Widening the social safety net: N.W.T. candidates pitch 2 big ideas

Widening the social safety net: N.W.T. candidates pitch 2 big ideas

Universal daycare is an idea some MLA hopefuls are pitching this campaign season. (CBC) An election campaign offers something of a public policy brainstorming session, with candidates putting up their best ideas for improving life in their region.

In the Northwest Territories, proposals run the gamut from building new art galleries, to offering grants for students in health-care fields, to setting up private cannabis stores in every community.

But a handful of candidates are touting two big ideas — ones that would greatly expand the territory’s social safety net: a guaranteed basic income and universal childcare.CBC News looked into these platform […]

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