OTTAWA, NOVEMBER 4, 2025—Budget 2025 arrives at a pivotal moment. In an era of rising uncertainty, we applaud the government’s commitment to a stronger and more sovereign Canada. But we…
In the coming months, the Irish government’s pioneering three-year pilot scheme of Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) will come to an end, with a decision on its future hanging in the balance ahead of the upcoming budget.
Canadians are at the breaking point. There is a solution! Inflation, economic uncertainty and growing levels of poverty and inequality are taking a toll that Canada has the capacity to…
By Sid Frankel, University of Manitoba On September 22 the Canadian Centre on Policy Alternatives released Alternative Federal Budget 2023: Rising to the Challenge: An Agenda for Public Leadership. Its…
Sheila Regehr, Chair, BICN On September 1, 2022, the basic income movement lost Harvey Stevens after a long battle with cancer. As someone who loved statistics he calculated that on…
Essay by Miranda Reid A universal basic income has been proven through numerous studies and trials to be incredibly beneficial to the well-being of both communities and individuals. Mental health…
There is certainly no doubt that the 2021 Federal Budget will provide some help to some people, depending on their situation. That’s the problem. What the budget needed to do…
The 19th North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress will be held virtually June 17-19, 2021. Theme: Basic Income: Knowledge, Activism, Policy The program committee is now accepting proposals for papers,…
On January 28, the B.C. panel on basic income released its 500-page report with 65 recommendations; it does not support basic income as a central pillar of its plan. The…
BICN, over the years, has encouraged a wide range of thought and work on basic income concepts, research, pilots and policy proposals. In our own modelling we developed three different…