From: johnturmel@gmail.com   
      
   JCT: It doesn't specify what it can do but what it can do   
   can be discerned in the political verbiage:   
      
   PARLIAMENT OF CANADA   
   BILL S-233   
   First Reading   
   First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,   
   70 Elizabeth II, 2021   
      
   SENATE OF CANADA   
   BILL S-233   
   An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed   
   livable basic income   
      
   JCT: That's the cover story, it's to provide a guaranteed   
   livable basic income to those who obey.   
      
   FIRST READING, DECEMBER 16, 2021   
   THE HONOURABLE SENATOR Pate   
      
   4412114   
      
   SUMMARY   
      
   This enactment requires the Minister of Finance to develop a   
   national framework to provide all persons over the age of 17   
   in Canada with access to a guaranteed livable basic income.   
   It also provides for reporting requirements with respect to   
   the framework.   
      
   JCT: It's "to provide access" to all persons who qualify.   
      
   BILL S-233   
      
   An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed   
   livable basic income   
      
   Preamble   
   Whereas every person should have access to a livable basic   
   income;   
      
   JCT: Not every person should have a livable basic income,   
   only access if you qualify.   
      
   Whereas the provision of a guaranteed livable basic income   
   would go a long way toward eradicating poverty and improving   
   income equality, health conditions and educational outcomes;   
      
   Whereas the provision of a guaranteed livable basic income   
   would benefit individuals, families and communities and   
   protect those who are made most vulnerable in society, while   
   facilitating the transition to an economy that responds to   
   the climate crisis and other current major challenges;   
      
   And whereas a guaranteed livable basic income program   
   implemented through a national framework would ensure the   
   respect, dignity and security of all persons in Canada;   
      
   JCT: Sure, it will do a log of good for those who qualify.   
      
   Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and   
   consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts   
   as follows:   
      
   Short title   
   1. This Act may be cited as the National Framework for a   
   Guaranteed Livable Basic Income Act.   
      
   Interpretation   
   Definitions   
   2. The following definitions apply in this Act.   
      
   Indigenous governing body means a council, government or   
   other entity that is authorized to act on behalf of an   
   Indigenous group, community or people that holds rights   
   recognized and affirmed by section 35 of the Constitution   
   Act, 1982. (corps dirigeant autochtone)   
      
   Minister means the Minister of Finance. (ministre)   
      
   National Framework   
   Development   
   3. (1) The Minister must develop a national framework for   
   the implementation of a guaranteed livable basic income   
   program throughout Canada for any person over the age of 17,   
   including temporary workers, permanent residents and refugee   
   claimants.   
      
   JCT: For "any person" who qualifies. not "every person."   
      
   Consultation   
   (2) In developing the framework, the Minister must consult   
   with the Minister of Health, the ministers responsible for   
   employment, social development and disability,   
   representatives of the provincial governments responsible   
   for health, disability, education and social development,   
   Indigenous elders, Indigenous governing bodies and other   
   relevant stakeholders, including policy developers and   
   political decision-makers, as well as experts in other   
   guaranteed livable basic income programs.   
      
   Content   
   (3) The framework must include measures   
      
   (a) to determine what constitutes a livable basic income for   
   each region in Canada, taking into account the goods and   
   services that are necessary to ensure that individuals can   
   lead a dignified and healthy life, as well as the cost of   
   those goods and services in accessible markets;   
      
   JCT: Lots of bureaucracy to distribute different amounts.   
      
   (b) to create national standards for health and social   
   supports that complement a guaranteed basic income program   
   and guide the implementation of such a program in every   
   province;   
      
   JCT: National standards for health will include requirement   
   to be vaxed, no doubt. They just won't tell us now, only   
   later.   
      
   (c) to ensure that participation in education, training or   
   the labour market is not required in order to qualify for a   
   guaranteed livable basic income; and   
      
   JCT: So they tell us what's participation is not required to   
   qualify but not what participation is required to qualify!   
   Participation in being vaxed someday later?   
      
   (d) to ensure that the implementation of a guaranteed   
   livable basic income program does not result in a decrease   
   in services or benefits meant to meet an individual's   
   exceptional needs related to health or disability.   
      
   JCT: So "the implementation must not result in a decrease   
   in services or benefits meant to meet an individual's   
   exceptional needs related to health." But may result in a   
   decrease meant to meet an individual's regular needs."   
      
   Reports to Parliament   
      
   Tabling of framework   
   4. (1) Within one year after the day on which this Act comes   
   into force, the Minister must prepare a report setting out   
   the framework, including any social, health and economic   
   conclusions and recommendations related to its development,   
   and cause the report to be tabled in each House of   
   Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which that House   
   is sitting after the report is completed.   
      
   JCT: In a year, we'll find out what health conclusions and   
   recommendations will be levied upon us.   
      
   Publication   
   (2) The Minister must publish the report on the website of   
   the Department of Finance within 10 days after the report   
   has been tabled in both Houses of Parliament.   
      
   Report   
   5. Within two years after the report referred to in section   
   4 has been tabled in both Houses of Parliament, and every   
   year after that, the Minister must, in consultation with the   
   parties referred to in subsection 3(2), undertake a review   
   of the effectiveness of the framework, prepare a report   
   setting out the social, health and economic findings and   
   recommendations related to the implementation and   
   effectiveness of the framework, and cause the report to be   
   tabled in each House of Parliament on any of the first 15   
   days on which that House is sitting after it is completed.   
      
      
   JCT: Every 2 years, the Minister must review the health   
   findings and recommendations.   
      
   Published under authority of the Senate of Canada   
      
   So on a bill to give any qualified person access to a   
   guaranteed livable basic income, they'll get to make being   
   vaxed a requirement of qualification. Without mentioning it   
   once.   
      
   Could the Liberals be that tricky? Har har har.   
      
   Looks like I'll have to file an objection in Federal Court   
   even though I've been barred as a "vexatious litigant" and   
      
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