John Clarke of OCAP seen here in a file photo from 2015. When Jenna van Draanen first became involved with the Basic Income Canada Network seven years ago, she found herself constantly having to explain the group’s purpose to people she met.
Now basic income — a policy idea that encompasses a range of policy options aimed at giving people cash entitlements from the government — is creeping into the mainstream, and the BC government has committed $4 million to explore its feasibility here.
“Now people on the bus behind me will be talking about it,” the University of British Columbia […]
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