An expert panel charged with studying the effectiveness of a guaranteed basic income in British Columbia says there are better ways to use government policy to improve people's lives.

The 500 page final report from the panel Covering All the Basics: Reforms for a More Just Society, makes 65 recommendations, many around improving and overhauling existing social programs.

Instacart denies it’s union-busting. In a statement, a company spokesperson said that the layoffs are the result of some grocers choosing to use their own employees to pick groceries. Instacart’s far larger army of independent contractors will continue to work in many of the stores affected, the spokesperson says. It’s unclear how that contractor workforce has changed during the pandemic. The company said in April it had 500,000 contract shoppers and planned to add 250,000 more in the following two months. Today, the company says it still has 500,000 contractors.