*** 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 ***

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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.

Basic Income WHY?

The COVID-19 crisis has had a devastating impact on our communities as we know them, and it has exposed the reality that the Canadian social safety net is no longer working. Community residents are looking for help — help that preserves people’s dignity and provides adequate means to support for themselves and their families. That help should come quickly and it should be simple to access. Many have called for a Basic Income as a better way forward for all to ensure better health outcomes, adequate housing, nutrition, increased educational attainment and child development as well as ensuring positive psychological well-being.

The environment, our health, and economic well-being are inseparable. That's why Jagmeet Singh and the NDP are fighting to ensure all Canadians have the income they need to stay healthy. New Democrats fought for and delivered on enhancements to the CERB, pushed for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS), Paid Sick Leave for every Canadian with the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB), and we have done this by holding the Liberal Government to account for everyday people.

New Democrats continue to fight for Canadians with the leadership of Leah Gazan, whose Motion 46 in the House of Commons calls for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income.

Join:
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh
NDP MP Leah Gazan
NDP MPP Suze Morrison
Public Health Nurse and Urban Health Research Chair, Professor Josephine Wong
City Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam
Toronto Centre NDP Candidate, Brian Chang

On October 6, 2020, the Ottawa West-Nepean NDP hosted a virtual townhall on basic income, with special guests Leah Gazan (MP for Winnipeg Centre and sponsor of Motion 46), Sheila Regehr (chair of the Basic Income Canada Network), and Chloe Halpenny (founding member and co-chair of the Basic Income Canada Youth Network).