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1. Ontario budget—more spending, more debt

   This afternoon, Ontario’s Finance Minister Charles Sousa delivered the provincial government budget for fiscal year 2017/18. Headlines will likely focus on the government’s first balanced operating budget in a decade. A deeper look at ...

2. Despite likely balanced budget, Ontario’s deficit dragon not dead yet

   Finance Minister Charles Sousa will deliver Ontario’s spring budget on April 27 and the expectation is that Ontario will deliver a balanced budget for the first time since the onset of the Great Recession. Ontario has now run nine ...

3. Ontario’s plan is hardly working

   Today, the Wynne government released its fall statement—essentially an update on the state of Ontario’s economy and finances. The document’s second paragraph contains a shockingly out-of-touch sentence. It reads: “Our plan is working.” ...

4. Rosy rhetoric can’t hide Ontario’s dreary fiscal outlook

   Today, Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa (pictured above) will deliver Ontario’s fall economic update. It will no doubt be an upbeat narrative on how Ontario is on the road to economic growth and that the province’s finances are on ...