New business owner credits her guaranteed ‘basic income’ for chance to be entrepreneur

New business owner credits her guaranteed ‘basic income’ for chance to be entrepreneur

Country Cupboard owner Julia Taylor says a guaranteed income can help people have a chance to become entrepreneurs. Julia Taylor is the proud new owner of Country Cupboard in Fenelon Falls, a health and bulk food store that has been a community staple for 35 years in the village.

Her belief is that it couldn’t have happened without a kind of ‘basic income’ that she counted on back in 2012 when her first child was born – the Canada Child Benefit. “Receiving that benefit topped up our income so I didn’t have to go back to work — it was […]

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.