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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh thinks data from a basic income pilot in Newfoundland and Labrador could help fuel a national program.
The leader of the federal NDP is backing a basic income experiment in Newfoundland and Labrador, but one local anti-poverty worker says he harbours doubt it'll happen any time soon.
Jagmeet Singh met with over a dozen local community leaders Friday in a virtual town hall, just days after the party's provincial counterpart raised a motion in the House of Assembly to explore a basic income pilot program.
That motion passed Oct. 28, but isn't binding. The House has yet to strike a research committee composed of MHAs from all parties.