Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to the Association of Municipalities Ontario conference on August 15, 2022 in Ottawa. The association says the province must conduct broad consultations as it considers expanding so-called 'strong mayor' powers to communities other than Toronto and Ottawa.
Ontario is so far on the hook for more than $6 billion in payments to broader public sector workers as a result of the provincial government's wage restraint legislation being found unconstitutional.Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his Financer Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy are set to release the government's budget for the next fiscal year on March 26.
Senior government officials not authorized to speak publicly about the costs confirm to The Canadian Press that those awards so far add up to $6,000,800,000. Speaking at a news conference in Barrie, Ont., Friday morning, Ford confirmed to CBC News that the payout figure is correct. "Doug Ford is trying to pivot and say that this was the right thing to do. This was never the right thing to do," West told CBC Toronto in response to the premier's comments.
The confirmation of the cost of the reopener payments so far comes as Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is set to introduce next year's budget in less than two weeks.
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