Ontario, Canada
In the 1970s, a basic income experiment took place in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Forty years later, Ontario has expressed interest in following up on that trial with a study of its own.
The government hasn’t yet released many details of the trial yet, which will likely begin in spring 2017, though it has aside roughly $19 million to fund it.Ontario Works, the jobs department of the Ontario government, is asking the public to weigh in via an online survey . The survey includes projected payment amounts, provisions, and general questions about interest in basic income. […]
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