Jessie Golem, centre, speaks at Queen’s Park on April 22, 2024, alongside lawyer Stephen Moreau, right, and basic income advocate Sheila Regehr. (Submitted by Jessie Golem) Jessie Golem has spent much of the last six years sharing the stories of participants in Ontario’s basic income pilot program.
A former participant herself, the Hamilton photographer says the promise of three years of guaranteed income was life-changing.
She was one of 4,000 low-income earners who signed up for the pilot in 2017. At the time, she was working four jobs and hoping to start a full-time photography business. The pilot gave Golem the […]
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