There is a network emerging nationally, across the United Church, working on advocacy for a Guaranteed Annual, sometimes called Guaranteed Livable Income or Universal Basic Income (GAI/GLI/UBI) for Canadians as a means to address poverty. Each province has a coordinator and a team who are actively encouraging all Communities of Faith to be engaged.
The Coordinators for each province in UCC East Regions are:
NL – Very Rev. Dr. Marion Pardy m-pardy@nf.sympatico.ca
PE – Vacant
NB – Rose-Hannah Gaskin rosehannah.gaskin@gmail.com
NS – Hal and Karen Llewelyn hllewellyn@bellaliant.net; mackayllewellyn@bellaliant.net
To find plenty of resources for study, worship, or action go to Guaranteed Livable Income Program. You may also contact any of the coordinators or the Regional Minister for Justice and Mission for further information on how you can get involved.
Email template and letter writing downloads.
For information about work in this area contact your regional coordinator.
Resources
Invest in the Common Good – Article by Very Rev. Dr. Marion Pardy
5 Weeks of Lent – Guaranteed Livable Income Feb 2022
Lent pdf and Lent PowerPoint (created by East Central Region 11 GLI network team) Feb 2022
2022 Book Study – Bootstraps Need Boots; One Tory’s Lonely Fight To End Poverty in Canada
Guaranteed Liveable Income Working Group 2021-12
Senators’ Letter, Statement Re Guaranteed Liveable Income PEI 2021-11-05
Letter to Members of Parliament
