Universal Basic Income (UBI) is all the rage in the mainstream media and liberal circles these days. Many are gleefully speculating that Trudeau will announce some form of basic income in his throne ...

Ontario has pledged that there will be a “lengthy and compassionate runway” before the province’s basic-income pilot project comes to an end − a program on which 4,000 low-income people have come to ...

Ottawa is facing calls to save Ontario’s basic-income program, after the Ford government’s announcement that it will halt the pilot threw thousands of its poorest residents into disarray. The previous ...

Anti-poverty activists are calling Ontario’s announcement of a basic income pilot project for low-income adults a positive first step, but say more must be done to help people living in poverty.

A federal government minister has indicated it is open to talking about a guaranteed basic income (GBI) pilot with the province of Prince Edward Island. An income guarantee is a cash transfer paid to ...

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is calling on the federal government to create its own basic income pilot project to replace the one that was prematurely cancelled by Doug Ford’s provincial ...

Former premier Kathleen Wynne said she regrets that her government did not bring in the now-scrapped basic income pilot project earlier during their time in power. “I wish that we had done it sooner,” ...

1:59 Concerned reactions to Doug Ford government’s cut of basic income pilot project TORONTO – A basic income pilot project aimed at reducing poverty in Ontario is failing and many of the participants ...

8:48 Universal Basic Income: Can the pandemic make it a reality? One of the pillars of the federal government’s coronavirus response — the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit, or CERB — is leading to ...

TORONTO - Ontario's Government for the People announced today that the Basic Income research project will wind down at the end of the fiscal year. “We have a broken social service system. A research ...