A Universal Basic Income program is social security program where all citizens of a country receive a regular, unconditional sum of money from the government. The funding for Universal Basic Income comes from taxation and government owned entities including income from endowments, real estate and natural resources. Several countries, including Finland, India and Brazil, have experimented with a UBI system but have not implemented a permanent program. The longest running UBI system in the world is the Alaska Permanent Fund in the U.S. state of Alaska. In the Alaska Permanent Fund each indivi…
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Response rates from 581 Toronto Centre voters.
55% Yes |
45% No |
45% Yes |
38% No |
10% Yes, everyone should receive an income to cover basic necessities including food and housing |
7% No, this will encourage people not to work and harm economic growth |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 581 Toronto Centre voters.
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Unique answers from Toronto Centre voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@B2BMK7B1mo1MO
Yes, but there should be a limit on the household income (with an exception for the disabled), & it should be based on type of employment, ie; unemployed, part-time, full-time, with the monthly payments going up per tier.
@9673VLG2yrs2Y
Yes, but it should be somewhat regulated to ensure no one is abusing the system.
@9H645851yr1Y
A Nordic style basic income that is enough for something but not enough to get by in order to incentivise people to go to work.
@8J2XFSY4yrs4Y
Universal job - A universal income which is conditioned on working offered jobs. Such jobs should mostly focus on benefiting the community (e.g., public gardening/art, working with the elderly).
@8GJ55J34yrs4Y
Not until the welfare and disability services have been reworked, sorted out, and audited.
@B33G8XS3 days3D
I think this will encourage people not to work and harm economic growth so in order to be inclusive of the universal basic program, you have to prove you are willing and capable to put into society that society gives to you, if its not working an actual job, then being a volunteer, etc
@B32GCBD4 days4D
This will overtime develop a class of powerless consumer who owns nothing and has just enough government money to survive month to month
@B2ZSZNS5 days5D
Yes, UBI should cover the essential/ minimal costs of living, replacing EI, GIS, OAS and Welfare and implement a "claw back" in taxes on a graduated scale so those with higher incomes end up paying it back.
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