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Canada: Prince Edward Island Activists Call for Basic Income Guarantee in Lead Up to Canadian Election
Basic income would require ‘transformation’ of social supports, committee hears
Efforts to bring basic income pilot to P.E.I. ‘a failure,’ group says
P.E.I. Working Group for Livable Income hosting forums featuring MLAs
Island MPs Will Need to Work Together
Island MPs Need to Work Together for a Basic Income Guarantee Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come, and a basic income guarantee’s time has come. A basic income guarantee is a simple policy that is popular across the political spectrum. Libertarians and conservatives like the idea because it would be…
Read MoreNext PEI Premier to Promote BIG!
It is welcome news that the next Premier of Prince Edward Island is committed to exploring a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) program for Island citizens. It is understood that this will be in the form of a demonstration project of at least five-to-seven years. During the Leaders’ Forum on Women’s Issues held April 14, 2015,…
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