"Something groundbreaking for basic income is happening in the Canadian Senate. Bill S-233  (An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income)  is one vote away from passage in Committee . If it is passed in Committee, it returns to the Senate where we have every expectation that it already has the votes to pass Third Reading and be sent to the House of Commons." (from PEIWGLI Update # 15) Just popping by to ask for your kind support. Please copy,

On Wed. Nov. 22nd, 2023 PEI made history with release of a landmark paper on Basic Income . This collaborative effort was the result of many, many volunteer hours by amazing and diverse specialists from across Canada. Thanks to this report, with its concentrated focus on the nuts and bolts of what a 5-7 year Guaranteed Basic Income demonstration project could look like here on PEI, Islanders (and all Canadians) can get a better feel for how a basic income demonstration rollo

Please help put the pressure on Ottawa for a no strings attached Basic Income Guarantee NOW! Dear friends, I am reaching out yet again at the end of another week of just awful world news. If you need a break from reading emails and blog posts and are choosing time away from digital technologies I very much understand and respect that. If you have a bit of time and energy to briefly read on, thank you. All the awfulness in the news of late is enough to shut this deep feeling h

Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) or Guaranteed Livable Income (GLI) or even Basic Income (BI) are three different names for one very important idea whose time for action has come! A Basic Income is a just way of distributing money so that those who are most marginalized by the current economic system are able to have the opportunity that many others take for granted...to participate in the economy and to meet their basic needs with dignity! The PEI Working Group for a Livable In