{"id":19259,"date":"2020-08-14T09:10:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T13:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/ndp-motion-calls-for-transitioning-cerb-into-guaranteed-basic-income-148866"},"modified":"2020-08-14T09:10:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T13:10:19","slug":"ndp-motion-calls-for-transitioning-cerb-into-guaranteed-basic-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2020\/08\/14\/ndp-motion-calls-for-transitioning-cerb-into-guaranteed-basic-income\/","title":{"rendered":"NDP motion calls for transitioning CERB into guaranteed basic income"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"alignleft clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption feature-image alignleft\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/10784158_123RF-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feature size-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"10784158_123RF\" title=\"NDP motion calls for transitioning CERB into guaranteed basic income\"> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"byline\"> <span>Staff<\/span>&nbsp;|&nbsp;August 14, 2020 <\/p>\n<p>A member of parliament from the New Democratic Party is introducing a motion to&nbsp;convert the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/department-finance\/economic-response-plan.html\">Canada Emergency Response Benefit<\/a>&nbsp;into a guaranteed livable basic income.<\/p>\n<p>The motion from Leah Gazan, the representative for Winnipeg Centre, is calling on the government to introduce legislation and work with provincial and territorial governments and Indigenous peoples to implement a guaranteed basic income for all Canadians over the age of 18, including single people, students, families, seniors, people with disabilities, temporary foreign workers, permanent residents and refugee claimants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/could-the-pandemic-prompt-employment-insurance-reforms-147924\">Could the pandemic prompt employment insurance reforms?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It suggested the&nbsp;program account for regional differences in living costs, be paid on a regular basis and shouldn\u2019t require&nbsp;Canadians to participate in the labour market, education or job training to be eligible. It should also be in&nbsp;addition to any future government services or income supports meant to meet \u201cspecial, exceptional and other distinct needs and goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Twitter, Gazan said a petition on her website to support the motion had garnered more than 5,000 signatures in 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>While the&nbsp;CERB&nbsp;is due to end in early October, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised a plan is in the works to move Canadians who don\u2019t qualify for&nbsp;employment insurance \u2014 such as gig or contract workers \u2014 to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/trudeau-says-feds-will-create-ei-like-benefit-for-gig-contract-workers-148528\">parallel transition benefit<\/a>.&nbsp;The program will contain access to training and the ability to work more hours without having as steep a clawback in benefit payments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/trudeau-says-feds-will-create-ei-like-benefit-for-gig-contract-workers-148528\">Trudeau says feds will create EI like benefit for gig, contract workers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/ndp-motion-calls-for-transitioning-cerb-into-guaranteed-basic-income-148866\">Read the full article at BenefitsCanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff&nbsp;|&nbsp;August 14, 2020 A member of parliament from the New Democratic Party is introducing a motion to&nbsp;convert the&nbsp;Canada Emergency Response Benefit&nbsp;into a guaranteed livable basic income. 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