Really impressed by the new update from Foundations for Social Changee showing how direct cash helped people experiencing homelessness in BC stay housed, increase earnings, and boost savings. Basic income advocates should pay close attention to this project.

The value of unpaid household work in Canada is an estimated 25-38% of nominal GDP. This is some of the most important and challenging work in our society. Basic income recognizes this and fundamentally changes our relationship to work.

Canada has vast resources that are being squandered. These should pay us dividends.

We're already seeing entire professions upended by AI, from artists to radiologists. Basic income gives working people economic security in this time of transition.

Senator and respected business leader Colin Deacon on why he supports Basic Income: it reduces administrative complexity, boosts productivity, and empowers human beings. @colindeacon.bsky.social

Canada and US could have cross-national high-speed rail networks financed by the very land value they create. This is already being done around the world. What's stopping us?

There's a reason Alaska's oil dividend is revered as good policy: it recognizes that natural resources are common wealth that don't just belong to a corporation, government, or individual. Meanwhile, Canada is losing 80% of our mineral wealth (~$1T) to private extraction.

People on both sides of the political spectrum can get behind this idea: we shouldn't tax income from hard work more than income from no work.

The most influential UBI advocates are generally unanimous that it should be financed by the value of nature — something we all have an equal claim to.

The most influential UBI advocates are generally unanimous that it should be financed by the value of nature — something we all have an equal claim to.

Basic income is about equality of opportunity.

Why Canada's proposed corporate tax relief is not the answer - Basic Income Is.

"Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday released a study that found that artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, or as much as $1.2 trillion in wages across finance, health care and professional services." Universal basic income is needed yesterday.

Breaking: Canadian farmers plan to lobby the federal government to implement a guaranteed annual income and a cap on the profits of the major grocery store chains in the country.

Banks will collect as much as the value of your home in interest payments. Extending amortizations just makes it worse. We need to disrupt this cycle of unlimited credit fuelling unlimited prices.

I trust millions of people to make better decisions on how to spend their money than the government can.

A land value tax could stall home prices so that incomes can catch up. Most households would come out ahead, experiencing net tax relief. Workers would keep more of their paycheques.

@mark-carney.bsky.social Dude, me and a whole lot of other Liberal voters are running out of patience, as well as food, clothing, and heat. House us, and give us a national disability Support Program. Or better yet, a LIVABLE UBI. Canada would again be the envy of the world.

"Tax cuts are not what motivates investors or entrepreneurs, they’re not what creates jobs, and they undermine the things that do: broad economic stability and strong consumer demand... [Universal Basic Income] creates reliable consumer demand beyond subsistence spending." Canada should do UBI.

UBI Works founder @floydmarinescu.bsky.social's op-ed in The Star As a entrepreneur, Floyd knows corporate tax cuts aren't what drive innovation and entrepreneurship — certainty, consumer demand, and economic security do. That's what Basic Income delivers.

AI will destroy more jobs than it creates. That’s why Geoffrey Hinton, Nobel Laureate and 'Godfather of AI' says a basic income may be necessary.

Why Canada's proposed corporate tax relief is not the answer - Basic Income Is. www.thestar.com/business/opi...

sharing AI's gains through dividends means economic security for all, not just the few

It's not that radical

As expected, many still just parrot the same tired tropes instead responding to these points head on in good faith. An income floor is hyper-capital efficient and costs less than what we're spending today on poverty. UBI dividends give us a stake in natural & publicly created common wealth.

It's fairer to tax what people don't earn from land than what people do earn from work. Even those who own lots of land could agree with that basic principle. In exchange, everyone's equity from work and productivity would grow.

Many types of basic income already work today successfully. Alaska's UBI dividend is being called on as a model for Alberta and US sovereign wealth funds. A guaranteed income floor is just a negative income tax that would save taxpayers money. www.ubiworks.ca/gbi-vs-ubi

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

Betting against UBI is betting against AI. And I wouldn't bet against AI.

Lots of newcomers to basic income learning the truth: - 0 studies showed major drop in work - saves taxpayers $ long-run (cheaper than poverty) - most Canadians benefited from some sort of basic income (CCB, GIS) - people in AI pretty much all support UBI - it's not left or right (see Alaska's UBI)

Our post on X went viral (200K and counting) and major accounts are reposting it. Give us a boost and help shape the narrative. x.com/ubi_works/st...

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

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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.