ON Issue #25 - Ontario to launch basic income

Ontario to launch basic income test this spring in Hamilton, Lindsay, Thunder Bay

http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-to-launch-basic-income-test-this-spring-in-hamilton-lindsay-thunder-bay-1.3382002
Ontario is launching a basic income pilot project this spring, aimed at providing financial stability for low-income residents in a time of precarious work and a changing economy.


Premier Kathleen Wynne announced the details of the province's three-year basic income project during a speech in Hamilton Mon
day.


"The project will explore the effectiveness of providing a basic income to people who are currently living on low incomes, whether they are working or not," Wynne said. "People participating in our pilot communities will receive a minimum amount of income each year -- a basic income, no matter what."


The pilot will launch in the Hamilton area -- including in Brantford, Ont., and Brant County -- and the Thunder Bay, Ont.,-area late this spring, and in Lindsay, Ont., this fall, with a minimum payment of nearly $17,000 for an eligible single person.




Think this is an attempt at vote buying using working people's money?