Ontario’s Children, Community and Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod who announced cuts to the province’s welfare program. ( Photo Credit: CHRIS YOUNG / THE CANADIAN PRESS) During the Ontario provincial election campaign, the 4,000 participants in Ontario’s Universal Basic Income (UBI) pilot program were eager to know whether the program would survive if Doug Ford’s Conservatives were elected to form the next government. These individuals had planned their lives with the expectation that they would receive three years of guaranteed income. Some made decisions to return to school or to move into better housing. The statement from Ford’s campaign […]
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