Area Senator joins growing chorus calling for minimum basic income

Area Senator joins growing chorus calling for minimum basic income

‘It’s an approach whose time has come,’ says Sen. Gwen Boniface; Simcoe North MP Bruce Stanton says it ‘could be very good public policy’ Canadian Senator Gwen Boniface is among a group of senators calling for a basic income. OrilliaMatters file photo Last week, 50 members of Canada’s Senate – including Orillia’s Gwen Boniface – wrote a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling on the government to implement a minimum basic income.

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