Ontario is enacting new rules for social assistance payments so people without legal immigration status in Canada cannot receive the benefits.
Premier Doug Ford first vowed to make the change following media reports about a tribunal ruling that awarded Ontario Works payments to a man who came to Canada decades ago on a temporary work permit that has since expired.
Ford wrote in a social media post last month his government would always support people who have fallen on hard times, but “that doesn’t include people living in Canada illegally.”
It’s a start. But Ford is well aware of the demographic that wins him election.
