We Must Rethink the Cancellation of the Ontario Basic Income Project

 The Ontario Basic Income Pilot was a study launched in April 2017 to test whether a basic income can better support vulnerable workers in Ontario. Its goal was to give 4000 participants a minimum level income and measure outcomes in terms of food security, mental health, and employment. This summer,

Where there is too much, something is missing

 By David Pfrimmer When I was an economics student many years ago, the last living student of John Maynard Keynes and noted economist Joan Robinson gave a lecture to a packed hall.  During the question period, one smart aleck student asked, "Why should anyone study economics?"  After a prolonged pause,

Doing Justice to Social Issues

 What do social justice and educational success have in common? For the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), the answer is everything. Social justice and the equality in opportunity it brings is the only way to secure a promising future for every Canadian child. Mary-Lou Donnelly, President of the Canadian Teachers’ Federation