Everything you need to know about PEI’s Targeted Basic Income Program

Everything you need to know about PEI's Targeted Basic Income Program

Officials say more than 600 clients receiving social assistance participate in the program. They say expanding beyond that would require more support from the federal government. (Stefan Malloch/Shutterstock – photo credit) As the cost of living continues to rise in households across Prince Edward Island, there are renewed calls for governments to implement basic income guarantee programs.

Earlier this year, Social Development and Seniors Minister Barb Ramsay said her government remains committed to introducing a basic income and is working to get a program in place within the next four years – for which the province has federal support will […]

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