Has enthusiasm for the CERB paved the way for a universal basic income?

Has enthusiasm for the CERB paved the way for a universal basic income?

Economy

The economic salve of the CERB has changed attitudes about income assistance as COVID-19 has exposed fragility in many facets of the Canadian economy—but UBI is not without its critics The CERB gave Rennie the financial support and time she needed to plan a new business (Photograph by Carmen Cheung) For a few all-too-fleeting years, Mark Taylor believed in the future of Alberta’s oil and gas industry. Armed with his petroleum systems engineering degree from the University of Regina, Taylor landed a job at a Calgary energy services company in 2011. The money was good, and the role […]

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