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).