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Ontario taxpayers fork over $4.3 million to settle legal costs in Bill 124 cases | Globalnews.ca

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Ontario taxpayers have forked over $4.3 million in legal fees defending a wage-cap law that was struck down as unconstitutional.

Premier Doug Ford ’s government passed a law in 2019 to limit salary increases for broader public sector workers at one per cent per year for three years .

The law sparked outrage among the 800,000 workers affected by the bill.

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