Cash transfer schemes: Lessons from Canada

Cash transfer schemes: Lessons from Canada

A 8,000-square-meter poster in Plainpalais square in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2016, champions the idea of Universal Basic Income. Swiss citizens were to vote on June 5, 2016 on the proposal for an Unconditional Basic Income. They rejected the idea. | Denis Balibouse/Reuters The Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador recently announced plans to introduce a basic income for people aged 60-64 receiving social assistance . It is slated to roll out in April and will match existing federal seniors’ benefits .

On Prince Edward Island, a recent report has outlined how the province could reduce poverty by adopting a basic […]

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