Dan Fumano: B.C. municipal leaders ask Ottawa to consider universal basic income

Dan Fumano: B.C. municipal leaders ask Ottawa to consider universal basic income

Delegate votes at the UBCM convention in Whistler on Sept. 14, 2022. WHISTLER — If computers and robots mean fewer of our children will have good careers, is money from the government the answer? Or would such a program hurt society by discouraging people from working at all? Article content

On Wednesday, hundreds of representatives of B.C.’s local governments heard impassioned arguments for and against the long-debated concept of basic income, and narrowly voted to ask Ottawa to pursue such a program. Article content

Delegates at the Union of B.C. Municipalities’ annual convention in Whistler endorsed a resolution calling […]

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