Robin Boadway and Koertney Koebel explain why Ottawa needs to act on a proposal for a guaranteed basic income for P.E.I.

Published August 28, 2024 in the Institute on Research in Public Policy’s publication — Policy Options Politiques

GBI: An evolution not a revolution by former MPs Wayne Easter, Jean Crowder & Bruce Stanton

Foodbanks continue to call for a Guaranteed Basic Income

Volunteers providing meals in eastern P.E.I. renew call for basic income guarantee

'A good, solid basic income policy needs to be looked at strongly in Canada'

Put Food Banks Out of Business!

Food banks were supposed to be a stop-gap measure! Dependence on charity is not OK! We demand that governments step up and provide people with the income supports they need to live with dignity! Read the CBC story and listen to the interview with Josh Smee here.

Bill tabled in the NS Legislature today.

NDP MLA Kendra Coombs tabled a bill in the NS Legislature entitled “An Act Respecting the Feasibility of Creating a Basic Income Program“.

A guaranteed paycheck. Is Basic Income a good idea?

This CBC video interviews Floyd Marinescu, Jessie Golem, Mike Perry, and others about the importance of a basic income guarantee and the impact of the Ontario pilot.

It's Time for a BIG Conversation

An Op-ed in Saltwire by Roger Tatlock.

Benoit Robidoux, co-author of a recent report on how a Guaranteed Basic Income could be implemented throughout PEI, discusses the proposal with CBC’s Compass host, Steve Bruce.

N.L. launching disability benefit to top up federal program and create basic income

See the CTV News story: “The province says the new benefit will raise the annual income of a single person with a disability working a full-time minimum wage job by 25 per cent, to $35,500 from $28,300. A single person with a disability receiving the maximum amount on the provincial income support program will see their income increase by nearly 50 per cent, to $22,580 a year from $15,380.

Smee noted that someone earning $22,580 a year is still living in poverty, but the increase from the previous amount is "a pretty big lift nonetheless."“

Ontario government facing class action law suit for abruptly cancelling the basic income pilot program

See reports from CBC, Thunder Bay News Watch, Peterborough Examiner, and Kawartha news sources.