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1. Measuring Ontario’s Regional Prosperity Gap

   By global standards, Ontario is a prosperous place. Ontarians enjoy living standards and access to opportunities that are the envy of much of the world. However, within its own economic region, Ontario is an economic laggard. This bulletin ...

2. Ontario’s Lost Decade: 2007–2016

   Between 2007 and 2016, Ontario was mired in a prolonged period of economic weakness during which it lost ground compared to the rest of the country on many important economic indicators. This bulletin examines the extent of Ontario’s economic ...

3. Hold the Celebration: A Balanced Budget Won't End Ontario's Fiscal Challenges

   Ontario’s public finances have deteriorated markedly in recent years. Net debt (gross debt minus financial assets) has approximately doubled since 2007; it is estimated that it will reach $318 billion this year (2016/17). After nine consecutive ...

4. Ontario’s fiscal update stays committed to complacency

   Appeared in the Waterloo Region Record There was an aura of complacency in Queen’s Park as the Ontario government released its update on the state of provincial finances. The government remains committed to its relatively passive approach of dealing with ...

5. Ontario's financial woes a problem for all of Canada

   Appeared in the Waterloo Region Record Lost in the current flurry of Ontario’s election campaign is the one key issue facing the province, and indeed all of Canada: Ontario’s laggard economic performance is dragging down the national economy. Due to the ...

6. Bad news out of Ontario illustrates need for a better fiscal plan

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun and Ottawa Sun The economic news coming out of Ontario in recent days has been far from positive. The province's economic and fiscal position is weak and new analysis released by the Ministry of Finance suggests its ...