Social Issues
Basic income was helping with crushing cost of housing: Survey
OBIP Chronicles — Finding affordable housing in Ontario hasn’t been easy for decades. Finding it in Kawartha Lakes has been… Continue reading “Basic income was helping with crushing cost of housing: Survey”
The economics of homelessness as basic income pilot winds down
Seventy-six years ago, an American psychologist named Abraham Maslow emphasized the process of growing and developing as a person in… Continue reading “The economics of homelessness as basic income pilot winds down”
Poverty to hope and back again: Study reveals why basic income held such promise
Study results from the Ontario Basic Income Pilot’s baseline survey have now been released, revealing the stories of participants who… Continue reading “Poverty to hope and back again: Study reveals why basic income held such promise”
Progressive police chief sees strong community partnerships as key
Back in high school in Streetsville in the mid 1980s, Mark Mitchell’s friend wanted to fill out an application to… Continue reading “Progressive police chief sees strong community partnerships as key”
‘Worried’ and ‘betrayed’: 60 per cent had to cancel plans after basic income cancelled
OBIP Chronicles — More than 82 per cent of people who were receiving money through the Ontario Basic Income Pilot… Continue reading “‘Worried’ and ‘betrayed’: 60 per cent had to cancel plans after basic income cancelled”
Save community banks, save the post office: Time for postal banking in Canada
One of the first things that the new Dominion of Canada did as a country, way back in April 1868,… Continue reading “Save community banks, save the post office: Time for postal banking in Canada”
Quarter of basic income recipients spent time volunteering: Survey
OBIP Chronicles — A quarter of the people who were collecting basic income chose to volunteer at least some of… Continue reading “Quarter of basic income recipients spent time volunteering: Survey”
