five years, beginning in........

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