Comments on: Reliable, basic income would lead to better self-worth and a better life: Thunder Bay mayor /2015/08/25/reliable-basic-income-would-lead-to-better-self-worth-and-a-better-life-thunder-bay-mayor/ Canadian leaders and leadership stories Sat, 29 Aug 2015 00:52:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.7 By: Roderick Benns /2015/08/25/reliable-basic-income-would-lead-to-better-self-worth-and-a-better-life-thunder-bay-mayor/#comment-24830 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:22:32 +0000 /?p=2366#comment-24830 Hi Kerrie,

Most people who support basic income policy do so with the belief that addictions and housing supports must also be strong. Basic income cannot replace these needs. Creating mentally strong people, as you put it, is absolutely the goal. But part of the reason there are so many mental health issues in the first place is the tremendous anxiety of precarious work employment situations, lack of affordable daycare, or parents worried about being able to adequately feed their children. Basic income isn’t a cure-all — but it’s a tremendous step forward in working on these social determinants of health.

]]> By: kerrie new /2015/08/25/reliable-basic-income-would-lead-to-better-self-worth-and-a-better-life-thunder-bay-mayor/#comment-24827 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:17:54 +0000 /?p=2366#comment-24827 I disagree with this platform. I have worked in mental health and addictions for many years. Giving people money that have known addictions is a terrible idea. And where exactly are you to house these people?. I am a single mother and remained on the housing list for over two years and was never approached about a unit or helped in any way. My calls for inquiry about availability, and my current place on the waiting list were always responded with “there is no housing available”. So is this platform really going to work? I feel it’s just a ploy to obtain more provincial funding which will be obtained and hidden in the works of the current building of the event centre. I really feel that our mayor should support a platform which supports programing for teenagers, the products of the addicted persons, and ensure an education and healthy start to their own lives. Life skills, seamless transition from broken homes, exposure to addiction, crime, to healthy active living. So that thunder bay can look forward to a. Future generation of mentally sound, goal orientated people. It’s something to think about.

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