Basic Income Participants Sue Ontario Government For $200 Million

By Allison Jones, Canadian Press

The lawsuit accuses the PC government of breach of contract and causing panic attacks, depression and anxiety.

Ontario Minister of Children, Community and Social Services Lisa MacLeod speaks to reporters at Queen's Park in Toronto on March 21, 2019. MacLeod cancelled research on basic income that had been started by the previous government. Tijana Martin/CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Four people who had been receiving a basic guaranteed income under a pilot project have launched a proposed class action against the Progressive Conservative government for cancelling it.

The proposed lead plaintiffs argue that the cancellation amounts to a breach of contract and has caused panic attacks, anxiety and depression among participants, and has meant some people can't continue paying tuition, for medical expenses or investing in a business.

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