Bob Jonkman<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Lorry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Lorry</span></a></span></p><p>Here's my takeaway from the article:</p><p>>...spent two years developing a report which modelled an income-tested Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI)...</p><p>>...recommends a five to seven year federal/provincial demonstration project...</p><p>Another report. Another demonstration project. No action.</p><p>To be fair, the article authors seem as frustrated with the situation as I am.</p><p><a href="https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/canada-needs-to-step-up-and-provide-canadians-with-sustainable-income-security/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/</span><span class="invisible">canada-needs-to-step-up-and-provide-canadians-with-sustainable-income-security/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GuaranteedBasicIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GuaranteedBasicIncome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GBI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BasicIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BasicIncome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/UniversalBasicIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalBasicIncome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UBI</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@HalifaxExaminer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HalifaxExaminer</span></a></span></p>