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Ontario’s new basic income adviser will gauge impact on mental health

Kwame McKenzie was recruited by the provincial government to help evaluate the efficacy of its basic income pilot project. ...

How Ontario’s $150-million, three-year basic income pilot will work

Up to 4,000 people in Hamilton, Thunder Bay, Lindsay, Brantford and Brant County, Ont., areas will test out the province's three-year, $150-million basic income pilot. ...

Most Ontarians agree with Hugh Segal’s recommendations for basic income pilot, government reports

The pilot plan will be unveiled this spring and implemented later this year. ...

Basic income pilot denounced as a placebo at public meeting

Social Services Minister Helena Jaczek says she isn't sitting "idle" and is petitioning the Treasury Board to ante up more funding for social assistance rates during the current round of budget consultation. ...

Heard: OPSEU sounds privatization warning over basic income

Warren "Smokey" Thomas fears the government may go down the privatization route when it comes to social assistance. ...

‘This isn’t the Hallelujah’: Basic income proponents worry proposal isn’t enough to eliminate poverty gap

The outline of the government's basic income pilot project may not be enough to narrow the poverty gap, advocates are warning. ...

Social assistance on the up, but reports suggest basic income may not be the cure-all

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives estimates it will cost $14.5 billion to bring 876,000 Canadians out of poverty. ...

Economist pokes holes in Ontario’s basic income plans

Mike Moffatt has done the math and the numbers don't appear to add up. ...

Ontario needs a basic income task force, says U of T report

Community and Social Services Minister Helena Jaczek says the basic income discussion paper is nearly ready for public consultation. ...

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