Basic income for Canadians : from the COVID-19 emergency to financial security for all / Evelyn L. Forget.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of providing a basic income to everyone in Canada who needs it was already gaining broad support. Then, in response to a crisis that threatened to put millions out of work, the federal government implemented new measures which constituted Canada's largest ever experiment with a basic income for almost everyone. In this new and revised edition, Evelyn L. Forget offers a clear‐eyed look at how these emergency measures could be transformed into a program that ensures an adequate basic income for every Canadian. Forget details what we can learn from earlier basic income experiments in Canada and internationally. She weighs the options, investigates whether Canadians can afford a permanent basic income program and describes how it could best be implemented across the country. This accessible book offers everything a reader needs to decide if a basic income program is the right follow-up to the short-term government response to COVID-19.
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- ISBN: 9781459415683 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 255 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: New and revised edition.
- Publisher: Toronto : James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Subject: | Basic income > Canada. Income distribution > Canada. Income maintenance programs > Canada. Poverty > Canada. Economic security > Canada. Social security > Canada. Canada > Social policy. |
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Lakeshore Branch | 362.5820971 For 2020 | 31681010239408 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |