In 2017, the Ontario Provincial government, which was led by Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne, launched a three-year basic income pilot experiment. In the pilot, 4500 people in the communities of Hamilton, Lindsay, and Thunder Bay Ontario were selected to be a part of this pilot program. The criteria was simple: a person had to be living under the poverty line, which is considered to be $30,000/year(CAD) in Ontario, Canada.
The project was meant to last for three years, with research being done with both the basic income recipients, as well as a control group, to determine the effects of a basic income program on individuals, and the local economies of the communities the pilot took place in. However, in 2018, a new Conservative government was elected, led by Premier Doug Ford, who abruptly and suddenly cancelled the pilot project, despite making election promises to keep the
pilot.
I was one of those basic income recipients.
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To shift the conversation about basic income to recognize it as an economic need and economic opportunity, with the goal of seeing UBI implemented in Canada.
Basic Income Canada Network is a voluntary, non-profit, non-partisan organization that originated in 2008 in affiliation with Basic Income Earth Network at the international level.
120 Canadian CEOs and business owners representing over $2.3B in combined annual revenues are in support of a Universal Basic Income in Canada.
The Basic Income Earth Network is a network of academics and activists interested in the idea of a Basic Income. It serves as a link between individuals and groups committed to or interested in basic income, and fosters informed discussion on this topic throughout the world.
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