News & Updates


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Canadian Women’s Chamber of Commerce statement on a Basic Income: 

Please read this article highlighting why Universal Basic Income would help women entrepreneurs soar to new heights here.


Food banks across Canada are begging to be put out of business

December 3, 2024

Please read this article from CBC here.


Opinion | Sept. 18: We don’t need any more highrises, a guaranteed basic income would help stop hunger, and other letters to the editor

September 18, 2024

Please read this new op-ed from BIWR member Mark Pancer as shared by the Record.


Housing those in need through a guaranteed basic income

November 30,  2024

Our BIWR Member, Mark Pancer, wrote an op-ed which was published in the Record.

Please feel free to read the opinion letter here:


Momentum for Basic Income around the World

The pandemic has elicited much more interest and support for a Basic Income not only in Canada but around the world. See https://basicincome.org


Basic Income Youth Collective (formerly BICYN)

The Basic Income Youth Collective was founded in 2020 to bring a youth voice to Canada’s basic income movement.

We promote economic justice in Canada by organizing and equipping young people to advocate for transformative policies like a guaranteed livable basic income. We want everyone to have enough income to meet their needs, participate meaningfully in their communities, and live with dignity.”

Learn more at: https://www.basicincomeyouth.ca/