fACT Sheet — Basic Income: Can it Happen Here? Download the Basic Income fACT Sheet (PDF) Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic downturn took hold in Canada starting in March 2020, exacerbated inefficiencies in Canada’s social safety net....
fACT Sheet — Food (In)Security During COVID-19 Download our Food Security fACT Sheet What is Food (In)Security? As defined by the United Nations’ World Food Summit of 1996, food security exists when “all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic...
fACT Sheet – Jobless Benefits During COVID-19 Download the fACT Sheet: Jobless Benefits During COVID 19 Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic upended Canada’s economy when public health measures forced the closure of businesses, and millions of Canadians lost their...
Federal budgets are highly political documents. Budget 2019 is both a pre-election budget and an effort to change the channel from the recently SNC-Lavalin controversy. The details of the Budget Plan with live links to different chapters can be accessed here:...
Title: Presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Author(s): Hewitt, David, &Murphy, Jonathan Corporate Author: Edmonton Social Planning Council Subject: Government of Canada – budget Publisher: Edmonton Social Planning Council Place...
