The Senate finance committee made several recommendations on Tuesday after reviewing the Liberals' emergency aid programs during the coronavirus pandemic.

The parliamentary budget office says it could cost more than $98 billion to provide almost all Canadians with a basic income for six months beginning this fall.

Two-thirds of Manitobans in a recent poll from Basic Income Manitoba say they would support a universal basic income for those in need -- pandemic or not.

"The rent and lease are obviously pretty major, and our software and phone bills."

Leader James Beddome says the plan will benefit nearly half of Manitobans in the form of a tax credit.

Feed Ontario's hunger report for 2018 found that Hamilton Centre has the second-highest number of people per capita accessing food banks in the province.

Advocates for a guaranteed basic income will hold a conference this Saturday, suggesting its time to adopt a national basic income plan to help lift people out of poverty

Plaintiffs claim the abrupt cancellation of the project by the Ford government caused harm and damages.

In a decision released Thursday, a panel of three Superior Court judges ruled the court has "no power" to reverse the move.

2,000 unemployed Finns became the first Europeans to enjoy a guaranteed basic income, a monthly paycheque from the state, regardless of whether they found work or sat at home.