Conceding she broke a Progressive Conservative election promise by axing a Wynne-era pilot program aimed at finding a new path for people on welfare, Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod says she made a “tough decision.”
The basic income pilot project involving about 6,000 people in the Hamilton, Brant, Lindsay, and Thunder Bay areas was a “disincentive” for people to find jobs, MacLeod told reporters Wednesday. Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod during question period at Queen’s Park on Aug. 1, 2018 one day after she announced that a planned increase to welfare rates would be cut in half and the basic […]
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