Advocating for a livable basic
income guarantee
For everyone who needs it
It’s time.
Join us.
How would a basic income transform your life?
Why a basic income?
Canada already provides income security for low-income seniors through Old Age Security (OAS) and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), and also supplements low-income families with children through the Canada Child Benefit (CCB). The Canada Disability Benefit provides some income for those who qualify for the Canada Disability Tax Credit.
We now need a livable Basic Income Guarantee (BIG), also known as a Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI), for low-income working-age adults to ensure everyone has an income sufficient to meet their basic needs and live with dignity, regardless of their work status.
Who we are
Basic Income BC (BIBC) was created to join the many organizations and individuals across Canada advocating for a livable BIG for working-age adults (18-64) who need it. We know there are many in BC who support this call. We invite you to join BIBC and strengthen the basic income movement in BC and across Canada.
A two-pronged approach is needed to make BIG a reality in Canada:
- First, we must convince the federal government that we need a BIG that will establish an income floor for working-age adults that eliminates the risk of living in, or falling into, poverty.
- Second, every province and territory must enter into discussions with the federal government to determine how a new federal BIG benefit will harmonize with their provincial income assistance system (welfare) to deliver a livable benefit for their working-age residents that both raises people out of poverty and prevents people from falling into poverty.
Call to Action!
We call on our federal MPs and Senators, and our provincial/territorial Legislators to rebuild our social safety net for the 21st Century, with a livable Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) for working-age adults (18-64) as a cornerstone of our economic, social and environmental resiliency.
Today, a tariff war with America and China threatens Canadian jobs and livelihoods and worsens the affordability crisis. Income security is now a major concern for many Canadians as we face 21st Century threats to our health, our safety, our security and to our very sovereignty as a nation. We are living in unstable and chaotic times, and a strong social safety net that provides a stable reliable income support for all of us when we need it, is critical to our national sense of safety and wellbeing.
We need a new and improved social safety net that provides BOTH an income floor AND social supports and services that ensures no one is left behind. It is what Canadians need and what our communities want in order to transition from risk to resilience.
We support a Guaranteed Basic Income Demonstration Project in Prince Edward Island that could be scaled up to a national benefit and income security for all working-age adults, when they need it. Read here how this demonstration project aligns with Prime Minister Carney’s priorities.
We need a livable Guaranteed Basic Income NOW!
Questions?
To learn more about BIG see Frequently Asked Questions about a basic income guarantee.
Or email us with your questions at basicincomebc@gmail.com.
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