Dear Editor
The Saskatchewan Green Party endorses the Advisory Group on Poverty Reduction’s call for a Basic Income program to help cut poverty rates in half in our province by 2020. Our party’s 2016 election platform calls for a Basic Income program for all Saskatchewan residents. Party Leader Victor Lau says the Advisory Group is suggesting Real Change for all Saskatchewan people. Saskatchewan is long overdue for a Basic Income program, which would not only raise the standard of living of everyone in the province, but also reduce some costs to government services. Now we would like to see a Basic Income model put forward soon. In order for a Basic Income program to work, it will be important to ensure that nobody in the province is left out of it. Real Change for Saskatchewan people means real but practical programs that solve problems for the long run.
Victor Lau, Leader of the Saskatchewan Green Party
Regina
