Welcome to the
BIG Forum Website!
First created for the landmark 2024 Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) Forum held in Ottawa, the website is evolving into a growing library/resource centre. Anyone can use it to keep building knowledge, connection and action for the kind of income security that everyone in Canada needs and deserves.
We invite you to read the Report and sign on to the Consensus Statement.
Then explore. You’ll find material on:
- Government programs and initiatives (federal, provincial, territorial, municipal)
- Research and analysis (academic and civil society)
- Public education (plain language explainers, short videos)
- Tools for mobilizing (‘how to’ guides, stories, examples).
We welcome contributions.
Every day, headlines showcase people struggling with the crises we face—in food insecurity, housing affordability, precarious jobs, extreme weather, mental distress, discrimination, the disruption of artificial intelligence, anxiety about today, and lack of hope for the future.
These issues and many others are not only about income, but they are always about income. When we have income security enough to meet basic needs, then we have options, we have capacity to help ourselves and each other, we can manage transitions and take good risks, we can fix other problems. The need is urgent! The solutions are effective and affordable.
