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
12/03/2025
Halifax Examiner story about the December 2nd Standing Committee meeting.
The headline is a little misleading, but the story content is right on.
01/20/2026
The Root Cause of Food Insecurity is Insufficient Income
An interesting article by Jennifer Black, Amanda White, and Elaine Power in The Conversation about food insecurity in Canada and what can be done about it. The first recommendation: consider a basic income guarantee to address the root cause.
12/22/2025
Basic Income in Canada is closer than you think
An excellent article by Nancy Wilson in The Rabble. Every point spot-on!
11/18/2025
PEI Minister reports Ottawa gave PEI Project a ‘hard no’.
Advocates vow to keep on working.
11/4/2025
BIG-NS Endorses Response to 2025 Federal Budget
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.
07/09/2025
Nova Scotia Municipalities back basic income
03/20/2025
New Op Ed on basic income
03/10/2025