In this episode, Senator Kim Pate is joined by MPP Kathleen Wynne, the former Premier of Ontario. MPP Wynne discusses the urgency of economic support measures for individuals and how labour laws have evolved during this COVID-19 pandemic. MPP Wynne also comments on the possibility of a four-day work week and the widespread benefits of a guaranteed livable income.
Click here to access more information about MPP Wynne's political career.
For more information on Guaranteed Livable Income:
Click here to access the Perspectives document on Guaranteed Livable Income by Team Pate. Click here for Bill C-223 and here for Bill S-233 on guaranteed livable basic income.
Click here for a new year's statement and update from national guaranteed livable basic income groups Basic Income Canada Network, Basic Income Canada Youth Network, and Coalition Canada, basic income – revenue du base (Coalition Canada).
Other resources mentioned in the episode:
Click here to access the Wynne Government's Basic Income Pilot Project discussed at 1:48 and 14:10. Click here to access Basic Income Canada Network's Signposts to Success: Report of a BICN Survey of Ontario Basic Income Recipients.
Click here to access Ontario's 2021 "Right to Disconnect" legislative initiative (Bill 27, the Working for Workers Act) discussed at 9:59.
Click here to access the Ontario Liberal Party's news release related to including a four day work week in their 2022 electoral platform, as discussed at 10:40. Click here to access an article which discusses the Zorra township's four-day work week pilot program, which was afterward permanently implemented.
Click here to access Hugh Segal's Bootstraps Need Boots, discussed at 22:12.
General topics discussed in the episode:
See the 1:40 minute mark for a discussion about the new and evolving labour laws and economic support measures being brought in, including in the context of the pandemic.
See the 10:40 minute mark for MPP Wynne's commentary about the possibility of a four-day work week, and about the evolution of workplace expectations.
See the 14:10 minute mark for a discussion about the social and economic benefits of a Guaranteed Livable Income, and the idea of such income as an "investment".
See the 21:17 minute mark for a discussion about guaranteed livable income in PEI and relevant lessons from the pandemic.