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An ongoing basic income pilot in Canada’s most populous province that gave people with low incomes a no-strings-attached monthly support payment was unceremoniously cancelled on Tuesday by the administration of newly elected Progressive Conservative Premier Doug Ford. Under the Ontario basic income pilot, individuals who make under $34,000 CAD annually received up to $17,000 per year, and couples earning under $48,000 received up to $24,000, minus 50 percent of any earned income; people with disabilities received up to $6,000 more per year. The basic income pilot got off to a slow start in October of 2017 […]

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An ongoing basic income pilot in Canada’s most populous province that gave people with low incomes a no-strings-attached monthly support payment was unceremoniously cancelled on Tuesday by the administration of newly elected Progressive Conservative Premier Doug Ford .

Under the Ontario basic income pilot, individuals who make under $34,000 CAD annually received up to $17,000 per year, and couples earning under $48,000 received up to $24,000, minus 50 percent of any earned income; people with disabilities received up to $6,000 more per year.The basic income pilot got off to a slow start in July of 2017 […]

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