Advocates of a universal basic income say they hope the Canadian Emergency Response Assistance Program (CERB), set up to help unemployed and underemployed Canadians during the pandemic, will lead the way to a fairer system for all.Transforming the CERB into a universal basic income is the logical progression of the program, according to Elaine Power, researcher at Queen’s University and member of the Canada Basic Income Network in Kingston, Ontario.“There is more and more pressure on the government, I would say, to expand the CERB. I think basic income would be a logical extension of CERB, and it’s a […]
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