PCs defend move to axe basic income pilot project

PCs defend move to axe basic income pilot project

Lisa Macleod, Ontario’s Children, Community and Social Services Minister, speaks during Question Period at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on Wednesday, August 1, 2018.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young TORONTO — The Ontario government is defending its decision to cancel the province’s basic income pilot project, suggesting the program discouraged participants from finding work.

Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod says that giving people money “with no strings attached” goes against the government’s goal of getting people back on track and making them productive members of society.

The minister announced Tuesday that the province would be “winding down” the program, which gave payments to […]

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