Basic income: It’s time has come says Grandmothers Act to Save the Planet
November 26, 2021
Honourable MP: The 2021 Election has been held and Parliament reconvenes soon. Priorities must be set by the Cabinet for Canada to advance the well-being
Basic Income Canada Network is a unique national organization dedicated to ensuring everyone can meet basic needs and live with dignity.
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What Is Basic Income?
A basic income guarantee could completely change the way you make decisions and live your life.
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Basic income movements are happening on local, provincial/territorial, national and international levels.
Groundbreaking report shows how Canada could fund a basic income
As the need for basic income grows, we are often asked how Canada could best design and pay for it. To answer that, we asked a team to model some fair, effective and feasible options. Our report, Basic Income: Some Policy Options for Canada does just that.
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We want a basic income implemented in Canada, one that is grounded in principles of universality, adequacy, non-conditionality, autonomy, dignity, and economic and gender equality, and that works in synergy with public services. We stand with people in Canada calling on their governments to make basic income a reality.
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Senator Pate Introduces Initiatives in the Senate on criminal reform, roadmap to economic recovery
November 24, 2021
Today, Senator Kim Pate introduced Bill S-212 and gave notice of a motion calling on the Senate to study economic recovery that leaves no one
Green Resilience Project explores links between climate, income and community resilience
November 24, 2021
The Green Resilience Project is organizing a series of conversations with communities across Canada on the links between climate change, income security and community resilience.
November 20, 2021
Defund the Patriarchy Five years ago, Jessica Topfer had goals and ambition but was struggling to find a path forward. The 20-year old was working
Basic income an idea whose time has come
November 16, 2021
Saltwire It was about 8 C outside, windy as all get-out, and the rain was driving hard on my windshield. This was an October day
A new project from FRIBIS: Universal Basic Income and Gender
November 16, 2021
BIEN The Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Studies (FRIBIS), a network of several faculties at the University of Freiburg, has expanded with a new international
