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Does A Universal Basic Income Discourage Work?
New research by the University of Chicago and University of Pennsylvania explores whether universal basic income encouraged work shy behaviors in Alaska
Canadian-born David Card among 3 winners of Nobel in economics | CBC News
A Canadian is among the three U.S.-based economists awarded the 2021 Nobel Memorial Prize for pioneering research that showed an increase in minimum wage does not lead to less hiring and immigrants do not lower pay for native-born workers, challenging commonly held ideas.
More than 830,000 voters chose the PPC. What does that say about Canada?
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Canada’s latest budget makes big commitments to the social impact world. Here’s what you need to know. | Future of Good
The Liberal government’s proposed national childcare program is front-and-centre in Monday’s federal budget, alongside major investments in green innovation and the social sector’s recovery.
NDP makes potential election pledge, calls for elimination of for-profit lo
The NDP’s pre-emptive platform plank would see a national task force charged with crafting a plan to transition all for-profit care to a not-for-profit model in less than 10 years
Jason Kenney is tanking Alberta
Jason Kenney is beset with woes—woes he believes are caused by everyone else but himself. So called zealots and urban militants lost Kenney his precious Teck mine. Trudeau is to blame for the Keystone XL pipeline’s second death. And Albertans are to blame for high rates of COVID-19. The reality is the only person to blame for Alberta’s economic and social woes is the person in charge—Jason Kenney.
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Toronto startup bets on private air travel for the masses - The Globe and M
Rather than chartering an entire flight, Momentum Jets will allow customers to purchase individual seats on a private aircraft for a select routes
Higgs backs call to keep daylight time year-round
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What systemic racism in Canada looks like
The police killing of George Floyd and the protests that followed have brought renewed attention to systemic racism. In Canada, some have been quick to deny ...
We Really Need To Talk About WE's White-Saviour Problem | HuffPost Canada
As a former volunteer, I believe a conversation about WE's voluntourism model and youth engagement practices is long overdue.
Bunz locks down employee BTZ wallets as former admins lead mass exodus | BetaKit
Following Bunz drastically reducing the number of merchants that can accept its BTZ currency, Bunz Facebook groups have defected in a mass 'Bunxit.'
Now is the time to bring a basic income program to Canada, says B.C. senato
A basic income could replace income support programs like welfare with money everyone would receive, but the support would gradually be reduced as a person’s income…
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Canadian Basic Income Of $22,000 A Year Possible With Tax Hikes: Report | H
But businesses and higher earners would face a hit to their incomes.
How the pandemic gave Trudeau an energy policy both the oilpatch and enviro
Alberta crude could go negative, deficit could triple amid COVID-19 'reckon
Crude prices could go negative while Alberta's deficit is expected to triple. All this while the province battles a virus that officials expect could kill between 400 and 3,100 Albertans by the end of summer.
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The concept of schizophrenia is coming to an end – here’s why
The symptoms of ‘schizophrenia’ are very real, but experts are looking for a better way to define them.