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Points of View on Basic Income Guarantee for PEI – Vol. 2
We dedicate this collection to Marie Burge, co-founder and long-time member of the PEI Working Group for a Livable Income. At the time of publication, Marie is in the last days of her life, a life of moral courage, vision, and inspiration for a world of love, compassion, and human dignity—a life that envisions basic…
Read MorePart 1: Basic Income Guarantee Worthy of the Name
by Jane Ledwell, Executive Director of the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women; member of the PEI Working Group for a Livable Income Throughout 2020, the Premier’s Council for Recovery and Growth heard from Islanders across many sectors about our recommendations to move PEI forward after the COVID-19 pandemic. Topping the list of…
Read More‘Great deal’ of support in both houses for P.E.I. basic income pilot, says Senator
Basic income simplified: Hot topic in P.E.I., across the country boils down to 2 main options
Coronavirus financial crisis: nothing new for many
The PEI Working Group for a Livable Income highlights the fact that the novel Coronavirus (COVID19) is making visible the gaps in our current systems. There is a cross-the-board anxiety about how people will survive the economic crisis. For some groups and individuals, this means feeling this fear and risk for the first time. For…
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