While there’s broad support for a universal basic income, advocates say any new program must add to and not just replace existing social services With the winding down of the Trudeau government’s Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) later this month, talk in social service circles has turned to the Throne Speech next Wednesday (September 23).
Some three million Canadians lost their jobs during the pandemic. More than half of those jobs have been recouped . About 8.75 million Canadians have applied for CERB.
As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has talked up the need for Canada to pursue an ambitious social agenda […]
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