Ottawa | Advocate for free public transit, UBI, and raising ODSP asset limits. Fighting for fairness and a better future for all.
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CrackerJack retweeted
your "Ring of Fire" is a dumpster fire of incompetence! Useless clown—can’t lead, can’t plan, just burns cash & promises. Step down, you disaster!
CrackerJack retweeted
So Carney made money before becoming PM, followed ethics rules, put his assets in a blind trust, and promised to recuse himself where needed. That’s how it’s done. No scandal, no proof of wrongdoing—just mudslinging by people who can’t debate real policies. #cdnpoli
CrackerJack retweeted
#cdnpoli
@PierrePoilievre, Cutting GST on homes isn’t some revolutionary idea you invented—it’s basic common sense. You don’t own good ideas. Liberals had a different platform, new leadership means new priorities. Canadians care about action, not who said it first.
CrackerJack retweeted
Two side-by-side posts while scrolling through Reddit 😄
#never51 #CanadaIsNotForSale
CrackerJack retweeted
Canada is not for sale
#CanadaIsNotForSale
#CanadaFirst
#Canada
#CanadaisBroken
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CrackerJack retweeted
The Loblaw grocery chain overcharged customers by selling underweighted meat across 80 stores for an undisclosed period that ended in December 2023, a CBC News investigation has found. cbc.ca/news/business/grocers…
CrackerJack retweeted
Surprise surprise, Loblaws has been overcharging you for meat by including the weight of the packaging and plastic into the costs of your meat. #canada #cdnpoli #loblawsisoutofcontrol
CrackerJack retweeted
"Across the board, the study reported no negative effects of cash payments on participants, who were 'significantly more likely to secure full-time employment than to remain unemployed not looking for work' than those in the control group."
#BasicIncomeWorks
CrackerJack retweeted
We can have a Canada where everyone can pursue their potential and be an active participant of our recovering economy.
#BasicIncome can be a sustainable investment in Canadians: UBIWorks.ca/groweconomy
#ubiworks #cdnpoli #canpoli
CrackerJack retweeted
Society relying on means-tested welfare indirectly subsidizes companies paying poverty wages and burdens the middle class with higher implicit taxes.
Universal Basic Income directly supports our poor & middle class, and stops subsidizing corporations exploiting cheap labor. #UBI
CrackerJack retweeted
While our political leaders blame job loss on global trade and offshoring, the reality is that most jobs lost are due to #automation.
We need to implement a universal #BasicIncome, because the gains of technology are part our common wealth. #UBIWorks
CrackerJack retweeted
Denver gave homeless people $1,000 a month, no strings attached. A year later:
*45% secured housing
*Taxpayers saved $590k because of fewer visits to the hospital, jail and shelters
*People used the money on groceries, rent, hygiene, clothes and transportation
*Mental health improved and they could spend more time with their kids and grandkids
Amazing what happens when you give people a chance
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The 45% figure is an average of all trial groups, not just the 1k/mo. The group that received only $50/month saw 43% find housing.
denverbasicincomeproject.org/research
CrackerJack retweeted
Conservative senator Hugh Segal was Canada's biggest basic income champion.
Alaska's universal dividend was created by Republican governor Jay Hammond.
Before the Canada Child Benefit, conservatives introduced the UCCB.
This shouldn't be partisan.
CrackerJack retweeted
Read my book "Let There Be Money" if you'd like to learn "where the money comes from" for universal basic income, and how that's not really the question to ask. What really matters is economic capacity to meet expressed demand and the waste of poverty.
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CrackerJack retweeted
Why do we idolize the overworked lifestyle? Proud to have 3 jobs and work 70 hours? Imagine a world where UBI gives you the freedom to pursue your passions without the constant stress of making ends meet. Work becomes a choice for growth, not just survival. Isn't that the dream?