The Liberal grassroots have backed at least four resolutions for basic income programs at policy conventions including by a vote of 77 per cent at a virtual convention held in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it has never appeared in a campaign platform.
The idea of a basic personal income in Canada gained traction after the pandemic when the government provided an emergency income benefit to millions of Canadians who lost their jobs because of COVID-19 restrictions.
NDP MP Leah Gazan introduced a private member’s bill in 2021 to create a national framework for a universal basic income but the bill never made it beyond first reading.
A similar bill introduced in the Senate by Sen. Kim Pate was in the midst of being studied by a committee when Parliament was prorogued last month.
In 2021, the parliamentary budget officer published an analysis suggesting it would cost $85 billion to provide $17,000 to low-income Canadian families and would cut poverty rates in half.
You’re exactly right on the vibes point. Gould is practically tied at the hip to Trudeau, and would easily give the Conservatives a majority. Honestly I think they’ll win a majority regardless, but Carney might be able to at least keep an official party status.
Either of these is acceptable to me. I really want to vote NDP but they have a messaging problem though I think Jagmeet is a solid guy who was quite personable when I met him.
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You’re exactly right on the vibes point. Gould is practically tied at the hip to Trudeau, and would easily give the Conservatives a majority. Honestly I think they’ll win a majority regardless, but Carney might be able to at least keep an official party status.
FWIW all of the major pollsters have Carney at minimum forcing a conservative minority, if not winning outright.
Either of these is acceptable to me. I really want to vote NDP but they have a messaging problem though I think Jagmeet is a solid guy who was quite personable when I met him.