Guaranteed Basic Income
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Basic income would ease poverty but require higher taxes, spending cuts: StudyA 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.MoneyJun 17, 2022
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Basic income program could cut national poverty rates in half, PBO saysA 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.EconomyApr 7, 2021
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Paid leave, tax credits, more benefits: What the parties are promising parentsTrudeau, Scheer, Singh or May: who has the better deal for families?PoliticsSep 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
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A California city is giving residents $500 a month for a guaranteed basic incomeA California city has initiated a radical plan to combat poverty: a "no strings" guaranteed basic income of $500 a month for its residents.WorldJun 4, 2018
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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, a bit more luxury than [it] will give them."Mar 12, 2018
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Canadians support guaranteed income, but don’t want to pay for it, think it will make us lazy: pollCanadians 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.WorldAug 12, 2016
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‘Time to take a serious look at basic annual guaranteed income’: Halifax mayorThe adoption of a guaranteed basic income continues to grow support and get calls for consideration in Halifax, among other communities in Canada.EconomyApr 10, 2016
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