A small group gathered at local MPP Laurie Scott’s office for a sit-in Monday, the last day of the basic income payments. Perry’s comment echoes the feelings of Lindsay residents who say the Ontario government took away their hope of a better life when it cancelled the basic income pilot project. In 2016, the then-Wynne Liberal government announced it would be testing a new social program — basic income — in Hamilton, Lindsay and Thunder Bay. Bowman said she has talked to many community groups and there was “a very positive dialogue” that came out of the basic income issue. I invested a lot of the basic income to grow the business to be more self-sufficient.

Source: thestar March 25, 2019 19:41 UTC