Instructions:

Watch/read the resources provided below and, as a group, complete the worksheet.

One completed worksheet will be submitted to Brightspace per group.

This is a collaborative learning experience, so you can share your answers and observations with another group before the end of class to strengthen your understanding/knowledge of this critical issue.

Resources to complete this group assignment:

Watch:

Universal Basic Income Explained - Free Money for Everybody?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl39KHS07Xc

Watch:

Basic Income Roundtable with Leah Gazan - Sept 11, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2EM2FYhwZI

(Start at minute 18:00 and end at 31:41)

Visit:

https://basicincomecanada.org/what_is_basic_income/

Visit:

https://www.ubiworks.ca/howtopay &https://www.ubiworks.ca

Questions

1. In two sentences, how would your group define a Universal Basic Income based on what you've watched and read? (2 marks)

2. There are two primary models of UBI. Would the universal model see the rich and poor getting the same amount? Does your group agree with this? What are the benefits/risks? Or is the guarantee model more fair? Why and what are the benefits/risks?(2 marks)

3. What are the benefits and challenges of a Universal Basic Income, as presented in the video Universal Basic Income Explained - Free Money for Everybody?(3 marks)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl39KHS07Xc

Benefits Challenges

4. What are some social issues or social problems that a Universal Basic Income would address? Why?(2 marks)

5. According to Damon Johnston, President of the Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg, how could a UBI/GLBI benefit Indigenous individuals and families in Canada?(2 marks) (minute 18:00 - 25:45) from videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2EM2FYhwZI

6. How or is it providing a UBI/GLBI to Indigenous communities a step towards reconciliation and providing possible solutions to the ongoing issue of Missing ____________ Indigenous Women in Canada?(2 marks)

7. According to Ben Earle, General Manager of Basic Income Canada Network, 8.7 million Canadians reported food insecurity in 2023. How might a UBI/GLBI help address the food insecurity crisis in this country?(2 marks) (25:55 - 31:41) from videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2EM2FYhwZI

8. According to the websitehttps://www.ubiworks.ca/howtopay, the cost of poverty in Canada is estimated at $73 to $86 billion a year. In contrast, the UBI is estimated to cost only 51 billion dollars. Using the article, please indicate how a UBI will be funded.(2 marks)

9. How might a UBI/GLBI impact social work? Will it help or hurt, in your opinion? Why?(1 mark)

10. Disprove one argument, presented as an opposition to a Universal Basic Income, using an Anti-Oppressive lens. (2 marks)

Argument:

Response:

11. How many people in the group favour a UBI? #_______? How many people are against a UBI? #_____