Social Issues

An Ontario Court has reserved judgment on the high profile basic income case which was argued by Kawartha Lakes lawyer… Continue reading “Court reserves judgment on basic income case”

OBIP Chronicles — The Ontario Basic Income Pilot baseline survey shows that nearly 38 per cent of the people collecting… Continue reading “Over 80 per cent didn’t get needed health care due to cost, until basic income”

OBIP Chronicles — Finding affordable housing in Ontario hasn’t been easy for decades. Finding it in Kawartha Lakes has been… Continue reading “Basic income was helping with crushing cost of housing: Survey”

Seventy-six years ago, an American psychologist named Abraham Maslow emphasized the process of growing and developing as a person in… Continue reading “The economics of homelessness as basic income pilot winds down”

Study results from the Ontario Basic Income Pilot’s baseline survey have now been released, revealing the stories of participants who… Continue reading “Poverty to hope and back again: Study reveals why basic income held such promise”

Back in high school in Streetsville in the mid 1980s, Mark Mitchell’s friend wanted to fill out an application to… Continue reading “Progressive police chief sees strong community partnerships as key”

OBIP Chronicles — More than 82 per cent of people who were receiving money through the Ontario Basic Income Pilot… Continue reading “‘Worried’ and ‘betrayed’: 60 per cent had to cancel plans after basic income cancelled”