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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
BIG and the Federal Campaign Agenda
Basic Income Guarantee and the Federal Election Campaign Agenda For promoters and champions of Basic Income Guarantee (BIG), it is a disappointment that there has been little discussion of BIG in the 2015 election campaign. Judging by the content of the debates and election platforms, it would seem that there is complacency about the large…
Read MoreIsland 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 MorePEI Politicians: Join Calgary and Edmonton Mayors to Back BIG!
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…
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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