‘I’m living off my children’: Basic income could break cycle of poverty

'I'm living off my children': Basic income could break cycle of poverty

Gina Younker is concerned she will pass her own financial difficulties on to her children. (Sarah MacMillan/CBC) A public meeting in Charlottetown Wednesday to discuss a basic guaranteed income for Prince Edward Islanders heard that such a plan could help break the cycle of poverty for Island families.

Gina Younker was one of about 75 people at Murphy’s Community Centre for the meeting. It was the last of four meetings hosted by the P.E.I. Working Group for a Liveable Income.

Younker is on social assistance, and said she isn’t able to afford all of her necessary medical treatment, so she has […]

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