ontario debt

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Premier Ford should look west for deficit-reduction strategy

Premier Ford’s first budget called for continued nominal spending growth.


10:55AM
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Ford government remains Wynne-like with the deficit

Ontario’s debt burden is forecasted to increase by $48.2 billion between 2018 and 2023.


10:40AM
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Ford’s former finance minister proffers sound advice for his successor

Ontario's net debt will reach a forecasted $390 billion within the next five years.


10:33AM
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Globe and Mail understates Ontario’s fiscal challenge

Throughout the 1970s and ’80s, governments across the country regularly ran deficits and racked up debt.


9:23AM
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Ford government's slow and steady fiscal approach fraught with risk

According to forecasts, by 2023/24, Ontario's annual government debt interest costs will hit $15.5 billion.


11:25AM
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Rising interest payments will make Ford’s life harder

Ontario’s debt load will soar to a forecasted $392 billion by 2023/24.


10:14AM
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Ford government following fiscal strategy of its predecessors

Ontario has the second-highest top combined provincial/federal marginal income tax rate in North America.


2:47PM
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Ontario's debt binge will continue

Over the next five years, net debt is expected to climb at an annual average rate of $9.6 billion per year.


8:34AM
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Ford’s first budget must fulfill campaign promises

Program spending this year is projected to be $17.7 billion higher than two years ago.