G & M: Ontario’s new premier Doug Ford and his Progressive Conservatives have put the brakes on government spending only hours after taking office, freezing the pay of managers in the Ontario public service and putting new restrictions on the use of a pharmacare program known as OHIP-plus.
Facing the daunting challenge of slashing a number of taxes while also balancing the province’s books over the next four years, the Tory premier has promised to find $6-billion of efficiencies in government spending without cutting any jobs. One of his first moves after being sworn in was to stop pay hikes planned for Canada Day.
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