But anyone who believed "a party spokesman" back in April who said the UBI pilot would continue is hopelessly naive. Toronto Star article here: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/04/24/ontarios-basic-income-experiment-would-continue-under-doug-ford.html
Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives support Ontario’s basic income pilot project, a three-year experiment to determine whether regular, no-strings-attached payments improve health, education and housing outcomes for people living in poverty.
“We look forward to seeing the results,” a party spokesperson said Monday about the Liberal government initiative launched a year ago today.
After a slow start due to disbelief among many that it was too good to be true, the project has reached its goal of enrolling 6,000 participants between the ages of 18 and 65 in Hamilton-Brant, Thunder Bay and Lindsay.
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From ‘barely surviving’ to thriving: Ontario basic income recipients report less stress, better healthI seriously doubt they'll even release the results of the pilot if they have any control over it. There was no way it was going to continue under Ford. The grifters will say anything to anyone to gain power to enrich themselves.
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