Lakehead study examines the impact of cancelling Ontario s Basic Income Pilot
The study found the benefits were reversed when the short-lived project was axed.
Feb 4, 2021 12:06 PM By: TbNewsWatch.com Staff
Ravi Gokani is an assistant professor of social work in Lakehead University s school of social work (LU photo)
THUNDER BAY It will likely come as no surprise to recipients of the now-cancelled Ontario Basic Income Pilot (OBIP) program that a study has found the program was significantly helpful.
Its benefits, however, were reversed when the project was axed by a new government.
A Lakehead University social work professor led a research team that investigated the impacts, and is now making its findings public.
Posted: Jan 14, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 14
Lynn Landis, director of health services at the Ottawa Mission, is hopeful the shelter’s dental clinic can reopen within a month.(The Ottawa Mission)
The temporary closure of a dental clinic serving homeless people in downtown Ottawa has been heartbreaking but unavoidable, says its director.
The clinic, located at the Ottawa Mission shelter on Daly Avenue, has offered free access to a variety of dental services including cleaning, extractions and denture fittings since 2007, but has had to close its doors during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have a very vulnerable population that is in need of treatment, said Lynn Landis, director of health services at the Ottawa Mission.