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The Resurgence Of The Basic Income And Migration Dilemma: Subsuming The Canadian Migrant Worker In The Basic Income Discourse, Elizabeth Nunoo Feb 2021

The Resurgence Of The Basic Income And Migration Dilemma: Subsuming The Canadian Migrant Worker In The Basic Income Discourse, Elizabeth Nunoo

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Undeniably, the Covid-19 pandemic has led to economic hardships for Canadians and has highlighted the loopholes in existing welfare programs. As a result, there have been calls for implementing a universal basic income policy that is anticipated to better lift Canadians out of poverty. Amid the arguments for a basic income, it is essential to point out that the labour force does not only consist of Canadian citizens. Available research has been silent on how a basic income policy would involve migrant workers in Canada and rely on the definition that basic income will be for ‘all persons’ in Canada. …