WATCH | A guaranteed paycheque — is universal basic income a good idea?

Two men, dressed in black shirts, walk side-by-side down a downtown street.

The Ontario government is facing a class-action lawsuit after it abruptly cancelled a basic income pilot project, a decision participants say hurled their lives into turmoil. CBC’s Nick Purdon explores the initiative’s impact — and looks at why some say a guaranteed paycheque is the way of the future.