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PBO modelled two plans for 2025. The payments cost about $107 billion and $53 billion in that model. Both plans pay less as income grows. This is not a price for universal basic income.

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Place: Canada; the table lists ten provinces
Time covered: Calendar year 2025; report published February 19, 2025

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The sums count extra help for disability. They leave out tax changes and changes in work. Who counts as family can change the bill.

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A Distributional Analysis of a National Guaranteed Basic Income – Update ↗

Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer · 2025-02-19

Where to look: A Distributional Analysis of a National Guaranteed Basic Income – Update

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PBO modelled two plans for 2025. The payments cost about $107 billion and $53 billion in that model. Both plans pay less as income grows. This is not a price for universal basic income.

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What this does not show: The sums count extra help for disability. They leave out tax changes and changes in work. Who counts as family can change the bill.

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