Ancien député, mais actuel: Économiste | Communicateur | Passionné de politique publique
Former MP, but current: Economist | Communicator | Public Policy wonk
May 19, 2020 • 24 tweets • 4 min read
1/ This is my second thread on Basic Income, expanding on the reactions my first thread elicited. From the get-go, I should have made clear that I am NOT interested in a dogmatic, idealized, pie-in-the-sky version of BI. I am interested in what could be adopted in the short-term.
2/ The current crisis, and the government response to the COVID-19 pandemic with CERB, CEWS, CESB, etc. provides basic income with its first genuine window of opportunity ever in Canada. What is this window of opportunity?
Apr 25, 2020 • 37 tweets • 7 min read
INTRO - Voici ma réflexion sur le revenu de base à la lumière de ce que nous vivons actuellement.
Here are my thoughts on basic income in light how what we are experiencing now.
(English thread was published earlier today) #revenudebase#rbu#rmg1) Depuis le début de la pandémie et la création de la Prestation canadienne d’urgence (PCU), l’intérêt pour un revenu de base s’est accru… mais aussi la confusion sur ce qu’est et n’est pas un revenu de base. Comme je l’ai dit précédemment, les mots veulent dire quelque chose.
Apr 24, 2020 • 39 tweets • 7 min read
INTRO - Here are my thoughts on basic income in light how what we are experiencing now.
Voici ma réflexion sur le revenu de base à la lumière de ce que nous vivons actuellement
(La chaîne sera reproduite en français ce soir ou demain).
1) Since the pandemic and the CERB payments, there’s been much interest for basic income… and also lots of confusion of what it is and what it is not. As I said in prior tweets, words matter.
