SUMMARY: Rob Rainer is the founder and director of The BIG Push campaign of Basic Income Canada Network. Kelly Ernst is the Chair of the Board of Basic Income Canada Network. In this article they argue that what is most needed now in Canada is a basic income guarantee for working-age adults.

Rob Rainer and Kelly Ernst, “How can we not afford a ‘basic annual income’?the Toronto Star, Feb 27 2014

"Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau votes during the party's biennial convention in Montreal on Feb. 23, 2014. Delegates endorsed the principle of a basic annual income." -Graham Hughes / THE CANADIAN PRESS via the Toronto Star

"Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau votes during the party's biennial convention in Montreal on Feb. 23, 2014. Delegates endorsed the principle of a basic annual income." -Graham Hughes / THE CANADIAN PRESS via the Toronto Star