Dr. Robin Boadway

A Basic Income Guarantee solution to Poverty presented by the preeminent public finance economist, Dr. Robin Boadway. Open to the public Wednesday, Nov 14th from 7 to 9 pm at Bruneau Centre Room 2001.

We outline the case for a basic income guarantee in Canada and characterize the alternative forms it could take. We propose a basic income guarantee design for Canada that allows both federal and provincial governments some discretion, is sufficient to move all persons out of poverty, is implemented through the tax system, and is affordable. We illustrate the feasibility of our basic income guarantee program using simulations based on Statistics Canada's SPSD model.