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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
I think how a society cares for its most vulnerable citizens says a lot about their values. We don't take care of our kids. And really we're setting up to fail our seniors too.
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We're not failing our seniors.
There are so many wage supports for Canadian seniors. Many of them have defined benefit pensions, not just former government workers. Those that don't have defined benefit pensions have CPP. And those that don't have CPP because they didn't work much in their lives get OAS. That's basically UBI for seniors! Safety net after safety net after safety net.
Low income seniors get so many other freebies too:
- pharmacare
- dental care
- property tax deferrals (many of them own multimillion dollar properties free and clear, but have "low incomes")
It does not suck to be a senior in Canada.
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