NEWS

12/02/2025

BIG-NS’s Mandy Kay-Raining Bird and Pierre Stevens were witnesses in a discussion of Guaranteed Basic Income at the Nova Scotia Standing Committee on Community Services

Read the article and watch the interview

11/18/2025

PEI Minister reports Ottawa gave PEI Project a ‘hard no’.

Advocates vow to keep on working.

Read the CBC story

11/4/2025

BIG-NS Endorses Response to 2025 Federal Budget

Read the Press Release Here

05/09/2025

How to build a national basic income program - at half the cost

Policy Options Article by economists Wayne Simpson and Benoit Robidoux

09/12/2025

October 7th Lobby Day in Ottawa: Speaking up in support of the PEI Guaranteed Basic Income Project

An Op-Ed by Marie Burge and Susan Hartley

09/17/2025

A Smarter Way to Fight Poverty: Guaranteed Basic Income

An Op-Ed by Barb Boraks

09/23/2025

Security starts at home with a basic income guarantee

An Op-Ed by Susan Hartley

9/23/2025

Could Basic Income Work in the Yukon?

A new report says yes.

Read the interview with Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition Coordinator, Keitha Clark.

Read the CBC Interview here
Read Susan's Op Ed here
Read Barb's Op Ed Here
Read their Op-Ed here
Read the Article

07/09/2025

Nova Scotia Municipalities back basic income

Read the Article here

03/20/2025

New Op Ed on basic income

Read it here

03/10/2025

Halifax Examiner Op Ed: Canada needs to step up and provide Canadians with sustainable income security