The Ontario government is facing a class action lawsuit over the cancellation of the province’s basic income pilot project — an abrupt move that some say caused significant emotional and financial harm.
In a statement released Tuesday, Toronto law firm Cavalluzzo LLP said the class action lawsuit, filed by 4,000 people who participated in the project, is seeking damages for the sudden cancellation in July 2018 by the Doug Ford government. The lawsuit is seeking damages of up to $200 million.
Under the pilot project, about 4,000 participants in Hamilton, Lindsay and Thunder Bay earning less than $34,000 received just under […]
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