SOCIOL 1C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Old Age Security, Basic Income, Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
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Seniors in canada: in 2017 old age security (oas) is 584$ and the guaranteed income. Supplement (gis) is per month: maximum one person can receive through both of oas & gis combined is 1442. 62. Basic income - basic income is higher than ontario works and ontario disability. Support program: between 1975 and 1978 there was a similar basic income experiment in. Manitoba and winnipeg with positive results + basic income is below the poverty line. Test #2: october 24th test will cover: -investing in families and canada (krull pages. 292-317; newspaper articles by racco butler -labour market and social policy (pupo et al; newspaper articles by peeraux babad. Labour markets, inequality and the future of work: between 1975 and 1978 there was a similar basic income experiment in manitoba and winnipeg with positive results, basic income is below the poverty line.
