Thank you, Mr. Speaker. One thing we're learning from these pilot projects, this basic guaranteed income, is that the best way to help someone get out of poverty is to ensure that their cost of living is taken care of without a lot of strings attached or government oversight. It allows them to get a job. It allows them to pay for food. Right now, we're clawing back a lot of income. I just don't understand what the hold-up is. Can we take a sample size of recipients of income support and start modelling this kind of effort, even on a temporary basis so it's a low-cost approach that still gets better results than we're currently experiencing? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Kieron Testart on Question 166-18(3): Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Project
In the Legislative Assembly on February 26th, 2018. See this statement in context.
Question 166-18(3): Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Project
Oral Questions
February 25th, 2018
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