Ontario’s cancellation of basic income pilot is seen as a setback by B.C. proponents

VANCOUVER—A decision by the new Progressive Conservative government in Ontario to scrap a basic income pilot project is raising concerns among proponents of the policy in B.C., where a study on the subject just began last month .

The cancellation came as a surprise to David Green because it comes one year into its planned three-year term and defies a promise Ford made during last spring’s election campaign. Details about how the pilot will be wound down, including whether the approximately 4,000 people receiving funds through the program will lose their benefits, are yet to be revealed. Andrew Weaver’s Green […]

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