{"id":"providing-more-help-groceries-everyday-essentials","slug":"providing-more-help-groceries-everyday-essentials","title":"Providing more help with groceries and everyday essentials","chapter":3,"section":"3.1","section_title":"Delivering a boost today","heading":"Providing more help with groceries and everyday essentials","in_cost_table":true,"capital":false,"fiscal":{"unit":"CAD millions","basis":"accrual, incremental impact on budgetary balance (expense or forgone revenue)","years":["2026-27","2027-28","2028-29","2029-30","2030-31"],"gross":[4055.0,148.0,151.0,154.0,158.0],"gross_total":4665.0,"flags":[null,null,null,null,null],"adjustments":[],"net":[4055.0,148.0,151.0,154.0,158.0],"net_total":4665.0,"table":{"pdf_page":233,"printed_page":219}},"description":null,"commitments":[{"text":"To provide more help with the cost of groceries and other essentials: Budget 2026 proposes to enhance this benefit again through the 2027 Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit Supplement, which would provide a one-time 50% increase for the 2026-27 benefit year, delivered in early 2027.","pdf_page":203,"printed_page":189,"quote":"To provide more help with the cost of groceries and other essentials: Budget 2026 proposes to enhance this benefit again through the 2027 Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit Supplement, which would provide a one-time 50% increase for the 2026-27 benefit year, delivered in early 2027."},{"text":"Budget 2026 proposes to provide $610.3 million over four years, starting in 2027-28, $118.1 million in 2031-32, and $117 million ongoing to ensure that Nutrition North Canada can maintain and enhance these essential supports.","pdf_page":204,"printed_page":190,"quote":"Budget 2026 proposes to provide $610.3 million over four years, starting in 2027-28, $118.1 million in 2031-32, and $117 million ongoing to ensure that Nutrition North Canada can maintain and enhance these essential supports."}],"amounts_in_text":["$4.1 billion","$610.3 million over four years, starting in 2027-28","$118.1 million","$117 million"],"source":{"pdf_page":203,"printed_page":189,"chapter_url":"https://budget.canada.ca/2026/report-rapport/chap3-en.html#a1"},"money_type":"tax","involves_loans":false,"lenses":["households"],"url":"https://budget2026.warreandvavasour.com/measures/providing-more-help-groceries-everyday-essentials/","chapter_title":"A more affordable life"}