Québec solidaire’s pilot project would determine whether a guaranteed basic income would better support vulnerable people than the current welfare system, party co=spokesperson Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois says.. A Québec solidaire government would launch a pilot project to establish a guaranteed minimum income in several Quebec municipalities, party co-spokesperson Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois said on Wednesday.
More than 800,000 people live in poverty in Quebec, with more than half of them on welfare, according to the leftist party.
Québec solidaire believes a well-paid job remains the best way to get out of poverty. That said, with welfare payments of $648 per month, and $1,035 for […]
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