If you live in ONTARIO complete this survey TODAY Basic Income…



If you live in ONTARIO complete this survey TODAY 

Basic Income Pilot Survey

https://www.ontario.ca/form/basic-income-pilot-public-survey

The Ontario government is currently holding a consultation on Universal Basic Income Pilot in 3 communities.  There are different ways to implement UBI, the best one is to give EVERY CITIZEN enough money to live on, no questions asked.  People who don’t need it will make up the difference ehen they pay taxes.

UBI would eliminate means testing *and* poverty stigma.  Here’s an example:


The charts in the survey contrast what people on disability get now:

ODSP amount per year (basic needs + max shelter)
Single Adult                 $13,536
Couple with 2 Children  $21,852

with what they would get in the Pilot

Estimated basic income amount per year (at 75% LIM) + $500 per month disability add-on

Single Adult                $22,989
Couple with 2 Children $39,979


Sounds like expensive pie-in-the-sky stuff, right?

WRONG.
UBI costs less ~ maybe 25 billion dollars less ~ than Ontario spends now.  

How does that work?  

Watch the video in my Basic Income playlist or check out

Basic Income Waterloo.  

Their idea that Waterloo Region would be a perfect place for a pilot so if you live here, feel free to suggest that WATERLOO REGION should be a
Pilot Test Site when you do the survey.  

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Waterloo Region played host to the Ontario Basic Income Pilot…




Bob Jonkman, Fair Vote Waterloo co-chair, KW Peace, Waterloo Region Greens


The Honourable Helena Jaczek on video


Kitchener Centre MPP Daiene Vernile


Cambridge MP Bryan May


Cambridge MPP Kathryn McGarry









Waterloo Region played host to the Ontario Basic Income Pilot Consultation last Friday, January 13th, 2017.  

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Andrea Kauppinen and John Green of Basic Income Waterloo Region Today is the Provincial Basic Income Pilot Consultation at Kitchener City Hall. Done right, universal basic income would be awesome. They are looking for 3 places in Ontario in which to conduct the pilot program.  Waterloo Region be one would be excellent, asAndrea Kauppinen and John Green from Basic Income Waterloo Region will tell…

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Kitchener City Hall

Andrea Kauppinen and John Green of Basic Income Waterloo Region
Andrea Kauppinen and John Green of Basic Income Waterloo Region

Today is the Provincial Basic Income Pilot Consultation at Kitchener City Hall.

Done right, universal basic income would be awesome.

The provincial government is looking for 3 places in Ontario in which to conduct the pilot program.  Waterloo Region be one would be excellent, as Andrea Kauppinen and John Green of Basic Income Waterloo Region will tell you.  The more people who come out to support this, the better. Basic income would replace other social subsidies, it should improve your circumstances. Done well it can take the stigma out of the social safety net and even eliminate poverty.

If you haven’t, you should consider attending.  Register here:
https://www.ontario.ca/form/register-attend-session-basic-income-pilot-consultation

You can make an online submission until January 31, 2017

“Basic income is an idea which provides a different approach to income security and reducing poverty,” the statement said. “It’s important we hear as many views as possible to ensure we get this right.”

The ministry says it’s particularly interested in thoughts about how the pilot program is designed, including who should be eligible, which communities to include, and how it will be evaluated.

“What they’re doing is trying to collect information in order to build a position. It’s very difficult (for us) to take a firm position at this point because we don’t actually know what the province is going to end up doing,” Bartholomew-Saunders said. “They’re collecting information to determine what they’re going to be doing.”

— Kitchener Post: Public invited to have say on basic guaranteed income

Find out more on the province’s page:
https://www.ontario.ca/page/basic-income-pilot-consultation

And Basic Income Waterloo is a good resource:
http://biwr.ca/what-is-basic-income/


PS: I almost forgot the details (in Whoa!Canada’s shiny new calendar)
Basic Income Consultation

When:  Fri, 13 January, 6:30 – 9:00pm
Where:  Kitchener City Hall,
200 King St W, Kitchener,
            ON N2G 4G7, Canada (map)
June 2016 Basic Income Waterloo Region discussion at Queen Street Commons, Kitchener
June 2016 Basic Income Waterloo Region discussion at Queen Street Commons, Kitchener