Premier Doug Ford and a cabinet minister have received death threats and another minister’s office was ransacked after the government introduced new labour legislation.

Graffiti saying workers will fight back over the pausing of a $15-an-hour minimum wage was sprayed on Labour Minister Laurie Scott’s constituency office in Kawartha Lakes shortly after midnight Wednesday.

“It’s completely unacceptable,” Government House Leader Todd Smith said. “So no more violence, no more vandalism, no more intimidation, no more death threats.”

Police are investigating and Scott said she doesn’t know who is responsible for the actions but sees a clear link to her bill.

Shortly after, Ford and Economic Development Minister Jim Wilson received death threats, Smith said.

“Unfortunately, what we’ve seen is a union leader saying that Premier Doug Ford is an enemy of workers,” Smith said of Chris Buckley, president of the Ontario Federation of Labour.

The OFL said in a statement that it believes in peaceful, non-violent protest in support of workers’ rights.

“I want to be clear, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) does not support or condone violence against persons or property in any form,” Buckley said.

Scott said she’s proud of her labour legislation, which freezes the minimum wage at $14 an hour until 2020.

“I need to protect the workers in our office from this intimidation and bullying,” Scott said.

Labour groups are upset over the Ford government’s repeal of legislation introduced under former premier Kathleen Wynne which would have set a $15-an-hour minimum wage and provided other benefits to workers.

Many small businesses complained the Liberal bill had increased their worker costs too quickly.