COVID-19 and Is It Time For A Basic Income?
Imagine we had a Basic Income already in place? We would had been so much better prepared for the Covid-19 pandemic. This pandemic is a testament that incremental progress to social problems is NOT always the right way, or only way, to go. Things can be done quickly. We can learn from this. Listen to Nathaniel Erskine-Smith in an interview with Dr. Evelyn Forget.
Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, M.P., Beaches-East York
Is now the right time for a basic income? In episode two, Nathaniel is joined by Evelyn Forget, a health economist and professor at the University of Manitoba, and expert in basic income experiments. They discuss the evidence from pilots and existing programs in Canada, the new Emergency Response Benefit, and whether a basic income is the right approach to manage the economic fallout from COVID-19. You can listen to the podcast here (iTunes coming soon):
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BIG-NS echoes John Mills comment copied below: $2000 per month is a recognition that Income Assistance Programs from Provincial Governments is woefully inadequate.
“I realize that this was recorded before CERB was announced in its final format. The problem that I have with it goes back to inequality. Why is it that people who are on social assistance are worth less than people who had some form of employment? People in Ontario, for instance, receive $733/month on Ontario works and $1,169 on Ontario Disability Supports. Where do they apply for their top-up to which they are most certainly entitled?”
