Agencies keeping eye on basic income

Agencies keeping eye on basic income

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Orillia’s social service agencies are taking a wait-and-see approach with a pilot project to offer a basic annual income to those living in three Ontario cities.

"I’m excited in one sense to see how it rolls out," said Liz Westcott, executive director of Green Haven Shelter for Women. "It could make the world of difference."Premier Kathleen Wynne announced earlier this week that the province would launch its guaranteed annual income pilot project in Hamilton, Lindsay and Thunder Bay later this spring.The project, which will see Ontario invest $50 million for each year of the three-year pilot program, […]

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