In March 2026, the newest Case in the Case for Basic Income Series was released:

The Case for Basic Income and Post-secondary Education.

Governments stress that policy needs to support educating and re-educating our
workforce to adapt to a changing economy. However, by not adequately funding our
institutions and PSE students, governments limit their ability to train and educate its
future workforce (32). Additionally, post-secondary education should be accessible
to all. By limiting the funding available to both institutions and students, governments
have effectively reduced access to and the benefit from attending these institutions
for many. This is even more pronounced for Black and Indigenous students (15).
Inadequate funding of PSE institutions has also increased their dependency on
contract academics who are paid by the class to teach, but not to do research, thus
negatively impacting these workers’ career paths and research development more
generally. Both students and precarious workers struggle with inadequate incomes
while the costs of housing, food and other necessities rise. Implementing a BIG and
rejuvenating public funding for PSEs would help Canada realize its full potential.

Prepared by Ashley Clark, Manpinder Dhillon, Chris Hergesheimer, Heather
Lambert, Bethany Pohl, Elaine Power, Catherine Sweet, and Liz Townsend.
With support from Barbara Boraks, Chloe Halpenny, and Mandy Kay-Raining Bird