Amid soaring costs of essentials, could a basic income guarantee be the game-changer? Both the market economy and welfare system are falling short, with minimum-wage workers, and people receiving social assistance trapped thousands of dollars below the poverty line. Imagine a transformative solution: a basic income guarantee for every adult, employed or not. Critics may dismiss it as a lofty dream, but Canada has already experimented with basic income models, including a brief pilot program for working-age adults in Ontario.
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