Universal basic income ditched in Canada, even as US cities try welfare experiment

Universal basic income ditched in Canada, even as US cities try welfare experiment

A Canadian city has ditched a universal basic income welfare program after the government found it was “not sustainable,” making it the latest city around the globe to scrap the plan.

The move comes as several American cities flirt with bringing the scheme to the U.S.

Ontario’s new conservative government this week said it would end the pilot program, which gave free government funds to people in low-paying jobs — instead of welfare benefits — in the region to test whether the money helped to improve health, education and housing.The government reportedly called the plan “expensive” and “not sustainable.” Lisa MacLeod, […]

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