Basic Income Canada Network is a unique national organization dedicated to ensuring everyone can meet basic needs and live with dignity.
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Basic Income Canada Network submits brief for pre-budget consultations by Canadian government
ON Elections Advocacy for Basic Income
BICN along with other collaborators are unitedly forwarding the Basic Income Agenda as we move towards the Ontario Election on June 2nd.
Join us in lending your support. Here are some of the actions that you can take in your ridings:
On Now! The BIG Conference 2022
It’s Time to Get BIG: The Stats, the Stories, The Steps
The only annual basic income guarantee conference in North America is getting a new name: The BIG Conference.
There is great Canadian content throughout, with special sessions on virtual day on June 25. Registration lets you attend any session you want while it’s happening (June 23-25) and/or watch the recorded version later – so it’s a fabulous deal.
Take this incredible opportunity to come together to focus on the issues that matter enormously to everyone and that can only strengthen the basic income movement in Canada!
See the french video here. Join us to make Basic Income a call that cannot be ignored this election.
YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS!
By adding your name, you help make our message stronger. Each signature helps to build momentum and places basic income on the radar of politicians, the media and fellow Canadians.
What Is Basic Income?
A basic income guarantee could completely change the way you make decisions and live your life.
HOW CAN I HELP?
Basic income movements are happening on local, provincial/territorial, national and international levels.
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.
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Alternative federal budget would include a basic income
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
‘Free Money’ Review: An Eye-Opening Look at Universal Basic Income in Action
The Hollywood Reporter In one of her first meetings with the villagers of Kogutu, Caroline Teti, an employee of the fast-growing nonprofit GiveDirectly, tells them,
Ottawa group says there’s enough evidence to support a basic income program
City News An Ottawa group is advocating for a basic, livable income for those living below the poverty line. Joe Foster, who is involved in the
Deadline In rural Kenya, $22 a month can go a long, long way. We’re talking a life-changing sum of money. That figure is, in fact,
Guaranteed Income Programs Spread, City by City
New York Times Early in the pandemic, Alondra Barajas had a temporary job for the Census Bureau, doing phone work from the two-bedroom apartment she
Denver to give direct payments to most vulnerable homeless groups in test of universal basic income
The Denver Post Denver is going to try a new tactic in its efforts to stem the tide of the metro area’s seemingly ever-growing homelessness crisis:
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“I support the idea of a basic income guarantee for everyone in Canada.” “Je soutiens l’idée d’un revenu de base garanti pour tous au Canada.”
