Brockville City Hall. Brockville is formally interested in becoming a test site for Ontario’s planned basic income project.
City council on Tuesday endorsed without discussion a recommendation by its finance, administration and operations committee that the city “formally express (its) interest in being considered for a Guaranteed Annual Income Pilot Project that has already been announced by the Province of Ontario.”
Members endorsed the recommendation as part of the “consent agenda,” a package of motions approved without discussion.The pilot program, which would replace both Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), would “help lift more people out of poverty, […]
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