Project Team
A rich diversity of perspectives contributed to this work. Team members included current and former politicians, public servants, researchers, and advocates from PEI and across the country.
Authors
Robin Boadway
Department of Economics, Queen’s University
Miles Corak
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Kendal David
School of Social Work, Carleton University; Basic Income Canada Youth Network
Herb Emery
Vaughan Chair in Regional Economics, University of New Brunswick
Evelyn Forget
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Chloe Halpenny
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University; Basic Income Canada Youth Network
Kourtney Koebel
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Toronto; Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE), Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Benoît Robidoux
Former Senior Associate Deputy Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada
Wayne Simpson
Department of Economics, University of Manitoba
Harvey Stevens
Former Senior Policy Analyst, Department of Family Services, Manitoba
Policy & Advocacy Advisors
Trish Altass
Former Member, Legislative Assembly of PEI
Brad Binns
PEI Department of Social Development and Housing
Marie Burge
Coalition Canada: basic income - revenu de base; PEI Working Group for a Livable Income
Jean Crowder
Former Member of Parliament
Patrick Davis
PEI Department of Social Development and Housing
The Honourable Wayne Easter
Former Member of Parliament
Luc Gosselin
Coalition Canada: basic income - revenu de base; Revenu de base Québec
Sidney MacEwen
Member, Legislative Assembly of PEI
Bruce Stanton
Former Member of Parliament
Project Coordinators
Barbara Boraks
Coalition Canada: basic income - revenu de base
Toni Pickard
Coalition Canada: basic income - revenu de base
Dedication
The report emerging from this project is dedicated to the late Harvey Stevens, whose modelling was indispensable to this work. He was always willing to model the impact of yet another possibility being considered, to answer yet another question we had; unfailingly generous with his knowledge and skills, time, and energy, he often provided new model simulations by the next day. Harvey had also done the modelling for the Special Committee on Poverty in Prince Edward Island, which provided the inspiration for our project. His long life of volunteering his expertise for environmental and poverty-related issues began in 1973 with the Mincome basic income experiment in Manitoba. Harvey’s vital contributions in support of PEI's poverty reduction initiatives bring his life's work for basic income full circle.