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  1. 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 ...

  2. Despite brisk economic growth, Ontario continues to rack-up debt

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, November 1, 2017 After a lengthy period of sluggish growth, Ontario’s economy has finally started to pick up steam. Which is good news for Ontario. And good news for Canada. Ontario represents about 40 per cent of the national ...

  3. Ontario’s finances—remembering the big picture

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, October 25, 2017 Last week, Ontario’s auditor general issued a scathing report about the Wynne government’s Fair Hydro Plan, which sought to lower electricity costs for consumers by pushing costs (and resulting interest ...

  4. Ontario’s Fair Hydro Plan—a temporary Band-Aid with high costs

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, October 22, 2017 A recent report from Ontario’s auditor general slammed the Wynne government’s “needlessly complex” plan to reduce electricity bills for Ontarians. According to the report, the government is keeping the true ...

  5. Ontario—from fiscal leader to fiscal laggard

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, Sep 13, 2017 While Ontario’s current struggles with a large and growing government debt burden are widely known, it wasn’t always this way. Just a decade and a half ago, Ontario had relatively sound public finances compared to ...

  6. Quebec unemployment rate now lower than Ontario’s

    There’s a remarkable economic transformation underway in Quebec. The economy is growing and the unemployment rate is down. Indeed, Quebec’s unemployment rate (three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted) in July at 5.9 per cent is ...

  7. Canada’s Past Fiscal Leaders Are Now Fiscal Laggards: An Analysis of 2017 Provincial Budgets

    Around the turn of the 21st century, Alberta and Ontario could both boast of having comparatively sound public finances relative to most other provinces. In recent years, however, serious fiscal problems have emerged in both provinces. Alberta and Ontario ...

  8. Ontario workers have little to celebrate this Labour Day

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, August 31, 2017 Labour Day is a time when we celebrate workers. Unfortunately, over the past three years, Ontarians have had little to cheer about the province’s labour market. While the Wynne government touted positive job ...

  9. Why is Ontario’s debt burden shrinking so slowly?

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail, August 14, 2017 Premier Wynne’s government has repeatedly stated the importance of bringing down the province’s debt-to-GDP ratio, which shot up during and after the 2008/09 recession. Specifically, it wants to bring this ...

  10. Wynne government could take a few pointers from Liberal brethren in Quebec

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, August 13, 2017 Ontarians usually don’t follow closely the economic developments of their eastern neighbour but they certainly should. In fact, Premier Kathleen Wynne’s government could take a few pointers from their Liberal ...