For anyone interested in Basic incomes, guaranteed incomes, minimum incomes
etc see the event below in Toronto next month.
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*Event:* Conference - The New Economy and a Basic Income Guarantee
*Date:* Mon. May 29 2017
*T**ime: *08:00 AM - 04:30 PM
*Location: *Inns Town Hall Theatre (2 Sussex Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 2E8)
*Description: *
A basic income guarantee (BIG) could provide every Canadian with an income
sufficient to meet their minimal needs and live with dignity. Such a policy
could also be a response to recent changes in the nature of employment,
labour and work (e.g., declining benefits, employment precarity, erosion in
working conditions, income inequality, free trade, job automation, outdated
laws).
This conference will bring together over 250 representatives from academia,
community, government, industry, law, unions and workers to:
- Identify changes to the nature of employment, labour and work that are
pushing stakeholders in work arrangements (e.g., government, industry,
labour, and workers) towards considering changes to social programs;
- Understand the challenges, expectations, and priorities of
stakeholders to more effectively reflect their basic needs in the design of
social programs;
- Review the fundamentals, history, and purpose of a BIG, as well as the
evidence and theory on the intended and unintended labour market impacts of
such a policy;
- Explore the relationship between a basic income guarantee policy
option and the broader politics of labour policy and redistribution in
Ontario; and
- Explore the economic, financial, political and social realities that
are underlying stakeholders’ motivations towards administering, designing,
organizing, planning, and receiving a BIG.
*More: *http://www.ryerson.ca/clmr/events/2017_05_29/
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David Macdonald
Senior Economist
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, National Office
500-251 Bank St, Ottawa, K2P 1X3
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