Government policies should promote long-term employment; not universal income schemes that allow employable individuals to stay at home. Canada is in the midst of an unplanned and massive universal basic income experiment. We are spending $40 billion (and counting) to provide basic monthly income via direct payments to Canadians. This effectively means Canadians are not working in their jobs but are getting paid by the government to stay home.
An aspect often forgotten when discussing universal basic income is the importance of the job itself.
The COVID-19 pandemic is the catalyst for this and I fully agree that staying home has […]
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