To respond to the economic challenges of the COVID-19 crisis, I have proposed a crisis basic income that would proactively send a direct deposit or cheque to the 28.5 million Canadians who filed income taxes last year. There are 30.5 million Canadians over the age of 15 and 20 million Canadians were in the labour force (working or looking for work) in February. A Crisis Basic Income would cover the vast majority of Canadians who are working, is automatic rather than application-based, and payments can be added to income and taxed, or clawed back directly when Canadians file their taxes next year.