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title: "WEBINAR | Basic Income: The International Response to COVID-19"
description: Basic Income advocates from Canada, the U.S. and U.K. discuss Basic Income as a response to COVID-19
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# [WEBINAR | Basic Income: The International Response to COVID-19](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/basic-income-international-response-covid-19)

 Written by [the Tamarack Institute](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/author/tamarack-institute) | May 20, 2020

This webinar brings together government representatives and Basic Income advocates from Canada, the United States and Europe to discuss the Basic Income response to COVID-19 and explore how we can work with governments to make Basic Income part of the "new normal".

**Take Your Learning Further:**

- [Visit: Basic Income CoP Resource Library - ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/basic-income-resource-library?hsLang=en-us)A compilation of webinars, learning highlights, and resources from our Basic Income series.
- [Dive Deeper: Jamie Cooke answers additional audience questions post-webinar](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Basic%20Income%20International%20Response%20Follow%20Up%20Questions.pdf?hsLang=en-us).
- [Explore: Results of Finland's Basic Income Experiment](https://www.kela.fi/web/en/news-archive/-/asset_publisher/lN08GY2nIrZo/content/results-of-the-basic-income-experiment-small-employment-effects-better-perceived-economic-security-and-mental-wellbeing)
- [Find: A Basic Income for Scotland](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/A%20Basic%20Income%20for%20Scotland.pdf?hsLang=en-us)
- [Read Senate Inquiry into Guaranteed Livable Income ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/GLI%20Inquiry%20Speech-25Feb2020-including%20Footnotes.pdf?hsLang=en-us)(Senator Kim Pate's speech)

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