In a move she described as necessary during an era of economic uncertainty,“ from technology to Trump ,” last week Ottawa Premier Kathleen Wynne announced a pilot project to gauge the effectiveness of a universal basic income .
The program, the Ontario Basic Income Pilot ( OBIP ), will randomly select 4,000 citizens within three regions: Hamilton, Ontario’s third-largest city and one that has seen its once-dynamic manufacturing sector struggle in recent years; Thunder Bay, a city on Lake Superior near the Minnesota border that has also seen a decline in manufacturing; and the town of Lindsay in the southeastern […]
Full Post at gmogottago.com