Kawartha Lakes health unit backs a determined push for a guaranteed basic income

Kawartha Lakes health unit backs a determined push for a guaranteed basic income

Health unit’s governing board of health endorses a Simcoe Muskoka plea that the federal government revisit the issue now and take action

Lindsay was one of the municipalities involved in the Ontario Basic Income Pilot Program, which the Ford government prematurely cancelled in 2019. Hamilton photographer Jessie Golem’s "Humans of Basic Income" photographic series showed the human side of the Ontario government’s decision to cancel the program. Since the federal government’s Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) esssentially provided a basic income for those unable to work due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some public health units in Ontario are […]

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