Comments on: Broadbent says Maytree will explore a rights-based approach to inequality /2015/02/19/broadbent-says-maytree-will-explore-a-rights-based-approach-to-inequality/ Canadian leaders and leadership stories Thu, 02 Apr 2015 22:59:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: John Green /2015/02/19/broadbent-says-maytree-will-explore-a-rights-based-approach-to-inequality/#comment-19870 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 14:34:22 +0000 /?p=1952#comment-19870 That’s disappointing to see Mr. Broadbent not support basic income because of assumptions that it is too complex and politically divisive. Similar things were said about universal health care, old age security, pensions, and every other progressive social program we now have–the very programs that define Canada as a caring country.

A well-designed basic income guarantee would be far simpler than the tangled web of programs we have now, and already two of Canada’s federal political parties have support for some type of basic income guarantee written into their party policy.

Let’s make policy decisions based on soundness of the idea, its potential for public good and evidence, not assumptions about how hard it would be to get implemented.

John Green
Basic Income Waterloo Region

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