While the notion of a guaranteed basic income has proven to be controversial, a new report from the Northern Policy Institute suggests a implementing a program of the sort would lead to more than just financial health.
The report examined a group of low-earning people in Ontario, finding that a basic income would allow for much more flexibility when it came to basic necessities like food.
Speaking on CKNW’s Jill Bennett show, author of the report and University of Toronto professor Dr. Valerie Tarasuk says that flexibility would eliminate what scientists call “food insecurity,” the state in which many lower-income people […]
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