The Welsh UBI for care leavers pilot runs until 2025 and won’t be extended beyond that date.
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A UBI pilot in Wales gives a sum of money to young people leaving the care system. But it won’t be rolled out beyond its trial period.
Advert for a universal basic income (UBI) scheme in New York, May 2016. Such schemes could offer significant benefits for recipients’ mental health.
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Investing in people’s future mental health, based on the key socioeconomic factors underlying it, is the only way to address this rising problem.
Work conditions have largely been absent from Canada’s federal income support network — an approach that differs greatly from the United States.
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The U.S. and Canada both have different approaches when it comes to work conditions and income assistance programs.
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Our research estimates the cost of giving money to people in conservation areas as between $351 billion and $6.73 trillion annually.
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Targeted income support could help tackle big social and ecological challenges.
A florist hands a curbside order to a customer during the Valentine’s Day rush in Almonte, Ont., in February 2021.
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New research suggests Canadians were more likely to support Ottawa’s COVID-19 financial aid if they recognized others were dealing with financial struggles, no matter their own economic situation.
In theory, a universal job guarantee could help stabilize inflation by providing stable, full-time employment, addressing unemployment, enhancing economic productivity and reinforcing price stability.
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Instead of a guaranteed fixed income, a universal job guarantee policy provides jobs — and wages — to people who aren’t able to find work on their own.
With careful planning, a basic income system could be designed to be simple, adaptable, reliable and fair.
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Basic income should form part of a practical comprehensive plan for eliminating poverty in Canada.
A growing number of assistance programs give recipients money.
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A global team of researchers analyzed 34 studies of unconditional cash-transfer programs administered in low- and middle-income countries.
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A new scheme in the Republic of Ireland provides a compelling model for supporting Australian artists.
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Challenges in evidence, long-term planning and public understanding mean that universal basic income has become easier said than done.
Starting in October 2021, SNAP benefits will be 25% higher than before the pandemic due to a lasting policy change.
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An economist explains what it would cost to give SNAP benefits to all Americans in households earning up to about $100,000 per year – and why it would be worth it.
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The pandemic has shown us the need for widespread security.
A woman is pictured at the window of her west Toronto apartment in March 2020 as her landlord issued eviction notices at the start of the pandemic. Secure and affordable housing is a big concern of those collecting social assistance, whether it was CERB or provincial programs.
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CERB was a lifeline but no paradise, highlighting the struggles of social assistance recipients to get by on much less.
More governments and aid organizations are giving poor people cash.
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Despite evidence that cash payments can help improve well-being, they have limitations as well, according to a development economist.
A man steps out of the trailer he lives in at a homeless encampment at Strathcona Park in Vancouver in December 2020.
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Adopting a universal basic income requires a fundamental restructuring of the existing social safety net in Canada, and would not necessarily conquer income inequality and poverty.
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The hardship of the pandemic has exposed the extreme nature of a policy the prime minister didn’t even appear to know about.
President Joe Biden talked about healing the rifts and uniting America in his inaugural address on Jan. 20, 2021.
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A new federal antipoverty program for both rural and urban areas is part of the solution, but the power of Big Ag, lack of internet and struggling towns need attention, too.
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The inadequacy of the Newstart payment was recognised long before the pandemic. We shouldn’t go back to it.
A recipient displays a message confirming a universal basic income transaction. Bondo region, western Kenya.
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Most people who received some money experienced less hunger, sickness and depression, both before and after Kenya imposed restrictions in the pandemic.