Atlantic Canada! If you haven't already, help show how strong our movement is--read and sign the Basic Income Atlantic Canada consensus statement:
https://t.co/VCkzDaEUPG
A landmark study by the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis (CANCEA) has given us a first look at the economic impacts of a National Basic Income and its positive effects on the economies of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
https://t.co/z6R3v8Xh8r
Moncton Moves Unanimously to Call for Basic Income. City council voted to send a letter to the Prime Minister, Premier, MLAs, NB MPs, and NB Senators to urge them to implement a guaranteed livable basic income.
Moncton City Council just voted UNANIMOUSLY in favour of the motion to call on provincial & federal representatives to implement a basic income! Well done! #BasicIncome
Moncton City Council UNANIMOUSLY voted in favour of the motion to call on provincial & federal representatives to implement a basic income!
(Via @Wil_H_Robertson - thank you!🙏)
Great to be out in support of @BasicIncomeOnt to fight for a guaranteed livable basic income across Canada! Time to build on our current social safety net & ensure dignity, respect, security, & human rights for all in Canada. Support Bill #C223! #BasicIncomeNow#GLBI
News 📰 today out of BC:
The Union of BC Municipalities has voted 🗳️ to call on the provincial and federal governments to implement a basic income!
https://t.co/WkFcwBuFAS
Call to Action: City Council in St. John's will debate next week on a motion to support basic income.
If you live in St. John’s, or even the rest of the province and support basic income let city council know why they need to support the motion!
https://t.co/zl1ms5ZPzi
If you live in St. John's, or are a Newfoundlander or Labradorian in support of basic income, let St. John's Council know why they ought to support the motion!
@BasicIncomeNL@basicincomecdn
In 2021, 5.8 million people, including 1.4 million children, in the 10 provinces lived in food-insecure households. Now with record inflation, we can expect food insecurity to worsen if incomes of vulnerable households don’t keep up.
Read the new report: https://t.co/0iUaoGIwdZ
Canadian researchers gave thousands of dollars to homeless people. They ended up saving the government hundreds of thousands of dollars & significantly reducing homelessness.
#BasicIncome works!
It's shameful how we remove some kids from homes & put them into the foster care system b/c their parents can't afford to provide for them, but then pay strangers to provide for those kids instead of supporting the parents. Punishing those struggling with poverty makes no sense.
How do we reduce harm for people living outside without safety, housing, dignity? Because those numbers are growing.
Wake up Halifax. Pay attention Nova Scotia. Homelessness and hopelessness are rising.
Last month, another 55+ families and more than 100 individuals called