The Case for Basic Income in the Fisheries

* We gratefully acknowledge input from Chalsie Kook-Marche, Ryan Lauzon, Sonia Strobel, Alyssa Stuart, &

Rick Williams.

Prepared by Kristen Lowitt, Hannah Harrison, Christine Knott, Philip Loring, Barbara Neis, Andy Olson, Deatra Walsh, and Racheal Weymer *IntroductionFisheries are crucial to the social and economic well-being of coastal regions and Indigenous communities across Canada. Fisheries make contributions to employment and skills development, revenue generation, social and cultural well-being, and food security within and well beyond coastal regions. Those who work in the sector, which includes small-scale and subsistence fisheries as well as fish processing, face intensifying pressures from rising fishing costs, competing […]

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