by Josh Martin | Aug 11, 2015 | News
Dowd discusses the negative income tax experiments in Canada and the U.S. in the context of recent discussions on basic income in Canada.
Emma Dowd, “Canadian ‘Mincome’ Program Aims to Reduce Poverty”, The Borgen Project, 14 July 2015.
by Josh Martin | Aug 2, 2015 | News
Four-term Mayor Don Atchison of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, believes that the upcoming election could be a great time to discuss a basic income guarantee. He joins the mayors of Edmonton and Calgary in recently discussing the possibility of a basic income guarantee in Canada.
Roderick Benns, “Federal election would be a great time to have a discussion about basic income, says Saskatoon mayor”, Leaders and Legacies, 9 July 2015.
by Liam Upton | Jul 21, 2015 | News
Roderick Benns, “Waterloo group works to make basic income guarantee part of the conversation“, Leaders and Legacies, 10 February 2015
by Liam Upton | Jul 20, 2015 | News
Edward Keenan, “Time to Consider a Guaranteed Minimum Income“. Toronto Star, 26 June 2015
by Josh Martin | Jul 15, 2015 | News
Following the declarations of support for a basic income guarantee by Mayor Don Iveson of Edmonton and Mayor Naheed Nenshi of Calgary, the Prince Edward Island (PEI) Campaign for a Basic Income Guarantee (C-BIG) has called on the provinces’ politicians to seize this political momentum for a basic income. All four political party leaders in PEI have gone on record in support of basic income, and C-BIG hopes to generate enough momentum for basic income to culminate in a pilot project in PEI.
For more information, see the following links:
Anne Wheatley, “Campaign calls on P.E.I. politicians to join Calgary and Edmonton mayors in backing basic income guarantee”, Campaign for a Basic Income Guarantee, 10 July 2015.
Roderick Benns, “Alberta’s big city mayors bring capacity crowd to their feet at national summit on poverty”, Leaders and Legacies, 7 May 2015.
Marie Burge, “P.E.I. ideal place to pilot basic income guarantee”, The Guardian, 10 April 2014.