Photo series gives a voice to people hurting after basic income project cancellation

Photo series gives a voice to people hurting after basic income project cancellation

A Hamilton photographer is working to show the human side of the Ford government’s decision to end Ontario’s basic income pilot project.

Jessie Golem was one of the more than 4,000 people from Thunder Bay, Lindsay, Hamilton, Brantford and Brant County who signed up for the program with hopes of a creating a better quality of life using its monthly basic income payments.

News of the government’s decision to end the pilot early left her feeling "shocked and devastated" — not to mention powerless. Thank you so much for following the stories of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HumansofBasicIncome?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HumansofBasicIncome</a>. I can’t believe how many […]

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