Voting out the Ontario Liberals didn’t come cheap
Ontario voters issued 38 pink slips to returning provincial Liberal MPPs, and will now pay millions in severance.
Those departing MPPs are owed parting gifts of at least $6.1 million in total, the Toronto Sun estimates based on the MPPs’ 36 consecutive best earning months and years of service.
Severance packages ranged from about $67,000 for a parliamentary assistant with four years or less experience to about $249,000 for a long-term cabinet minister with more than eight years service.
Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru, Partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, joined host Kelly Cutrara on Global News Radio 640 Toronto to discuss the legalities surrounding severance packages for politicians.
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Lior Samfiru
Lior Samfiru is a Founding Partner of Samfiru Tumarkin LLP and Practice Leader for the firm's Labour & Employment Law Group. His experience in countless successful cases and mediations on behalf of employees and employers, as well as his continued advocacy for the rights of workers, makes him one of the most skilled and sought-after labour and employment lawyers in Canada.
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