Great logic.... Do ya think that the employers will be anxious to take out big bank loans to pay for this fantasy or will they just dump money down this program until they go t*tters?
Free trade means importers pay no tariffs. Open borders means employers can hire the most qualified and Canadians whose skills are in greater demand abroad can seek work abroad.
Are you against free markets?
As for the rest, they're ideas I was throwing out there. A guaranteed minimum income has pros and cons. Less overhead costs than many other social programmes, but do they open the door to abuse? I don't know. On a negative side, higher taxes. On a positive side, no more minimum wage and employers can get away with paying lower wages. I'm not a big fan of a guaranteed minimum income, but it's worth exploring as a way to circumvent the minimum wage as a barrier to employment, bearing in mind that then high taxes can also be a barrier to employment too. Catch-22.
As for education, that's a no-brainer. Raise the qualifications of the unemployed, though again I acknowledge it could mean higher taxes too which could also discourage hiring. But with more qualified workers, supply and demand means that more qualified workers would also be cheaper to hire.
But free trade and open borders would cost nothing and expand market access for all.