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
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
Halifax Examiner Op Ed: Canada needs to step up and provide Canadians with sustainable income security
Canada Coalition Basic Income, 2022 pre-budget submission
Recommendations
1. Introduce a livable national Basic Income Guarantee using local costs of living, indexed annually and delivered monthly, to residents of Canada aged 18 to 64.
2. Recognize that indigenous people must be key players with the Federal Government in designing a Basic Income Guarantee in ways suited to the needs of their communities both on reserve and off.
3. Design a national Basic Income Guarantee program conditional only on income and residency in Canada that delivers the greatest support to working-aged adults with lowest incomes.
4. Engage with each province and territory to harmonize the income transfers they receive as the federal government assumes responsibility for income transfers to working-age adults, starting with Prince Edward Island.