Young People Need a Universal Basic Income. So Does the Planet.

Young People Need a Universal Basic Income. So Does the Planet.

A UBI would support youth entering the workforce during a recession and help address the climate emergency they’re stuck fighting.

As a student in the University of Waterloo’s School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, Maggie Chang worries about the climate: “Climate change quite literally threatens the livability of our planet.” But since the pandemic hit Canada in March, the 22-year-old has also been worried about her financial situation, and that of her peers. “We’re not in a place to find work right now and it feels like [the government doesn’t] have a good understanding of students,” she says. […]

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