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Ajax mayor says basic income best way to conquer poverty

Posted on News by Roderick Benns · October 13, 2015 1:13 PM

By Roderick Benns

Publisher of Leaders and Legacies, a social purpose news site 

A Greater Toronto Area mayor says Canada has the ability to eliminate poverty if the political will is there – and his gut tells him that a basic income guarantee is the way to do it.

Ajax Mayor Steve Parish was one of many Canadian mayors who were invited to complete a national survey by Leaders and Legacies, in order to gauge municipal level support for a basic income guarantee policy. The town – known for its 7 km of protected walking trails along Lake Ontario — is a centre of 110,000, about 25 kilometres east of Toronto.

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"I support the idea of a basic income guarantee for everyone in Canada."

"Je soutiens l'idée d'un revenu de base garanti pour tous au Canada."

26,636 YOUR SUPPORTS
GOAL: 25,000
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