Court turns down request to overturn Ontario basic income cancellation

Court turns down request to overturn Ontario basic income cancellation

About 4,000 people were getting basic income in Ontario as part of a three-year pilot program. An Ontario court has quashed an attempt at a judicial review into the program’s cancellation. (Humans of Basic Income/Jessie Golem) An Ontario court has dismissed an attempt by basic income recipients to get a judicial review of the program’s cancellation.

A three-judge panel ruled Thursday that the court can’t review a provincial policy decision. So it can’t review the Ontario government’s decision to cancel the project.

"The responsibility for the management of the public funds rests with the government and not the court, as does […]

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