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Urbanisation is experienced through growing tensions within families over precious yet meagre plots of land.
The policy of providing guaranteed cash incomes has gained momentum in recent years. This tool to tackle inequality has the potential to address racial resentment.
Improving mental health through a basic income is a wise investment, one that will prevent the needless suffering of generations to come.
Recent experiments make the case for a paradigm shift in the provision of social assistance.
A UBI pilot in Wales gives a sum of money to young people leaving the care system. But it won’t be rolled out beyond its trial period.
Momentum on basic income is growing in Canada. However, pervasive myths about poverty are making implementing the idea challenging.
Research shows a progressive basic income is needed now.
The U.S. and Canada both have different approaches when it comes to work conditions and income assistance programs.
Canada’s National Food Policy is slated for renewal later this year. Employment and Social Development Canada must be involved to develop income supports that reduce food insecurity.
Initiatives like the federal government’s new grocery rebate are only a small step towards ending food insecurity in Canada. A broader guaranteed basic income is long overdue.
The federal government should make the grocery rebate permanent by adding it to the GST/HST credit.
Basic income should form part of a practical comprehensive plan for eliminating poverty in Canada.
Scotland, Ireland and Spain are among those trialling four-day weeks, but they’re not living in the real world.
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.
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Wayne Simpson is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor, Department of Economics, University of Manitoba
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