The project was a variant of "basic income," a fast-growing proposal to reduce poverty (and even uplift middle-class households) around the world. With basic income, the thinking goes, governments ...

In Canada, governments use low-income cut-off (LICO) thresholds for some financial assistance programs and immigration sponsorship applications. Learn more. Calculated by Statistics Canada ...

Depending on whom you ask, providing all Americans with a guaranteed universal basic income could erase inequality and spur entrepreneurship or it could be a recipe for economic disaster.

A study of the pilot program--scrapped last year by the province's conservative government--found that people were using the money to turn their lives around.

Universal basic income could someday become a reality in Canada if a bill that currently aims to create a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income becomes law in the country.

A basic income is the only way to ensure that each and every one of us gets the support we need. Add your name to make sure Canada gets on track to adopt Guaranteed Livable Income. The Green Party has ...

Known as universal basic income or guaranteed income, these proposals have been divisive. Depending on whom you ask, providing all Americans with a guaranteed universal basic income could erase ...