Letter: The time has come for a basic income guarantee

Local organizations partner to connect people to food and community

Get to know your 2018 to 2022 council: Mayor Bryan Paterson

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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July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 Michelle Allan 0 Comments Circle Allies, Circles Kingston, community program, economics, food, food security, Kingston, loving spoonful, meal making, poverty, volunteers

Through a partnership with Loving Spoonful, local poverty reduction program Circles Kingston is on a mission to build community around people who are on a journey out of poverty using the format of a weekly meal. Started in January 2018, Circles Kingston offers the Leaders program, where participants make plans

City Hall Interviews Municipal Election 2018 News Politics

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November 15, 2018 Tori Stafford 0 Comments 2018 Municipal Election, 2018 to 2022, affordable housing, Bryan Paterson, City Council, economics, electoral reform, housing, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Kingstonist, Mayor Bryan Paterson, Queen's University, ranked ballots, referendum, Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), waterfront

Editor’s note: With the new Kingston City Council beginning its term of office on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, we thought it would be a great time to catch up with the new and newly-re-elected members of council so that we could share a bit more about the 13 people