Thread by @CanadaBasic

Summarizing #BasicIncome @ $196B/yr
Avg cost $5,214 non-taxable

🆘20 Million Canadians
💰 Min $18,329 floor
🛑#COVID19
🛑Evictions
🛑Perm Job Losses
🚑 Masks & Preventatives
🚑Essential Workers
⛑️BI Helps #CEWS by 📢#CreatingJobs
♿️#RaiseTheRates for #PWD

RT & #SpreadTheWord

How many Employers result in Permenant Job Layoffs because they can't commit to hours...

A #BasicIncome is also a means to protect these workers from loosing Weeks to Months of Income before they qualify for benefits. It's FASTER than EI. It's FASTER than Welfare.

How many mothers need to work 2 or 3 jobs just to pay the rent and bills? Sacrificing #FamilyQualityTime is not helping our society increase benefits of life by not having enough time for family outings, and experiences that can benefit creativity in the workplace.

How many low income families are desperate for nutrition due to rising shelter and food costs associated with #COVID19?

A #BasicIncome can alleviate the worry of another #lockdown by allowing funds to flow before outbreaks to stock up on #essentials

How much #Crime is associated with #BasicIncome in #Canada? How much can we save in our Justice System along with prolonged benefits from lower #Shoplifting and #Theft crimes? Can we save Billions while ensuring future generations get nutrition & shelter resulting in employment?

How many employers will benefit from people having proper access to clothing and necessities resulting in better workplaces and increased productivity?

If you earn $1 you don't want to feel like $0.25 is taxes and $0.50 is shelter and $0.10 is utilities...

#BasicIncome HELPS

Does the savings of
#HealthCare
#Justice
#Police
#MedicalCosts
#MentalHealth
#DomesticAbuse
#DestructionofPropertyfromCrime
#LackofValdalism

Outweigh

#TheLazy
#Homeless
#Unemployed
#QuitTheirJob

My rebuttal to "They'll Quit their Jobs" is... Look @ $ of #UBI vs the $ now

The cold hard fact is #CERB showed that Canadians don't value their jobs over support when the support demands repayment if they earn.

#BasicIncome is a safety net, can be used nationally in times of extraordinary emergencies, natural disasters, and more.

The Potential of a #BasicIncome is even down to the #PostalCode ... Imagine if there was a #Wildfire ... The Government could blanket support to those already shown to be within the threshold income range.

Scenario 3 of #BasicIncome was shown to be a 15% clawback to a maximum income range of $120,000 for an individual...

That's the most revolutionary program a government could do to help all those who have lost the better part of a year. In some cases they have lost more than a yr

#BasicIncome is 🛑NOT 🛑

🚫#Prejudice
🚫#Chauvinistic
🚫#Racist
🚫#Sexist
🚫Based on #Employment Contributions
🚫Based on #Qualifications or #Requirements
🚫Based on #Hours of #Eligibility
🚫#TaxableIncome

#BasicIncome STOPS #Poverty Now AND Before the #NextToSuffer fr #COVID19

Based on this Thread, do you believe that a #BasicIncome in #Canada is worth the costs of about $6,000 per eligible recipient for 20,000,000 Canadians to be assured that when they do have #Jobs or don't, #Canada is then a leader for our #Health, #MentalHealth, #Housing & #Economy

Unfortunately this opinion piece on #BasicIncome throws in fear, political party opinions and nothing to do with the real effects a BI would have on the economy. @cselley

Chris Selley: Universal basic income is not coming to Canada... nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-…