Province to pay basic income legal team for to-date efforts
Cavalluzzo LLP to receive $320,000 for time and expenses representing 4,001 participants seeking $200 million in damages as a result of abruptly cancelled pilot project.
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Cavalluzzo LLP to receive $320,000 for time and expenses representing 4,001 participants seeking $200 million in damages as a result of abruptly cancelled pilot project.
A lawyer from Toronto law firm Cavalluzzo LLP is representing thousands in a class action alleging Ontario breached the terms of a contract it entered with participants.
Ontario will pay $320,000 in compensation for fighting the basic income class-action lawsuit. As the case proceeds, a former participant says the province should put its resources toward poverty reduction instead.
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.
Cavalluzzo LLP to receive $320,000 for time and expenses representing 4,001 participants seeking $200 million in damages as a result of abruptly cancelled pilot project.