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Basic Income BC
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Dignity. Stability. Opportunity.

Without a basic income, there is no just recovery or transition. BIBC joins groups across Canada advocating for a livable basic income guarantee.

https://basicincomebc.ca
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Did you know: In 2018 The New Leaf project gave 50 homeless people in Vancouver $7500 each with no strings attached. It resulted in saving the shelter system $405,000 for the year.
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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This petition drive for an all-party supported PEI demonstration project ends January 2nd.

This is the best chance Canada has right now to get the ball rolling on a basic income.

Please sign and share!

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
From Basic Income Nova Scotia on Facebook: Here's an easy way to sign and share Coalition Canada's e-petition calling on the federal government to work with PEI to fund and implement an island-wide basic income guarantee.
October 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Including members of BIBC 😊 but, of course, the important part is the work being done and how you can also help right now!

here 👇
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Coalition Canada for Basic Income and the PEI Working Group for a Livable Income led a delegation to Ottawa this week to advance a 5-7 year Basic Income Guarantee demonstration project for PEI. This initiative could be a national first - shaping a fairer, more effective income support system for all Canadians. How can you help? Sign Petition e‑6772 to show you support bringing this vision to life—and share it widely so we can show our elected representatives how many of us believe in economic justice for all. https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6772
October 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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In July StatsCan reported that in the first quarter of 2025 the income gap in Canada reached a record high. Meanwhile wages for the lowest income households fell. Late last year, as CFSC started its advocacy for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income (GLBI), StatsCan had recorded the highest gap to that point. This means that since last year the gap between the wealthiest and lowest income households has continued to grow. This has been the trend year after year since the start of the pandemic. Amidst government austerity measures—including cuts of 15% across departments, gutting of ministries, and a historic commitment to spending increases for the military with no obvious investment or taxation policy to fund it—it’s clear that the services that people in Canada rely on are under threat. Public service cuts mean fewer services. This impacts economic insecurity. A Guaranteed Livable Basic Income (GLBI) can help to mitigate the harms for those living in or close to poverty. CFSC calls for the PEI Demonstration Project on GLBI to move ahead.
October 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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If only there was something that made it so that people applying to work there were only those who actually wanted to work there? 🤔
Two signs: Employee Attitudes We don't expect our staff members to come to work with a "I'm just here for the money" mindset There is literally no other reason why we'd be here.
August 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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More and more the need for a foundation beneath us becomes clear.
Lighthouse with the caption: Supporting a basic income in Canada: Canadian Association of Social Workers Canadian Public Health Association Canadian Mental Health Association Canadian Chamber of Commerce Over 100 Canadian CEOs (ceosforbasicincome.ca) The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Report (Section 4.5) Canadian Medical Association British Columbia Union of Municipalities All party support in the Province of Prince Edward Island
August 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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MMIWG Report Call to Action 4.5: Establish a guaranteed annual livable income for all Canadians including Indigenous peoples, to meet all their social and economic needs.
August 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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The welfare state in 1968 was built for an industrial age a few decades before. We are now in a vastly different age with the constant threat of further disruptions.

We all need a stable system that meets the moment.
Next to a picture of Pierre Berton is the caption: Director of the School of Social Work, John Morgan, wrote that "The Welfare State is as out of date as the Model T." It still is. The various welfare services in Canada are ambulance services to rush in at the eleventh hour and apply splints to people already badly crippled. What is needed is a plan for preventative social medicine -- of which the guaranteed annual income might easily be the foundation...the advantages of such a systematic and planned attack on poverty ought to be obvious. Can we afford it? Surely, the answer must be that we can no longer afford to ignore it. 🗨Pierre Berton From: The Smug Minority (1968)
July 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Next to a picture of "The Smug Minority" book and over a cup of coffee is the caption: Did you know that one of Canada's most famous authors openly supported and wrote about basic income in 1968?
July 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Currently we spend $92 billion per year in Canada on associated costs to poverty far more than GLBI proposals.
Then there's lost opportunity costs.
Now add to this how the Vancouver experiment saw a $310,000 reduction in cost, and the question arrives:

"How can we do what's necessary, but smarter?"
From Basic Income UK Pass it on, Basic income costs less than poverty. Image from LeadNow with a pinkish orange background In white "Basic Income" In lighter pinkish orange "costs less than poverty"
July 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Basic income costs less.
Why make everyone wait?
Graph about the Prince Edward Island proposed guaranteed income project On the vertical is cost in billions. There are two bars. The larger red one on the right which reaches over 240 million, is "poverty-related health care costs, prosecution in incarceration for poverty-related offences and lost tax revenue. Extrapolated from 2019 study by Feed Ontario" beneath this bar is "estimated cost of poverty in PEI On the left the green bar, which reaches 189 million is "direct payments to adults aged 18-64 with income below $38,504 or households of two adults with incomes below $54,454. Visit gbireport.ca to learn more." Beneath this bar is "modeled cost of a GBI in PEI" Beneath these are the captions: "It costs less to get people what they need." "Email your MP today to support the PEI Project, moving us closer to a national basic income solution." Basicincomebc.ca
June 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Thank you!
June 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Same lady, now smiling with "Wait!" Replaced by "research of GBI programs reveals:" And beneath: "They're cheaper than poverty. Do not disincentivize work, and support entrepreneurship. Reduce crime and support victims of abuse"
June 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Same lady with "Wait!" Next text (in red): "Email your MP today and tell them you support the approval of PEI's GLI project! (Google "find my MP Canada")"
June 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Same lady again with "Wait!" above her. Next text: "Canada has a history of testing social programs at the provincial level before expanding them federally (universal healthcare, $10/day daycare, OAP)
June 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Same lady and above her it still says "Wait!" Underneath text "Did you know Prince Edward Island has a guaranteed basic income (GBI) project ready to go, awaiting approval?
June 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Lady with mixed color hair and a black t-shirt with text "WAIT! Stop Scrolling!"
June 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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🌟NEW🌟A BIG Door Hanger: If you are unavailable to answer the door it tells the candidate that voters in this household intend to vote for basic income, and then asks them if they support a basic income guarantee!
basicincomebc.ca/call-to-acti...
Door Hanger reads: To All Federal Election Candidates Sorry we missed you! Do you support Basic Income Guarantee -.BIG? Voters here intend to vote for the party/candidate committed to BIG for all of Canada. A BIG is affordable and feasible. It will dramatically reduce Income and food insecurity, improve health & wellbeing, and support local economies. (QR code) Scan to learn more! Everyone Deserves to Live With Dignity Do you support BIG? (Yes/No) Name and Party: Created by Basic Income BC
March 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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From:
www.gbireport.ca
January 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM