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UBI Works

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UBI Works

Compiled Truth

UBI Works is Canada’s leading advocate for basic income, campaigning for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income (GLBI). They focus on policy research, public education, and advocacy. They operate under SES (the charity), alongside Common Wealth Canada. [Source: AGENTS.md / USER.md workspace context, 2026-04-29]

Key Facts

  • 100,000+ supporters
  • Key policy: Guaranteed Livable Basic Income (GLBI)
  • Bill S-206 (Senator Kim Pate) is their flagship legislation
  • 180+ CEOs have signed on in support
  • Key arguments: costs only ~3% of government spending; reduces poverty 40%; minimal work disincentive
  • X/Twitter: @ubi_works | Bluesky: @ubiworks.bsky.social

Website

  • https://ubiworks.ca — 16 pages, all healthy as of 2026-04-29. /whynow content not updated since November 2021. [Source: Daily site walk, session 811b2d90, 2026-04-29]

Key People

Timeline

  • 2026-04-22 | Hugh added to UBI Works Slack channels for GBrain ingestion. [Source: HEARTBEAT.md context]
  • 2026-04-29 | Site walk: ubiworks.ca healthy, 16 pages 200 OK. /whynow page stale (2021). [Source: Session 811b2d90, 2026-04-29]
  • 2026-04-30 | Site walk: 11 pages fetched. /workincentive cites Germany 2026 UBI pilot result (recipients remained employed at same rate vs control group) — fresh data point. /howtopay substantive and current (2025 PBO estimate: 36B net per UBI Works model). Flagged: /media, /about, /contact return 404 (may be removed/renamed intentionally); /health redirects to Notion; /blog index renders empty via readability (JS-dependent listing, not a real outage). [Source: Site walk session 08295d28, 2026-04-30]
  • 2026-04-29 | Operations update: SES 2025 payroll error resolved via filing adjustments; Chambers of Commerce benefits plan renewed; Insights accounting $1,100/mo retainer approved through Q3; DSGE v4 (>1,000 LOC) projects +6% housing units by year 10 and +3% GDP above baseline by year 20 from 5% LVT over 40-year phase-in. Referenced in 2026-04-29-ubi-works-operations-update. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-29]
  • 2026-04-29 | Social media review: Mark Carney clip +826% engagement on X; 326K YouTube followers; Blue Sky above 3K threshold; Facebook Reels >100K views on multiple videos; YouTube views reduced post-copyright-strike; Facebook Business Manager removed bulk-invite function. Referenced in 2026-04-29-ubi-works-social-media-review. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-29]
  • 2026-04-29 | Phil Chabot officially joined UBI Works as a permanent employee (prior: UBI content + Andrew Yang campaign). [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-29]
  • 2026-04-30 | Decision: transition UBI Works from NationBuilder to Action Network (“Action at Work”) by the 8th of the following week, with a new donation stream. Referenced in 2026-04-30-ken-liam-city-councillor-prep. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]
  • 2026-04-30 | Floyd preparing for upcoming meeting with Councillor Jeremy Carver; Ken building Georgism/LVT-focused two-pager. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]
  • 2026-05-01 | Councillor-outreach planning meeting (Floyd + Ken + Liam): Floyd preparing LVT two-pager; Ken to publish BC rendition on Common Wealth site + expand councillor outreach (Susan Kim, Dave Thomas/Thompson) + possible councillor panel/get-together. Liam continuing NationBuilder → Action Network migration (all connected apps to be tested); donor agreement being revised to reflect real Q1/Q2 payment amounts; PSE Wiki auth issue blocking his workflow. DSGE LVT-variant scenarios ~two weeks out. Referenced in 2026-05-01-ubi-works-councillor-lvt-briefing. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-05-01]
  • 2026-05-02 | Daily site walk: ubiworks.ca healthy, 10 pages 200 OK. Nine SPA-only routes (incl. /take-action, /about, /contact) return 404 to server-side crawlers (likely JS-rendered). [Source: Hugh sitewalk session 113a2bd2, 2026-05-02]
  • 2026-05-03 | Daily site walk: ubiworks.ca healthy, 10 pages 200 OK. /workincentive updated with Germany pilot results (employed at same rate, more enrolled in university; 200K donors funded the pilot). /howtopay references Jan 2025 StatCan link. [Source: Hugh sitewalk session 3786a933, 2026-05-03]
  • 2026-05-03 | Daily site walk: commonwealth.ca healthy, 21 pages 200 OK (homepage + 20 internal). All fetched OK. [Source: Hugh sitewalk session 3786a933, 2026-05-03]

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