M-46 GUARANTEED LIVABLE BASIC INCOME
43RD PARLIAMENT, 1ST SESSION

*** 23 September 2020 ***

MP Leah Gazan (NDP, Winnipeg Centre) placed on notice a Motion M-46 into the House on 10 August 2020 jointly seconded by one Liberal MP and six other NDP MPs. The motion was dropped when Parliament was prorogued later that month. On 23 September 2020, the motion was reinstated with three seconders, one MP from the Green Party and two other NDP MPs.

MOTION TEXT:

That, in the opinion of the House, the government should introduce legislation and work with provincial and territorial governments and Indigenous peoples to ensure that a guaranteed livable basic income (i) accounting for regional differences in living costs, (ii) for all Canadians over the age of 18, including single persons, students, families, seniors, persons with disabilities, temporary foreign workers, permanent residents, and refugee claimants, (iii) paid on a regular basis, (iv) not requiring participation in the labour market, education or training in order to be eligible, (v) in addition to current and future government public services and income supports meant to meet special, exceptional and other distinct needs and goals rather than basic needs, including accessible affordable social housing and expanded health services, replace the Canada Emergency Response Benefit on an ongoing and permanent basis in a concerted effort to eradicate poverty and ensure the respect, dignity and security of all persons in respect of Canada’s domestic and international legal obligations.

Renewing the Social Contract:
Economic Recovery in Canada from COVID-19

*** 17 December 2020 ***

In April 2020, The Royal Society of Canada established a COVID-19 task force to equip Canadians with accurate information about our response and recovery to the pandemic. It was mandated to provide evidence-informed perspectives on major societal challenges in the response to and recovery from COVID-19. The top recommendation is for a Basic Income.

Webinar - UBI Report Launch: Basic Income can speed up Canada's recovery & grow economy sustainably

*** 12 December 2020 ***

To date, there has been minimum comment from the Canadian financial institutions on the concept of a Basic Income. This webinar from UBI Works is the official launch of the report from the Canadian Center for Economic Analysis and it sheds a new perspective on this issue.

The report launched 9 December 2020 by the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis (CANCEA) shows Basic Income can grow our economy sustainably, create jobs, and speed up Canada's recovery. Full report & highlights can be accessed here.

CERB Leaves People Behind.
It's time for Basic Income - Why Are We Waiting?

*** 9 December 2020 ***

Senator Kim Pate addressed the Senate during Second Reading debate on Appropriation Bill No. 5 - 2020-21.

She addresses the fact that yet again, this Bill leaves Canada's most vulnerable behind after being left out of CERB. She makes it clear that a basic income is the obvious remedy to the problem.

In Recognition of International Human Rights Day

Basic Income Hamilton and partners present...

Women and Work: The Case for Basic Income

*** Thursday, 10 December 2020 from 12 - 1pm EST ***

Live Zoom Event

*** Please register here.

*** Click here for the event poster as a PDF.

*** Webinar - December 8, 2020, 4:00 PM (via Zoom) ***  *** REPLAY ***

While the Canadian government acted quickly to provide economic support to Canadians thrown out of work by public health regulations to control the spread of COVID-19, many Canadians were left out. We will report on our research with unemployed Canadians not supported by CERB about their perspectives on how an unconditional basic income available to all those who need it might better serve them, and our social media education campaign in conjunction with the Basic Income Canada Network.

The Lindsay Advocate - 1 December 2020

A Superior Court of Justice judge has dismissed the Ontario Basic Income Pilot class action lawsuit that was initiated by four Lindsay residents.

The current Conservative government cancelled the Ontario Basic Income Pilot in one of the first policy decisions the government made when it came to office in 2018 — despite a campaign promise to let the three-year pilot play out.

Read full article here.

*** WEDNESDAY, 18 NOVEMBER 2020 ***  *** REPLAY ***

*** View Replay here *** 

The video contains links to several resources as well which we hope you will find useful:

Evelyn Forget’s latest book Basic Income for Canadians: from the COVID-19 emergency to financial security for all is available from Amazon and Chapters or through her publisher:
http://www.lorimer.ca/adults/Book/3189/Basic-Income-for-Canadians.html

Chandra Pasma’s and Sheila Regehr’s paper: Basic Income: Some Policy Options for Canada is available at https://www.basicincomecanada.org/policy_options

Senator Kim Pate’s Perspective: Why a Guaranteed Livable Income is available at
https://sencanada.ca/media/366776/senpate_glibi-perspective-document_10-05-2020_e.pdf

Ontario Basic Income Network www.obin.ca

Basic Income Canada Network www.basicincomecanada.org

Attendees can join meeting beginning 7:30 p.m. EST

Presentations begin at 7:45 p.m.

A free webinar sponsored by:
• Council of Canadians, Guelph Chapter
• Canadian Federation of University Women, Guelph Chapter
• Guelph-based Imagining a Different Future Group

Editorial - The Hamilton Spectator - 4 November 2020

There is a stubborn myth, bordering on a stereotype, that guaranteed basic income is a child only of the progressive left and poverty advocates.

It’s not true, and never has been. Basic income has strong support across ideological lines, including from Conservative Sen. Hugh Segal and American federal bank governors. And there is compelling new evidence of that truth.

This week the Canadian Chamber of Commerce joined the chorus calling on the federal government to create a basic income pilot to replace the one that was wrongly and prematurely cancelled by Doug Ford’s government.