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Systems-Level Reforms to B.C.’s Income and Social Support Programs Along Basic Income Lines

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  • Petit, Gillian
  • Tedds, Lindsay M.

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B.C. residents are offered a large, complex web of income and social support programs. Those programs tend to be difficult to access, difficult to understand, and difficult to navigate, and are much more a collection of disparate programs than a cohesive and consistent system targeting an overriding objective. As a result, many potentially eligible persons do not apply for programs they might be eligible for, due to a lack of knowledge or a lack of time and energy; many of these potentially eligible persons are already dealing with other complex and stressful situations, such as searching for employment and/or dealing with medical conditions. The purpose of this paper is to consider whether system-level reforms to B.C.’s income and social supports could make the system more consistent with BI principles (detailed below). This would be a first step toward a more complete contemplation of a BI. This paper focuses on reforms that would apply across the whole system. Petit and Tedds (2020a) detail reforms to B.C.’s biggest income support program: Income Assistance (IA).

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  • Petit, Gillian & Tedds, Lindsay M., 2020. "Systems-Level Reforms to B.C.’s Income and Social Support Programs Along Basic Income Lines," MPRA Paper 105929, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Tedds, Lindsay M. & Crisan, I. Daria & Petit, Gillian, 2020. "Basic Income in Canada: Principles and Design Features," MPRA Paper 105911, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Petit, Gillian & Tedds, Lindsay M., 2020. "Income Assistance in British Columbia: Reforms Along Basic Income Lines," MPRA Paper 105933, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Elisabeth Gidengil & Dietlind Stolle, 2012. "What Do Women Know about Government Services and Benefits?," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 38(1), pages 31-54, March.
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    1. Petit, Gillian & Tedds, Lindsay M., 2020. "Income Assistance in British Columbia: Reforms Along Basic Income Lines," MPRA Paper 105933, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Green, David & Kesselman, Jonathan Rhys & Tedds, Lindsay M., 2021. "Covering All the Basics: Reforms for a More Just Society," MPRA Paper 105902, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    Income supports; social supports; system complexity; Basic income; system-level reforms;
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    JEL classification:

    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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