The official Twitter site of Basic Income Canada Network (BICN).
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10 Nov 2022
At Basic Income Canada Network, the work we do depends heavily on individual donations. By supporting us, youβre helping pave the way for the creation of an effective working model of basic income in Canada.
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Basic Income Canada retweeted
31 Mar 2025
"Right now, Canada has lots of social safety nets, but nets have holes. And a lot of people are falling through the holes."
Valley residents host public meeting on Basic Income, April 5 in Berwick.
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Basic Income Canada retweeted
10 Mar 2025
Did you catch @IainTRankin tabling a bill to introduce a Guaranteed Basic Income pilot program in Nova Scotia? We're fighting to help those in our province who are struggling to make ends meet, and we won't stop until every Nova Scotian can afford to live, comfortably.
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Basic Income Canada retweeted
10 Mar 2025
Canadaβs new Prime Minister, Mark Carney, warns: "New jobs will be created, but old jobs will be lost... What happens to the people in those jobsβare they ready for the new jobs?"
A basic income ensures no one is left behind.
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Basic Income Canada retweeted
8 Mar 2025
Press conference in PEI emphasizes that basic income isn't a net cost, it's net savings.
"Let's pay for it upstream, instead of paying it down the line where it's more expensive."
GBI can cost 5% of what poverty costs, with virtually 0 impact on work.
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Basic Income Canada retweeted
3 Mar 2025
Over 1,000 Canadians wrote personal letters to the Liberal leader candidates about basic income.
Non-liberals, liberals, workers, business owners, students, seniors, doctors, artists, AI experts, workers replaced by AI.
Here are some of their stories. π§΅
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Basic Income Canada retweeted
26 Feb 2025
At last night's Liberal Leadership debate, Karina Gould promised to modernize Canada's safety net and put us on a path to basic income.
"to ensure that every person in this country has a real viable opportunity for success."
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Basic Income Canada retweeted
19 Feb 2025
For a savings of Billions we could have a Basic Income for everyone and reduce poverty rates by 40%!!
Why didn't this happen already federally? (and not just during COVID)
#GuaranteedLivableIncome
19 Feb 2025
BREAKING: New PBO Report estimates a Guaranteed Basic Income can reduce poverty by 40% nationwide at a net cost of just $3.6B/year and 1% impact on hours worked.
Poverty costs Canada $80B /year.
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Basic Income Canada retweeted
19 Feb 2025
BREAKING: New PBO Report estimates a Guaranteed Basic Income can reduce poverty by 40% nationwide at a net cost of just $3.6B/year and 1% impact on hours worked.
Poverty costs Canada $80B /year.
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18 Feb 2025
That time Dr. King called for a basic income
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Basic Income Canada retweeted
17 Feb 2025
The race for Trudeau's successor is in full swing.
We made a tool to email every Liberal leader candidate telling them to champion basic income. Even they don't get elected, your messages can impact conversations for many years to come.
Add Your Voice: ubiworks.ca/liberal2025
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14 Feb 2025
RT @karinagould: Check out my announcement this morning on modernizing Canada's social safety net: ctvnews.ca/politics/article/β¦ t.co/hh8β¦
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Basic Income Canada retweeted
13 Feb 2025
BREAKING: Liberal Leadership hopeful Karina Gould says she'll set us on a path to basic income.
This comes immediately after hundreds of UBI Works advocates, across many political views, wrote personal emails to the leadership candidates telling them to support it.
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Basic Income Canada retweeted
5 Feb 2025
Canada's next Prime Minister will be chosen on March 9.
No matter your political views, this is a rare chance to be heard by those who could soon lead the country.
Email the Liberal leadership candidates, telling them to support basic income: ubiworks.ca/liberal2025
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Basic Income Canada retweeted
14 Jan 2025
CBC article w/ @MattNobleG about our @VegFoodBank's PUT FOOD BANKS OUT OF BUSINESS campaign: cbc.ca/amp/1.7426434
Food security in a rich country like Canada shouldn't fall to private charities & individual donors!
We're calling for BASIC INCOME. #cdnpoli #onpoli
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Basic Income Canada retweeted
14 Jan 2025
Mark Carney makes the case for basic income ('social supports') to help workers impacted by AI.
"New jobs will be created, but old jobs will be lost... What happens to the people in those jobs - are they ready for the new jobs?"
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Basic Income Canada retweeted
12 Dec 2024
Basic income in Denver increased full-time work, lowered food insecurity, and saved the city money.
Basic income works.
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Basic Income Canada retweeted
11 Dec 2024
Maybe we should listen to the Nobel laureate.
10 Dec 2024
Congratulations to Canadaβs own Geoffrey Hinton β βGodfather of AIβ, Professor Emeritus, and now, Nobel laureate.
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Basic Income Canada retweeted
28 Nov 2024
Canada gov advisor warns AI will disrupt the economy, urging stronger social safety nets.
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Basic Income Canada retweeted
20 Nov 2024
Canada's National Advisory Council on Poverty recommends Basic Income for the first time as a path to zero poverty.
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Basic Income Canada retweeted
6 Nov 2024
"AI could shrink the number of non-automated tasks so much that there isn't enough work left for the displaced workers"
"And the people who lose their work to automation may struggle to find new opportunities"
Another bank governor making the case for UBI, without saying it.
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