$1.6-billion basic income plan highlights Manitoba Green Party’s election platform
Leader James Beddome says the plan will benefit nearly half of Manitobans in the form of a tax credit. Continue reading
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Feed Ontario report ranks Hamilton Centre riding 2nd highest for food bank usage
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. Continue reading
Halifax basic income conference aims to make the economic concept a reality in Canada
By Jesse Thomas Digital Broadcast Journalist
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 Continue reading
$200M class-action lawsuit filed over cancellation of Ontario basic income pilot project
By Greg Davis Videographer/Online Journalist
Plaintiffs claim the abrupt cancellation of the project by the Ford government caused harm and damages. Continue reading
Court upholds Ontario government’s decision to cancel basic income pilot project
In a decision released Thursday, a panel of three Superior Court judges ruled the court has “no power” to reverse the move. Continue reading
Finland’s two-year basic income trial did not spur the unemployed to work or earn more: government
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. Continue reading
Liberals looking at national basic income as way to help Canadians cope with job instability
The Trudeau Liberals haven’t shut the door on a guaranteed-income program in their search for ways to help workers adapt to an unsteady and shifting labour market. Continue reading
4 Ontario mayors asking feds to take over basic income pilot
In a joint letter, the mayors of Hamilton, Thunder Bay, Brantford and Kawartha Lakes, ask federal Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos to assume oversight of the program, which the province said it is ending earlier than planned. Continue reading
Lawsuit filed in Lindsay court against cancellation of basic income pilot
By Jesse Thomas Digital Broadcast Journalist
A proposed class action lawsuit filed claims the Ontario government’s early cancellation of a basic income pilot project is ‘negligent’ and a ‘breach of contract.’ Continue reading
HKPR health unit urges province to reconsider basic income guarantee pilot
By Greg Davis Videographer/Online Journalist
Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit says the three-year pilot project should be completed, not scrapped. Continue reading