Basic Income Canada Network is a unique national organization dedicated to ensuring everyone can meet basic needs and live with dignity.

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. The conference will be held from June 24-26, 2022. The theme is It’s Time to Get BIG: The Stats, The Stories, The Steps. The first two days will take place live and in-person in Portland, Oregon, with some sessions available for live stream. The third conference day will be virtual and held jointly with BICN (Basic Income Canada Network) and BICYN (Basic Income Canada Youth Network). Register below. Why not promote it? Here is a toolkit.

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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.

HOW CAN I LEARN MORE?

We’ve developed resources to support informed action by all Canadians.

Groundbreaking report shows how Canada could fund a basic income

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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what we stand for

We want a basic income implemented in Canada, one that is grounded in principles of universality, adequacy, non-conditionality, autonomy, dignity, and economic and gender equality, and that works in synergy with public services. We stand with people in Canada calling on their governments to make basic income a reality.

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January 7, 2022

Bonne Année! Happy New Year! All of us at Basic Income Canada Network (BICN), Basic Income CanadaYouth Network (BICYN), and Coalition Canada, basic income –

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