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  1. Ford government must get serious about Ontario's government debt

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, January 9, 2019 It’s now widely known that Ontario faces substantial fiscal challenges. With a forecasted budget deficit this year of more than $14 billion and a debt-to-GDP ratio hovering near an all-time high, Ontario’s debt ...

  2. A visit from the ghost of Ontario’s fiscal future

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, December 19, 2019 In Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” Scrooge is memorably visited by the “ghost of Christmas future” who shows him a disturbing glimpse of things to come. Last week Ontario was visited by a ghost of the ...

  3. Alberta racking up debt much faster than Ontario did

    Recently, several high-profile exchanges on social media and news stories have compared the economic pain in Alberta to what was experienced in Ontario during and after the 2008/09 financial crisis.  We won’t get into addressing the ...

  4. Big deficits or slash-and-burn—the Ford government’s false choice

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, November 28, 2018 The Toronto Sun recently published a letter to the editor from Ontario Finance Minister Vic Fedeli (pictured above) objecting to my last column —specifically, my assertion that the government’s mini-budget ...

  5. On spending and deficits—if nothing changes, nothing changes

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, November 21, 2018 Last week, Finance Minister Vic Fedeli tabled Ontario’s Fall Economic Statement. This “mini-budget” was an opportunity for the Ford government to get serious about putting provincial finances on more ...

  6. Ontario’s ‘mini-budget’ makes little progress on deficit

    Today, Finance Minister Vic Fedeli tabled Ontario’s Fall Economic Statement. Given Ontario’s difficult fiscal situation (a large budget deficit and mountain of public debt), and signals that the update would be a “mini-budget’ with ...

  7. Successive Ontario governments increased net debt from $139 billion to $338 billion

    The Ford government today released its fall economic and fiscal update, which includes taxation and spending changes, with Finance Minister Vic Fedeli noting that the "fiscal hole is deep.” However, perhaps the most telling ...

  8. ‘Mini-budget’ an early test of Ford government resolve

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, November 14, 2018 This week, Ontario Finance Minister Vic Fedeli will table his government’s fall economic statement—an update on provincial government finances—which is expected to be a “mini-budget,” meaning it will also ...

  9. The Trudeau and Ford governments—two fiscal statements, one debt problem

    Appeared in the National Newswatch, November 14, 2018 Both the Ford government in Ontario and the Trudeau government in Ottawa will release their fall fiscal and economic statements this month. Despite a tendency to compartmentalize these separate events, ...

  10. Now in power, will the Ford government make the tough decisions on spending

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, October 3, 2018 In 1965, conservative commentator William F. Buckley ran for mayor of New York City—with no intention of winning. Buckley ran to bring attention to issues he cared about. In fact, he was so averse to holding ...