We're Back to Rhetoric of Welfare Cheaters

An old one, but the agenda still fits!

According to Queen's Park reporter Jack Hauen, on Monday Premier Ford said:

"What drives me crazy, is people on Ontario Works--probably 3-400,000--that are healthy. . . . It really bothers me that we have healthy people sitting at home collecting your hard-earned dollars. . . . We need to encourage them to contribute back to the province and find gainful employment. I'll support anyone that's having a tough time. I have no problem with that. But eventually you have to go out there and start working and contributing back." 

This is the old, but not yet worn out, trick of pitting people against one another. Don't hate the wealthy premier pretending to be looking out for you while sitting on $22 billion and often absent from parliament; the real enemy is all those fakers on the dole!! 

Don't fall for it - especially now with Long Covid creating more disabilities, more people who struggle just to get to the bathroom and back to bed. The last thing they need is someone hounding them to get back to work! We need more supports than ever before. We need a guaranteed basic income!

This is @lifeofa_fashiongirl after she got Long Covid. The only job she can do right now is, maybe, being a Conservative premier!

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ETA: This eye-opening article on the blowback caused by Ford's comment. There are only 393,886 people using Ontario Works, so Ford essentially thinks all of them should be working. A former caseworker describes the incredibly invasive program that monitors every aspect of people's lives once on OW. Lots are single mother fleeing an abusive relationship. OW provides just $733/month; "Nobody has a good life on Ontario Works. Period."