There is a great community need to address poverty in the Lindsay area, according to retired local businessman Doug Dent, and that’s why he is welcoming the Province’s basic income pilot this fall.
Dent, formerly of Dent Industrial Sales, says basic income “frees people up to live their lives” and pursue other opportunities, from more education to better work.
“It gets them off that bottom rung,” he tells The Lindsay Advocate . “Some people need more help than others and we should be prepared to do that as a society.”Dent is certain that a small minority of people will take advantage […]
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