A single person could receive up to 16,989 Canadian dollars (about $12,500) per year, while a couple can get up to 24,027 Canadian dollars ($17,677) per year plus 6,000 ($4,414) extra dollars for a person with a disability. The entire program is expected to cost around 150 million Canadian dollars (about $110 million). (The Ontario experiment will compare families receiving the basic income payments to a control group that will receive benefits under the current system.) “Basic income plays a nice job in filling in the gaps and in supplementing low wages,” she said. Read more:How to ensure everyone a guaranteed basic income

Source: Washington Post April 27, 2017 11:06 UTC