EVELYN L. FORGET

Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

SOME MEDIA CLIPS

Here are some links to interviews I’ve done or broadcasts which reference my work

Radio

The Sunday Edition, with Michael Enright Hour 1: Poverty – a conversation with Hugh Segal http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Shows/The+Sunday+Edition/ID/1486866230/
Oct 18, 2009

What if no one was allowed to be poor? Mincome. 25 March 2010.
http://www.cbc.ca/player/Embedded-Only/News/Canada/Manitoba/Not+Enough+Money/ID/1450944959/

Podcast on CBC discussing the Canadian project in relation to current events in Switzerland: "Switzerland considers a mandatory basic minimum income for everyone - Dec 2, 2013" at
http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/listen/

Mincome—Guaranteed Minimum Income Experiment Dec 17, 2012
http://www.cbc.ca/superiormorning/episodes/2012/12/17/mincome---guaranteed-minimum-income-experiment/

TOM ANDRONAS Senior Producer – 3AW Drive with Tom Elliott
16/02/2015

Terry Mercury-Producer-The Ward and Al Show SiriusXM Satellite Radio
05/01/2015

Television

VPRO TV Backlight series
Channel 2 Netherlands TV
http://tegenlicht.vpro.nl/afleveringen/2014-2015/gratis-geld.html
Timecodes: from 12.20 to 35.05. You are of course welcome to have a look at the whole broadcast but there is a lot of Dutch in the first 12 minutes and the last 13 minutes…

The Agenda with Steve Paikin April 28, 2010
http://theagenda.tvo.org/episode/140732/wednesday-april-28-2010

Mincome
What if it no one was allowed to be poor? Dauphin Manitoba tried that back in the 70's and a researcher who's taking a look back at the findings says it had some amazing results. Mar 25, 2010 | 5:35
http://www.cbc.ca/player/Embedded-Only/News/Canada/Manitoba/Not+Enough+Money/ID/1450944959/

News and Print

How A Canadian City Once Eliminated Poverty And Nearly ...
www.huffingtonpost.ca/.../mincome-in-dauphin-manitoba_n_6335682.h...
Dec 23, 2014

The Town Where Everyone Got Free Money | Motherboard motherboard.vice.com/read/the-mincome-experiment-dauphin
Feb 4, 2015

Switzerland's Proposal to Pay People for Being Alive - The ...
Nov 12, 2013

It sounds radical, but the ‘guaranteed basic income’ almost became law in the United States—and it’s having a revival now, with some surprising supporters. Leon Neyfakh
http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/02/09/should-government-pay-you-alive/aaLVJsUAc5pKh0iYTFrXpI/story.html?s_campaign=sm_tw
Feb 9, 2014

A universal income is not such a silly idea - Tim Harford
timharford.com/2013/11/a-universal-income-is-not-such-a-silly-idea/
Nov 27, 2013

Scrapping Welfare | Literary Review of Canada
reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2012/12/scrapping-welfare/
Hugh Segal

Money for Nothing and Cheques for Free • thewalrus.ca
http://thewalrus.ca/money-for-nothing-and-cheques-for-free/
Aug 13, 2014

Dauphin, Manitoba: The Canadian town where poverty was ...
http://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/what-happened-to-the-tiny-farming-town-where-everyone-got-free-money/story-e6frflo9-1227209545071
Feb 5, 2015

Is a guaranteed annual income the answer? - Global News
http://globalnews.ca/news/1790164/a-country-with-no-poverty-is-a-guaranteed-annual-income-the-answer/
Jan 24, 2015

The Duel: 'Mincome' a fresh idea | Vancouver 24 hrs
http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2015/02/01/the-duel-mincome-a-fresh-idea
Feb 1, 2015

Renewed interest in Guaranteed Annual Income or 'Mincome'
http://maytree.com/blog/2015/01/renewed-interest-in-guaranteed-annual-income-or-mincome/
Jan 26, 2015

Guaranteed income has many merits | The Chronicle-Journal
http://www.chroniclejournal.com/...03.../guaranteed-income-has-many-merits
Mar 20, 2015

Barbara Yaffe: A guaranteed income for Canadians would ...
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Barbara+Yaffe+guaranteed+income+Canadians+would+eliminate+poverty/7767845/story.html
Jan 2, 2013

Is it time to chuck welfare? - Macleans.ca
http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/time-to-chuck-welfare/
Apr 19, 2013

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Money for nothing: Mincome experiment could pay dividends 40 years on
By Ben Shingler
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/8/26/dauphin-canada-cash.html
Aug 26, 2014

Two Views of a Guaranteed Annual Income | The Tyee
thetyee.ca/News/2015/01/06/Guaranteed-Annual-Income/
Jan 6, 2015

Research Profile – Life in a Town Without Poverty ...
http://www.saskdisc.ca/2011/07/research-profile-life-in-a-town-without-poverty-research-article-of-interest/
Jul 30, 2011

What About Just Guaranteeing Everyone a Basic Income ...
thetyee.ca/News/2012/05/15/Guaranteed-Basic-Income/
May 15, 2012

Dauphin, Manitoba: The Canadian town where poverty was ...
www.news.com.au/finance/...to.../story-e6frflo9-1227209545071
Feb 5, 2015

Is a guaranteed annual income the answer? - Global News


Jan 24, 2015

The Duel: 'Mincome' a fresh idea | Vancouver 24 hrs
Feb 1, 2015

Renewed interest in Guaranteed Annual Income or 'Mincome'
maytree.com/.../renewed-interest-in-guaranteed-annual-income-or-minco...
Jan 26, 2015

Guaranteed income has many merits | The Chronicle-Journal
www.chroniclejournal.com/...03.../guaranteed-income-has-many-merits
Mar 20, 2015

Barbara Yaffe: A guaranteed income for Canadians would ...
www.vancouversun.com/news/...guaranteed+income.../story.html
Jan 2, 2013

Is it time to chuck welfare? - Macleans.ca
www.macleans.ca/news/canada/time-to-chuck-welfare/
Apr 19, 2013

Money for nothing: Mincome experiment could pay dividends 40 years on
By Ben Shingler
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/8/26/dauphin-canada-cash.html


Aug 26, 2014

Two Views of a Guaranteed Annual Income | The Tyee
thetyee.ca/News/2015/01/06/Guaranteed-Annual-Income/
Jan 6, 2015

Research Profile – Life in a Town Without Poverty ...
www.saskdisc.ca/.../research-profile-life-in-a-town-without-poverty-resea...
Jul 30, 2011

What About Just Guaranteeing Everyone a Basic Income ...
thetyee.ca/News/2012/05/15/Guaranteed-Basic-Income/
May 15, 2012

The Forgotten History Of A Canadian Town’s Experiment With Guaranteed Income By JacobSloan on February 28, 2013 in News - See more at:
http://disinfo.com/2013/02/the-forgotten-history-of-a-canadian-towns-experiment-with-guaranteed-income/#sthash.raspGCJr.dpuf

Money for Nothing? - Upstream
www.thinkupstream.net/money_for_nothing
Aug 18, 2014

Guaranteed Income Doesn't Equate To Laziness—The ...
www.theplaidzebra.com/guaranteed-income-dauphin/
Nov 16, 2014

Redefining the Dauphin
http://babelonthebay.com/2015/03/11/rethinking-guaranteed-annual-income/

A Canadian town where no one was poor, 3rd, On Poverty ...
aletmanski.com/archives/.../a-canadian-town-where-no-one-was-poor/
Feb 23, 2011

Could the Next Great Legacy for Canadians be a Guaranteed Annual Income?
www.debtfreefiftyfiveplus.ca/blog-1/09Aug2014
Aug 9, 2014

FOCUS
To end poverty, guarantee everyone in Canada $20,000 a year. But are you willing to trust the poor? 
Erin Anderssen
The Globe and Mail
Published Friday, Nov. 19 2010, 6:16 PM EST
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/to-end-poverty-guarantee-everyone-in-canada-20000-a-year-but-are-you-willing-to-trust-the-poor/article560885/

Anti-poverty success airbrushed out,
By: Carol Goar Star Columnist, Published on Tue Jan 11 2011
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/2011/01/11/goar_antipoverty_success_airbrushed_out.html

An end to the perpetual welfare trap?
Guaranteed incomes debated

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/an-end-to-the-perpetual-welfare-trap-167004295.html
By: Mary Agnes Welch
August 22, 2012

A Town Without Poverty?
Canada's only experiment in guaranteed income finally gets reckoning

http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/4100
By Vivian Belik
September 5, 2011

The Manitoba Mincome Experiment
http://legalcheckpoint.blogspot.com/2007/11/social-policy-manitoba-mincome.html
November 15, 2007
By M. L'Heureux

Dauphin's great experiment: Mincome,
nearly forgotten child of the '70s, was a noble experiment

By Lindor Reynolds
November 28, 2009

Consider Guaranteed Annual Income to Reduce Poverty
http://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/2614818-consider-guaranteed-annual-income-to-reduce-poverty/
Oct. 19, 2012
Waterloo Region Record

A big idea whose time has yet to arrive.
Conference Board of Canada
Dec. 15, 2011 http://www.conferenceboard.ca/economics/hot_eco_topics/default/11-12-15/a_big_idea_whose_time_has_yet_to_arrive_a_guaranteed_annual_income.aspx

A Way to Get Healthy
http://basicincome.org.uk/2013/08/health-forget-mincome-poverty/
Aug 7, 2013

Guaranteed income program worth a look in this province ...
www.thewesternstar.com/Opinion/2014-07.../Guaranteed-income.../1
Jul 10, 2014

$11,000 for Every Household: Could Guaranteed Income ...
www.fool.com/.../11000-for-every-household-could-guaranteed-income...
Jul 13, 2014

1970s' Manitoba poverty experiment “Mincome” called a ...
artwilding.com/1970s-manitoba-poverty-experiment-mincome-called-a-s...
Jan 1, 2015

How an income supplement made a town healthier | Health ...
healthcaretransformation.ca/sdoh-how-an-income-supplement-made-a-to...
Jul 24, 2013

Fast Facts: Treating Poverty with Income | Canadian Centre ...
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/.../fast-facts-treating-poverty-income
Jun 13, 2013

We can't eliminate child poverty if the parents are poor ...
leadersandlegacies.com › Healthy Communities
Jan 12, 2015

Infographic Wednesday - Is it time for a Guaranteed Livable ...
www.homelesshub.ca/.../infographic-wednesday-it-time-guaranteed-liva...
Dec 18, 2013

Guaranteed livable income a possibility for PEI, premier says
www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/.../Guaranteed...income-a.../1
Apr 3, 2014

Let's Revisit the Negative Income Tax - The Daily Beast
www.thedailybeast.com/.../should-we-revisit-the-negative-income-tax.ht...
Feb 1, 2013

Will a guaranteed annual income help eliminate health ...
https://www.cma.ca/.../Will-guaranteed-annual-income-help-eliminate-he...
Apr 24, 2013

Winkler Times - March 27, 2014 - 0024
eedition.winklertimes.com/doc/Winkler-Times/WinklerTimes/.../24.html
Mar 27, 2014

Crushing poverty: Manitoba pilot project blazed trail | The ...
thechronicleherald.ca › News › Opinion
Jun 28, 2013

Reducing poverty rate by guaranteeing incomes - The Carillon
www.thecarillon.com/.../reducing-poverty-rate--by-guaranteeing-income...
Feb 6, 2015

Doing nothing is not an option - Hamilton Spectator
www.thespec.com › Home › News
Aug 25, 2010

Een manier om gezond te worden: experimenten met het ...
basisinkomen.nl/.../manier-gezond-worden-experimen...
Nov 7, 2013

The fierce urgency for a guaranteed national income - The ...
www.themetropolitain.ca/articles/view/1440
Jun 30, 2014

Science for Peace: Guaranteeing Income
www.scienceforpeace.ca/guaranteeing-income
by S Farlinger - ‎ Sep 21, 2012

Guaranteed minimum income is deserving of a closer look
www.delta-optimist.com/.../guaranteed-minimum-income-is-deserving-o...
Jul 23, 2014

guaranteed annual income « Radio Freethinker
radiofreethinker.com/tag/guaranteed-annual-income/
Jun 19, 2012

Delivering on the promise of Medicare
www.cfp.ca/content/61/2/111.full
by D Martin - ‎2015

MINCOME: An end to the perpetual welfare trap? | The ...
americanfront.info/2012/.../mincome-an-end-to-the-perpetual-welfare-tr...
Aug 25, 2012

Watch economic genius Kevin O'Leary utterly embarrass ...
www.thealbatross.ca/.../watch-economic-genius-kevin-oleary-utterly-em...
Jan 7, 2014

Are Canadians worth $20K a year, guaranteed? - CTV News
www.ctvnews.ca/.../are-canadians-worth-20k-a-year-guaranteed-1.1891794
Jun 29, 2014

Project Reason | Guaranteed Annual Income
www.project-reason.org › ... › Politics & Current Affairs
Dec 5, 2013

Transfer Money to Individuals, Not Governments | Frontier ...
https://www.fcpp.org/.../transfer-money-to-individuals-not-governments
Mar 27, 2014

Addressing Poverty Improves Educational Outcomes
www.netnewsledger.com/.../addressing-poverty-improves-educational-o...
Oct 15, 2014

5 reasons to consider a no-strings-attached, basic income ...
www.salon.com/.../5_reasons_to_consider_a_no_strings_attached_basic_...
Mar 19, 2014

Minimum Income: What you should know about an idea that could revolutionize the 21st century
David Tencer
12/23/2014
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/12/23/minimum-income-basic-income_n_6370458.html


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