Etanda Arden says Ontario’s basic income pilot project helped her feel like a better parent to her 13-year-old daughter, Tyler-Rose. Etanda Arden’s phone used to ring constantly with calls from bill collectors.
The single mother was studying full-time at Lakehead University, paying for rent and groceries with payments from the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). She was behind by $300 every month, so she’d pay half her bills one month and half the next, never catching up.
Arden struggled with depression and anxiety."I found that it really affected me as a student and as a parent. I was always preoccupied, thinking […]
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