VANCOUVER — British Columbia has asked a team of experts to explore how providing people with a basic income could work in the province.
Prof. David Green, an economist at the University of British Columbia, will chair the three-member committee, which also includes researchers from other universities.
The province’s minority NDP government promised to implement a basic income pilot in its agreement with the Green party that allowed it to take office last summer.Green Leader Andrew Weaver said poverty is becoming more complex as jobs become less secure and the cost of living skyrockets, especially in the Lower Mainland.“In light of […]
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