Emergence of the Negative Income Tax in Canada (the 60s and 70s)

Wayne Simpson ()
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Wayne Simpson: University of Manitoba

Chapter Chapter 6 in Is Basic Income Within Reach?, 2021, pp 189-214 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The 1960s marked a period of nation building in Canada which also included the introduction of a guaranteed income benefit for seniors, the Guaranteed Income Supplement and the first serious studies of low family incomes. Evidence of widespread poverty led to calls for a negative income tax and agreement for the Manitoba Basic Annual Income Experiment (Mincome) that emulated the U.S. experiments but added a unique saturation site in Dauphin. While the experiment quickly yielded useful administrative lessons, resource limitations in an inflationary environment shelved data development and slowed analysis. As in the U.S., the 1970s began with serious deliberation of a negative income tax but ended with the idea of a guaranteed income seemingly forgotten and little to show for a multimillion dollar experiment.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-66085-7_6

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