Letter: The time has come for a basic income guarantee

Six questions with Candice Christmas of the Green Party of Canada

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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August 23, 2019August 27, 2019 Michelle Allan 4 Comments 2019 Federal Election, affordable housing, basic income, Candice Christmas, climate change, climate emergency, electoral reform, Elizabeth May, financial security, Green Party of Canada, Greta Thunberg, Guaranteed Livable Income, Kingston, Kingston and the Islands, proportional representation

Candice Marie Christmas (nee Krumreich) is the Federal Green Party Candidate for Kingston and The Islands. She grew up in Lachine, a suburb of Montreal, and prides herself on being fully bilingual. She met her now-husband in the Thousand Islands and moved to Kingston in 1990. Christmas has been a