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1. The expensive truth about a universal basic income

   Ottawa ran an unprecedented $354 billion budget deficit in 2020/21. ...

2. Guaranteed annual income program could cost $465 billion per year

   Bill C-273 calls on the federal finance minister to assess a potential guaranteed annual income in Canada. ...

3. Guaranteed annual income program would guarantee big tax changes

   Appeared in the Financial Post, September 23, 2020 According to reports, the Trudeau government is considering a guaranteed annual income (or GAI) and may even introduce the idea in today’s throne speech. The basic concept is that the government sends ...

4. Guaranteed annual income—the challenges of implementation

   The Trudeau government’s Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) has sparked interest in an old policy idea known as the guaranteed annual income (GAI). Many proponents suggest a GAI could help alleviate poverty and raise the standard of ...

5. Illustrating the Tax Implications of a Guaranteed Annual Income

   Policymakers and the general public have paid increasing attention to the notion of introducing a GAI program in Canada. A guaranteed annual income (GAI) is a cash transfer paid by the government to individuals or households to ensure a minimum ...