First Voice Continues Push for Universal Basic Income
May 1, 2024
First Voice wants the province to implement a universal basic income to address what it calls the growing cost of living crisis. The same policy
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Seattle gave low-income residents $500 a month no strings attached. Employment rates nearly doubled.
April 28, 2024
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
Basic income recipient says Ontario should fight poverty, not the class action she’s part of
April 28, 2024
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
Unlocking human potential through a universal basic income
April 28, 2024
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
Basic income the answer to food insecurity
April 21, 2024
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
Court orders more than $300,000 in legal expenses to be paid in basic income class action lawsuit
April 21, 2024
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
April 11, 2024
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
British farmers want basic income to cope with post-Brexit struggles
April 5, 2024
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.
‘I see hungry children every day’: Smiths Falls council supports basic income by narrow margin
April 5, 2024
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