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  1. Debt and decline—Ontario’s challenges in three snapshots

    Ontario’s upcoming provincial budget will likely include a significant increase in government spending with an eye on the spring election. Liberal Finance Minister Charles Sousa has already indicated that the pre-election budget will now ...

  2. Ontario’s fiscal paradox—a balanced budget and mounting debt

    Ontario has wrapped up its 2018 pre-budget public consultations as it prepares to deliver its next provincial budget. Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa confirmed in the fall fiscal statement that Ontario’s 2018 budget will be ...

  3. Moody's report yet another warning sign for Ontario to act

    Appeared in the Guelph Mercury A new report on provincial debts and deficits by Moody's, the international credit rating agency, is another piercing reminder of Ontario's serious fiscal challenges. Based on media accounts, the report warns that ...

  4. It's déjà vu all over again with Ontario's latest fiscal plan

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa called his updated financial plan “a new direction” but in truth it had a nostalgic feel. With his government facing considerable fiscal challenges including an $11.7 billion deficit and ...

  5. It's not our problem; Ontario Liberals kick deficit can down the road

    Appeared in the Financial Post The May 2 minority Liberal budget is a politically expedient document that likely avoids an election but unfortunately fails to tackle Ontario's looming fiscal crisis. The longer the province waits, the more difficult ...

  6. Public sector pension reform: less than advertised

    Appeared in the Financial Post The recent federal and Ontario budgets produced a plethora of headlines about how the public sector should brace for changes to its costly pension deals. The dramatic language was in part provoked by lines like this from the ...

  7. Ontario's 2012 budget a missed opportunity

    Appeared in the Financial Post On Tuesday, Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan had one of those rare opportunities of which politicians can only dream. With his province heading toward a fiscal crisis caused by mounting debt and out-of-control spending ...