Council votes to send basic income delegation to ask questions, lobby province

Council votes to send basic income delegation to ask questions, lobby province

Basic income delegation going before province. Smiths Falls Record News

And just when we thought the basic income pilot issue was dead before council — it was resurrected by Mayor Shawn Pankow.

In a surprise amendment put forward by Pankow at council’s special committee of the whole meeting on Jan. 16., the topic of the the provincially-led basic income pilot was allowed to be brought before council for the third time — again for the purpose of requesting council’s approval to send a delegation to lobby the province at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) being held at the end of […]

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