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.