Spotlight shines on Basic Income poverty pilot project in Hamilton

Spotlight shines on Basic Income poverty pilot project in Hamilton

Hamilton’s participation as a test community in Ontario’s Basic Income Pilot Project is receiving international media attention.

The spotlight is shining on Hamilton’s role in a three-year experiment where about 1,000 people in the city living in poverty will receive a no-strings attached base income.

Media reports on the basic income pilot project in Ontario have recently been published in the U.K. and U.S., and a correspondent from PBS NewsHour was in town this week to interview participants.Attention may increase with the Basic Income Congress coming to the city in May."Hamilton is like the epicentre of this important and growing […]

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