It’s an idea that has been hotly debated by academics and policy makers for years: giving all low-income citizens a guaranteed, minimum annual income — whether they work or not.
Proponents say a guaranteed basic income (GBI) lowers social costs and helps get people off of social services; critics say it gives people an incentive not to work.
Ontario is in the midst of setting up a pilot project to test the concept, and on Tuesday one of the experts advising that study will be speaking in Vancouver.On Monday, Kwame McKenzie, CEO of the Wellesley Institute special adviser to the Ontario […]
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