CANADA: 178 Physicians Sign Letter Sent to Ontario’s Minister of Health Requesting UBI

CANADA: 178 Physicians Sign Letter Sent to Ontario’s Minister of Health Requesting UBI

The movement for a basic income guarantee in Canada gained further support as 178 Canadian physicians have signed a letter delivered to Ontario’s Minister of Health that states their support for a basic income. Current health issues in Canada clearly show links between income level and health outcomes, and these physicians believe that a basic income could reduce toxic stress and lead to improved health outcomes. This support continues the Canadian movement for a basic income that has made the news in Prince Edward Island as well as in Edmonton and Calgary.

To read the letter and to learn more about the health reasons for a basic income, click on the following link:

A basic income guarantee may be the best medicine”, Upstream, 17 August 2015.

CANADA: Basic Income Canada Network launches new Facebook page

CANADA: Basic Income Canada Network launches new Facebook page

BIEN’s affiliate in Canada, the Basic Income Canada Network (also known by its French name Réseau canadien pour le revenu garanti) has just launched its new Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/BasicIncomeCanada.

This is the network’s first Facebook page and is part of a re-launching of BICN which has been ongoing since 2014. The re-launch has involved a new logo, a donations appeal, which has raised over $7,000, a call for volunteers and will also include a new website, to be launched this summer. The new website will also include tools for local chapters.

For more information, see:

Basic Income Canada Network