Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present two petitions.
The first is from a group in Prince Edward Island that is working on the basic income pilot.
In November 2020, the final report of the 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.
The petitioners are calling on 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 P.E.I. that will be implemented, monitored and evaluated for five to seven years.