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The Basic Income Canada Network (BICN) is organizing the 2026 Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Congress, happening Aug. 20 to 22 in Toronto, marking BIEN’s 40th anniversary.
The event is a testament to how the basic income movement has grown.
“Mark Carney is right that Canada needs bold nation-building projects. But alongside pipelines and ports and hard infrastructure, we should also be talking about social infrastructure. A basic income is nation-building too,” Tom Cooper, co-facilitator Ontario Basic Income Network and Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction, told me during a recent interview.
“It creates the stability people need to care for family, pursue education, contribute to their communities, and weather economic change with dignity rather than fear,” Cooper said.
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