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No Canada is not considering a guaranteed universal basic income. The consideration is being done by the Senate, which is a sleepy home for appointed political

No Canada is not considering a guaranteed universal basic income. The consideration is being done by the Senate, which is a sleepy home for appointed political party bagmen, and unlike the US Senate, has zero power or relevance. It is so irrelevant and useless that the New Democratic Party has been calling for its abolition for decades.

unsupp0rted 3y ago
I'm no "everything is a conspiracy by They/Them" Twitter nut, but if Canada were considering a large-scale economic change, then running it through the senate to generate a couple months of media coverage would be a good test balloon, and it would get the public familiar with the concept for when they eventually do introduce it via real policy.
- lo_zamoyski 3y ago
  How is that a conspiracy mindset? That's just basic political tactics 101. Floating an idea to gauge interest or to see how many dogs bark is nothing new. It a way of proposing something before deciding to sink a bunch of political resources into it
  - kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 3y ago
    To be fair, they did admit conspiracies were not they're forte, so it's no surprise they're not good at them.
    - unsupp0rted 3y ago
      Or is that what I wanted you to think?
  - bryanlarsen 3y ago
    And the vast majority of trial balloons go nowhere, so Tiktaalik's original comment is basically correct. There's nothing to see here.
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barbazoo 3y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_of_Canada https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_of_Canada
bawolff 3y ago
> The consideration is being done by the Senate, which is a sleepy home for appointed political party bagmen, and unlike the US Senate, has zero power or relevance. Studying things is basically the modern canadian senate's job. Just because they do not use their legeslative power much doesn't mean they do nothing. The system is not without flaws, but i generally like the idea of having former gov big-wigs studying things and making reccomendations. They have the experience to know what is up, but also aren't any more beholden to party politics.

unsupp0rted 3y ago

I'm no "everything is a conspiracy by They/Them" Twitter nut, but if Canada were considering a large-scale economic change, then running it through the senate to generate a couple months of media coverage would be a good test balloon, and it would get the public familiar with the concept for when they eventually do introduce it via real policy.

lo_zamoyski 3y ago
How is that a conspiracy mindset? That's just basic political tactics 101. Floating an idea to gauge interest or to see how many dogs bark is nothing new. It a way of proposing something before deciding to sink a bunch of political resources into it
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 3y ago
  To be fair, they did admit conspiracies were not they're forte, so it's no surprise they're not good at them.
  - unsupp0rted 3y ago
    Or is that what I wanted you to think?
- bryanlarsen 3y ago
  And the vast majority of trial balloons go nowhere, so Tiktaalik's original comment is basically correct. There's nothing to see here.
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barbazoo 3y ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_of_Canada https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_of_Canada

bawolff 3y ago

> The consideration is being done by the Senate, which is a sleepy home for appointed political party bagmen, and unlike the US Senate, has zero power or relevance. Studying things is basically the modern canadian senate's job. Just because they do not use their legeslative power much doesn't mean they do nothing. The system is not without flaws, but i generally like the idea of having former gov big-wigs studying things and making reccomendations. They have the experience to know what is up, but also aren't any more beholden to party politics.