Basic Income and a Just Society
Policy Choices for Canada's Social Safety Net
France St-Hilaire, David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit, Lindsay M. Tedds, David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit, Lindsay M. Tedds
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Basic Income and a Just Society
Policy Choices for Canada's Social Safety Net
France St-Hilaire, David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit, Lindsay M. Tedds, David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit, Lindsay M. Tedds
About This Book
As governments struggle to adapt half-century-old income and social support programs to new needs and realities, some are calling for the introduction of a basic income guarantee for working-age Canadians. But is a basic income really the best policy response to poverty, precarious work, and unemployment? Is it the best way to build a just and inclusive society?
Basic Income and a Just Society provides a comprehensive evaluation of basic income and its application as a primary social policy tool. Drawing on extensive research and analysis produced for the British Columbia Expert Panel on Basic Income, combined with pan-Canadian data and current evidence, leading scholars examine the various claims made for and against a basic income. They assess its potential to reduce poverty and improve social outcomes, as well as the costs associated with implementing such a program in Canada and how it would interact with existing social programs.
In examining the key arguments advanced by proponents of a basic income, contributors take a hard look at Canada's social safety net and its strengths and weaknesses, proposing a different path forward â one that entails a full paradigm shift in social policy and rests on providing the bases of self- and social respect to all Canadians.