National Strategy for a Guaranteed Basic Income Act

An Act to establish a national strategy for a guaranteed basic income

This bill was last introduced in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2021.

Sponsor

Julie Dzerowicz  Liberal

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Second reading (House), as of June 14, 2021
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment requires the Minister of Finance to develop a national strategy to assess implementation models for a guaranteed basic income program as part of Canada’s innovation and economic growth strategy. It also provides for reporting requirements in relation to the strategy.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

National Strategy for a Guaranteed Basic Income ActPrivate Members' Business

June 14th, 2021 / 12:05 p.m.


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NDP

The Assistant Deputy Speaker NDP Carol Hughes

The time provided for the consideration of Private Members' Business has now expired and the order is dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.