Status of Women committee  The ability of the government to respond quickly in the wake of the pandemic by providing emergency benefits tells us that we can act quickly to ensure a prosperous future for all, sort of building on CERB and the Canada recovery benefit, which offered vital supports for individu

Status of Women committee  That's a great question. I don't know that we would necessarily need to have a social assistance system. We could redirect those resources. There are a lot of other places where we could use those workers, as you know. Caseworkers could be put into housing, into child care and in

Status of Women committee  Yes. Absolutely. Often, one of the questions we're asked is about the whole notion of work disincentives. Are people going to stop working if they get money? It's an interesting question because there is a slight reduction—in North American experiments anyway— in work participati

Status of Women committee  That sounds good.

Status of Women committee  Great. I am an associate professor in the school of social work at King's University College at Western University. I am presenting on behalf of the Coalition Canada basic income, Ontario Basic Income Network, and the Basic Income Canada Network, as well as the Basic Income Cana