In Ontario, Canada, a three-year program providing monthly, unconditional cash payments to about 4,000 people has been canceled.
The provincial government said the basic income pilot will end in March 2019, one year earlier than originally planned.
Jagmeet Singh, the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, has called for the federal government to fund the remainder of Ontario’s pilot. Singh said Tuesday that it is “morally very reprehensible” for the provincial government to cut off cash payments to those who signed up for the program. The leader of Canada’s third-largest political party is calling for […]
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