Short film offers view of life before and after Ontario’s basic income pilot

Short film offers view of life before and after Ontario’s basic income pilot

Reframe attendees watch A Human Picture, a short documentary about Ontario’s basic income pilot project. (Photo: Will Pearson) About 100 people gathered in the public library’s community room on January 26 for a film screening and panel discussion focused on Ontario’s abandoned basic income pilot.

Presented by the Basic Income Peterborough Network (BIPN) and the Reframe Film Festival, the film, A Human Picture , centred on various pilot participants, detailing their lived experiences during and after the pilot.

The basic income pilot program gave low-income participants in Hamilton, Thunder Bay, and Lindsay about $1,400 a month ($2,000 for couples) with few […]

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