The Star During the Second World War, mid-level British bureaucrat named William Beveridge was instructed to do a study of a “tidying up” of the shambolic social welfare system in…
CBC News A grassroots coalition of basic income advocates has taken the first step toward a concerted push for the policy in Newfoundland and Labrador. Anti-poverty workers spanning 10 community…
Jacobin The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have brought calls for a universal basic income (UBI) back into the spotlight — and so, too, criticisms of it. This is…
The Star This is the season for a nationwide discussion about a universal basic income (UBI). A UBI is a government payment that tops up family income so that it…
Roderick Benns A 17-year-old Canadian has won the North American Basic Income Guarantee (NABIG) essay-writing contest. Miranda Reid, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, submitted ‘The Role of UBI in the Fight…
News Release On June 8 during Question Period, Senator Kim Pate asked how the federal government is preparing to implement its commitment to guaranteed livable income in the Missing and Murdered…
Quill & Quire Persistent poverty and stagnant wages. The rise of precarious, unsatisfying work. A job market upended by a global pandemic. Recipients of social-assistance benefits subject to increasing surveillance and suspicion.…
The Star Income supports encourage people to not work? Duh, June 4 In an era of self-regulation, it is presumed that all employers will follow all protocols to ensure the…
Calmatters A Fresno-area politician wants California to prioritize struggling San Joaquin Valley farmworkers in a proposed pilot program that would put cash in the hands of some the state’s impoverished…
Vox It seems like everywhere you look in the US these days, new guaranteed income pilot programs are springing up. Over the past month or so, they’ve launched in Newark, New…