Vancouver Island Free Daily Nanaimo-Ladysmith’s MP and her colleagues are talking to Canadians about the development of a national framework for a guaranteed livable income. MP Lisa Marie Barron and…
BIEN In 1942, as people started to think about remaking society after the War, William Beveridge wrote a report for the British government that was to shape the welfare state…
Houston Chronicle On a warm October evening 56 years ago, some 4,000 people gathered at Sam Houston Coliseum on Bagby Street to hear what would be Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s…
Substack It’s midnight. Some combination of insomnia, restlessness, or nocturnalism has kept you in front of your television watching reruns or, worse, the news. As a commercial break ensues, the…
Business Insider Yet another study shows that poor people didn't squander their money on drugs and alcohol when given cash assistance. People experiencing homelessness in Vancouver spent 99 fewer days unhoused and…
Niagara Independent As many white-collar Canadians return to work today, the friendly question of “how were your holidays?” will be asked by co-workers across the country. A friendly ice breaker…
Irish Examiner Serge Vanden Berghe sits in his Cork city studio, surrounded by paints, brushes, many completed artworks and yet more half-finished. He opens his journal: in it, he records…
Western Standard A controversial plan to guarantee Canadians a free pass is officially on the table after a universal basic income (UBI) bill officially works its way the Parliament. The…
APTN Notable stories from 2023 Senator Kim Pate is behind a senate bill to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income. It is currently being studied by…
The Tyee As the number of Canadians finding themselves unable to make ends meet grows, the calls for a basic income are intensifying. Currently, there are two bills, S-233 and C-223, whose passing could…