A Toronto law firm is pushing Ontario to settle a $200M class action over axed basic income pilot

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30 Jan 2025 • 9 min read

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Left: Former Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne speaks at her 2018 election party after losing to Doug Ford. Right: Doug Ford speaks to media in December 2024. A Toronto law firm is lobbying the Ontario government to settle a $200 million class action suit against the Progressive Conservative government for cancellation of a basic income pilot project started by the Liberals in 2017. (The Canadian Press/Christopher Katsarov, Nathan Denette)

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