Disrupting the Status Quo: Basic Income for People with Disabilities

dc.contributor.advisorRioux, Marcia
dc.contributor.advisorSheldon, Tess
dc.contributor.authorCreighton, Alexandra
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-28T18:52:42Z
dc.date.available2019-05-28T18:52:42Z
dc.date.issued2018-10-15
dc.descriptionMajor Research Paper (Master's), Critical Disability Studies, School of Health Policy and Management,Faculty of Health, York University
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores how a basic income (BI) program for people with disabilities could affirm the ideals outlined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Ontario Human Rights Code and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. ABI can provide its recipients with an increased level of human dignity, autonomy and inclusion when compared with the current model of social assistance in Ontario. Theories of equality and social justice will be explored to demonstrate the ways in which a BI could provide greater well-being for people with disabilities. A range of judicial decisions will be reviewed. The opinions expressed in these selected court cases bolster the establishment of a BI program in Ontario. Expert testimony and dissenting opinions show that the Charter may obligate a ‘duty to act’ to promote a basic standard of living which a BI could provide for people with disabilities.en_US
dc.identifierCDS00024
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/36223
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectBasic income
dc.subjectDisability
dc.subjectEquality
dc.subjectSocial justice
dc.titleDisrupting the Status Quo: Basic Income for People with Disabilitiesen_US
dc.typeMajor Research Paper

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