Persons with disabilities deserve a basic income

Basic income would replace the complex, bureaucratic provincial disability income with a higher guaranteed income and provide a top-up for those with other income who still fall below the poverty line.

Disability Inclusion Minister Carla Qualtrough's government has committed to the creation of a new Canadian disability benefit for persons with disabilities, as part of its Throne Speech. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY EVELYN L. FORGET AND SHEILA REGEHR

November 5, 2020

Last month’s Throne Speech committed to the creation of a new Canadian disability benefit for persons with disabilities—that’s good news. The details remain vague, but some

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