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The Guysborough County Community Health Board (GCHB) is throwing its support behind a basic income guarantee (BIG) for every citizen of Nova Scotia and wants all councils in the tri-municipality area to do the same.
“You can’t expect people to participate in society, if they don’t have what they need,” Dorothy Bennett, Nova Scotia Health’s CHB coordinator for the Eastern Zone, told The Journal in an interview this week. “You can’t build your front porch while your back porch is burning.”
To this end, she said, the GCHB is currently reaching out to the councils the District of Guysborough (MODG), Town of Mulgrave, and Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s for presentation time to urge them to formally endorse a guaranteed basic income for all.
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