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Ontarians warming to guaranteed minimum income, poll suggests
Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
Forum Research Inc. found that Ontarians are open to the idea — if it replaces the myriad of existing “social assistance, welfare and other provincial support payments.” Of those polled, 41 per cent back the concept while 33 per cent oppose and 26 per cent don’t know. “Attitudes are changing quickly in North America on certain social issues”
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Federal budget is good time to reframe child benefits as family benefits
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
In the United States, parents with low wages are supported by the Earned Income Tax Credit; the United Kingdom is gradually replacing its Child Tax Credit with a new Universal Credit. Could Canadians also acknowledge that low-income workers, not just their children, deserve support? If child benefits were reframed as family benefits, they would be structured differently… I would retain some element of universality in the Canadian child benefit system.
Tags: budget, child care, economy, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, tax
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Progressives and the Guaranteed Income Debate
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
… the GMI seems to rest on the problematic idea of the primacy in all instances of individual choice, specifically our choices in the “market”… It could further fortify our atomization and the powerful ‘to each their own’ morality. Once the money transfer is made, everyone is on their own to fend for themselves. Society has done its part, people will choose what to do with the money. Responsibility to one another stops and starts there.
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Explore idea of guaranteed minimum income, parliamentary committee says
Sunday, March 13th, 2016
The finance committee tabled a pre-budget report Friday that pushes for a study and pilot project on basic income, which is seen as a way to lift people out of poverty. The idea, which was not in the Liberal election platform, was among 56 recommendations in a document that encouraged the federal government to act on a broad range of subjects… The report also recommended Ottawa examine the feasibility of a universal, national, prescription drug program
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Designing a housing allowance program
Friday, March 11th, 2016
This paper describes a series of design options for housing allowances and compares their advantages and disadvantages. The five options range from a rent supplement that provides extra funding for those with high rent, up to a housing allowance meant to pay as much as the full cost of a modest rental apartment for those with little or no income.
Tags: budget, housing, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Canada Social Report – Social Assistance Summaries, 2015 edition
Monday, March 7th, 2016
With the help of provincial and territorial government contacts from across the country, we have updated the Social Assistance Summaries with 2015 data. Individual reports from the provinces and territories are now ready for download… Improving access to capital for Canada’s First Nation communities… Provincial/Territorial and Federal Policy Monitors
Tags: budget, ideology, Indigenous, poverty, standard of living
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Let’s get the basic income experiment right
Tuesday, March 1st, 2016
Quite simply, individuals whose incomes fall below a certain threshold get topped up to a level that would meet basic needs. This streamlined approach would replace existing social assistance programs, and would provide much-needed income security for the increasing numbers of Canadians in precarious and part-time work. If designed correctly, it should also eliminate some of the perverse incentives of the “welfare wall” that institutionalize poverty in Canada.
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A Basic Income For Ontario? Province Plans Pilot Project As Part Of Budget
Sunday, February 28th, 2016
The government of Ontario is planning to launch a pilot project to test out a guaranteed basic income. What that pilot project will look like, and what it will cost, is not yet known… Premier Kathleen Wynne said it would “work with communities, researchers and other stakeholders in 2016 to determine how best to design and implement a Basic Income pilot.” Finance Minister Charles Sousa said the province will decide whether to make a basic income permanent on the basis of that pilot project
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It’s Time For Canada To Test A Basic Income
Friday, February 26th, 2016
A basic income would work as a tax credit administered through the taxation system similar to the Guaranteed Income Supplement for seniors. If someone earns less or has less than the poverty line, they would simply be topped up to a point above the poverty line. Now this wouldn’t be the good life but it would ensure that all Canadians would have an income that covers the basic necessities — clothing, food and decent shelter. It would provide a floor, a foundation that low income people could then build upon for a better life.
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Ahead of Trudeau’s Budget, a Glimpse of Seniors’ Poorer Future
Wednesday, February 24th, 2016
Roughly half (47 per cent) of Canadian families aged 55 to 64 have no accrued employer pension benefits in Canada. The vast majority of these Canadians retiring without an employer pension plan have totally inadequate retirement savings… they rely almost totally on OAS/GIS and CPP… To keep the situation from getting even worse, the federal government must again recalibrate public supports in the face of falling employer pension coverage and inadequate savings.
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