Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Reports
Latest comprehensive analysis examining poverty reduction (up to 40%), costs ($53-107 billion gross, $3.6-5 billion net), and impacts on work incentives.
Link: https://www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/publications/RP-2425-029-S
PDF: https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2025/dpb-pbo/YN5-220-2025-eng.pdf
Foundational PBO report using parameters from Ontario's 2017 basic income pilot. Estimated lowest income quintile would see average $4,535 increase (+17.5% per year).
Specialized analysis examining how a national GLBI would impact Canadians with disabilities, including interactions with existing disability supports.
Five-year projection of costs for implementing a guaranteed basic income program in Canada.
Emergency analysis of implementing a guaranteed basic income as a response to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
First major PBO analysis examining the costs of scaling up Ontario's Basic Income Pilot model to a national program.
Canadian Parliamentary Bills & Senate Sessions
Sponsor: Senator Kim Pate
Status: Under consideration by Senate National Finance Committee (as of November 2025)
Description: An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income for all Canadians over age 17.
LEGISinfo: https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/45-1/s-206
Full Text (PDF): YB451-206-1.pdf
Senate Sessions: Second Reading Speech
Sponsor: MP Leah Gazan
Status: Defeated at second reading (September 25, 2024)
Description: An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income.
LEGISinfo: https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/44-1/c-223
Full Text (PDF): XB441-223-1.pdf
Parliamentary Debates: OpenParliament.ca
Sponsor: Senator Kim Pate
Status: Died with dissolution of Parliament (January 2025)
Description: Senate version of C-223, pursuing the same goal of a national GLBI framework.
LEGISinfo: https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/44-1/s-233
Full Text: First Reading
Official Senate response to the PBO's 2025 report update on GLBI.
Analysis of Bill S-233 and its implications for Indigenous communities.
Link: beyond-the-basics_glbi-and-indigenous-peoples-draft-june-17.pdf
Mincome - Manitoba Basic Annual Income Experiment (1974-1979)
Complete dataset including technical reports, working papers, and code books for researchers.
University of Manitoba Dataverse: https://borealisdata.ca/dataverse/mincome
UBC Abacus Data Network: Manitoba Basic Annual Income Experiment: MINCOME, 1983-85
Authors: Derek Hum and Wayne Simpson
Publisher: Economic Council of Canada, 1991
Comprehensive econometric analysis on labour supply impacts from Mincome.
Link: https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/18816/publication.html
Author: Gregory Mason
Journal: Canadian Public Policy, 2017
Review summarizing findings about labour supply, administrative challenges, and policy implications.
Link: Academia.edu
Authors: David Calnitsky and Pilar Gonalons-Pons
Journal: Oxford Academic, 2021
Analysis showing significant reduction in property and violent crime linked to Mincome payments.
Link: https://academic.oup.com/socpro/article-abstract/68/3/778/5809598
Author: David Calnitsky
Publisher: Canadian Sociological Association, 2016
Explores social stigma and community experience in Dauphin, Manitoba, finding universal approaches reduce stigma.
Link: basicincome.org PDF
Canadian Museum for Human Rights overview with participant stories and impact summaries.
Link: https://humanrights.ca/story/manitobas-mincome-experiment
Publisher: University of Manitoba News
Link: https://news.umanitoba.ca/op-ed-clarifying-the-impacts-of-the-mincome-experiment/
Type: Dissertation, University of Wisconsin
Investigates work behaviour, income levels, and social effects from the experiment.
Ontario Basic Income Pilot & Provincial Studies
Institution: McMaster University
Authors: Wayne Lewchuk, Marlea Clarke, and Allyson de Wolff
Comprehensive study examining the experiences of participants in Ontario's Basic Income Pilot (2017-2018) before it was prematurely cancelled. Documents impacts on food security, housing stability, health outcomes, and employment.
Ontario's three-year basic income pilot project, launched in 2017 and cancelled in 2018. Provided up to $16,989/year for single adults and $24,027/year for couples, minus 50% of any earned income.
Government Archive: Ontario.ca
Books on Basic Income
Author: Guy Standing
Publisher: Penguin (Pelican Introductions)
Comprehensive guide covering the concept, history, key benefits, objections, and pilot projects related to basic income.
Links:
Author: Guy Standing
Publisher: Yale University Press
Thorough exploration of basic income's justice, effects on poverty and inequality, economic feasibility, and implementation routes.
Links:
- Amazon
Authors: Philippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght
Publisher: Harvard University Press
One of the most comprehensive analyses and defenses of UBI, covering philosophical, economic, and political questions. Examines funding, transition strategies, and practical policy frameworks, with global examples including Canada's Mincome experiment.
Link: Google Books
Author: Annie Lowrey
Journalistic take on how UBI could transform societies, citing experiments from around the world.
Author: Rutger Bregman
Explores big ideas for a better society, with UBI as a major component, examining historical precedents and possible futures.
Curated list of the most important books on UBI from advocates and researchers.
Link: https://ubiadvocates.org/best-books-on-universal-basic-income/
Advocacy Organizations & Research Networks
Leading Canadian advocacy organization for guaranteed livable basic income.
Link: https://basicincomecanada.org/
Media Releases: GLBI Could Cut Poverty Rates by 40%
Provides detailed information on Bill S-206 and guaranteed livable basic income advocacy.
Link: https://www.ubiworks.ca/guaranteed-livable-basic-income
International network of researchers, advocates, and policymakers promoting basic income worldwide. Co-founded by Philippe Van Parijs.
Link: https://basicincome.org/
Policy Analysis & Commentary
Publisher: IRPP Policy Options, 2025
Commentary recommending pilot programs and highlighting the economic family model as more affordable.
Link: https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/05/basic-income-cost/
Searchable database of Canadian parliamentary debates, bills, and committee proceedings.
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Media Coverage
Coverage of the PBO's 2025 report update.
Link: CBC News
Analysis of PBO findings and environmental justice implications.
Link: The Energy Mix
Senator Kim Pate discusses Bill S-206 and community readiness.
Link: CBC Windsor-Essex
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