The Canada Emergency Response Benefit has been an essential lifeline for millions of Canadians during the pandemic, amounting to just the sort of no-strings-attached Basic Income that had already been gaining worldwide attention in recent years. Photo by Ashwini Chaudhary/ Unsplash . The following is excerpted from The Case for Basic Income by Jamie Swift and Elaine Power. Copyright © 2021 Jamie Swift and Elaine Power. Published by Between the Lines. Reproduced by arrangement with the publisher. All rights reserved.
Late in the winter of 2020, it was dawning on Canadians that the COVID-19 crisis was starting to shake […]
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