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Opponents of guaranteed-income programs often argue that recipients will simply take the money and be less motivated to do any work whatsoever.
The study found that regularly getting cash made it easier for many homeless people to meet their immediate and personal needs.
Today’s basic income proponents say cash payments would be good for everyone. In the 1790s, the idea’s inventor argued something else: It was owed to everyone.
It’s one of the first to make it out of the pilot stage and to offer a subsistence level payment.
Improving mental health through a basic income is a wise investment, one that will prevent the needless suffering of generations to come.
Targeting benefits at the most vulnerable sounds like good sense – but a wider support system could be more effective at tackling poverty.
With food insecurity at an all-time high and food banks buckling under high demand as we head into this holiday season, experts say we need to focus on long-term solutions to tackle the issue at its root.
A UBI pilot in Wales gives a sum of money to young people leaving the care system. But it won’t be rolled out beyond its trial period.
Momentum on basic income is growing in Canada. However, pervasive myths about poverty are making implementing the idea challenging.
Recent data from Statistics Canada shows crime rates in Canada rising. Crime has become a hot-button political issue in Canadian cities. But what does the data actually mean?
The U.S. and Canada both have different approaches when it comes to work conditions and income assistance programs.
Canada’s National Food Policy is slated for renewal later this year. Employment and Social Development Canada must be involved to develop income supports that reduce food insecurity.
A guaranteed basic income is a promising tool for contributing to sustainability and justice across agriculture and fishing sectors.
Initiatives like the federal government’s new grocery rebate are only a small step towards ending food insecurity in Canada. A broader guaranteed basic income is long overdue.
The federal government should make the grocery rebate permanent by adding it to the GST/HST credit.
While decent housing and food are fundamental human rights, they are often treated separately, and primarily as commodities. How can we tackle housing and food insecurity together, and better?
Millions of people experiencing food poverty turn to food banks, and the number is growing.
Basic income should form part of a practical comprehensive plan for eliminating poverty in Canada.
Challenges in evidence, long-term planning and public understanding mean that universal basic income has become easier said than done.
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