Stiles: It’s time to deliver relief for workers and stop taxing severance pay

QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition Leader Marit Stiles says it’s time for Doug Ford to get serious about protecting workers and tell the Prime Minister to stop taxing severance pay of workers’ impacted by tariff job losses:

“This Premier is a jobs disaster,” said Stiles. “Ontario lost 67,000 jobs in January, and manufacturing alone has lost 51,000 in the last year. Tens of thousands more workers are starting a new year filled with anxiety and uncertainty, while they wait for Doug Ford to finally come up with a jobs plan.

“The least that the Premier can do is demand that the Prime Minister stop taxing laid off workers' severance pay. Thousands of workers were handed pink slips while Doug Ford stuck to his wait-and-see approach. It’s time to show up for these workers and their families. It’s time to fight like hell to protect their future and their families.

“These workers need a lifeline. The Premier has the opportunity to be serious for once and use his power to deliver relief instead of more empty promises.”