A Canadian province just killed one of the world's largest basic income pilot projects [View all]

Jeremy Berke at Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/ontario-just-killed-one-of-the-largest-basic-income-pilot-projects-2018-7

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The new government of Ontario, Canada's largest province, killed its basic income pilot project on Tuesday.

Nearly 4,000 people in Ontario were receiving a no-strings-attached monthly stipend through the project, which was put into place by former premier Kathleen Wynne's Liberal party.

People who made less than $34,000 (CAD) per year were eligible to receive up to $17,000 annually, and couples who made under $48,000 received up to $24,000 per year, minus 50% of any earned income, The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reports.

The program was started in July of 2017 and was slated to run for three years. The previous Ontario government estimated the cost of the pilot project to be around $50 million.

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They said during the election they would not kill it. Conservatives always hate science that might help people.