By Brenda Sawatzky, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Leah Gazan is the NDP Member of Parliament (MP) for Winnipeg Centre. She’s also the primary reason Bill C-223 is currently being considered by the federal government. Introduced as a private member’s bill in 2021, Bill C-223 calls for the federal government to create a national Guaranteed Liveable Basic Income (GLBI), a model which she and others believe would help end poverty in the country. The bill would ensure that not a single Canadian lives below the poverty line. The primary objective of Bill C-223 is to put pressure on the Canadian government to create a national framework for implementing the GLBI within one year. The bill has since passed first reading and is scheduled to go to its second reading later this…
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