Basic Income Pilot
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Bill Kelly: Is Canada ready for a basic income program?The concept of a basic income is not some crazy, left-wing idea, as some critics have characterized it, says Bill Kelly.CommentarySep 14, 2020
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Jagmeet Singh says feds should take over Ontario basic income pilot scrapped by FordSingh says the premature end of the pilot will make it impossible to amass enough data to determine how effective a basic income program could be in lifting Canadians out of poverty.CanadaOct 23, 2018
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4 Ontario mayors asking feds to take over basic income pilotIn a joint letter, the mayors of Hamilton, Thunder Bay, Brantford and Kawartha Lakes, ask federal Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos to assume oversight of the program, which the province said it is ending earlier than planned.CanadaSep 7, 2018
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March 2019 to mark end of Ontario’s basic income pilotAfter pulling the plug on the pilot last month, the PC government said Friday the final payments to the 4,000 low-income recipients in several cities will be in March 2019.CanadaAug 31, 2018
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Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith reflects on first 6 weeks of new Ontario governmentPeterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith discusses sex-ed curriculum, the basic income pilot program and cannabis legalization.PoliticsAug 15, 2018
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Hundreds protest cancellation of basic income pilot programOntario government cancels basic income pilot project.PoliticsAug 8, 2018
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Here’s why the Ontario basic income pilot project could continue after the electionThe province says 4,000 people on low incomes in Hamilton-Brant, Thunder Bay and Lindsay are currently receiving payments through the program.CanadaApr 25, 2018
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Town of Lindsay chosen to host basic income pilot programThe town of Lindsay has been chosen to be a location of a pilot project paying people on low incomes a basic income.EconomyOct 11, 2017
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Kathleen Wynne to focus on fairness as Ontario Liberals prepare for 2018 electionThe next election will be the most difficult the Liberals have faced in a long time, Sorbara said.CanadaJun 5, 2017
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