The evidence is in favour of basic income pro-freedom, pro-safety, pro-family, pro-entrepreneurship, pro-jobs, pro-market, pro-dignity That's what they'll learn

BREAKING: Canadian Senate Bill S-206 for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income passed Second Reading and will be sent to Committee News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩

What happens when human labour no longer has economic value due to AI, and how does UBI fit in? We sat down with @daveshap.bsky.social and Dalibor Petrovic, two people leading the frontier of post-labour economics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX21...

You know how to create real savings AND boost the same economy? UBI Redundant departments can be eliminated, and the staff that doesn't take retirement moves into UBI. ALL the $$ goes back into the economy, people get healthier and happier, domestic and petty crime goes down... #Canada

Bernie dropped a video saying AI will wipe out the working class Proposed a few reasonable solutions: - robot tax - 32-hr workweeks - giving workers an equity stake - worker representation on boards UBI fits right in

It's doesn't seem right that a highrise should pay more than a vacant lot next to it. Just another adverse incentive in our property system that LVT addresses.

This is also pretty mainstream centrist policy

BREAKING🍁: 2025 Report of the National Advisory Council on Poverty recommends a basic income floor to ensure everyone reaches at least the poverty line This is pretty reasonable.

A tax credit for everyone, rich and poor alike. Clean and neutral way to introduce a UBI.

The optimistic path is shorter workweeks, basic income and AI dividends The pessimistic one is accelerating polarization of wealth, income, and economic agency Which one will we choose?

Might be a good time to start talking about UBI

CBC The National on our team's work @ubiworks.bsky.social We're already seeing increasing reports of companies firing, or not hiring, because of AI. We all know what's coming. All paths to a bright future lead to UBI.

Basic income is just using existing money in the economy more efficiently.

With basic income, we're not just surviving—we're building a future where everyone can thrive. That's the power of economic freedom.

A senior's plea for basic dignity and basic income

Basic Income will help us Build a Strong Canada.

Basic Income will help us Build a Strong Canada.

If we want to thrive in an economy that becomes even more digital, it means we need to fund for our physical needs too. People still need clothing, food, shelter, access to health care to keep that economy thriving. An economic floor ensures people have what they need to innovate for the common good

No matter where AI takes us This thread is 💯

I believe AI will create massive wealth and potential for humankind to flourish. But no matter, what we can all anticipate that the gains will be extremely uneven—perhaps more than any technological revolution that came before. And this is true even if there isn't rapid and sudden mass job loss. 🧵

Maybe listen to the Nobel Prize winner whose work made AI like ChatGPT possible… when he says UBI will be necessary?

Many in the Canadian basic income movement brushed this off until as recently as 2 years ago, when chatGPT became the fastest product to 100M users Now everyone's talking about it

Bernie dropped this video saying AI will wipe out the working class. “Millions of jobs will be eliminated. This is not science fiction. It’s already happening.” The UBI movement has been saying this for years.

People make better long-term decisions for themselves and those around when they know they have long-term security. That's what basic income can provide.

poverty drains our health and potential an income floor restores it, letting families thrive and communities strengthen that's the real return on investment

A land value tax can leave most households better off, experiencing net income and property tax relief. It can begin to fix incentives in a housing market to chase land gains and bid up prices.

The Great Decoupling of - GDP vs. wages - Labour productivity vs. wages - and now job openings vs. market performance All are accelerated by automation 🧵

The Great Decoupling of - GDP vs. wages - Labour productivity vs. wages - and now job openings vs. market performance All are accelerated by automation 🧵

Basic income is a reskilling investment. People need time to take courses. @mark-carney.bsky.social himself said we need a system where 40 yr olds can go back to school. They need basic income for that. Without it people get stuck in dead end jobs just for income security.

Working should get more tax relief than gains from owning land. We have it backwards.

Private philanthropy and charities can only go so far This Canadian tech entrepreneur is calling for a fairer tax system where the very wealthiest invest more to reduce inequality

Canadians rank basic income as top answer to AI job displacement We expect this will only grow in salience

It's far better to tax land and natural resources than your work income. That's a vision that can lead us to a Star Trek instead of a Star Wars future, where progress benefits everyone, not just whoever bought everything up first.

BREAKING: New Sept 2025 Abacus Poll shows Canadians ranked Guaranteed Basic Income as the top choice to address AI job loss

BREAKING: National Newswatch promotes Basic Income to boost work, education, health, and housing, while cutting poverty "Tax dollars would achieve what they are supposed to do: lift people out of poverty and help them live healthier, more productive lives." Barbara Boraks, Coalition Canada

Basic income is just using existing money in the economy more efficiently.

This has pretty much been set to rest. No basic income study has found a meaningful drop in work, beyond students and new parents (that's good). In fact, it boosts employment and education by giving people freedom to think long-term and invest in their careers.

This might just be the biggest economic injustice of all.

with AI automating routines, an income floor lets us focus on what makes us human—creating, caring, and connecting

Three policies that will put humanity on track for greatness: implementing them would solve most problems we face today. #UBI #basicincome #LVT

Basic income addresses the root causes of crime. It reduces violence and drug/alcohol use.

The data is clear: while cash reduces poverty right away, many of the strongest benefits only appear decades later—higher lifetime earnings, better education, healthier children.

People keep talking about wealth tax without talking about the #1 source of wealth (and poverty) and what actually drives the cost of living READ THIS THREAD

The whole wealth tax debate is missing a big point Not all wealth is the same. Stocks, gold, or yachts don't affect your cost of living. Land does—we all need it to live. No other wealth tax will restore affordability. This debate needs an update 🧵

UBI Works’ Ken Yang recently interviewed Geoffrey Hinton, the Godfather of AI. Here’s a highlight video from the full interview, focusing on UBI, the models behind it, and the job losses AI could bring. youtu.be/1cYHHcGsYTs?...

basic income unlocks the freedom to build something real—instead of just surviving

Really solid piece from @annielowrey.bsky.social, adding crucial context on the latest basic income studies.

Rogers used 1000+ call center agents to secretly train an AI that eventually would take their jobs they all got laid off anyone who sees this and still questions UBI isn't seeing the big picture

It's very simple The bottom tends to make money working, the top from owning things AI will only widen the gap, it's the natural trajectory of our economy It's why universal basic income and universal basic capital are getting serious interest

Alaska has a successful model of UBI as a citizen's dividend: the Permanent Fund Dividend. But it’s under attack by those who want to raid it, at the expense of future generations. We interviewed two of its fiercest defenders on what Canada can learn. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoGM...