St. Thomas wants to become a test site for Ontario’s Basic Income pilot project, a social welfare system overhaul that’s set to roll out in select communities later this year. City council and its Elgin county counterparts endorsed the plan last week and are hoping the region will be chosen to participate. (Jennifer Bieman/Times-Journal) Forget Jumbo the elephant, St. Thomas really wants to be a guinea pig instead.
The Railway City is jumping at the chance to be part of Ontario’s Basic Income pilot project – an ambitious overhaul of the social welfare system that guarantees a single monthly stipend […]
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