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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Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor
University of Michigan Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor (GIG A2) was a two-year pilot that provided monthly payments of $528 to 100 Ann Arbor entrepreneurs and gig workers with low incomes, from January 2024 through December 2025. Another 100
The Road to a Universal Basic Income
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BIEN Abstract: “We use Bayesian meta-analysis methods to estimate the impact of unconditional cash transfers (UCTs). Aggregating evidence from 115 studies of 72 UCT programs in low- and middle-income countries, we find strong and positive average treatment effects on ten
Basic Income Factsheet: UBI Works
A basic income is no longer a theoretical idea—it’s a practical, evidence‑backed investment in Canada’s future. Decades of research, from Manitoba’s Mincome to Ontario’s Basic Income Pilot and global UBI trials, show that guaranteeing a minimum income strengthens employment, improves
South Korea Moves to Create a Basic Income for Artists
BIEN South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism named an basic income for artists among six key tasks in its second-half business report, delivered at a briefing hosted by President Lee Jae-myung, and plans to have a model established
Outsider who could decide New Zealand’s next government wants to tax wealth, not work
Reuters A New Zealand party that could hold the balance of power after this year’s election wants to bring in a basic income for almost all residents that will be funded by a new land tax, with its leader saying
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