Ontario is releasing a report that summarizes the feedback gathered from thousands of people across the province on how to design and deliver a basic income pilot. 

Basic income is a payment to eligible families or individuals that ensures a minimum income level. It is designed to help people meet their basic needs while supporting long-term social and economic prosperity and security for everyone. 

More than 35,000 people and organizations shared their ideas on a range of topics including who should be eligible for a basic income, which communities to include, how a basic income should be delivered and how the pilot should be evaluated during the consultations.

Consultation feedback supports a basic income pilot that: 

• Includes Ontario residents aged 18-64 living in socially and economically diverse communities, in urban, rural and northern locations
• Helps people living on low incomes meet their basic needs
• Lifts people out of poverty, with long-term improvements in health, employment and housing.

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