Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters at Queen's Park on Monday that he hadn't forgotten about his campaign promise to provide an income tax credit for minimum wage workers.

In fact, the premier says his tax credit program will go into effect on January 1 (though, as he was quick to note, he still needs to confirm some details with Finance Minister Vic Fedeli.)

"So anyone earning minimum wages will be paying zero tax,"Ford saidat a media availability in which he also defended his government's recent decision to cancel funding for three newplanned university/college partnership campuses.

BREAKING: Premier Doug Ford says a tax credit for minimum wage earners el come into effect by January 1, adds that he'll confirm that with the finance minister.#onpoli

— Jessica Smith Cross (@jessiecatherine)October 29, 2018

This isn't the first we're hearing of Ford's "no tax for minimum wage earners" plan, which would stop eligible Ontario workers from paying provincial income taxes.

In April, the PC government said that minimum wage workers would save up to $800 per year under the program. Critics argued, however, that raising the hourly minimum wage to $15 in January of 2019,as planned, would befar more beneficialfor low-income earners.

A tax credit that won’t make up for the thousands of dollars in income that minimum-wage earners will lose over the next several years. A tax credit that will reduce government revenues meaning further cutbacks to services and infrastructure work. “For the people.”#ONpolihttps://t.co/NOlfRjPM5j

— LarissAAAAH Huffleween (@purlgurly)October 29, 2018

Now that he's in charge, Ford has indeed been致力于推翻much of the previous Liberal government'sFair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act.

Along withhalting the minimum wage at $14for three years, the PC government hasintroduced legislationto revoke such workplace rights as equal pay for equal work, the right to refuse shifts with less than 96 hour’s notice and two paid sick days.