KAWARTHA LAKES-A group of residents concerned about the cancellation of the Basic Income Pilot Project are staging a sit-in at MPP Laurie Scott’s office in Lindsay today.
The protesters are demanding an apology from the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, Lisa MacLeod, for the government’s treatment of participants in the basic income pilot program. Today marks the final basic income payment given the Ford government’s early termination of the three-year program. Ending the program early, and without informing participants directly of the reason, abruptly sends participants back well under the poverty line.
Demonstrators are serving cake outside the Conservative […]
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