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Canada: Political candidates in Thunder Bay discuss Basic Income
Basic Income seems to be a hot issue to debate at the local elections run in Thunder Bay (Ontario, Canada). Ever since the cancellation of the Ontario basic income pilot project, by the Doug...
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My failure to change Canada’s basic income narrative
A journey to convince the Liberal Party of Canada to include a promise to implement basic income as a commitment to the electorate should they win re-election.
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Canada: Prince Edward Island Activists Call for Basic Income Guarantee in...
Ann Wheatley (from the PEI Working Group for a Livable Income). Picture credit to: CBC Despite the dismantling of Ontario’s Basic Income pilot after the election of the Conservative Party in the 2018...
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Canada: People claim for basic income on the streets of Toronto
Within the context of the wider Basic Income March, organized and executed on the past 26th of October, Toronto also saw a basic income manifestation. This was done simultaneously in other cities,...
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Canada: New report from the Basic Income Canada Network shows how to improve...
A new report from the Basic Income Canada Network (BICN) details how Canada could improve income security for everyone, with three options for a basic income for adults, while maintaining current child...
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Canada: The Ontario Basic Income (cancelled) experiment, revealed
The findings of the McMaster University Basic Income Project (MUBIP) were released on the 4th of March 2020. The study looked into the impact of the Ontario Basic Income on over 200 recipients in one...
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Faun Rice: “The Global Turn to Cash Transfers”
Faun Rice, a former Basic Income News editor, has just posted an article on the new Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) (and the characteristics it shares with universal basic income). That...
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Certain Conditions Apply: Canada’s Child Benefit is a ‘Basic Income’
The Canada Child Benefit is a bona fide Basic Income, even if certain conditions apply.
View ArticleBasic Income in Canada: Endorsement by Liberal Party signals growing momentum
In Canada, basic income has become a central issue in the debate on a post-pandemic recovery. Recent steps taken by the governing Liberal Party to endorse the policy has begged the question whether...
View ArticleCountries that Have Tried Universal Basic Income
Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a program that provides citizens of a country with a monthly or annual stipend. It is given to individuals regardless of their employment status, income, or resources...
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