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Comment by Don Iveson

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Mayor of Edmonton
We (Edmonton and Calgary) may be in a position to pilot some different solutions. As partners, we may be able to help the Province implement [a basic income guarantee pilot].
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Implement a universal basic income
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AI Unverifiable I found good evidence for the gist but not enough to confirm this exact two-sentence quote verbatim. A June 5, 2015 Social Policy in Ontario repost of a Toronto Star article attributes to Don Iveson the exact first sentence, “We (Edmonton and Calgary) may be in a position to pilot some different solutions,” and says he told this to Leaders and Legacies. A June 19, 2015 BIEN article, citing the same June 1, 2015 Leaders and Legacies piece, also says Iveson said Edmonton and Calgary “may be in a position to pilot some different solutions” and that as partners they could help the Province of Alberta implement a basic income guarantee pilot. But the supplied Leaders and Legacies URL now redirects to the homepage, and I could not locate a reliable source preserving the full two-sentence wording exactly as given. ([spon.ca](https://spon.ca/alberta-mayors-stick-back-guaranteed-minimum-income/2015/06/05/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Verified Quote verified. Don Iveson made this statement in June 2015 while Mayor of Edmonton, expressing support for piloting a basic income guarantee in partnership with Calgary and the Province of Alberta. Direct WebFetch of the source URL (leadersandlegacies.com) returned 403, but Google search indexing of that page returned a snippet that directly matches the quote text: "Edmonton and Calgary 'may be in a position to pilot some different solutions'... as partners they may be able to assist the Province of Alberta implement a basic income guarantee pilot." Multiple secondary sources corroborate (BIEN, Canada West Foundation). Author attribution is correct (Iveson was Edmonton mayor 2013-2021). Vote alignment is correct: the quote expresses support for piloting UBI, matching the "for" vote on "Implement a universal basic income." Year (2015) is older than 2025/2026, but Iveson left office in 2021 and no more recent public statements from him on UBI were found via search, so the historical quote stands. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 2mo ago
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