Research
Basic Income works. We have the data to show it.
How
We can fund Basic Income without taxing most Canadians or productive investments.
Why Now
Life is getting harder for most people. We need Basic Income now.
A Canada where everyone can pursue their potential.
What We're For
We are for a Guaranteed Basic Income to keep people out of poverty, as a first step towards a UBI dividend that gives all Canadians a stake in our future.
The Team
What We Do
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Research
Basic income works to benefit our economy, create jobs, and support businesses — while keeping millions of Canadians out of poverty. We have the data and evidence to prove it.
Proof Points You Can Share Right Now
A report by the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis shows that UBI could be a sustainable investment in Canadians that grows our economy $80 billion/year, creates hundreds of thousands of jobs, and supports Canada’s businesses – all while lifting 3.2 million Canadian families out of poverty, ending poverty. Read the full report & highlights here.
In Oct 2018, UBI Works organized the launch of Canadian CEOs for Basic Income with a letter signed by over 120 Canadian CEOs representing over $2.3B in combined revenues. The letter lays the economic arguments for basic income and asked Doug Ford to not cancel the Ontario Pilot. The founders and CEOs who understand the issues overwhelmingly support a basic income in Canada.
Since 2016, Canada has already had a basic income for people with children. It has grown the economy and created jobs, while inflation has been low. Over 1.2M families get an average basic income of $680/month through the Canada Child Benefit.
105,000 People Got A Basic Income and Kept Working
A study of 105K people in 16 basic income trials in the last 50 years found no work disincentive. Meanwhile, in Alaska, basic income increased part-time work by 17%, with no drop in full-time work. We don’t need more pilots – we know basic income works, and allows people to build stronger careers and better lives.
Our Belief
We believe that UBI works as a key building block in the realization of a human-centred economy that promotes innovation as well as the social and economic well-being of individuals, families, and communities across Canada.
We understand that the changing nature of work, driven by technology and globalization, has created many opportunities for the improvement of human life.
However, the gains from technological innovation have been highly uneven, with technological job displacement polarizing the economy: creating more low income jobs than high income jobs and splitting cities and provinces into large low income regions and select higher income regions, as middle class jobs continue to be displaced.
- Universal Basic Income is an innovation policy: it recaptures our risk tolerance: unlocking the opportunity for everyone to take bigger risks, think long term, and create.
- A Universal Basic Income defends equality of opportunity & self-reliance in a world where technological job displacement is reducing incomes for many.
- A Universal Basic Income guarantees there is no longer a “working poor” ensuring that ongoing technological innovation is directed at preserving and expanding a middle class way of life for everyone.
- UBI is an economic need that puts markets in service to humanity, installing the plumbing into economy that adds resilience and robustness to the economy, ensuring everyone can fully participate to their potential.
- Universal Basic Income abolishes poverty and reduces human suffering as well as all reducing the costs of poverty to society.
Backers & Believers
Andrew Yang, US Presidential Candidate, Venture for America Founder
James Tonn, Exponential Ventures Founder, formerly CEO of Podium Publishing
Alon Ozery, CEO of Ozery Bakery. Maker of natural pitas, flatbreads and alternative buns sold in North America
Giovanni Marsico, Creator & CEO ArchAngel Summit, 1000+ attendee conference of visionary leaders and entrepreneurs
James Wallace, Exponential Ventures Co-Founder, Former CEO Tribe OS, Digital Advertising Platform
Steve Hulford, CEO Underknown, Creator of WhatIF, INSH, video channels: 1.1B watched minutes
Steve Dyck, President of Guelph Solar, Clean Energy for your Home and Business, Green Party of Canada MP Candidate.
Andrew Yang, US Presidential Candidate, Venture for America Founder
Phil Carvaglio, Co-Founder of Precision Nutrition, Home of the World’s Top Nutrition Coaches.
Sunny Verma, CEO & Founder Tutor Bright, Tutoring Service That Gives Your Child An Academic & Mentorship Plan
Peter Cameron, Co-operative Development Manager, Ontario Co-operative Association
Michael Schwanzer, CEO & Founder of Zeitdice
Robin Boadway, Professor of Economics at Queen’s University
Barbara Boraks, Executive Director, Christian Jewish Dialogue of Toronto Steering Committee member
Mike Perry, Lawyer, Executive Director, City of Kawartha Lakes Family Health Team
Mike Brcic, CEO Sacred Rides, “#1 Mountain Bike Tour Company on Earth” – National Geographic Adventure
Aaron Lowell, CEO Cannex, Pricing Information for Annuity and Bank Products Across North America
Sol Orwell, CEO Examine, Nutrition and Supplement Information Based on Science
Yafa Sakkejha, CEO Beneplan, Chief Executive Officer of Beneplan, Insurance