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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to announce new measures to fight inflation, including details of a dental plan for low-income families, a one-time benefit for low-income renters and a temporary increase in the GST credit, all part of a plan to implement an agreement between the Liberals and NDP.

Sources in both parties said Trudeau and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh will announce details Thursday in separate statements.

Under the proposed bill, the government would allocate money to pay for dental visits for children under 12 to families who earn $90,000 a year or less. According to NDP sources, parents from low- and middle-income families would receive $650 annually for two years for each child to pay for dental visits.

The payments would be a temporary measure designed to cover low-income families while the government develops a permanent dental care program. Eventually, the government may issue a dental card that families can present at doctor’s appointments so dentists can bill the state.

Another targeted measure that was not included in the original agreement between the government and the NDP is also expected to be announced. The government intends to double the GST tax credit for low-income Canadians to help them cope with the rising cost of living.

adians can get up to $467 in the GST tax credit if you are single, $612 if you are married or in a common-law relationship, plus $161 for each child under the age of 19.

Random testing at Canada’s borders has no way to distinguish between people who have had the COVID-19 virus in the past and those who are currently infected with it, the government said in a statement.

The mandatory measure, which affects about 1 in 20 fully vaccinated people entering Canada by air, also results in healthy travelers being quarantined.

The PCR or molecular tests used are too sensitive to distinguish active infection from previous infections.

Nevertheless, the government insists on using these tests because it claims that they are the “gold standard” for detecting the virus, even if they can identify people who have fully recovered from it.

According to the government, about 5,000 people are tested each day. The tests are conducted by several private companies, which have received government contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars since the pandemic began.

Random testing has been widely criticized this spring as a source of unprecedented disruption at Canadian airports.

To avoid potential problems, including forcing people with past infections into unnecessary isolation, anyone who provides a positive PCR test taken at least 180 days before entering Canada is exempt from the random testing program.

However, over the past year, access to PCR tests has been limited in many places, so it is unlikely that over-infected travelers will be able to provide the evidence needed to obtain an exemption.

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