Richmond - The Editor, My sincere wish for 2014 is a "guaranteed minimum income" for all Canadians, sufficient to meet basic needs of accommodation and food. This should not be hard to achieve for a country like Canada.
Richmond - The Editor, My sincere wish for 2014 is a "guaranteed minimum income" for all Canadians, sufficient to meet basic needs of accommodation and food. This should not be hard to achieve for a country like Canada.It is not often I find I agree with someone like the Conservative Senator Hugh Segal, but it is good to hear his voice asking for this to become reality. Where are the voices of all the other politicians? I will not mention (well, I will) Minister James Moore's mean-spirited remarks about child poverty. What a Grinch! Instead of all feeling good as we give to the Salvation Army or the food bank at Christmas time, let us all as concerned citizens urge our political leaders, municipal, provincial and federal, to make this happen.It is as easy as it was to instigate the seniors' guaranteed pension supplement and can use the same mechanism of income tax returns. It could even lead to the ending of the much-hated income assistance system - what a thought.It could well lead to the end of food banks, which is long overdue. Best wishes to all Canadians for 2014.Mary PhillipsRichmond
