Now is the time to bring a basic income program to Canada, says B.C. senator. But the pilot project could cost $100 billion

OTTAWA — Bringing a basic income program to Canada could cost as much as $100 billion, but British Columbia Senator Yuen Pau Woo argues now is the right time to test the concept.

Woo, head of the Independent Senators’ group, asked the parliamentary budget officer to do an analysis of a basic income project, where all Canadians would receive some money from the government to keep them above the poverty line.

Woo’s proposal would put the basic income project in place for six months from October of this year until March 2021.A basic income could replace income support programs like welfare […]

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