Hello and welcome to Business Daily from the BBC with me, Manuela Saragossa.

Coming up, imagine if all governments paid everyone a basic income.

It's not hard to do.

The best part is that it gives you security.

You can try something different.

Start your own enterprise, take training. You still

got some money, still got the basic income. That's in Finland, but now the Canadian province of

Ontario has become the latest authority to pilot a basic income for all. We'll hear why some

believe it's a panacea for poverty and the rise of temporary workers.

The income distribution system of the 20th century has broken down.

Even if you get near full employment and quite rapid economic growth,

the wages of the precaria stay stagnant.

That's all here in Business Daily from the BBC.

It sounds somewhat utopian, but social scientists, technologists and politicians from across

the political spectrum think they have a potential solution to the unemployment that automation

and artificial intelligence are expected to create.

It's called a universal basic income, and it involves getting the state to pay a fixed sum to all its citizens,

regardless of whether they have a job or not. This week, the Canadian province of Ontario

became the latest authority to trial a basic income with 4,000 households.

Kathleen Wynne is the province's premier.

The changing nature of work is leaving some people vulnerable.

They're working contract to contract or they're otherwise dealing with an unstable or precarious work

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