Comments on: Liberals ready to shake up Canada’s social policy with basic income guarantee

By: Liberals ready to shake up Canada’s social policy with basic income guarantee – Kingston Action Group for Basic Income Guarantee

Mon, 26 Sep 2016 20:23:27 +0000

[…] Liberals ready to shake up Canada’s social policy with basic income guarantee […]

By: BrumTr

BrumTr — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 05:03:52 +0000

100% agree… especially about native

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 01:41:27 +0000

Totally agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 01:39:05 +0000

What are you talking about, with a basic income you eliminate all those social programs that cost money, also crime rates go down hospital visits go down and in turn governments can take all those savings and give it to people.

By: Dale Conrad

Dale Conrad — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 13:40:10 +0000

hmmm a plan right out of Bernie Sanders playbook. Now just where is this monry supposed to come from?

By: Walt

Walt — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 11:12:43 +0000

Would love to know your thinking in that regard David. Thanks.

By: Angela Gallant

Angela Gallant — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 03:04:47 +0000

I notice BC is not listed as one of the supporters…. -.-

By: Scott Morgan

Scott Morgan — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 20:28:25 +0000

It’s a great idea. Unfortunately it won’t work. Every time the minimum wage goes up prices across the board go up increasing the cost of living for everyone. If they truly wish to do something, change the monetary policy back so the Bank of Canada (BoC)controls the creation of Canada’s money instead of the chartered banks. Also they need to restore the chartered banks having to keep a strong percentage of their depositors deposits on reserve with the BoC for the governments use. This was what was the intent of the BoC and the original BoC Act. This allowed the government access to money for 0 or next to 0% interest for infrastructure projects across the country. This is how Canada became so strong through the age of the baby boomers. This was how Canada’s healthcare policies were developed and maintained. Unfortunately, PM Pierre Elliott Trudeau after listening to the chartered banks tales of woe saying they were headed for financial collapse unless Trudeau loosens the deposit requirements with the BoC. Trudeau fell for it. He dropped the deposits roughly leaving only 1/3 with the BoC. This was the start of the Governments love affair with borrowing against our next generations futures. This was the start of our out of control interest rates into the 1980″s. Then along came Brian Mulrooney with claims of getting the Liberals spend thrift ways in control. Unfortunately Canadian’s were duped. PM Mulrooney was told the chartered banks were headed for financial collapse again, Mulrooney released the remaining deposits so the chartered banks do not have to deposit anything. Remember in the 1980’s when the Royal Bank of Canada declared their first record $1 Billion profit. This was followed in time by all the banks. The only financial collapse was for Canadian’s, the BoC no longer was the governments cash provider, they continued the borrowing love affair by borrowing from chartered banks and foreign governments. Today, we are seeing nothing but cash going out the windows of every citizen. Now Trudeau Jr. wants to do this? Guess where the money is going to come from? That’s right, BORROW IT. Canada cannot afford this. Restore the BoC Act to it’s original intent. Restore chartered banks to where they should be. But alas, as we all know, they’re the government, they are only accountable to anyone but us.

By: George Gilks

George Gilks — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 20:27:23 +0000

Effects of poverty: malnourished children with inadequate education, homelessness, seniors living well below the poverty line, crime, fostering of extremist ideology and segregation, to name a few. The working poor, a contradiction, if you are working then why are you poor.
The poverty line in BC has been set by the provincial government at $32,000 per year. Any less than that is not adequate to meet living requirements. Most seniors are living on less than half that amount. Under the current GIS for seniors you would have to be living in poverty for a minimum of 3 years to collect it, you would be homeless before you could ever receive the supplement. Shameful, a real insult to poor seniors.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 04:35:02 +0000

No one should get free money. If you receive then you need to provide a service, be it cleaning a park, helping at a local seniors lodge etc. No body is given self esteem and self worth. You need to earn it. Look to our native population as an example.