Participants of the Basic Income Pilot program protested outside the office of Conservative MPP Laurie Scott in Lindsay on Monday.

In a decision released Thursday, a panel of three Superior Court judges ruled the court has "no power" to reverse the move.

The Trudeau Liberals haven't shut the door on a guaranteed-income program in their search for ways to help workers adapt to an unsteady and shifting labour market.

Singh 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.

Evidence supporting basic income has existed for decades, so why does the idea that it disincentivizes people from working persist?

"Most people actually don't want to live their whole lives on $17,000 a year, they want a bit more than that. And they want a bit more comfort, a bit more luxury than [it] will give them."

It will likely work better than anything else Canadian governments have tried so far, argues the study.

Canadian attitudes are lukewarm when it comes to the idea of a basic income, a new survey suggests.

As with any policy shift, there would be unintended consequences stemming from a guaranteed annual income — and they might not be the ones that first come to mind.