Editorial: Guaranteed Livable Basic Income? A Guaranteed Livable Basic Wage Can Make it Affordable!

Editorial: Guaranteed Livable Basic Income? A Guaranteed Livable Basic Wage Can Make it Affordable!

by Terrance Hunsley, Editor, SocialCanada.org

The coordinated actions of MP Leah Gazan and Senator Kim Pate are brilliant. They each tabled members’ bills in Parliament and the Senate proposing Guaranteed Livable Basic Income for the nation. They propose that a guaranteed income, based on the actual cost of living in each economic region, be designed and implemented by the federal Minister of Finance. The wording of the Bill revives terms used in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Every adult is to be guaranteed security of the person with an income sufficient to live in dignity in their community.

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