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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Duncan must deal with the real problem: government spending

    Appeared in the Kingston Whig-Standard, London Free Press, Waterloo Region Record, Timmins Daily Press, Tillsonburg News, Pembroke Observer, Chatham Daily News, Sarnia Observer, Owen Sound Sun Times, and Guelph Mercury If Ontarians are to believe Finance ...

  7. Fraser Forum- Spring 2012: Avoiding a Crisis: Fixing Onario's Deficit

    In this issue: A credible 2-year plan to balance the budget by Charles Lammam and Niels Veldhuis The Ontario government predicts that it will be running a decit until 2017/18 but with the right spending cuts, it could have a balanced budget within 2 years ...

  8. State of Emergency: Ontario's Potential $4.5 Billion Deficit

    Ontario had two states of emergency in 2003 and a third has now arrived. First, SARS arrived and led to an official declaration of emergency between March 26 and May 17. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/StateofEmergency.pdf ...