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Majority of basic income applicants continue to be 'working poor'

Posted on News by Roderick Benns · January 08, 2018 10:25 AM

Roderick Benns

As basic income enrollments continue in Lindsay and two other Ontario cities, one key trend seems to be emerging – the so-called ‘working poor’ are the majority of applicants who are flocking to the Province’s new Ontario pilot.

Myriam Denis, a spokesperson for the Minister Responsible for the Poverty Reduction Strategy and Minister of Housing, Peter Milczyn, says a total ‎of 1,149 people were enrolled in the basic income pilot across Lindsay, Hamilton and Brant County, and Thunder Bay. Local breakdowns are not yet available.

Of those applicants, 70 per cent are “low income workers,” says Denis.

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