Newfoundland and Labrador to launch basic income program for residents aged 60-64

Premier Andrew Furey told reporters that the three-year phased plan will streamline the province’s income support program

Andrew Furey, premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, looks on during a news conference in Halifax, on Nov. 6 Newfoundland and Labrador unveiled a poverty reduction plan today that includes a basic income program for residents aged 60-64 who receive social assistance.The Newfoundland and Labrador government is launching a basic income program for residents aged 60 to 64, part of a poverty reduction plan announced Wednesday that some advocates say could make a real difference.

About 20 years ago, Newfoundland and Labrador’s then-Progressive Conservative government launched a poverty reduction strategy that food insecurity researchers still cite as an example. Its measures to boost income support levels and index them to inflation led to deep cuts in the province’s rates of hunger.

Beginning in September, the government will work to expand lunch and breakfast programs to every kindergarten to Grade 9 school in the province, he added.

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