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Browse through the independent research conducted for the Province of BC.
In July 2018, the Province of BC announced the creation of an expert panel to explore the idea of a basic income guarantee in British Columbia.
The researchers’ mandate was to study basic income as a potential policy tool for poverty reduction, assessing its feasibility and its relation to existing income and social supports in BC.
The panel concluded their work in December 2020 and their findings are now publicly available on this website.
Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia
Dr. David Green is a Professor at the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia and an International Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies in London, UK.
Dr. Green’s research focus is in labour economics, particularly the determinants of wages and employment structures. He obtained his PhD in economics from Stanford University.
School of Public Policy, Simon Fraser University
It is with profound sadness that we relay that J. Rhys Kesselman – one of the three panel members of the BC Basic Income panel – passed away on February 25. Rhys’ insightful thumbprint is all over the panel report, writing the key parts on financing and housing but also acting as the sceptical, rational and carefully questioning voice on all the other parts of the project. As in all of his work, Rhys’s deep interest in effective analysis in pursuit of making the lives of his fellow citizens better shines through. We will all miss him greatly.
To learn more about his life and career, click here
School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
Dr. Lindsay Tedds is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and Scientific Director of Fiscal and Economic Policy at the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Tedds specializes in applied economics and policy analysis, with a particular focus on the design and implementation of fiscal and tax policy. She obtained her PhD in economics from McMaster University.
Principal, Perrin, Thorau and Associates Ltd.
Daniel (Dan) Perrin is Principal at Perrin, Thorau and Associates Ltd., a public policy consulting firm since 1994 in Victoria, B.C.
As an advisor and analyst, Mr. Perrin has undertaken hundreds of assignments for various provincial public sector entities. He has also facilitated and provided research and writing support to numerous independent panels for the Province of BC. He obtained his master’s degree in economics from UBC.
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