New CCPA paper released on Guaranteed Income

Possibilities and Prospects: The Debate Over a Guaranteed Income
by Margot Young and James P Mulvale
 
The idea of a guaranteed income has a long and respectable history in Canadian political and economic thought. Recently, in the face of both wide criticism of the Canadian income security system and growing recognition of the unacceptability of current poverty rates, there has been a resurgence in calls for implementation of a Canadian guaranteed income. But the idea is a controversial one; progressive activists, academics, and politicians disagree about the desirability and the practicality of a guaranteed income.
 
This report traces the history of guaranteed income proposals in Canada, reviews the arguments in favour and against, and suggests a number of other social welfare measures that should be central elements of any reform program, but that guaranteed income debates often ignore.

This paper can be read or downloaded at:
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/reports/2009/10/guaranteedincome/?pa=BB736455 

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Jim Mulvale, PhD, RSW
Associate Dean, Faculty of Social Work
University of Regina
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