Guaranteed Basic Income

• Basic income would ease poverty but require higher taxes, spending cuts: Study

  A guaranteed basic income in Canada would help alleviate poverty but could also put the fiscal sustainability and labour supply of some provinces at risk, a new study says.

  Money

  Jun 17, 2022
  
• Basic income program could cut national poverty rates in half, PBO says

  A basic income program similar to one previously studied in Ontario could cut poverty rates nationally by almost half in 2022, the parliamentary budget officer says.

  Economy

  Apr 7, 2021
  
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• Paid leave, tax credits, more benefits: What the parties are promising parents

  Trudeau, Scheer, Singh or May: who has the better deal for families?

  Politics

  Sep 28, 2019
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• B.C. government promises more study on ‘basic income’

  The province announced on Tuesday a committee of three academics to research and test the feasibility of a basic-income pilot in British Columbia.

  Jul 3, 2018
• A California city is giving residents $500 a month for a guaranteed basic income

  A California city has initiated a radical plan to combat poverty: a "no strings" guaranteed basic income of $500 a month for its residents.

  World

  Jun 4, 2018
• Could a guaranteed basic income help people in B.C. escape the ‘welfare trap?’

  "Most people actually don't want to live their whole lives on $17,000 a year, they want a bit more than that. And they want a bit more comfort."

  Mar 12, 2018
• Canadians support guaranteed income, but don’t want to pay for it, think it will make us lazy: poll

  Canadians appear to like the idea of a guaranteed minimum income; but they aren’t willing to pay for it and say it would encourage laziness.

  World

  Aug 12, 2016
• ‘Time to take a serious look at basic annual guaranteed income’: Halifax mayor

  The adoption of a guaranteed basic income continues to grow support and get calls for consideration in Halifax, among other communities in Canada.

  Economy

  Apr 10, 2016