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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Ireland introduces world’s first permanent basic income scheme for artists
The Business Standard Ireland has introduced what is being described as the world’s first permanent basic income scheme for artists, offering selected recipients €325 per week to support their creative work. The Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) programme will
The US is headed for mass unemployment, and no one is prepared
The Hill For years, I opposed Universal Basic Income, firmly and reflexively. I treated it as a liberal fantasy — an invitation to idleness, a subsidy for stagnation, a sedative administered by a bloated state. Work, I believed, wasn’t merely how
Bristol Cable Universal basic income, in simple terms, means the state providing citizens with a bare-bones income that allows them to survive and keep a roof over their head. It’s an idea that’s been kicking around for decades and periodically
Finland’s Social Security Overhaul: How Basic Income Trials Are Reshaping Nordic Welfare Policy
WPN Finland’s bold experiment with universal basic income, which concluded several years ago, continues to reverberate through European policy circles as the Nordic nation embarks on a comprehensive overhaul of its social security system. The Finnish government’s latest proposals represent
Universal basic income could be used to soften hit from AI job losses in UK, minister says
The Guardian The UK could introduce a universal basic income (UBI) to protect workers in industries that are being disrupted by AI, the investment minister Jason Stockwood has said. “Bumpy” changes to society caused by the introduction of the technology
A monthly basic income for artists in Scotland? What a marvellous idea
The Herald In October, Ireland made permanent a pilot scheme guaranteeing a monthly basic income for artists. Trialled in the pandemic aftermath of 2022, the Basic Income for the Arts ensured working artists chosen would receive a no-strings-attached €1,300 per
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