Resources

Videos

Senator Hugh Segal speaks at "Guaranteed Annual Income? Ethical leadership on ending poverty," hosted by the Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership: www.youtube.com/user/ChumirEthics

Senator Hugh Segal and Alan Echenberg talk about why Canada can afford to ensure every citizen has a guaranteed annual income: www.tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?videoid?82059491001

Websites

Basic Income Earth Network: www.basicincome.org

United States Basic Income Guarantee Network: www.usbig.net

Citizen's Income Trust (UK): www.citizensincome.org

Global Basic Income Foundation: www.globalincome.org

Canada Social Research Links, Guaranteed Annual Income www.canadiansocialresearch.net/gai.htm

Books on basic income in Canada

Francois Blais (2002). Ending Poverty: A Basic Income for All Canadians. Toronto: James Lorimer

S. Lerner, C. Clark and W. R. Needham (1999) Basic Income: Economic Security for All Canadians. Toronto: Between the Lines

Articles and Papers

Citizens for Public Justice (2008) “Towards a Guaranteed Livable Income,” CPJ Backgrounder and Position Paper. Available at: http://www.cpj.ca/en/towards-guaranteed-livable-income

James P. Mulvale (2008) "Basic Income and the Canadian Welfare State: Exploring the Realms of Possibility," Basic Income Studies: Vol. 3: Iss. 1, Article 6. Available for free at: www.bepress.com/bis/vol3/iss1/art6

Margot Young and James P. Mulvale (2009) “Possibilities and Prospects: The Debate Over a Guaranteed Income,” Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Available at: http://www.policyalternatives.ca/reports/2009/10/guaranteedincome

Women's Economic Justice Report on Guaranteed Livable Income - (2006) - Voices from the grassroots: A series of interviews with diverse women in Victoria BC on the benefits of a guaranteed income arranged by theme. Funded by Status of Women Canada in 2006. Available at http://www.livableincome.org/rWEJ-GLIReport06.pdf

Richard Pereira (2009) “Economic security in the twenty-first century – Guaranteed Annual Income: An ecological, democratic, justice and food security imperative”. Available at: http://www.progressive-economics.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/pereira.pdf

Richard Pereira (2009) «La sécurité économique au XXIe siècle - Revenu annuel garanti / allocation universelle: L’impératif écologique, démocratique, de la justice et de la sécurité alimentaire»

On-line Academic Journal

Basic Income Studies: An International Journal of Basic Income Research, available for free at www.bepress.com/bis (follow the instructions to access the articles for free through BEPRESS guest access).

Parliamentary discussion

Proceedings of the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (Sub-Committee on Cities), 13 June 2008. “Guaranteed Annual Income: Has Its Time Come?” Available at: http://www.parl.gc.ca/39/2/parlbus/commbus/senate/Com-e/citi-e/04ev-e.htm?Language=E&Parl=39&Ses=2&comm_id=604