Quartz, February 20, 2017: Canada is betting on a universal basic income to help cities gutted by manufacturing job loss
“Others don’t trust the government to succeed in implementing a basic income, given its track record: two earlier poverty-reduction strategies, which both proposed far-reaching structural reforms, have changed nothing, says Mike Balkwill who represents anti-poverty groups in Ontario, including a campaign called Put Food in the Budget. ‘This government really hasn’t done anything for people in deep poverty,’ says Balkwill. The moves towards a basic income are just another ‘consultation merry-go-round.'”