Guaranteed income helps people leaving prison rebuild their lives. According to the Prison Policy Initiative, research shows that unconditional cash improves employment, housing stability, and mental health, lowers recidivism and saves taxpayers money. zurl.co/pRnw7
One of Canada's top doctors prescribes a basic income guarantee
Today, I asked the government why it is choosing broad, inefficient tax cuts over focused supports that would actually reduce poverty. I also asked when we will see action on a guaranteed livable basic income, a recommendation that could be implemented at a comparable cost. 3/3
Ireland has shown that basic income works — not just socially, but economically.
Give people time and security to develop their skills, and the returns flow back to society. Now let's go further.
Guaranteed income helps people leaving jail and prison, and that helps everyone - www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2026/04...
Basic income works
Unconditional: Stories from the Denver Basic Income Project | Official FEATURE DOCUMENTARY trailer 🎬
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Basic Income Nova Scotia is hosting its annual conference on Friday.
You can attend in person at the Halifax Central Library (no need to register) or virtually (you do need to register to attend online). More info here: www.big-ns.org
"People won't work if you give cash."
The evidence keeps piling up: guaranteed income increases employment and improves job quality.
In CA pilots, full‑time jobs rose up to 2x vs control; higher‑quality jobs 3x.
An entire industry asked to be saved by UBI -- fishermen
Irish farmers already get a "basic income support for sustainability" that pays per hectare farmed. It plays a key role in guaranteeing food security, and for farmers, income resilience and a fair standard of living.
Guaranteed basic income has been proven multiple times to work for getting people housed, decreasing crime, reducing illnesses linked to poverty etc. Our health care system functioned better when there was enough funding for better nurse to patient ratios.
Money fixes a lot. 2/3
Be cheaper to accept humans have a right to live irrespective of their "economic" contribution, institute a guaranteed income for all, and thus encourage people to respect themselves and their environment BECAUSE THAT'S OUR NATURAL STATE.
What happens when income is unconditional? A 30-minute documentary, Unconditional, explores how guaranteed income can support dignity and wellbeing—followed by a discussion on implications for research, policy, and practice. zurl.co/T4PcO
In our new op-ed published at Policy Magazine, we outline 5 concrete ways to build guaranteed basic income with AI.
www.policymagazine.ca/how-ai-can-h...
"Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings."
Nelson Mandela
Clip by basicincomeyyc on Instagram.
Working mom's plea for a better safety net
5 Communities as a Whole When people have enough to meet their basic needs, entire.communities benefit. In darker bold: Stronger local.economies. Better health outcomes. More stability for everyone.
4 People between jobs Job transitions happen. Basic income provides stability during Layoffs, career changes, or periods of retraining.
3 People with Disabilities Peoplewith disabilities are disproportionately impacted by poverty. Basic income can provide more stability, flexibility, and dignity alongside existing supports.
1 Low-income workers Many people are working and still struggling to afford rent, food and basic needs. Basic income helps close the gap between wages and the real cost of living
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Series from the Lanark Basic Income Network on FB and Insta.
Welcome to Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, Mayor John I. Clark!
Thank you for joining leaders in Colorado and across the country working to help families make ends meet and end the affordability crisis.
If there is any group who when freed from constraints are capable of envisioning new ways of existing in the world, it is artists, writes @dorothywoodend.bsky.social. 🎨
Promotional image from Tanille Johnstone's Campaign including a sign saying Tax The Rich, Tanille herself next to a Basic Income Now sign (on black with basic in white, income in multi colors and now in black bold with a white border) and different groups of people, some persons of color, a set of scales showing balancing money with people a background of people in a crowd.
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During the leadership race, there was one candidate, who was much louder than all the others, calling for a basic income program—right now. Social worker and Campbell River City Councillor, Tanille Johnston, who surprised many coming third, talked up basic income in every debate, and in the candidates’ final convention showcase. She included “Basic Income Now” movement photos and graphics in her campaign material. A Guaranteed Livable Basic Income for Canadians was a powerful and resonant central platform in her campaign. Tanille, breaking the glass ceiling, is the first Indigenous person ever to appear on a federal leadership ballot in Canadian political history.
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The bottom line is that if you fall through the cracks in our system, a GLBI should be there to catch you. We don’t need a social safety net full of holes, but a solid floor to stand on. Thank you again for your question and I welcome further conversations with basic income advocates on this important issue.” In February, NDP MP Leah Gazan (Winnipeg) endorsed Lewis’s leadership bid. Gazan is well-known for advocating for a basic income at the House of Commons (Motion-46 and Bill C-233).
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To be clear, a basic income must not and does not replace any part of our social safety net. The minimum wage is too low everywhere. Welfare provides insultingly low benefits and constant humiliation, legislating people into perpetual poverty. Support for people with disabilities - including the Disability Tax Credit and the new Canada Disability Benefit - are appallingly low. We fight alongside the basic income movement, other social movements, and progressive organizations across the spectrum for all of these essential income supports to be increased to a level that affords people comfortable shelter, healthy food, and a dignified life.
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“Thanks for writing to us about basic income. Avi fully supports NDP MP Leah Gazan’s Bill C-223. Introduced in the last parliament, the bill is a framework and a pathway to a guaranteed livable basic income (GLBI). The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women also called for GLBI as part of its Calls for Justice, and we back this demand enthusiastically. Canada has a long history of basic income programs. Seniors and parents already get a basic income in the form of the Guaranteed Income Supplement and the Canada Child Benefit, respectively. A GLBI would build out and expand these programs to ensure that there’s a livable floor for everyone who falls through the gaps of our inadequate social safety net. Rather than sending money to everyone, including the 1%, the GLBI that Avi supports would be income-tested through the tax system and send money to those who need it.
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New Federal NDP leader Avi Lewis supports a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income. ... In late January 2026, I had several phone conversations with Avi Lewis about basic income policy. We talked about the movements' national consensus statement, and the success in past federal elections of MP candidates taking the Basic Income Now pledge. I shared background notes with his Policy Coordinator that culminated in Lewis's statement below. If you contacted the Lewis campaign leading up to the leadership convention and asked about basic income, here is their reply:
Long-time Canadian basic income advocate and artist Craig Berggold on the current NDP drive to raise the floor with a basic income. (1/4)🧵
