Bold climate action needs a basic income

Basic income can be the key to the climate plan Canada needs, easing uncertainty around the shift toward a low-carbon economy with new jobs and locally grounded community resilience.

The safety of communities across Canada depends on bold climate action. But the shift to a low-carbon economy will mean big changes for all of us, write Mitchell Beer and Sheila Regehr.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY MITCHELL BEER AND SHEILA REGEHR

December 13, 2021

Imagine three groups of people are lost at sea. One group is stuck on a big yacht. Another is spread across a flotilla of rowboats, all of them vulnerable to the next big wave. The third group is out in the open, treading water. This visual illustrates how our income shapes our ability to navigate ...

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