We are live! Join us for a federal update with my friend @MatthewGreenNDP!
https://twitter.com/DolyBegum/status/1327023449718472706
Some of the topics that we will be discussing include:
🔸 CRB eligibility
🔸 @NDP's success in advocating for mandatory paid sick days
🔸 Wealth Tax
🔸 A guaranteed livable basic income
And much more!
🔸 CRB eligibility
🔸 @NDP's success in advocating for mandatory paid sick days
🔸 Wealth Tax
🔸 A guaranteed livable basic income
And much more!
"COVID-19 made obvious that the system was never made for our survival" says @MatthewGreenNDP when addressing how various levels of government have dealt with the pandemic so far, "this idea that the free market will solve our societal challenges has been completely debunked"
"People are being confronted with #homelessness in ways that they've never seen it before, but that does not mean it hasn't always existed, let's be clear about that."
"The media may have been endeared by the 'aw shucks' moment of Doug Ford, but that moment has passed. That is done", says Green on the latest news about Ford's government ignoring the advice of medical professionals, and the impact their mishandling has had on Ontarians.
On the topic of #GLBI and how we're going to pay for it, Matthew says "We're already paying for it"
"There is a direct social science that connects poverty, low social assistance, ODSP cuts, cuts to social safety nets and homelessness"
"If we give people the dignity of choice, they wouldn't be forced to work in sub-standard conditions" - Matthew talks about how the system creates a scenario where folks have to use food banks, or payday loans
"These are policies of exclusion" Matthew says when addressing how numerous government programs such as the disability tax credit systemically leave out folks who are already on ODSP or fixed income.
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