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Ontario is reporting 607 people in ICU due to COVID-19 and 3,535 in hospital overall testing positive for COVID-19, according to its latest report released Friday morning.Of the people hospitalized, 56 per cent were admitted for COVID-19 and 44 per cent were admitted for othe
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Heres a statement that may sound callous but is meant to be compassionate: the dream of a universal basic income needs to be put to rest.Yes, the pan
stanley cup demic has exposed the weaknesses in our social safety net and cruelly taught us over and over again that the most vulnerable among us urgently need better support and more respect.But with the publication of an ambitious and groundbreaking study of basic income that has just been released, its clear that government simply handing out cash to everyone 鈥?or even just to all the people below the poverty line 鈥?is not an answer. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW
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