TORONTO – The mayors of four Ontario cities are urging the federal government to take over a basic income pilot project that’s being cut short by the province, arguing the program provides valuable data that could be used to address poverty.
In a joint letter, the mayors of Hamilton, Thunder Bay, Brantford and Kawartha Lakes — communities that participated in the pilot — called on federal Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos to assume oversight of the program, which the province’s Progressive Conservatives have claimed is failing.
“The Ontario government’s cancellation of the pilot is distressing to participants and discouraging to all […]
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