Retroactive salary payments to education and health-care workers led to billions of dollars in overspending at Queen’s Park, according to the province’s financial watchdog, as the Ford government grapples with the price tag of its failed Bill 124. Colin D’Mello has the story.
- Ontario has to pay public sector workers $6B and counting in Bill 124 compensation
- Backpay deals for defeated Bill 124 pushed Ford government to overspend in 2023