Coordinator's note: Some people have other ideas similar to, but significantly different from, a GLI. In the U.S. there is a group promoting a caregiver credit. I asked some women about this idea.

I disagree with a credit just for caregivers. It creates a division. What we are trying to do is avoid this division. Sometimes people who don't have anybody still have problems and can't find a job. --Evelyn

What if my family has all left home and I'm not caring for anybody any more? When my kids were young I might have advocated something like that but that would have been short sighted.   --Brenda

A caregiver credit creates more divisions and could cause more strife when families break up, especially if the men have no other income. It could even be dangerous for women. --Focus group, Jan. 13, 2006

Coordinator's note: One interviewee strongly felt she wanted a one-time lump sum credit (like a citizen's grant) to start a small business instead of a monthly Guaranteed Livable Income.

Rather than getting a small amount of money spread out over a long time. I'd rather get a large amount of money but over a short period of time. I think the citizen's grant is a great idea. Then the onus is on me to make it or break it and that way I'm not a victim, except to myself. --Gabrielle