Meanwhile, the government in Quebec recently appointed François Blais, a long-time advocate for basic income, as minister of employment and social solidarity, leading to speculation that a policy proposal could be imminent there. Quebec prime minister Philippe Couillardsays a basic incomecould simpl...
Canada: The Case for Basic Income The idea of a universal minimum level of income support for all Canadians was first recommended by the Croll Committee Report in 1971. In the same year, the Castonguay-Nepveu Commission of Quebec suggested a similar scheme. In the early ... EL Forget - ...
But the UBI movement has a major problem: both critics and even many supporters don't understand how much the programme would really cost. To calculate the cost, most people just multiply the size of the monthly income (say, $1,000) by the population (it's universal, after all) and –...