A video interview with Jamie Swift and Elaine Power, authors of the new book “The Case for Basic Income: Freedom, Security, Justice’. The event was sponsored by EOORC on October 21, 2021 with greetings from the Very Rev. Lois Wilson, co-chair of the UCC Guaranteed Livable Income Network and moderated by Joe Gunn, ED of Centre Oblat - A Voice for Justice at St. Pauls University.
This video shows highlights from the fifty UCC Guaranteed Livable Income vigils held across Canada on April 8, 2021
On February 2, 2021, Trinity United Church sponsored a virtual BI presentation “Basic Income in Canada: The Way Forward” by Professor Evelyn Forget, a Health Economist at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Forget emphasizes how an income-tested BI is an investment for all Canadians and that the return on this investment means less pressure on other social programs like healthcare, criminal justice, youth justice and child and family services. She states that a BI has the added advantage of creating a more resilient society, with less inequality, and capable of weathering shocks such as happens from a pandemic or a financial crisis.