In the basic income pilot — which Doug Ford’s provincial government canceled in July 2018, before it finished — about 4,000 participants in Hamilton, Lindsay, Ont. and Thunder Bay, Ont. earning less than $34,000 received just under $17,000 annually. The program was expected to run for three years but was instead cancelled after one year. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press) The Ontario government is facing a class action lawsuit for the cancellation of the province’s basic income pilot project — an abrupt move that some say caused significant emotional and financial harm.
In a statement Tuesday, Toronto law firm Cavalluzzo LLP […]
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