Other premiers have sent constituents rebate cheques, but as a bonus from a surplus. Mr. Ford’s government is billions of dollars in the red
, then a Toronto city councillor, handed Christmas gifts out to his constituents that had the air of a bribe: crisp $20 bills, straight from his pocket to the hands of those waiting in a crowd at a social housing complex. It was a gauche gesture, one that Mr. Fordby saying he didn’t have time to stop for gift cards, and one he defended by saying he was not running in the next election.
The cash will be billed as a “rebate”: a way to offset the cost of living even though inflation has slowed and the Bank of Canada continues to lower interest rates. But never mind those things. This is “free” money; money that, Mr. Ford told a crowd at the Empire Club last week, will stimulate the economy.
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