Ford’s PC government are a bunch of lying liars who lie - pt 1
So our new premier Doug Ford and his PC party recently cancelled the Basic Income Pilot:
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/07/31/ontario-basic-income-pilot-cancelled-by-minister-lisa-macleod_a_23493366/
Not only is this a shameful, irresponsible thing to do (you can’t tell people they will have this income supplement for a set time and have them naturally make plans for that money and then suddenly cancel everything!) but it goes directly against what the PC party had said they would do, before the last election:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/04/24/ontarios-basic-income-experiment-would-continue-under-doug-ford.html
“Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives support Ontario’s basic income pilot project, a three-year experiment to determine whether regular, no-strings-attached payments improve health, education and housing outcomes for people living in poverty.“We look forward to seeing the results,” a party spokesperson said Monday about the Liberal government initiative launched a year ago today.
When asked if a PC provincial government would kill the innovative experiment, Melissa Lantsman replied: “Nope, as mentioned we look forward to seeing the results.” “
How can we not conclude that the PC party was willing to say anything to get elected and has no intention of keeping any campaign promises if they don’t feel like it? Between this cancellation and the cancelling of the GreenON program, there is a chilling amount of direct targeting of poor people, to make their lives more difficult. For shame!!
If you would like to express your outrage like I did, you can email Doug Ford directly at: [email protected] or use this form: https://correspondence.premier.gov.on.ca/EN/feedback/default.aspx
