Last year, Ontario’s Liberal government announced a series of basic income pilot projects. The projects would test a $1,320 per month basic income for unemployed residents of select towns in the province.
Smith’s Falls, a small city near Ottawa, has voted not to participate.
Despite support from the city’s mayor, council voted 3-2 against implementing a basic income for its residents. Smith’s Falls is still reeling from the closure of a Hershey’s plant and Stanley Tools, which together employed almost a thousand people. “I have to believe they didn’t understand what they were voting down,” said one resident . “This can […]
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