KAWARTHA LAKES-TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin will visit Lindsay on September 26th to record two segments that day at the Pie Eyed Monk Brewery.
The topics will be the Basic Income Comes to Lindsay and The Kawartha’s in Transition.
Lindsay is one of three cities chosen by the Ontario government to launch its Basic Income Pilot Project. “Its a three-year test, aimed at determining whether an annual income can assist people with lower incomes and improve health and education outcomes,” Paul Ginis
Marketing & PR Associate with TVO told Kawartha 411. “We discuss the pilot and poverty in Lindsay with local residents and community leaders.”
There will be three guests on the show, Mike Perry, Executive Director, City of Kawartha Lakes Family Health Team, Zita Devan,community leader and volunteer in Poverty Reduction Roundtable and Marlene Morrison Nicholls, President – Stewart Morrison Insurance Brokers Ltd.
The second segment, titled The Kawarthas in Transition will look at the economic challenges and opportunites for the communities that make up the Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton.
Brent Devolin, Warden, Haliburton County, Bruce Vandenberg, Owner, Mariposa Dairy and Denise Williams, Manager of Economic Development (Acting), City of Kawartha Lakes will be the guests for the second segment.
Both segments will air on October 2nd at 8 and 11pm and will be streamed on Twitter and tvo.org the following day.
The recordings are not open to the public.