A Canadian province just killed one of the world’s largest basic income pilot projects

A Canadian province just killed one of the world's largest basic income pilot projects

Ontario Premier Doug Ford reacts during his unofficial swearing in ceremony in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 29, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Ontario’s new premier, Doug Ford, killed its three-year basic income pilot project.

The project was started under Ontario’s former government in July of 2017.

Ford promised he wouldn’t kill the project during the election campaign . The new government of Ontario, Canada’s largest province, killed its basic income pilot project on Tuesday.Nearly 4,000 people in Ontario were receiving a no-strings-attached monthly stipend through the project, which was put into place by former premier Kathleen Wynne’s Liberal […]

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