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Read more about the article Pre-budget: It’s time for Basic Income
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Pre-budget: It’s time for Basic Income

  • Post author:Roderick Benns
  • Post published:October 4, 2022
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Canadians are at the breaking point. There is a solution! Inflation, economic uncertainty and growing levels of poverty and inequality are taking a toll that Canada has the capacity to…

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Read more about the article Alternative federal budget would include a basic income

Alternative federal budget would include a basic income

  • Post author:Roderick Benns
  • Post published:September 23, 2022
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By Sid Frankel, University of Manitoba On September 22 the Canadian Centre on Policy Alternatives released Alternative Federal Budget 2023: Rising to the Challenge: An Agenda for Public Leadership. Its…

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Read more about the article Harvey Stevens: Tribute to a lost champion

Harvey Stevens: Tribute to a lost champion

  • Post author:Basic Income
  • Post published:September 8, 2022
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Sheila Regehr, Chair, BICN On September 1, 2022, the basic income movement lost Harvey Stevens after a long battle with cancer. As someone who loved statistics he calculated that on…

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Read more about the article The role of UBI in the fight against climate change

The role of UBI in the fight against climate change

  • Post author:Roderick Benns
  • Post published:June 17, 2021
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Essay by Miranda Reid A universal basic income has been proven through numerous studies and trials to be incredibly beneficial to the well-being of both communities and individuals. Mental health…

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Read more about the article Beyond the Federal Budget

Beyond the Federal Budget

  • Post author:Basic Income
  • Post published:April 22, 2021
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There is certainly no doubt that the 2021 Federal Budget will provide some help to some people, depending on their situation. That’s the problem. What the budget needed to do…

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Read more about the article NABIG: Call for proposals for virtual basic income conference

NABIG: Call for proposals for virtual basic income conference

  • Post author:Basic Income
  • Post published:March 29, 2021
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The 19th North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress will be held virtually June 17-19, 2021. Theme: Basic Income: Knowledge, Activism, Policy The program committee is now accepting proposals for papers,…

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Read more about the article BICN Chair says suggested reforms in B.C. fall short of what’s needed

BICN Chair says suggested reforms in B.C. fall short of what’s needed

  • Post author:Basic Income
  • Post published:January 29, 2021
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On January 28, the B.C. panel on basic income released its 500-page report with 65 recommendations; it does not support basic income as a central pillar of its plan. The…

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Read more about the article BICN Brief – Advocating for a Basic Income in the wake of COVID-19

BICN Brief – Advocating for a Basic Income in the wake of COVID-19

  • Post author:Basic Income
  • Post published:June 14, 2020
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BICN, over the years, has encouraged a wide range of thought and work on basic income concepts, research, pilots and policy proposals. In our own modelling we developed three different…

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Read more about the article Write to your MP – template letter for basic income

Write to your MP – template letter for basic income

  • Post author:Basic Income
  • Post published:June 14, 2020
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Dear basic income supporters: We are at a critical juncture in Canada where emergency COVID-19 benefits can be wound down or reshaped into an ongoing basic income that enables everyone…

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Read more about the article 2018 NABIG Congress presentations

2018 NABIG Congress presentations

  • Post author:kosmic
  • Post published:June 1, 2018
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Below is a list of presentations made at at the 2018 North American Basic Income Guarantee (NABIG) Congress, May 24-27, 2018, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Canada, for which finalized documents…

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