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PODCAST: Myth-busting Basic Income

Exploring basic income through evidence

27 April 2022

Check out this episode of Let's Talk Poverty. Jaclyn Silbernagel sits down with Lee Stevens, policy and research specialist with Vibrant Communities Calgary to explore basic income. What a basic income could mean for Canadians and how it could have a positive impact on our social support systems.

You’ll learn more about evidence that debunks some of the misconceptions about basic income and how we have existing benefits in Canada that act as working models for a basic income.