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By David Floyd | Updated April 24, 2017 — 6:00 AM EDT

Thomas Paine, Napoleon and Martin Luther King don’t have much in common at first glance. Nor do socialists and libertarians – or Finnish bureaucrats and Silicon Valley tycoons. Some policies have a habit of creating strange bedfellows, but none more so than the idea that governments should guarantee their people a minimum level of income. Not by creating jobs or providing traditional welfare, but by cutting checks, for the same amount, to everyone.

Universal basic income is an old idea, but in recent years it has gained considerable momentum. […]

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HGD Wiky Province seeking First Nations communities for next phase

WIIKWEMKOONG—Following the launch of the three-year Basic Income Pilot project in three Ontario municipalities, Wiikwemkoong has announced that it is seeking to be chosen as one of the communities to participate in a parallel project specific to First Nations.

Wiikwemkoong Chief Duke Peltier told The Expositor that his community has sent a letter of intent to the province, with the knowledge that the government is currently looking at First Nations in which to run a similar pilot.“Shortly after the launch, we felt we were positioned regionally to be considered because […]

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I was wondering what you guys think about this? Are you for or against? And why? I love the idea, and I feel that this could work with a bit of push, but I have no confident position on this just yet.

For those not in the know:

A basic income (also called basic income guarantee, Citizen’s Income, unconditional basic income, universal basic income, or universal demogrant[2]) is a form of social security[3] in which all citizens or residents of a country regularly receive an unconditional sum of money, either from a government or some other public […]

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A Nova Scotia group wants the province’s political parties to commit to a feasibility study on a minimum guaranteed income system. (Shutterstock) An anti-poverty group is urging Nova Scotia’s political parties to commit during the election campaign to launching a feasibility study on implementing a minimum guaranteed income system in the province.

Karen Foster is with the group Basic Income Nova Scotia. She spoke with CBC Nova Scotia’s Information Morning about the group’s proposal.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. How is basic guaranteed income different from what we have now with social assistance? "What we have now […]

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Livable4All – Guaranteed Income Makes Fertile Ground For Green Ideas Skidelsky: Guaranteed Employment & Basic Income Jobs, Work, and Universal Basic Income – Maslow’s hierarchy of work productivity Inequality Briefing The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss – ANIMATED IN 9 MINUTES http://youtu.be/j3TeLsaKzAM Need this for the first day of school memes! Overwhelming Evidence That A Guaranteed Income Will Work | PopularResistance.Org The UBI already exists for the 1% βασικό-εισόδημα Basic Income Would it be possible to provide people with a basic income as a right? The idea has a long history. This book draws on two pilot schemes conducted […]

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It isn’t as crazy as it seems
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Perhaps the most striking aspect of the B.C. Green Party’s platform is the idea of a guaranteed income as a safety net for British Columbians who find themselves unable to bring in a living wage.
It’s an idea that has been toyed with in Canada by various groups for some time, but in recent years has gained a political foothold in mainstream Canadian politics. Still, the idea simply does not make sense to many Canadians, and there is strong ideological opposition to the thought of tax dollars supporting […]

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Orillia’s social service agencies are taking a wait-and-see approach with a pilot project to offer a basic annual income to those living in three Ontario cities.

"I’m excited in one sense to see how it rolls out," said Liz Westcott, executive director of Green Haven Shelter for Women. "It could make the world of difference."Premier Kathleen Wynne announced earlier this week that the province would launch its guaranteed annual income pilot project in Hamilton, Lindsay and Thunder Bay later this spring.The project, which will see Ontario invest $50 million for each year of the three-year pilot program, […]

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