5.14 No targeted welfare or social programs

Means‑testing, age‑testing, and circumstance‑testing are all discriminatory.

Under the NDP:

  • welfare cannot be targeted at specific groups
  • universal mechanisms (e.g., a universal dividend) replace complex programs
  • bureaucracies built around eligibility assessment disappear

This is one of the most politically radical implications.

A traveller faces a fork in the road: one route leads to a dark city labelled Serfdom, while an NDP sign points towards a thriving town labelled Peace, Security and Prosperity