Support and Inclusion for All Manitobans: Steps Toward a Basic Income Scheme

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Sid I Frankel

University of Manitoba - Faculty of Social Work

James Mulvale

University of Manitoba - Faculty of Social Work

Date Written: 2014

Abstract

This paper proposes and describes an evolutionary approach to development of a basic income by the Government of Manitoba in order to decrease economic disadvantage and inequality in the province. We demonstrate that a new approach is required because poverty reduction in Manitoba has lagged behind the rest of Canada, and because the level of inequality has remained stable for more than a decade. We outline an incremental approach to developing a provincial basic income, and some of the political and practical challenges that will need to be taken into account.

Keywords: Basic Income, Guaranteed Income, Inequality, Poverty, Manitoba

Suggested Citation

Frankel, Sid I and Mulvale, James, Support and Inclusion for All Manitobans: Steps Toward a Basic Income Scheme (2014). Manitoba Law Journal, Underneath the Golden Boy, Vol. 37, No. 2, 2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2822768

Sid I Frankel

University of Manitoba - Faculty of Social Work ( email )

Canada

James Mulvale (Contact Author)

University of Manitoba - Faculty of Social Work ( email )

Canada

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