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a party called NONE OF THE ABOVE...and be put at the bottom of the choices...We would win for sure!!!! I have voted NDP all my 40 years of voting but never again...I do not support or condone dishonest people...yes I am talking about you Greg

Reggie 2 said "Rana Bokaria says she will make ambulance rides free to anyone making less than $20,000 a year. Even someone making minimum wage makes more than that. So she should be able to live up to that one. Not sure if she has a clue sometime with what she says. Usually it is "we'll have an announcement next week". So definitely she wont be the next premier.     Everyone pays taxes which pays for fireman and paramedics so there really is no need for these fees. "

that leaves a ton of people out of that offer of free ambulance rides! My father for one!  
 

If the governments were serious about poverty and guaranteeing people a living wage, why do people pay income tax if they are below the poverty level?  
 
For example, and I'm just making up numbers, presume the poverty level is at $20,000, and the basic personal exemptions start at $10,000. Why is the basic personal exemption not started at $20,000, the poverty level?  
 
I have a problem with a guaranteed income. I do believe that people need a living income. However, I see the guaranteed income as welfare. "Why should I work a minimum wage job and make almost $23,000 ($11/hr X 40 hours/week X 52 weeks) when I can do nothing and get $20,000?" There are enough people already doing nothing living off of the taxpayer when they should be working.