Ontario taxpayers are set to receive a $200 cheque in the mail early next year.
The announcement from Premier Doug Ford comes a day before the province’s fall economic statement.
Ford says the three-billion-dollar plan will see everyone who filed a 2023 tax return receive the cheque — plus an additional two-hundred-dollars per child.
Ford says the government can afford to send out the cheques now because of higher-than-expected revenues.
But Ontario’s Liberal leader says Doug Ford is trying to bribe Ontarians with their own money. Bonnie Crombie says she plans to donate her cheque to her party as it gears up for a possible early election.
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles says the cheques don’t provide any long-lasting help with the affordability crisis for Ontarians.
