[homeles_ot-l] Details of Basic Income Pilot announcement this morning

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capable of interpreting the law, working across governmental departments to
ensure that legislation is enforced,is what's needed. National Defense can
handle this. Overall income must be adequate to meet optimal living conditions,
which will do far more, than a never ending process of studies or pilots. With
more citizens working on line, and  to participating in global discussions to
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connections. Much of the work today is less creative than it could be, yet,
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> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Linda Lalonde <linda_lalonde_ottawa at yahoo.com>
> Date: April 24, 2017 at 11:21 AM
> 
> 
> Hi folks,
> The Backgrounder with the nitty-gritty is
> at: https://news.ontario.ca/mcss/en/2017/04/ontarios-basic-income-pilot.html. 
> It seems to be pretty good news and nails most of the concerns people raised
> in discussions here. I had anticipated an October start so we've gained a few
> months which also means it will wrap up earlier and broader implementation
> will start sooner. The 'fall' start in Lindsay will hopefully not be taken as
> the overall start. The examples given in the Backgrounder show an overall
> increase in income and clearly say that it's a replacement, not a top-up, for
> social assistance. I would have liked to see a larger number than 4,000 in the
> sample size since, when spread over 3 sites, that doesn't necessarily allow
> for all the combinations and permutations of life situations in the low income
> community. 
> I do find it odd that they didn't provide the figures for a single person
> since that's where the biggest income contrast would be seen and that's where
> a lot of advocacy has been concentrated in the province over the last number
> of years. There's also no mention of the treatment of the Trillium Benefit
> which is something that would affect more people than CPP which is listed. The
> impact on a couple currently on OW will also be significant.
> It doesn't say when the 'three years' starts but, given that money is going to
> flow in the summer and that there will be expenses before then, I would expect
> it to be April 1, 2017 and continuing over 3 fiscal years, i.e. wrapping up
> March 31, 2020. {And then they'll look back and evaluate it with 20/20
> vision!! Sorry, couldn't help that one!} We'll need to wait until Thursday to
> see if there are other details released then but this looks like a fairly
> complete announcement.
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