National Farmers’ Union proposes guaranteed basic income for farmers

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The National Farmers Union (NFU) plans to lobby the federal government for farmers to be guaranteed an annual basic income of $50,000.

This was one of the resolutions passed at the NFU’s annual general meeting in Moncton, N.B., Nov. 19-21.

“The idea of a guaranteed annual income pilot came from our Prince Edward Island membership. Part of the reason for that is in P.E.I., they’ve been kicking around this basic income guarantee idea for a few years provincially,” said Phil Mount, vice-president of policy with NFU.

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