Ontario Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Cancelled Basic Income Program

Published on March 21, 2024

A $200 million class action lawsuit has been filed against the Ontario government over its cancellation of a basic income trial program. The trial program was started in 2017 when the NDP was in power, and it was expected to run for three years. There were about 4,000 people registered to participate in the Thunder Bay, Hamilton, and Lindsay areas. Single participants were to receive $16,989 annually while a couple was given $24,027. However, Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government cancelled the program after coming to power in 2018. “The research project had an extraordinary cost for Ontario taxpayers which, according to the Ministry of Finance, would require increasing the HST from 13 percent to 20 percent if implemented across the province,” the Ontario government said at the time....

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