's Ministry of Finance is apologizing after seniors participating in a tax deferment program were sent letters threatening legal action. In September, roughly 900 letters were sent to seniors saying their property tax deferment had been suspended and the province was taking them to court. "Your tax deferment agreement may be reactivated once the court proceedings have ended," wrote the ministry in a copy of the letter obtained by CBC News. An example of one of the letters sent out in September to participants of a tax deferment program. The origin of the letter is being investigated and the department will send out a second set of letters confirming the correct status of seniors' property tax deferment accounts, it added.

Source: CBC News October 02, 2020 13:52 UTC