Universal basic income to be tested in Wales
A universal basic income scheme is to be trialled in Wales, meaning adults, regardless of their means, will receive a regular sum of money. The idea is that this would…
Now More Than Ever: Jamie Swift and Elaine Power Make the Case for a Universal Basic Income
OpenBook.ca A universal basic income isn't a new idea, and there are mountains of evidence to support its efficacy, including studies showing that individuals receiving basic incomes are able to…
Making the Case for Universal Basic Income
The Tyee “The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain, is floating in mid-air, until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.”…
Who controls the basic income narrative?
Leah Gazan Canadian Dimension I put forth Motion 46 to address the need for a guaranteed livable basic income in Canada. It is time to heed the call to justice by the…
Guaranteed Basic Income isn’t just about reducing poverty
Ottawa Citizen From Greens to Conservatives, it seems everyone has a version of guaranteed basic income (BI) that they can support. There is confusion, however, over the objectives of BI,…
New website featuring videos of people who received basic income, and new book released
A researcher’s work on basic income has culminated in a new book and a series of videos and blogs about actual people who received basic income during the now-cancelled Ontario…
Could a basic income support a circular economy?: Basic Income Network Scotland
Basic Income Earth Network With the increase in research on the circular economy system, the basic income and circular economy relationship has also started to be considered. For example, this…
Kawartha Lakes to encourage conversation about basic income
Kirk Winter The Lindsay Advocate In a contested and close vote, Kawartha Lakes council approved a motion by Councillor Doug Elmslie to send letters to Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock member of parliament,…
Canadians support a basic income. Will the Liberals finally deliver?
National Observer Liberal Party delegates voted to pass not one but two basic income resolutions at their national convention that ran from April 8-10, making basic income the governing party’s second most important…
Food banks do not address issue of inadequate income
By Elaine Power The Lindsay Advocate This year, 2021, marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of Canada’s first food bank. The Edmonton Gleaners Association borrowed the idea from the Mary’s…