Momentum on basic income is growing in Canada. However, pervasive myths about poverty are making implementing the idea challenging.
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The U.S. and Canada both have different approaches when it comes to work conditions and income assistance programs.
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.
Basic income should form part of a practical comprehensive plan for eliminating poverty in Canada.
CERB was a lifeline but no paradise, highlighting the struggles of social assistance recipients to get by on much less.
The Covid-19 pandemic raises the question of the precariousness of foreigners dependent on social assistance in Switzerland - a precariousness that is still growing.
Catastrophic increases in opioid overdose deaths across Canada require a broad response – tackling housing, food and income insecurity as well as the contaminated drug supply.
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Wayne Simpson is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor, Department of Economics, University of Manitoba
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Research Scientist, BC Centre on Substance Use and Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia
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