Karl Widerquist Virtually any new idea meets with fallacious, knee-jerk criticisms. UBI is no exception. Some of the most common such criticisms of UBI portray it as being against paid…
Karl Widerquist It’s wrong for anyone to come between another person and the resources they need to survive. No person or group has the moral authority to impose conditions on…
Karl Widerquist Every time you take a breath, you use something you don’t own to meet your needs without asking anyone’s permission and without paying anyone for the privilege. Although…
CBC News When he was an MP in Ottawa, Mike Savage was vice-chair of a committee that studied poverty. After travelling the country to meet with organizations and people with…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette I used to think that Universal Basic Income made no sense at all. If the government gave every citizen a basic sum of money to live, people would…
CBC News The need for a basic income program in the N.W.T. is now, advocates say. Alternatives North, a social justice coalition, released a report Wednesday with six recommendations for…
The Conversation The federal government’s latest budget included $2.5 billion towards a grocery rebate, a one-time GST credit available to low-income Canadians to ease the pressures of food price inflation. For…
BIEN “Interest in universal basic income (UBI) programmes around the world is continuing to rise, with governments and private donor groups examining the social and economic effects of unconditional cash…
CultMtl.com According to a study by the Angus Reid Institute, half of Canadians (47%) say they would be willing to pay 1% to 2% more income tax if it would allow…
Newsweek For the better part of the last 15 years, I've worked in what some might call the "real economy." In the digital print production industry, I've worked in warehouses…