Social Issues

The Province is encouraging people in Lindsay who may be in need of a basic income guarantee for the next… Continue reading “Need a basic income guarantee? Province continues to take applicants”

The local Poverty Reduction Roundtable is asking Kawartha Lakes residents “How’s your housing?” on Nov. 22, National Housing Day. Citizens… Continue reading “Local Poverty Reduction Roundtable wants to know ‘How’s your housing?’”

Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock Conservative MP Jamie Schmale has clarified his position on basic income, saying he’s all for the pilot if… Continue reading “If Ontario Works, boutique tax credits go, Schmale on board with basic income”

Ontario Basic Income Network (OBIN) delegates met in Lindsay recently to assert their vision of what a basic income guarantee… Continue reading “‘Lindsay Declaration’ on progressive basic income passed by delegates”

One of Canada’s most well-known inequality fighters, Senator Art Eggleton, inspired members of the Ontario Basic Income Network recently who… Continue reading “Senator Art Eggleton: Will Lindsay be the next Dauphin, Manitoba?”

While a panel discussion about basic income was happening in Lindsay last Friday, there was a three-hour line-up to sign… Continue reading “Basic income panel talks about hope, human rights, and the choice we make to allow poverty”

Roderick Benns recently interviewed Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock Conservative MP Jamie Schmale on the issue of basic income and the Ontario Basic Income… Continue reading “MP Schmale says low taxes, private-sector jobs the answer, not basic income”