Loonies are arranged for a photograph in Toronto on July 25, 2018. Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative government announced Tuesday that it will scrap the province’s basic income pilot project.
The previous Liberal government had launched it to give away free money in the hopes it would make recipients healthier and encourage them to get more education.
The program launched in April 2017 and reached full enrollment with 4,000 participants a year later. Residents of a range of cities and towns — Thunder Bay, Hamilton, Lindsay, Brantford and Brant County — were eligible.Basic income, sometimes called guaranteed income or minimum income, is […]
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