What will the Liberals do to welfare if they get in power again after the next provincial election?
We could ask them but last time they lied. They said they planned no changes to welfare. Sometimes it’s useful to see what the corporate think tanks want if you’re trying to figure out what right wing governments are going to do next. In 2002 the Fraser Institute, a corporate think tank whose members and funders are big corporations, put out a report on welfare called “Welfare Reform in BC: a report card.” Welfare changes are important to big business because they influence how desperate people are to take the crummiest, lowest wage, short term jobs. In this report the Fraser Institute grades the BC government on 8 changes to welfare that they claim have worked in the U.S.A. They love the 2 year time limit because they say it, “ends the entitlement to welfare.” If the Liberals are re-elected, look for an end to some of the exemptions that save people from being cut off welfare after they’ve been on for 2 years. The Fraser Institute likes another tactic of the BC Liberals. They call it
