Annual basic income pilot project about to take off
By PAT WATSON
Four thousand households in Hamilton, Thunder Bay and Lindsay are about take part in what has been termed a pilot project to learn the effects of receiving an annual basic income.This experiment set to run for three years has been decades in the making, with retired Conservative senator Hugh Segal having been a driving force.The $75-million fund will give provide single persons just under $17,000 per year, equivalent to 75 per cent of an annual low-income measure of about $22,650, while couples would receive about $24,000. A […]
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