By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News A Department of Family Services study in 2023 found that the Government of Nunavut could not afford to implement guaranteed basic income, and instead suggested 15 areas of reform for the territory’s income assistance program. Since then, the GN has fully implemented five of the reforms and partially implemented another three changes suggested in the report. Minister of Family Services Gwen Healey Akearok said her department is focused on reviewing income assistance regulations instead of implementing a guaranteed basic income. A guaranteed basic income of $17,000 for single Nunavummiut currently on income assistance and $47,000 for a couple with two children would cost tens of millions of dollars more than what the Department of Family Services currently has budgeted, the…
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