Ontario Basic Income Pilot

• City of Kawartha Lakes residents react to final payment from Ontario Basic Income pilot project

  Participants of the Basic Income Pilot program protested outside the office of Conservative MPP Laurie Scott in Lindsay on Monday.

  Politics

  Mar 26, 2019
  
• Jagmeet Singh says feds should take over Ontario basic income pilot scrapped by Ford

  Singh says the premature end of the pilot will make it impossible to amass enough data to determine how effective a basic income program could be in lifting Canadians out of poverty.

  Canada

  Oct 23, 2018
  
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• Could a guaranteed basic income help people in B.C. escape the ‘welfare trap?’

  "Most people actually don't want to live their whole lives on $17,000 a year, they want a bit more than that. And they want a bit more comfort."

  Mar 12, 2018
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• A little late for Wynne pilot projects

  Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has announced a pilot project introducing a basic income in the test cities of Hamilton, Thunder Bay, and the town of Lindsay.

  Commentary

  Apr 25, 2017