Ben Earle is general manager of the Basic Income Canada Network and provides coordinating support to UBI Works. Sheila Regehr is chair of the Basic Income Canada Network and a former federal public servant. We caught up with Sheila and Ben at the 23rd Basic Income Earth Network Congress, recently held at the University of Bath, to discuss the importance of child credit programmes for basic income campaigning, the art of the compromise in Canadian politics, and the need to not let the great be the enemy of the good.
This interview was edited for length and clarity.
Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: Please start by describing the tone of the Canadian conversation around basic income these days. Is there openness to the idea?
