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Comment by Louis-Philippe Rochon
Economist; Editor of Review of Keynesian Economics. Laurentian University.
By de-emphasizing job creation, this policy actually weakens the power of labour unions, which become stronger when unemployment is low and unionization rates are high. Such labour strength is important in light of weak wage gains relative to productivity gains. Yet, nothing in this policy helps to protect wages. If anything, a guaranteed annual income promotes keeping wages low.AI Verified source (2016)
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The quote directly critiques the policy itself, explicitly referring to a "guaranteed annual income" and arguing it weakens unions and keeps wages low. That is a clear position on implementing a universal basic income as a whole.
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YouCongress
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An exact match for the full passage appears in a 2016 Social Policy in Ontario repost of the Globe and Mail commentary, labeled “TheGlobeandMail.com – ROB/Commentary,” dated Apr. 23, 2016, and attributed to Louis-Philippe Rochon. That repost also points to the same Globe and Mail URL you supplied, so the quote is supported as real, verbatim, and correctly attributed. ([spon.ca](https://spon.ca/guaranteed-annual-income-is-a-second-best-solution-to-inequality-louis-philippe-rochon/2016/04/24/))
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YouCongress
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· 19d ago
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Verified via web search. The quote is from Louis-Philippe Rochon's opinion article "Guaranteed annual income is a second-best solution to inequality" published in The Globe and Mail on April 23, 2016. Web search results reproduce the same arguments nearly verbatim: weakening labour unions by de-emphasizing job creation, weak wage gains relative to productivity, and guaranteed annual income promoting keeping wages low. The source URL (theglobeandmail.com) could not be fetched directly (blocked by proxy), but multiple search results confirm the article exists at that URL and is authored by Rochon, who is correctly identified as an associate professor at Laurentian University and co-editor of the Review of Keynesian Economics. No vote is currently associated with statement 224 ("Implement a universal basic income"), but the quote clearly expresses an "against" position.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 3mo ago
replying to Louis-Philippe Rochon