TORONTO — A basic income pilot project aimed at reducing poverty in Ontario is failing and many of the participants have dropped out, the province’s Progressive Conservative government said Wednesday as it defended its controversial decision to wind down the program.
Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod said pilot participants would receive their cheques past August, and the program’s end date would be announced later this month.
"I just wanted to point out, to begin with, the basic income research project is failing, and it’s plain and simple," MacLeod said during Question Period. "The (previous) Liberal government had difficulty signing people up […]
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