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Answer Overview

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

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Historical Importance

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Other Popular Answers

Unique answers from Toronto Centre voters whose views went beyond the provided options.

 @B2BMK7Bfrom Alberta  answered…1mo1MO

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.

 @9673VLGfrom British Columbia  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, but it should be somewhat regulated to ensure no one is abusing the system.

 @9H64585answered…1yr1Y

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.

 @8J2XFSYfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

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).

 @8GJ55J3from Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Not until the welfare and disability services have been reworked, sorted out, and audited.

 @B33G8XSfrom Ontario  answered…3 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

 @B32GCBDfrom New Brunswick  answered…4 days4D

This will overtime develop a class of powerless consumer who owns nothing and has just enough government money to survive month to month

 @B2ZSZNSfrom Ontario  answered…5 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.