Basic Income Youth Collective

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✍️ BIYC members Kendal David & Hannah Owczar penned an op-ed about basic income Bill C-233. MPs vote on this bill TOMORROW - write to your MPs urging them to vote YES! Read More: Gazan’s basic income bill could be a game-changer in… | The Monitor (monitormag.ca)

📣📣📣BIYC is thrilled to announce that we are recruiting new members to join our collective!!! Applications are due by August 26th. Learn more and apply on our website: basicincomeyouth.ca/join-our-team

Webinar alert! This webinar considers the transformative potential of a guaranteed basic income in supporting families and youth involved with Canada’s child welfare system. This webinar will take place on Friday June 14th at 1PM EST. Register at casw-acts.ca

Thanks for being with us on this journey! We are really excited about these changes. 
In solidarity, Chloe, Ellen, Hannah, Kendal, Manpinder, and Shanaya (aka, the Basic Income Youth Collective)✨

We are also making some cosmetic tweaks, like changing the colour palette we use on our website and across social media - it felt like the right time for a fresh coat of paint! Our website, social media handles, and email address will stay the same, so you know where to find us!

We’re going through some changes! TL;DR: we’ve got a new name and a new organizational structure! We’re making some changes to how we work and how we present ourselves to the world. We’re now called the Basic Income Youth Collective (or BIYC, for short)!

Use the tool created by @BICYN_ to write your representatives and urge them to support the bill! basicincomeyouth.ca/glbi2024

It's time for a guaranteed livable basic income, add your voice to this campaign! #basicincome #Canada #cdnpoli @BICYN_ nwmd.social/s/twitter/4AOG…

There is an affordability crisis in Canada, and existing supports are inadequate and unlivable, and keep people trapped in poverty. 53% of Canadians live paycheque-to-paycheque. Tell your MPs it is time for a guaranteed livable income. Sign here hubs.li/Q02tfkzn0 @BICYN_

It is time to provide a real solution to poverty. We support Bills C-223, An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income, and S-233, the identical Senate bill. We believe #GLBI will reduce gender inequalities in 🇨🇦. #basicincome #LivableIncome4All

Monday read 🗞️⬇️ Improving Access to Food and Essential Needs: Options for a More Generous Cash-Transfer Benefit on-irpp.org/3xAfLr6

Poverty is a policy failure. The current system of conditional income supports doesn’t work. Cash transfers redistribute wealth and power from the ultra-wealthy to communities. It’s time for the rich to pay their fair share. #BillC223 
Write your reps: basicincomeyouth.ca/glbi2024

@KPateontheHill @dennyking Yesterday I joined @KPateontheHill at a meeting with Premier Dennis King focused on the proposal for a Guaranteed Basic Income in PEI. The federal and provincial governments must work together to reduce poverty and its damaging impacts on individuals, families and communities.

Check out forum2024.ca/contests/ for more details. The submission deadline is May 1. Send yours to tom@forum2024.ca. 👀💜

📣 Canadian youth, have your say on basic income 📣 Calling all high school students ‼️ Do you have something to say about #BasicIncome? We have an exciting opportunity! The 2024 Basic Income Forum is hosting two contests just for you… ⬇️💭🎊 yorkregion.com/opinion/contri…

Opinion: Income security cannot wait: it’s time to support Bill S-233, write Tracy Smith-Carrier, Lauren Touchant, and Chris Hergesheimer. (subs) buff.ly/49cGOG2

Thank you so much @CASW_ACTS for hosting us today for basic income 101, and for your ongoing advocacy! Thanks to all who joined us and made this conversation so engaging and inspiring!

Happening today at 1:00pm EST! #SocialWorkers if you haven’t already, make sure to register! Registering also gives you the on-demand version if you miss it ‼️🌞 #cdnpoli