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Doug Ford government to pay $320K in legal fees to basic income class action (toronto.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/ontario

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The Ontario government has agreed to pay $320,000 in legal fees to a class action seeking $200 million in damages for the early termination of a basic income pilot project.

The 4,000 members involved argue the cancellation of a government-run basic income program equates to a breach of contract

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[–] Mongostein 5 points 10 months ago (4 children)

It’s $80/person before the lawyers take their share. These lawsuits do nothing but make lawyers rich.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's also $80/person paid by the people he's paying.

[–] Mongostein 2 points 10 months ago

Uhhh.. k?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not quite true, it also makes Ford look bad...not that it'll make much of a difference though.

[–] Mongostein 4 points 10 months ago

He makes himself look bad without lawsuits

[–] jerkface 1 points 9 months ago

No, this 320k is ALL for the lawyers. Haven't even gotten to the 200 million of damages yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is it just the legal fees being paid? Or is it $80/person for the damages?

[–] Mongostein 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Oh I dunno, I just did the math. $320,000 ÷ by 4000 is $80.

Edit: upon further thought, the article doesn’t say if this is the end of the lawsuit or not. Sounds like the $320,000 amount is what the government has already paid to their lawyers to fight it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

$320,000 is the legal fees. The post/article mentions the damages they're seeking too, which is $200,000,000.

I didn't read the article though, so I don't know if they are/n't getting it (or if it hasn't been decided yet).

[–] Mongostein 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah I added an edit when I realized the article doesn’t say whether or not the lawsuit is over.