Province gets input on implementing basic income in welfare system

Province gets input on implementing basic income in welfare system

Doing away with existing social assistance models for a so-called guaranteed basic income program was the focus of a public forum Monday night.

About 200 people from various local social service groups, representatives of poverty advocacy groups and those in poverty themselves gathered in Vanier Hall at the University of Windsor to share ideas about how the province should proceed on the concept of basic income.

Windsor was the 14th of 15 cities across the province that have received visits from the Basic Income Pilot Project consultation.“We’re going to try and get some ideas from people in Windsor as to what […]

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