Business Insider A Seattle-area guaranteed basic income pilot gave low-income residents $500 a month to help reduce poverty. Employment in the group nearly doubled, and numerous unhoused residents secured housing. The Workforce Development Council of…
CBC News Jessie Golem has spent much of the last six years sharing the stories of participants in Ontario's basic income pilot program. A former participant herself, the Hamilton photographer…
Waterloo Magazine Growing up in a family where money was scarce, Floyd Marinescu (BMath ’02) saw firsthand the impacts of working class poverty. “Money was a source of a lot…
The Independent Newfoundland and Labrador has the highest rate of household food insecurity among all Canadian provinces, and advocates say things might not get better soon if the government doesn’t…
Roderick Benns The Lindsay Advocate has learned that a “significant development” has occurred in the basic income class action lawsuit against the Ontario Conservative government. According to Angela Waz, from Crestview Strategy,…
Peterborough Examiner Income and social assistance rates are insufficient as the gap between these and the cost of living rises each year, according to a new United Way report. On…
The Guardian Farmers are calling for the government to grant them a universal basic income, saying the post-Brexit agriculture subsidy scheme has left many poorer. Delays to the sustainable farming…
Smith Falls Record News Smiths Falls council supported a resolution to endorse a universal basic income by a slim margin. “We know the impact of poverty on our community is…
Ottawa Citizen Last month, I had the honour of attending the opening of a new transitional housing facility in Bay Ward, a space for families who had no place to…
YorkRegion.com Calling all high school students. Do you have something to say about basic income? We have an exciting opportunity! The 2024 Basic Income Forum is hosting two contests just…