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Bill C-22 is designed to fill a significant income security gap that leaves one in four adults with disabilities living below the poverty line. (Shutterstock)

September 18, 2023

Bill C‑22 will provide income security to Canadians with disabilities, but it needs to be done right

Wayne Simpson, University of Manitoba

The federal government needs to ensure the Canada Disability Benefit is designed to help those most in need.

Work conditions have largely been absent from Canada’s federal income support network — an approach that differs greatly from the United States. (Shutterstock)

June 6, 2023

As the U.S. expands work conditions for income assistance, Canada takes a different tack

Wayne Simpson, University of Manitoba

The U.S. and Canada both have different approaches when it comes to work conditions and income assistance programs.

The federal government’s grocery rebate will provide one-time monetary relief to 11 million low- and modest-income Canadians and families. (Shutterstock)

April 6, 2023

The Canadian government should make the grocery rebate permanent to combat the affordability crisis

Wayne Simpson, University of Manitoba

The federal government should make the grocery rebate permanent by adding it to the GST/HST credit.

Many countries are dealing with a rapidly rising cost of living. Billion Photos/Shutterstock

January 6, 2023

Global economy 2023: how countries around the world are tackling the cost of living crisis

Alan Shipman, The Open University; Aymen Smondel, Université Côte d’Azur; Bhima Yudhistira Adhinegara, Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS); John W. Diamond, Rice University; Luis Garvía Vega, Universidad Pontificia Comillas; Mohamad Hassan Shahrour, IAE Nice - Université Côte d'Azur; Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, and Wayne Simpson, University of Manitoba

Price inflation has hit countries differently, but most central banks and governments are concerned about the rising cost of living in 2023.

Canada’s current social assistance programs are not doing enough to support Canadians. (Shutterstock)

September 29, 2022

Better income assistance programs are needed to help people with rising cost of living

Wayne Simpson, University of Manitoba

Canada’s current income assistance programs are not doing enough to support Canadians. If the goal of temporary assistance is to help those in need, these programs must have better, broader coverage.

A Toronto actor and cabaret performer, a precarious employee, poses for a photo in April 2021 at the Elgin theatre. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

August 31, 2021

Let’s not forget about precarious work in this federal election — and beyond

Wayne Simpson, University of Manitoba

As the gig economy and precarious work become more prevalent, there’s a growing need for some form of universal income support to help these workers.

Even though the future is unknown, Canada’s employment rate has risen steadily from 53 per cent in 1946 to more than 61 per cent today. (Shutterstock)

September 16, 2019

The future of work will still include plenty of jobs

Wayne Simpson, University of Manitoba

Our inability to foresee the jobs of the future should be tempered by the realization that that jobs have always appeared in the past, regardless of technological advances.

The Canadian tax system can, and should, put more money into the pockets of the country’s most disadvantaged citizens. (Shutterstock)

July 9, 2019

Refundable tax credits would help alleviate poverty

Wayne Simpson, University of Manitoba

Tax credit refunds are an effective means of ensuring that Canada’s poverty gap, now clearly identified, is addressed for low-income families. So what’s taking so long?

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