Former MPs pitch P.E.I.-federal project tackling basic income

We do not have enough empirical information to determine the best way to deal with economic uncertainty and poverty. But we do know governments aren’t achieving the poverty reduction goals they have set for themselves. 
The federal and P.E.I. governments should co-operate on a five- to seven-year demonstration project of a basic income model, write former MPs Jean Crowder, left, Bruce Stanton, centre, and Wayne Easter.

For the past five years we have been involved with the P.E.I. project, made up of a group of former and current politicians, public servants, advocates, and economists who have come together to see if we could define the goals and proc...

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