Worthwhile Canadian Initiative

It occurs to me that in the post marked (substance) I didn't actually get to the substance (the procedure being pretty awesome to write about). There was one proposal that got through which represented some new and potentially constructive thinking. Andrew Cash (MP Davenport) introduced a resolution that would extend the CPP and other benefits to workers with "precarious occupations," meaning those on contract, the self-employed, entrepreneurs, etc. There's the problem of how to pay for it, of course, but if this is a move towards decoupling social benefits and protections from formal employment, then so long as it's somehow indexed to net tax contributions it could be a politically viable path towards the generalized welfare state.

Which would be awesome.