Is $17,000 a good enough starting point for basic income?

Is $17,000 a good enough starting point for basic income?

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne (REUTERS/Mark Blinch) The majority of Canadians support Ontario’s basic income program but four in ten question whether the magic number – $17,000 – is enough.

An online survey of around 2,000 Canadians by Campaign Research found that 53 per cent approve of Ontario’s basic income pilot, which will support a select 4,000 low-income earners in Hamilton, Thunder Bay and Lindsay with up to $16,989 per year and $24,027 for a couple (less 50 per cent of any earned income) in a bid to pin down the effects it can have on job prospects and quality of […]

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