PEI Basic Income Pilot

AI summary

Petitioners state that the Prince Edward Island Special Committee on Poverty's November 2020 report recommended immediate negotiations between Prince Edward Island and the Government of Canada to develop a Basic Income Guarantee demonstration program, and that the report was passed unanimously. They request that the federal government begin negotiations to implement a five- to seven-year demonstration in PEI that would be implemented, monitored and evaluated. Petitioners argue the demonstration would benefit all of Canada by providing information for broader implementation, asserting that poverty is a primary social determinant of health and requires bold approaches.

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Official petition

Petition to the Government of Canada WHEREAS: In November 2020, the final report of the Prince Edward Island Special Committee on Poverty in PEI recommended that the Government of Prince Edward Island begin immediate negotiations with the Government of Canada to develop and implement a Basic Income Guarantee demonstration program for Prince Edward Island; This report was passed unanimously in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island with the support of all political parties; and This demonstration program will benefit all of Canada by providing the information required for broader implementation, as poverty is the primary social determinant of heath and requires bold and creative approaches to understand and address its root causes and consequences in Canada. THEREFORE, we, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to begin immediate negotiations with the Government of Prince Edward Island to develop and implement a Basic Income Guarantee demonstration program in the province of PEI that will be implemented, monitored, and evaluated for five to seven years.

Government response

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