Ontario plans to launch universal basic income trial run this summer

Ontario plans to launch universal basic income trial run this summer

24 April 2017 at 22:08 The Canadian province of Ontario will launch a trial run of universal basic income with around 4,000 participants this summer, making it the first North American government in decades to test out a policy touted as a panacea to poverty, bloated bureaucracy and the rise of precarious work.

Participants in the three-year, C$150m pilot program will be drawn from the the cities of Hamilton, Thunder Bay and Lindsay. A randomly selected mail-out will invite applications in the coming months, with participants screened to ensure they are between the ages of 18 and 64 years and […]

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