Ontario Government Defends Nixing Basic Income After Study Shows Trial’s Benefits

Ontario Government Defends Nixing Basic Income After Study Shows Trial's Benefits

Ontario Minister of Children, Community and Social Services Todd Smith is seen at Queen’s Park in Toronto on May 27, 2019. TORONTO — Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government says it has no regrets about cancelling a basic income pilot project even though a recent study found it vastly improved people’s health and helped many find better jobs.

“One of the first campaign promises your government broke was to complete the basic income pilot,” Green party Leader Mike Schreiner told Premier Doug Ford in the legislature Thursday.

“Without citing any evidence, you told us that it wasn’t working because it was preventing people […]

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