Press Release

Following support for a basic income guarantee from the mayors of Calgary and Edmonton, the P.E.I. Campaign for a Basic Income Guarantee (C-BIG) is calling on the Province to commit to a P.E.I.-based basic income guarantee pilot project as part of the poverty reduction strategy promised in the recent Speech from the Throne. Calgary’s Mayor…

In September 2003, the PEI Working Group for a Livable Income met for the first time and met again recently in October. The momentum for the creation of this Working Group came from the work being done by various organizations across the Island to address the issue of low wages and unacceptably low income levels…