Basic income ‘unlocked dozens of doors for me,’ supporter says amid call for national program
CBC News Basic income was life-changing for Jessica Topfer. The Cannington, Ont. resident was a student at Trent University in 2017 when then-premier Kathleen Wynne’s
Newfoundland and Labrador to launch basic income program for residents aged 60-64
CBC News The Newfoundland and Labrador government is launching a basic income program for residents aged 60 to 64, part of a poverty reduction plan
‘It’s Basic’ Points To A Strikingly Straightforward Plan To Fight Poverty
Huff Post While economic inequality may seem like an ever-mounting obstacle, more and more communities are experimenting with a long-tested, but often dismissed, idea to
Universal basic income is working — even in red states
Business Insider In the spring of 2022, Tydricka Lewis finally bought a car that started every time she asked it to and no longer left
Council, mostly, calls for national guaranteed livable basic income
Guelph Today City council is calling for the implementation of a national guaranteed livable basic income to help “eradicate poverty and homelessness, and ensure everyone in
Canada is considering a guaranteed universal basic income program. Here’s what that means
Toronto Star Canada is taking its baby steps toward a basic income program meant to broadly address poverty. The Senate’s national finance committee began looking
Advocates take their case for a guaranteed basic income to the Senate
CBC News Advocates calling on Canada to create a guaranteed basic income pushed back on what one senator called the “myths and stereotypes” about such a
Business Insider For four years in the late 1970s, Canada’s Manitoba province ran a program called the Manitoba Basic Annual Income Experiment, or MINCOME. It
Basic income is less radical than you think
Vox I’ve been following debates on guaranteed income for almost a decade, and one thing that’s stood out is that universal basic income (UBI), a regular cash