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RSS FeedsOntario launches basic income pilot for 4,000 in Hamilton, Thunder Bay and Lindsay
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24 april 2017 20:38:22

 
Ontario launches basic income pilot for 4,000 in Hamilton, Thunder Bay and Lindsay
(The Star Food)
 


Ontario’s long-awaited basic income pilot project will include 4,000 low-income people in the Hamilton-Brantford area, Thunder Bay and Lindsay, who will each receive up to $17,000 annually with no strings attached starting as early as this summer.Premier Kathleen Wynne announced the three-year experiment in Hamilton on Monday morning as a way for Ontario to better support vulnerable workers and improve health and education outcomes for people living on low incomes.“It’s not an extravagant sum by any means. For a single person, we are talking about just under $17,000 a year, but even that amount may make a real difference to someone who is striving to reach for a better life,” she said.“It says to them: Government is with you. The people of Ontario are with you. We are here to help you through the hard times as you get back on your feet,” she said.The pilot project, first announced in the 2016 budget, is expected to cost $50 million a year.Under the pilot, those on social assistance and those earning less than $17,000 through employment will receive regular payments to help them afford the basics such as housing and food. Couples will have to be earning less than $24,000 a year, after taxes, to take part.Participants will be able to increase their total income by combining a basic income with 50 cents from every dollar they earn at work. People with disabilities will receive up to $6,000 more annually under the basic income pilot.Those on social assistance will be able to keep their drug cards and other benefits. But Employment Insurance and Canada Pension Plan payments will be deducted from the basic income dollar for dollar.“We want to find out whether a basic income makes a positive difference in people’s lives — whether this new approach gives them the ability to begin to achieve their potential. And whether it is an approach that deserves to be adopted across our province as a whole,” Wynn ...


 
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