'Angel in disguise': Report details impact of Ontario's basic income pilot and its cancellation onpoli
“It clearly shows that when people have some basic security and genuine options, they make the best of them,” said BICN Chair Sheila Regehr in aRespondents reported that they got and kept jobs, started businesses, pursued education and training, and improved the health and well-being of themselves and family members. BICN received 424 responses from 1,500 recipients of the voluntary survey.
Participants will receive their final payment on March 31. The Tories had originally promised to preserve the pilot project, but Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod later stated that the project was “failing.” The evidence gathered in the new report suggests otherwise. Some 88 per cent of respondents said they were less stressed and anxious, and 73 per cent had less depression. Some 28 per cent of those surveyed said they stopped using food banks, and 74 per cent said they made healthy food choices. More than half of respondents reported improvements in their housing situation, while nearly a third went back to school or sought skills training to improve employment.
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