BICYN’s most recent op-ed in The Hill Times (not mentioned in the podcast - but super relevant to the podcast!) is about the Canada Disability Benefit and why we still need a guaranteed basic income. It was written by BICYN directors Alexandra Zannis and Ellen Spannagel. (https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2023/...)  Kendal's academic work: https://carleton.ca/socialwork/people...  https://invisibleinstitutions.com/  https://invisibleinstitutions.com/pol...  https://invisibleinstitutions.com/pol...  https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2022...  https://doi.org/10.22215/e ..read more

For more information:  President Cassidy Caron: https://www.metisnation.ca/presidents...  Métis National Council: https://www.metisnation.ca/  The various Accords and Sub-Accords between the MNC & Canada: https://www.metisnation.ca/about/reso...  The Métis Nation of Ontario Housing Census: https://www.metisnation.org/news/the-...  Bill C-53: Recognition of Certain Métis Governments in Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan and Métis Self-Government Act : https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill.. Bill S-233 & Bill C-223: National Framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basi ..read more

Podcast Links: Click here to access Income Supports and Indigenous Peoples In B.C. - An Analysis of Gaps and Barriers   Click here to check outCovering All the Basics: Reforms for a More Just Society   Click here to read Together BC - British Columbia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy   Click here to access resources available via Basic Income Coalition Canada and UBI Works here   Click here to read Bill S-233 and here to check out MP Leah Gazan’s Bill C-233   Click here to check out the Parliamentary Budget Officer Report - Costing a Guaranteed Basic Income During th ..read more

Resources Click here to check out Kim’s Senate Webpage Click here to access publications of Professor Debra Parkes Click here to access research by Dr. Jane Sprott Click here to read research by Professor Isabel Grant Click here to learn more about Bryan Stevenson’s work. Click here to get the reports, Injustices and Miscarriages of Justice Experienced by 12 Indigenous Women and Senators go to Jail ..read more

Reports and Papers Click here to access Injustices and Miscarriages of Justice Experienced by 12 Indigenous Women.  Click here to read Carly Peddle, Emma Ronsley & Debra Parkes, Toward Abolishing the Mandatory Life Sentence and Parole Ineligibility Periods for Murder: Discussion Document. Click here to check out Sarah Chaster’s paper, Cruel, Unusual, and Constitutionally Infirm: Mandatory Minimum Sentences in Canada. Click here to access Marie-Eve Sylvestre’s research, Moving towards a minimalist and transformative criminal justice system: Essay on the reform of the principles and ob ..read more

Click here for more information about Professor Bednar and her public policy research. Click here to access the Perspectives document on Guaranteed Livable Income by Team Pate. Click here to check out Professor Bednar on the Cross Country Checkup Podcast Other resources referred to in the episode: Click here to access Professor Bednar’s paper on competition policy in Canada, mentioned at 2:45. Click here to access a copy of the Competition Act, referred to at 2:45 Click here for resources about recent changes to Canada's child care system, as discussed at 20:20. General topics discussed in the ..read more

Click here to access to Bill C-5. Click here to read more on Bill C-22 Click here to check out Dr. Sheehy’s book Defending Battered Women on Trial. Click here to read Justice Arbour’s Inquiry into certain events at the Prison for Women in Kingston also known as the Arbour Report Click here to read R v Luxton Click here to read more about R v Naslund Click here to access the Injustices and Miscarriages of Justice Experienced by 12 Indigenous Women report Click here to read more about the inquest in Renfrew County Click here to access more inform ..read more

Resources and cases mentioned during the episode: Click here to access the US Federal Study Senator Deacon discussed at the 8:44 minute mark.  Click here to access the report from the Advisory Committee on Open Banking discussed at the 15:10 minute mark. Click here to access more information on the Dauphin Manitoba Experience discussed at  the 17:53 minute mark. Click here to access Senator Deacon's Senate speech discussed at the 18:29 minute mark ..read more

More information about this episode's guest, Sheila Regehr (as seen here, on Basic Income Canada Network): Sheila is a founding member of the Basic Income Canada Network and former Executive Director of the National Council of Welfare. Her 29 years of federal public service spanned front-line work, policy analysis and development, international relations and senior management, with a focus on improving fairness and equality, and on gender and race in particular. She has policy expertise in areas of income security and taxation, such as child tax benefits, child support, maternity/parental bene ..read more

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