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Ontario will pay $320,000 in compensation for fighting the basic income class-action lawsuit. As the case proceeds, a former participant says the province should put its resources toward poverty reduction instead.
The second reading of Canada's Bill S-233 took place earlier this year with hopes of proposing a national framework for guaranteed livable basic income (GLBI) to millions of Canadians. On October 17, 2023, the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance studied Bill S-233, which is currently under consideration in committee in the Senate. With the possibility of Bill S-233 turning into law, here's everyting you need to know about the guaranteed livable basic income.
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An all-party committee is tackling the question of what basic income could look like in Newfoundland and Labrador, and it expects to make its recommendations as early as next summer.
Sheila Regehr explains that a lot of the opposition for the basic income movement comes from confusion around what the bills actually mean.