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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. Ontario vs. California: Who's Really in Debt?

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun Kathleen Wynne celebrated this week after winning the Ontario Liberal leadership and the premier’s job. But now comes the hard part, finding a way to return Ontario’s finances to a stable, sustainable path. Part of the ...

6. State of Ontario's Indebtedness

   The essays collected for this publication are designed to provide readers and particularly those in Ontario a better sense of where the province?s debt stands today, the expectations for the future, and warnings about the likely costs of inaction. Part of ...

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 ...