According to Herzallah, the Ontario Basic Income Pilot deserved a chance before its dismissal. It’s time to stop dismissing basic income as a fantasy and act to seriously test its merits.
In April 2017, the Ontario Liberals announced the launch of the Ontario Basic Income Pilot (OBIP)—the first attempt at introducing a basic income in the province and one of the largest trials of its kind in the world.
The trial aimed to measure the impact basic income payments had on the lives of participants such as food security, mental and physical health, housing stability, education, and so on. After a […]
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