Canada: Ontario to pay guaranteed incomes to the poor

Montreal (AFP) – Ontario has launched a pilot program to provide a guaranteed basic income to a few thousand people to test its effects on recipients and public finances, the Canadian province announced Monday.
Provincial Premier Kathleen Wynne said the program would provide a “basic income” for three years to 4,000 people living under the poverty line.
“We want to find out whether a basic income makes a positive impact in people’s lives,” Wynne said, adding