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<p>Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of providing a basic income to everyone in Canada who needs it was already gaining broad support. Then, in response to a crisis that threatened to put millions out of work, the federal government implemented new measures which constituted Canada’s largest ever experiment with a basic income for almost everyone.</p>
<p>In this new and revised edition, Evelyn L. Forget offers a clear-eyed look at how these emergency measures could be transformed into a program that ensures an adequate basic income for every Canadian.</p>
<p>Forget details what we can learn from earlier basic income experiments in Canada and internationally. She weighs the options, investigates whether Canadians can afford a permanent basic income program and describes how it could best be implemented across the country.</p>
<p>This accessible book offers everything a reader needs to decide if a basic income program is the right follow-up to the short-term government response to COVID-19.</p>