The Town with No Poverty: Health Effects of Guaranteed Annual Income featuring the work of Manitoba RDC academic director Evelyn Forget was recently released by the Population Change and Life Course cluster in its Policy Brief series. Originally published in Canadian Public Policy, her analysis of an original Manitoba experiment conducted in the 1970s reveals that guaranteed annual income could significantly reduce health care costs by improving population health.
The most recent edition of Statistics Canada’s Health Reports is now available, featuring articles on chronic illness, mental health, assisted conception and seniors’ health.