Basic Income Canada Network advances human-rights based public policy that ensures everyone has enough income to meet basic needs, live with dignity, and participate in society and the economy.
As the need for basic income grows, we are often asked how Canada could best design and pay for it. To answer that, we asked a team to model some fair, effective and feasible options. Our report, Basic Income: Some Policy Options for Canada does just that.
At BICN we are thrilled by the success of the BIG Forum held in May in Ottawa and the positive energy people told us it generated.
As Forum co-lead, we found it truly inspiring to connect with 334 people from across the country and beyond and from diverse organizations, 223 in person and 111 virtually! Missed it? Or want to take the experience forward? Please read the report…and share it. You can also go to the Forum website to learn more and access session recordings and high school contest essays.
It’s time for a basic income
A better, fairer Canada that works for everyone. A future where people can meet their basic needs and live with dignity.
It’s what we all want. And I truly believe it’s within our reach, with your help. We’ve seen how quickly people can turn their life around for the better when a basic income is introduced.
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Marshall Islands Launches Nationwide Universal Basic Income Program Using Digital Infrastructure
Korea Times The Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has introduced a nationwide Universal Basic Income (UBI) program, marking the first country to implement a long-term, nationally funded UBI system. Payments to eligible citizens will begin later
Ottawa ‘isn’t interested’ in funding P.E.I.’s guaranteed basic income pilot, minister says
CBC News Prince Edward Island’s social development minister says the federal government isn’t interested in funding the province’s guaranteed basic income pilot project — at least not right now. It’s been nearly a decade since P.E.I. MLAs unanimously supported the
Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income
This week’s federal budget has overwhelmingly focused on tax breaks and benefits for those with most. Meanwhile, Canada also loses tens of billions of dollars each year due to expensive and inadequate responses to those trapped in poverty. “It doesn’t have
Business Insider A group of Democratic lawmakers wants to test a new kind of social safety net: a monthly paycheck provided by the federal government to spend however you want. New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman said she is reintroducing
Automatic tax filing could pave the way to a universal basic income in Canada
Globe and Mail Earlier this month, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada will begin automatic tax filing in 2027, with a full rollout expecting to benefit 5.5 million individuals by 2029. This marks an important advancement for Canada’s tax-and-transfer system. Currently, many
Canada’s Most Important Capital Is Human —To Build Canada Strong, Guarantee a Basic Income
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 face growing inequality and precarity with too many people being
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