Ontario initiating a basic income pilot project in three communities.

Canada's largest province, Ontario is experimenting with giving poor people a basic income with no strings attached.

Premier Kathleen Wynne announced a basic income pilot project in three communities across the province- Hamilton, Thunder Bay and Lindsay.The three-year study will test whether this basic income is better than current social welfare programmes.

Randomly selected participants living in three communities in Ontario will be given at least C$16,989 a year to live on.