Mayors ask Ottawa to take over Ontario’s basic income pilot project

Four Ontario mayors are urging the federal government to take over the province’s basic income pilot project, saying many participants in their communities were thriving and that the research from it would provide “critical information.”

“We would prefer the province do what they promised to do during the campaign, but they’ve decided not to,” said Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger, one of the signatories, referring to a statement from a senior official on Premier Doug Ford’s election team who said the program would continue as planned. Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger has joined three other Ontario mayors urging Ottawa to step in […]

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Mayors ask Ottawa to take over Ontario’s basic income pilot project

Four Ontario mayors are urging the federal government to take over the province’s basic income pilot project, saying many participants in their communities were thriving and that the research from it would provide “critical information.”

“We would prefer the province do what they promised to do during the campaign, but they’ve decided not to,” said Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger, one of the signatories, referring to a statement from a senior official on Premier Doug Ford’s election team who said the program would continue as planned. Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger has joined three other Ontario mayors urging Ottawa to step in […]

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