The news that the new Government of Ontario has disgracefully decided to scrap the basic income (BI) experiments is incredibly disappointing and short-sighted. Coming on the back of the decision in Finland to not extend the experiments there this could appear to be a major setback for the global BI agenda.
Moreover, it’s a huge blow for the 4,000 people participating in the pilot, and who after a relatively short time reported numerous positive effects of boosted economic security. Participants are rightly feeling betrayed by a government that only a few months ago — midelection — suggested it would leave […]
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