4,000 Canadian families will soon get paid by Ontario for doing nothing

4,000 Canadian families will soon get paid by Ontario for doing nothing

Kathleen Wynne, the premier of Ontario, speaks during an event at the Vector Institute in Toronto on March 30, 2017. On April 24, Wynne announced that Ontario will launch a three-year, basic-income pilot project. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg) OTTAWA — The government of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, is joining the basic-income bandwagon with the launch of a three-year pilot program that will test how paying people an unconditional basic wage works in practice.

“Many people are concerned about what the world is promising their kids,” Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne said at a Monday news conference announcing the three-year experiment. “It’s a […]

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