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Hamilton photographer puts a face to people hurt by cancellation of Ontario’s basic income pilot project
Monday, August 27th, 2018
“The Basic Income pilot allowed me to have the psychological and financial freedom to explore where I could be the most effective in society. I wasn’t using it to survive, I was using it to thrive,” … “It (the pilot) is an investment in people.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Canada’s poverty strategy stitched together existing policies and called it a new plan
Monday, August 27th, 2018
The strategy basically pulls together all the government’s previously announced programs to reduce poverty. There are no new policies and no new funding commitments to improve or speed up current programs… There is a new $12 million investment over five years but that’s earmarked for gaps in poverty measurements.
Tags: featured, housing, ideology, jurisdiction, poverty, standard of living
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Hugh Segal – The Case for a Universal Basic Income
Friday, August 24th, 2018
The top-up being tested in Ontario reminds me of what we did for our senior citizens in 1975 [with the Guaranteed Annual Income System (GAINS)], reducing the level of poverty from 35 percent to 3 percent in three years… that is the challenge that we have to face. And the notion that we can’t afford it is like saying we’re not prepared to fight a disease which destroys the fiber of our society.
Tags: budget, economy, featured, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Poverty line a blurry target
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018
… the federal government’s plan to have 850,000 fewer people living on welfare in 2020 compared to 2015 will probably have them lowering the poverty line by the amount necessary to hit that target… / There is a world of difference between people who are “economically challenged” and those who live in genuine poverty — or run the risk of doing so. Until this distinction is front and centre, the issue of real poverty will not get the full attention it deserves.
Tags: budget, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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What good is a poverty reduction strategy?
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018
… a poverty reduction strategy certainly is budgets, programs and monies spent… But whether you are poor, rich or middle-class, this is not good enough. A poverty reduction strategy must also be a set of priorities that reflect our concerns; priorities that are paired with measurable targets allowing Canadians to plot a path to somewhere better… It is a way of holding our governments to account, because it puts the focus on the connection between actions and results.
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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Anti-poverty strategy will aim for 50 per cent cut in low-income rates: source
Monday, August 20th, 2018
The government wants to reduce the rate of poverty in Canada by 20 per cent from 2015 levels by the end of the current decade, which would require almost 850,000 fewer people living in poverty in 2020 compared to five years earlier… the target increases to 50 per cent by 2030 — a decline of 2.1 million people, including just over 534,000 children under age 18… Absent any new spending, the government is likely to promote efforts to better co-ordinate existing and promised federal programs, as well as better tracking of their impact.
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It’s time for politicians to take food insecurity and poverty seriously
Thursday, August 16th, 2018
One of the biggest challenges in effectively tackling poverty is that we have made it the responsibility of charity. Our over reliance on food banks and corporate food charity as our default response has proven ineffective at achieving long-term change. Also consider that 21 per cent of food banks report having had to turn people away because there was no food to give out. We need to focus on food as a human right and building a food system that includes the elimination of poverty and food insecurity.
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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If Ontario won’t see sense, Ottawa should save the basic income pilot
Saturday, August 11th, 2018
It’s possible that this project, costing $50 million a year, will actually save money by reducing health-care costs, enabling people to improve their education and ultimately get decent jobs, so they won’t need ongoing government support. But the fledgling Ford government has cancelled the program before we can find out. Promise broken… The Ford government itself barely seems to know why it decided to kill the pilot. In fact, the reasons given for the broken promise grow more absurd with every sitting of the legislature.
Tags: budget, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, poverty, standard of living
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The Case for Universal Basic Income
Saturday, August 11th, 2018
Less bureaucracy, more dignity, less poverty, more security. Unlike traditional welfare, which can create a disincentive to work by reducing welfare payments as income rises, universal basic income is just that: it’s universal. People want to work, but if they spend all day in welfare lines, or if their welfare is reduced when they do work, then a job is far less feasible and far less attractive.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, tax
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The Case Against a Universal Basic Income
Saturday, August 11th, 2018
With the UBI the focus is paying all people. All people get paid, no incentives to work, and few resources left over for the major retraining that is required for displaced workers. But we can’t afford to just hope that these recipients will find the appropriate training for the jobs of the future and decide to enter the workforce… The other main problem with the UBI is its cost. Estimates show that, depending on the design, it would cost as much as $300-400 billion a year, more than the whole federal budget.
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