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Poor Citizens to Receive $1,320 a Month in Canada's 'No Strings Attached' Basic Income Trial
Ontario is poised to become a testing ground for basic income in 2017 as part of a pilot program. Hugh Segal is the special advisor to the Canadian province and a former senator. He believes a supplemental income of $1,320 a month could provide a viable path to poverty abatement—effectively replacing welfare programs and a system he described as “seriously demeaning” in a paper discussing this basic income pilot project.
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The Canadian government looking after their less privileged citizens.