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Toronto Artists For Basic Income: An Introduction video

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Post date 2020-10-25
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This video celebrates and shares performances, speeches and calls to action by and from politicians, artists and concerned Toronto residents. The Time for Basic Income is NOW.

This video features performances and statements by:

Multidisciplinary artists Craig Berggold: 00:00
Musician Rachael Cardiello: 04:32
Politician and activist Leah Gazan: 10:32
Artist Jessie Golem (Humans of Basic Income): 15:30
Poet and professor George Elliott Clarke: 23:38
Politician and author Rima Berns-McGown: 26:58
Musician Amy The Coda: 29:02
Politician and activist Dr. Jill Andrew: 32:29
Cultural worker Philip Zave: 35:09
Musician Tara Kannangara: 37:53

Created by the Toronto Artists for Basic Income group.

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CARFAC – Voice of Canada’s Visual Artists webinar

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Post date 2020-09-16
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Carfac Webinar Series

Universal Basic Income webinar, on September 16 at 2pm Eastern Standard Time, organized by CARFAC.

What is Universal Basic Income? Why is it important to artists? How would UBI work in Canada?

Join independent artists Adrian Stimson and Craig Berggold, and Sheila Regehr from Basic Income Canada Network for a discussion about how Canadians would benefit from UBI as a social safety net during uncertain times. The discussion will be moderated by artist Sydney Lancaster.

CARFAC’s Resources on UBI

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Media coverage

‘Bring in a basic income to address gender inequity’

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Post date 2020-09-15
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The Toronto Star (September 15, 2020)

A coalition of nearly 4,000 individuals and organizations is calling on the federal government to implement a guaranteed basic income to address the systemic gender inequities exposed and intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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OBIN & BIC’s basic income for the arts webinar

Post author By Coalition Canada
Post date 2020-07-29

Case for Basic Income for the Arts

Published on Basic Income Calgary website

An online talk organized by Basic Income Calgary and OBIN with the help of Enough for all.

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Article in ArtNet News

Why the Entire Art World Should Back Canadian Arts Workers’ Push for Universal Basic Income

On Thursday, a coalition of more than 300 Canadian artists, arts workers, and institutions publicly released a letter addressed to prime minister Justin Trudeau and other high-ranking officials urging the creation of a permanent basic-income guarantee nationwide.

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The Gray Market: Why the Entire Art World Should Back Canadian Arts Workers’ Push for Universal Basic Income (and Other Insights)

ArtNet News, The Gray Market by columnist Tim Schneider, July 20, 2020.

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News coverage by CBC Entertainment

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Post date 2020-07-17
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“Canadian artists, writers, performers call for national basic income”

CBC, The Canadian Press, Entertainment, Jul 17, 2020.

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Article in Canadian Art

Article “Artists and Advocates Push for Universal Basic Income in Canada” in Canadian Art magazine.

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75,000 Canadian artists unite

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Post date 2020-07-16
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It’s time for a basic income

Today, artists, writers, technicians and performers are calling on Prime Minister Trudeau to create a permanent basic income guarantee.

“A Public Letter from the Arts Community
for a Basic Income Guarantee”

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Video advocating by Massive Attack

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Post date 2020-07-10
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For the song taken from Massive Attack‘s Eutopia EP, this video features Professor Guy Standing in a striking advocacy for universal basic income, produced by Robert Del Naja and Euan Dickinson on the 22nd April 2020.

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News Prince Edward Island

PEI government Special Legislative Committee on Poverty

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Post date 2020-07-08
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Formed in July 2019, this all-party committee of the PEI Legislative Assembly was asked to “report back to the Legislative Assembly within twelve months with fully costed recommendations regarding the creation of a Basic Income Guarantee pilot for Prince Edward Island.”

Read the Committee’s Interim Report submitted July 8, 2020, which recommended that the provincial government adopt a market-basket measure as its official measure of poverty when making changes to legislation, regulations and policy.