C-253National Framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income Act

What it does

• Requires the Minister of Finance to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income program across Canada for people over 17, including temporary workers, permanent residents and refugee claimants.
• Requires consultation with federal and provincial ministers, Indigenous elders, Indigenous governing bodies, and other stakeholders when developing the framework.
• Requires the framework to set regional standards for what counts as a livable basic income and to include health and social supports that fit each province.
• Requires the framework to say that people do not have to join education, training or the labour market to qualify.
• Requires the framework to protect existing health and disability supports so they are not reduced because of the program.
• Requires the Minister to table a report within one year, then review the framework and table follow-up reports every year starting two years later.