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February 16, 2017

Editorial: Guaranteed basic income is the Christ-like thing to do

Providing guaranteed-income not only makes sense economically, but it's also the Christ-like thing to do., writes editorial.

The concept of a guaranteed basic income for the poor has been around at least since St. Thomas More pondered the topic 500 years ago in the court of Henry VIII. Napoleon apparently liked the idea. U.S. founding father Thomas Paine was an active proponent after the American Revolution. Even disgraced president Richard Nixon floated its potential as a means to tackle poverty.

Published in Editorial
November 10, 2016

New multi-faith approach to the old problem of poverty

Elderly man seen begging in the ghetto downtown eastside area of Vancouver, B.C. Last month's multi-faith symposium talks centred around guaranteed basic income.

Every armchair economist in the country wonders how a country so rich can have so many people who are poor.

Published in Canada