NEWS
February 13, 2025
Liberal Leadership candidate Karina Gould publicly supports a basic income and pledges to put it in the party’s platform.
Read articles from CTV and The National & watch the CBC video.
It Is Time to Pass Bills Calling for a National Framework for a Livable BIG
While some of the details of this story are a little off, it is correct in saying that bills like S233 and C223 "could potentially revive Canada’s economy and improve the overall well-being of its citizens."
More on basic income from The Conversation
Dear politicians: To solve our food bank crisis, curb corporate greed and implement a basic income.
An interview with Elaine Power
Implementing a basic income means overcoming myths about the ‘undeserving poor’.
An article by Tracy Smith-Carrier
Deaths of despair: How income inequality puts Canadian youth at risk.
An article by Claire Benny
Report proposing a PEI island-wide basic income demonstration project is made public
The report calls for the government of PEI to begin immediate negotiations with the federal government for the development and implementation of a basic income guarantee demonstration program. The report presents a basic income model for a fully-funded 5-7-year demonstration program in PEI, which would considerably reduce poverty for Islanders while being more cost-effective than previously presented models. Championed by public servants, politicians, and advocates from PEI and across the country, this report is the outcome of more than 2 years of collaboration and will help guide crucial conversations on poverty reduction and income assistance in PEI and across the country.
“This report establishes beyond doubt that a province-wide guaranteed basic income in PEI is feasible and realistic,” says Jane Ledwell, member of the PEI Working Group for a Livable Income, who endorse the report. Ledwell notes that “with this proposed model for basic income, low-income Islanders who constantly fall through the cracks of social welfare systems would gain an income floor and the security to live in good health and dignity.”
November 8, 2023
The Newfoundland and Labrador government announced their new poverty reduction plan which includes a basic income for adults aged 60 to 65 to be rolled out over 3 years. In the press conference that followed, premier Andrew Furey, stated his support for a national basic income. See the story in the Globe and Mail and on CTV.
Jeff Karabanow Discusses the Housing Crisis
Homelessness is primarily a housing and an income problem. A coordinated effort from the Provincial and Federal governments is needed to provide non-market supportive housing and a basic income guarantee.