Letter: The time has come for a basic income guarantee

COVID-19 ‘absolutely’ a contributing factor to overdose rise in KFL&A

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 Kingstonist 0 Comments basic income, Basic Income Canada Network, Bill Cooper, Bruce Knox, Canada, Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), COVID-19, Dr. Evelyn Forget, economics, Guaranteed Basic Income, Guaranteed Livable Income, income equality, International Basic Income Week, Jamie Swift, Kingston, Kingston Action Group for a Basic Income Guarantee, letter, living wage, Manitoba, pandemic, Roberta Hamilton, Senator David Croll, Tara Kainer

The following is a submitted letter to the editor. The views and opinions expressed do not neccessarily reflect those of The Kingstonist. As we celebrate International Basic Income Week (Sept 14-20), we can recall that for a long time many thinkers have proposed the idea of a basic income. Now,

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June 12, 2020June 12, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), COVID-19, crystal methamphetamine, drug supply chain, fentanyl, free naloxone kits, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), naloxone, opioid dependency, opioid overdose, opioids, overdose deaths, overdoses, pandemic, Public Health, Rhonda Lovell, Street Health, virus

Public Health Nurse Rhonda Lovell said COVID-19 is “absolutely” a contributing factor to the rise of overdoses in the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) public health region this year. For the past three years, Lovell has worked on the opioid overdose portfolio at KFL&A. “We are at an intersection