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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday April 25 2017, @08:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the OBIPP? dept.

The Liberal premier of Ontario announced details of the Ontario Basic Income Pilot. The provincial government issued a press release saying

Three regions will take part in the study. Pilots will start in late spring in Hamilton, including Brantford and Brant County; and in Thunder Bay and the surrounding area. The third pilot will start by this fall [autumn] in Lindsay.

The Basic Income model Ontario has developed will ensure that eligible participants receive:

        Up to $16,989 per year for a single person, less 50 per cent of any earned income
        Up to $24,027 per year for a couple, less 50 per cent of any earned income
        Up to an additional $6,000 per year for a person with a disability.

[...] The three test regions will host 4,000 participants eligible to receive a basic income payment, between the ages of 18 to 64. By late spring, people in these areas will begin receiving information about the pilot and how to participate. The province is partnering with these communities and other experts to make sure that the Ontario Basic Income Pilot is fair, effective, and scientifically valid.

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related story:
Ontario is Starting a Universal Basic Income Pilot


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  • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Tuesday April 25 2017, @11:38PM (2 children)

    by mhajicek (51) on Tuesday April 25 2017, @11:38PM (#499687)

    False. Labor force participation rate peeked at 67.30% in January of 2000, and since has dropped to 63%. It hasn't been this low since '77.

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  • (Score: 2) by fnj on Wednesday April 26 2017, @04:53AM

    by fnj (1654) on Wednesday April 26 2017, @04:53AM (#499832)

    Did it "peek" from behind the bushes?

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday April 26 2017, @01:46PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 26 2017, @01:46PM (#500012) Journal

    False. Labor force participation rate peeked at 67.30% in January of 2000, and since has dropped to 63%. It hasn't been this low since '77.

    You're referring to planet US. On planet Earth, it's still increasing. You should ask what the US is doing that lowers its labor force participation rate. There's a lot of policies including retirement, jails, education, etc that remove people out of the labor pool.

    In addition, the US has gone through considerable effort to make employing people costly. It should come to no surprise that when someone makes something more expensive, less of it is consumed.

    While the developing world has many of these problems as well, it still remains that labor force participation is growing worldwide. China and India in particular have greatly improved their employment situation. Each country has roughly the same population as the entire current developed world.