Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative government is rolling back social-assistance changes put in place by the former Liberal government, announcing reductions to planned increases in rates and the cancellation of a pilot project to establish a basic income for recipients.
And in unveiling those moves, Ontario Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod said she has asked the province’s Auditor-General to investigate “hundreds of millions of dollars” in fraud in social-assistance payments.
The Ford government has given itself until early November to remake Ontario’s social-assistance system, Ms. MacLeod said on Tuesday afternoon, calling the current system too disjointed and expensive.She blamed the former Liberal […]
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