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.

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.

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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A generational investment

July 14, 2026

Saltwire A basic income guarantee is coming. One day we will wonder how we ever accepted a society without it. How was it that some people were denied the basics for a dignified life, while others were allowed to decimate

AI is speeding up the deadline for basic income

June 29, 2026

BIEN Basic income was always justified because it is a foundation for human flourishing. Whether the economy is booming or falling does not change that principle. The rise of AI is compounding the justification because it will make an economy

Universal basic income, the utopian idea resurging in Silicon Valley

June 29, 2026

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Does AI make the case for a UBI?

June 25, 2026

Canadian Affairs In early June, Ottawa unveiled AI for All, a strategy aimed at increasing AI adoption from about 12 per cent of Canadian businesses today to 60 per cent by 2034. The strategy projects broader AI adoption will lead to

Korean Prime Minister Kim Proposes Linking AI Wealth to Basic Income

June 25, 2026

Chosun Prime Minister Kim Min-seok said on June 24, “I am considering the idea of combining the massive wealth (wealth) that will arise in relation to the AI, artificial intelligence, great transformation with basic income.” During his visit to China,

These Iowans were given $500 a month. Here’s how they spent it.

June 25, 2026

Axios A universal basic income project in central Iowa found that giving low-income families $500 a month helped them take action to improve their households. Why it matters: While some may assume that people work less if they’re given money, the study

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