Ontario, Canada has scrapped its experiment with basic income–a hot but largely untested idea for reducing poverty–before any results could be gleaned, sparking criticism from researchers and outrage from program recipients.
The project, introduced in 2017 and expected to last for three years, provided a basic income to 4,000 low-income people. But with the election of conservative Doug Ford[ as Ontario’s premier in June, the program was cancelled earlier this week.
“I feel I have been stabbed in the back by my own government,” one income recipient told Business Insider . “I honestly have no idea what’s happening next because there […]
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