In 2019, Bill 124 capped salary increases for Ontario public sector employees at one per cent over 3 years. It’s since been ruled unconstitutional, and Ontario teachers are getting a 2.75 per cent retroactive pay bump for one year of their last contract.
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the federal government will stop investing in new road infrastructure — a comment that immediately drew the ire of the Opposition Conservatives and some premiers who said the climate activist turned politician is out of touch.