The province is on track to run its ninth consecutive multi-billion dollar budget deficit.
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November 17, 2016
9:24AM
November 14, 2016
2:52PM
Ontario’s net debt burden will climb to $370 billion by 2020.
October 13, 2016
10:25AM
Since 2007, Ontario has seen its net debt approximately double, from $157 billion to $308 billion.
May 31, 2016
10:58AM
Ontarians spend nearly a billion dollars a month just to service provincial government debt.
May 27, 2016
6:42PM
Ontario will acquire approximately $50 billion in new debt between now and 2020/21.
March 16, 2016
4:40PM
In 2012/13, Ontario spent $25 billion on education—a 50 per cent increase in only one decade.
March 4, 2016
4:10PM
This year’s operating deficit will be “only” $5.7 billion in 2015/16, down from the $8.5 billion projected in last April’s budget.
March 2, 2016
3:00AM
From 2015 to 2018, interest on Ontario's debt will grow from $11.2 billion to $13.1 billion—an increase of nearly 17 per cent.
February 26, 2016
2:57PM
There is very little to feel reassured about when it comes to Ontario finance minister Charles Sousa’s latest budget.
February 25, 2016
3:25PM
The Wynne government estimates it will add $11.5 billion in net debt in 2015/16.