That’s why Marinescu was so keen to see the results of Ontario’s three-year basic income pilot project , launched in 2017 by the previous Liberal government. The province’s basic income pilot project provided low-income individuals in three Ontario communities unconditional cash payments of up to $17,000 a year and $24,000 for couples. Most people living in poverty are working, including about two-thirds of participants in the basic income project. “These are hard-working people and critically, these are your voters,” the business leaders say. He credits six months of parental leave after the birth of his second child in 2012 for giving him a basic income while he created his highly successful company.

Source: thestar October 18, 2018 09:00 UTC