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Senator Kim Pate @kpateonthehill.bsky.social · 5h

October 4th is the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit folks.

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 1h

Canadian TV icon Ed the Sock supports UBI

Ed the Sock says people still want to work with UBI and that basic income is good for the economy.

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Floyd Marinescu @floydmarinescu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One of Canada's biggest basic income champions was the late conservative senator Hugh Segal. He supported it for good reasons: pro-freedom, pro-workers, pro-dignity.

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Basic Income Earth Network @basicincomeearth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📣 The October UBI Piloters Network newsletter is out! This edition brings reflections and updates from piloters gathered at the BIEN Congress, new research and evidence on guaranteed income, plus the latest UBI4ALL winner. Read all here: zurl.co/lNslo

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Basic income isn't a handout. It's a head start. 🗨 Arlene Dickinson

Arlene Dickinson quote questioning subsidies to industry vs helping families, calling for income support and real hope

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Mayors for a Guaranteed Income @mayorsforagi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"For city leaders, the conversation around guaranteed income has shifted. Cities are demonstrating that modest, predictable cash assistance—paired with thoughtful program design and community partnerships—can improve outcomes for families and create greater economic resilience."

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What Moline’s Level Up Program Can Teach Mayors About Economic Mobility

By Mary Carr Lee, Mayors Innovation Project For city leaders, the conversation around guaranteed income has shifted. What was once viewed as an experimental concept is now becoming a practical municip...

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What Could Have Been @whatcouldhavebeen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Our next #interview has #Dropped! #TuneIn to a #Timeline where the Mincome program in Manitoba, Canada wasn't scrapped in 1979, leading to Canada implementing Universal Basic Income. Listen on #Spotify or any podcast app you listen to shows.acast.com/what-could-h... #multiverse #Podcast #UBI

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

South Korea's UBI pilot shows major success 1 year. Local businesses grew by 2,000 and rural population went up 4.7%. Most of the money was spent, causing "an increase in new businesses in essential services such as restaurants, cafes, supermarkets, and hair and beauty salons."

Article reporting rural basic income increased local businesses including restaurants, cafés, supermarkets and salons.

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Basic Income BC @basicincomebc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

From Lanark Basic Income Network on FB:

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"People won't work if you give cash." The evidence keeps piling up: guaranteed income increases employment and improves job quality. In CA pilots, full‑time jobs rose up to 2x vs control; higher‑quality jobs 3x.

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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 29/09/2026

"The benefits of economic stability are invaluable, and guaranteed income is one of the few ways in which that can help to ensure equitable outcomes for marginalized folx who often lack the safety nets of generational wealth largely from stolen Indigenous land and enslaved Black labour." 👀

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Robust Guaranteed Income Programs for All Would Also Be Suicide Prevention

The author continues her journey as a Disability Justice practitioner, desperately attempting to survive the costs of Access Intimacy Abuse at the hands of Makai Livingstone, the founder of Embodied S...

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

UBI has been proven to reduce food and housing insecurity, while supporting work. "At the same time, we need to be careful that we don't forget that we need to address the root causes of household food insecurity. It's an income problem that requires income solutions."

Global News reports food insecurity is worsening as advocates call for direct cash support and basic income.

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Canadian journalist Max Fawcett on UBI: "There's all sorts of data that suggests basic income would actually stimulate economic growth… improves health outcomes. And Lord knows improving health outcomes would save taxpayers and the government a lot of money."

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Basic Income BC @basicincomebc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We are living in a world that is changing faster than any of us could have anticipated. Jobs are at risk, income is at risk, and the way the world moves may never be the same. The time for Basic Income is yesterday. The second best time is now. basicincome.org/news/2026/06...

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AI is speeding up the deadline for basic income | BIEN — Basic Income Earth Network

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Basic Income Earth Network @basicincomeearth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🧠 Did you know? 40 years of BIEN, 1 big question: what would it actually take to give everyone a basic income? Starting next week, we're breaking down the questions we get asked most: what it is, who it's for, how it's funded, and what it means for social policy. Stay tuned!

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ireland's artist basic income returned €1.39 for every €1 spent. They made it permanent. South Korea just announced plans to follow. Now Scotland too.

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"But it worked. It can work again. All it needs is the political will, and our own humanity and compassion." The BIG pilot results: - Child malnutrition down to 10% - School attendance 92%, dropouts gone - Crime down 42% - New businesses: bakeries, chicken-keeping, dressmaking

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Tom Pogson @basicbc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ok, here we go. Provincially: Make both basic income and disability rates an voting issue. The BC Greens are the ones to have consistently stood for basic income. The NDP came up with an intentionally bias "report" on agreement to look at it for the Greens only to intentionally swat it aside.

"We’re looking into the possibility of a living wage or universal basic income, because this is particularly relevant with the rise of AI potentially wiping out massive amounts of white-collar jobs in unexpected ways.”

“This is something that has been pursued in Ireland and Scotland and has been incredibly successful in contributing to their arts, culture, and overall national productivity.”

Emily Lowan
Green Party of BC

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New Dallas Fed research: AI is starting to cut job openings. It's not always about who gets fired, but who never gets hired in the first place.

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Basic Income BC @basicincomebc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

To survive you have to "contribute" to them. Meanwhile they don't really have to do anything ever again. Tip the balance.

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

RBC: over half of Canadian parents are subsidizing their adult kids' rent and groceries. Not because young people won't work. Because full-time wages don't cover full-time costs anymore. A country can't run on "hope your parents have money."

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Torontonians are also selling blood plasma to make ends meet. People are desperate. The extra income boosted the local economy, cut crime, and replaced predatory payday loans. UBI has the same proven benefits without needing to sell your body. It's obvious what we need to do.

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Basic Income BC @basicincomebc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

that reflects the principles laid out by Basic Income Nova Scotia, Coalition Canada Basic Income-revenu de base, and the Basic Income Canada Network in the province of Nova Scotia with the collaboration of the federal government.

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Basic Income BC @basicincomebc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

THEREFORE, we the undersigned residents of the Province of Nova Scotia, ask that the Nova Scotia House of Assembly immediately form an all-party committee to study and make recommendations on how to implement a basic income guarantee (BIG)...

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Basic Income BC @basicincomebc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

• A Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) could ensure that everyone has an income sufficient to meet their basic needs and live with dignity, regardless of work status. Evidence shows that a BIG would improve Nova Scotian’s health, reduce crime, improve local economies, and restore trust in government.

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Basic Income BC @basicincomebc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

• Financial insecurity leads to toxic stress which negatively impacts people’s mental and physical health and shortens their life spans. This increases demands on our already burdened health care system and other support services.

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Basic Income BC @basicincomebc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Wealth disparities are at an unprecedented level, the middle class is shrinking, and poverty and homelessness is rising.

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Basic Income BC @basicincomebc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

due to a perfect storm of interrelated difficulties: inflation, climate catastrophes, a shortage of affordable housing and an increase in homelessness, rising food insecurity and food bank use, increasing work precarity, labour disruptions, and artificial intelligence replacing jobs.

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Basic Income BC @basicincomebc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

From Basic Income Nova Scotia on FB: Thank you to MLA Suzy Hansen for presenting our hand-signed petition in the NS Legislature yesterday. The petition stated: WHEREAS • Many people are struggling financially in Nova Scotia and throughout Canada...

Image of MLA Susan Hansen

Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Presenting and Reading Petitions

Closed caption reading: Nova Scotia, Coalition Canada, revenu de base and the

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Farmers have been asking Ottawa for basic income for a while. Now PEI oyster farmers show us why: disease has wiped out their crops, debt is mounting, and independent growers fear losing their farms to big corporations, right as Canada's food security hits a critical low.

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Mayors for a Guaranteed Income @mayorsforagi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Welcome to Legislators for a Guaranteed Income, Maine State Representative Laurie Osher! You join hundreds of other local and state leaders advocating for a more stable economic future for all.

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Basic Income Earth Network @basicincomeearth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Basic Income for Artists campaign pilot in Ireland found that participants spent 11 more hours a week on creative practice, giving artists more freedom to create, improving well-being, and making the arts more accessible to working-class people. zurl.co/O8TzG

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 14/09/2026

And thus true individual freedom cannot exist without unconditional basic income and universal healthcare.

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Government Shocks Nation With Good Decision

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Former Victoria MP and City Councillor, Laurel Collins giving UBI a shoutout during session on OAS (basic income for seniors).

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Basic Income Earth Network @basicincomeearth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Boseong’s rural basic income is already boosting local economies. Within just 12 days of the first payment, the money flowed to supermarkets, restaurants, fuel providers, pharmacies and other businesses, strengthening household security and local economies.zurl.co/7yPkj

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

nobody complains about stock dividends discouraging work

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Mayors for a Guaranteed Income @mayorsforagi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"Full-time work among cash pilot participants increased substantially in nearly 60 percent of programs with relevant findings, and those benefits often persisted after the pilots ended."

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Former Conservative Senator Hugh Segal championed basic income because he believed it would benefit workers, strengthen markets, and expand economic freedom for Canadians.

Hugh Segal quote saying basic income boosts income security and creates customers who drive economic activity

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Senator Kim Pate @kpateonthehill.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Today, on Labour Day, we honour generations of workers who have fought for greater fairness, dignity, and equality in the workplace. 1/4

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Basic Income BC @basicincomebc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

From Lanark Basic Income Network on FB:

Myth: Only unemployed people benefit from basic income.

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