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Milloy: In ending free coffee for public servants, what message is Doug Ford sending?

Columnist John Milloy observes that symbolic actions often backfire. And how is the public service supposed to feel when a cup of coffee and a veggie wrap during a meeting are viewed as an example of “waste?”

Published Jun 29, 2018 at 11:48am

Milloy: In ending free coffee for public servants, what message is Doug Ford sending?

TORONTO, ON – JUNE 27 – Ontario Premier-designate Doug Ford speaks at the Canadian Forces College, June 27, 2018. Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star

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