Federal Liberals Reject P.E.I.’s Basic Income Funding Request

Federal Liberals Reject P.E.I.'s Basic Income Funding Request

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has declined to help fund a basic income experiment on Prince Edward Island.

The legislature in Canada’s smallest province voted unanimously last December to ask the federal government to partner with the province on a basic income trial.

But in an update on its efforts on Thursday, the provincial government said federal Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos offered “to provide data to support P.E.I. in developing a pilot” but did not offer any financial support. Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has declined to help fund a basic income experiment on […]

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