Toward a World that Works for Everyone
Any new social initiative, to be lasting, in my estimation, must leave no residue. If we correct the social imbalance between men and women, for example, by harming a lot of innocent men, we’ll create residue, which will need to be addressed in the next round of dissent and unrest. And in this way the […]
The basis of so much opposition to making things free for people appears to stem from the view that people are at base sinful, evil, unreliable, self-serving, etc. According to this view, if we remove the need to work, everyone will become dope-smoking hippies, polluting the beaches, etc. I have three objections to that view. […]
Liberal delegates endorse a universal basic income, reject capital gain tax hike https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-universal-basic-income-1.5982862 By John Paul Tasker · CBC News · April 10, 2021 Liberal delegates to the party’s policy convention have overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution calling for the establishment of a universal basic income (UBI) in Canada, while also rejecting a call to hike […]
Church hosts vigil in support of guaranteed livable income in front of North Van MP’s office The United Church of Canada’s GLI campaign inspired by ‘success’ of CERB By Ben Bengtson, North Shore News, April 9th, 2021 Members of St. Andrew’s United Church assembled in front of North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson’s constituency office this […]
Citizens Income Trust April Update With local and regional elections taking place across the UK on May 6th campaigners are making a big push to get Basic Income on the political agenda. Across Scotland, Wales and England, candidates are being urged to sign pledges to promote Basic Income trials in their area. In Scotland, 87 […]
$53 billion. That’s how much wealthier Canadian billionaires became during the pandemic. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people across the country have lost their jobs, and many of us are struggling to make ends meet. [1,2] If politicians truly understood how stressful it is for people who can’t afford to pay their rent or put […]
For Canadians. Regardless of who we are, most of us can agree that everyone deserves to live a decent life. This means ensuring we can all afford our basic needs, like putting food on the table and having a safe place to call home. But the pandemic has shown that our society doesn’t provide for […]
Thanks to Sitara. Stockton’s Basic-Income Experiment Pays Off A new study of the city’s program that sent cash to struggling individuals finds dramatic changes. Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, March 3, 2021 (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/stocktons-basic-income-experiment-pays-off/618174/) Two years ago, the city of Stockton, California, did something remarkable: It brought back welfare. Using donated funds, the industrial city on the […]
Liberal MP Says Some Cabinet Ministers ‘Very Supportive’ of Basic Income By Zi-Ann Lum, February 25, 2021 https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/basic-income-members-bill-strategy-canada_ca OTTAWA — Liberal MP Julie Dzerowicz says her push for basic income has traction among her caucus colleagues, including a number of cabinet ministers. Dzerowicz introduced a private members’ bill this week, Bill C-273, which calls on […]
2 – 30 minute podcasts for novices, sceptics and enthusiasts to explore the wonders of Basic Income. How to overcome poverty and inequality one episode at a time. Some of the discussion points in the first podcast: the natural resources of this planet are for all the people but many have been excluded from that […]
By Scott Santens, Citizens Basic Income Trust, February 1, 2021 https://www.scottsantens.com/2020-revealed-that-universal-unconditional-basic-income-cannot-wait-any-longer-ubi Everything seemed to change in 2020, and yet in very important ways, what really needed to didn’t, which is what must change. It’s time to finally live up to our founding ideals as a nation with a monthly investment in the lifelong economic security […]
With thanks to Sitara. From the Foundations for Social Change website: In 2015, then Environmental Consultant Claire Elizabeth Williams returned to Canada from a six-month trip to India seeking a new direction. After volunteering with a non-profit organization there, she was compelled to pursue work that would make a real difference here at home, in […]
Remember I said that we keep our books, articles, and databases free – relying instead on your donations – so that a poor African child using a public-library computer could have full access to them? Behold that child. (1) (From 2019) Congo student: ‘I skip meals to buy online data’ Gaius Kowene, BBC News, Kinshasa, […]
Citizen’s Basic Income Trust November 2020 Newsletter https://mailchi.mp/6cd34862d8ea/monthly-update-november The spooky news on Halloween was that England is going into another lockdown for at least a month. October also saw the introduction of a “firebreak” lockdown in Wales and stricter rules in Scotland. All of this will no doubt heap misery, both economic and mental, […]
By Kristin Toussaint, Fast Company, October 20th, 2020 https://www.fastcompany.com/90565846/800-compton-residents-will-get-a-guaranteed-income In the city of Compton, one in five residents lives in poverty, double the national average. Since the pandemic began, the unemployment rate has risen from about 7% to more than 20%. But a select group will have a chance to get help reversing those trends, […]
