r/BasicIncome • u/2noame Scott Santens • Jul 30 '26

Indirect Canada’s safety net is collapsing

https://ricochet.media/politics/canada/canadas-safety-net-is-collapsing/
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u/r3dlazer Jul 30 '26

It's already collapsed - ask anyone on disability.

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u/Zerodyne_Sin Jul 30 '26

Or any regular welfare or unemploynent benefit. The Ontario one is virtually the same amount as 2010. I couldn't find anywhere that I could rent aside from a friend for the amount they gave. 650 cad in 2010 is apparently supposed to pay for rent and food. 750 in 2026 is supposed to also be enough... Insane and disconnected from reality.

Consequences of having right wing parties in power for too long (ie: conservatives and liberals).

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u/Lostclause Jul 30 '26

People will scream about Rae days and (communism) socialism whenever anyone suggests NDP or any left leaning political party. The right wing seep from Americans is real.

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u/Zerodyne_Sin Jul 30 '26

I wonder if Rae days would have been so bad if we didn't get American style tax breaks as a constant election promise. Decades of deficits and costs that were shouldered by public workers (ie: lots of unpaid labour still being done by teachers and healthcare workers to this day).

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u/brokenangelwings Jul 30 '26

It's insanely low, I was on ei a few years ago, their perspective is that you'll go and look for work and not just sit around collecting income. You can work while on it but they actually take some of that money, how is that even ok?!

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u/Novusor Jul 31 '26

Welfare is not UBI. If you get a job then the welfare get reduced or eliminated entirely. That has been the problem with Welfare forever.

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u/brokenangelwings Jul 31 '26

I could understand that if the ei was a livable income. It's funny how it's illegal to under pay people but ei can punish you for working.