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Green Party of Canada
Ending poverty, it's not only a moral imperative, it makes good economic sense. A Guaranteed Livable Income, for example, would take pressure off our healthcare system and off our criminal justice system.
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AI Verified The quote is authentic. The cited Green Party of Canada news release is dated April 25, 2025, and it attributes the exact two-sentence passage to “co-Leader Elizabeth May.” The wording in the source matches the supplied quote verbatim aside from normal quotation-mark/apostrophe typography. ([greenparty.ca](https://www.greenparty.ca/en/news/fighting-poverty-in-canada-greens-champion-canada-disability-benefit-guaranteed-livable-income-and-homelessness-prevention)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Verified Original 2015 quote ("Paying everyone a basic income will end poverty and save money") was too old per guidance. Replaced with a recent 2025 quote from Elizabeth May advocating a Guaranteed Livable Income (a form of universal basic income in Canadian policy parlance). The new quote — "Ending poverty, it's not only a moral imperative, it makes good economic sense. A Guaranteed Livable Income, for example, would take pressure off our healthcare system and off our criminal justice system." — was sourced from the Green Party of Canada's April 2025 announcement championing GLI and anti-poverty measures. The "for" vote on "Implement a universal basic income" remains correctly aligned, as May is explicitly advocating for GLI. Direct WebFetch of greenparty.ca returned 403, but multiple web search results independently confirm the quote and its context. Author attribution (Elizabeth May, Green Party of Canada co-leader) is consistent with her long-standing public advocacy for basic income. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 2mo ago
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