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Navigating the politics of basic income

Opinion | BY JAMIE SWIFT, ELAINE POWER | May 12, 2021
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is pictured on Nov. 23, 2020. One of the devilish details about basic income is the need for federal action. Despite widespread Liberal Party support, it’s safe to assume that Treasury Board and Finance officials, spooked by cost and prey to short-term thinking, remain an obstacle, write Jamie Swift and Elaine Power. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAMIE SWIFT, ELAINE POWER | May 12, 2021
Opinion | BY JAMIE SWIFT, ELAINE POWER | May 12, 2021
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is pictured on Nov. 23, 2020. One of the devilish details about basic income is the need for federal action. Despite widespread Liberal Party support, it’s safe to assume that Treasury Board and Finance officials, spooked by cost and prey to short-term thinking, remain an obstacle, write Jamie Swift and Elaine Power. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAMIE SWIFT, ELAINE POWER | May 12, 2021
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is pictured on Nov. 23, 2020. One of the devilish details about basic income is the need for federal action. Despite widespread Liberal Party support, it’s safe to assume that Treasury Board and Finance officials, spooked by cost and prey to short-term thinking, remain an obstacle, write Jamie Swift and Elaine Power. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAMIE SWIFT, ELAINE POWER | May 12, 2021
Opinion | BY JAMIE SWIFT, ELAINE POWER | May 12, 2021
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is pictured on Nov. 23, 2020. One of the devilish details about basic income is the need for federal action. Despite widespread Liberal Party support, it’s safe to assume that Treasury Board and Finance officials, spooked by cost and prey to short-term thinking, remain an obstacle, write Jamie Swift and Elaine Power. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY IAN MCKAY, JAMIE SWIFT | May 1, 2017
Ian McKay and Jamie Swift, co-authors of The Vimy Trap: Or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War, which is a finalist for the Writers' Trust's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for the best political book of the year.
FeatureBY IAN MCKAY, JAMIE SWIFT | May 1, 2017
FeatureBY IAN MCKAY, JAMIE SWIFT | May 1, 2017
Ian McKay and Jamie Swift, co-authors of The Vimy Trap: Or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War, which is a finalist for the Writers' Trust's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for the best political book of the year.
Opinion | BY IAN MCKAY, JAMIE SWIFT | November 9, 2016
We need less collective amnesia about the complex endeavour that is peacekeeping, argue Jamie Swift and Ian McKay. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY IAN MCKAY, JAMIE SWIFT | November 9, 2016
Opinion | BY IAN MCKAY, JAMIE SWIFT | November 9, 2016
We need less collective amnesia about the complex endeavour that is peacekeeping, argue Jamie Swift and Ian McKay. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia