ontario's debt

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Say goodbye to Ontario’s ‘lost decade’ of debt and economic pain

The provincial debt is forecasted to reach $360 billion this year.


10:55AM
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Ford government remains Wynne-like with the deficit

Ontario’s debt burden is forecasted to increase by $48.2 billion between 2018 and 2023.


12:42PM
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Ford government should act to improve Ontario’s improving economy

From 2007-2016, private-sector employment growth in Ontario averaged just 0.6 per cent annually.


10:40AM
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Ford’s former finance minister proffers sound advice for his successor

Ontario's net debt will reach a forecasted $390 billion within the next five years.


10:33AM
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Globe and Mail understates Ontario’s fiscal challenge

Throughout the 1970s and ’80s, governments across the country regularly ran deficits and racked up debt.


9:23AM
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Ford government's slow and steady fiscal approach fraught with risk

According to forecasts, by 2023/24, Ontario's annual government debt interest costs will hit $15.5 billion.


10:38AM
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Ontario surpasses Quebec in 'debt' race to the bottom
Ontario’s debt-to-GDP ratio is forecasted to be 40.4 per cent.

11:16AM
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Ford’s first budget—will it continue Wynne’s spend-fest

In 2018/19, the Ontario government expects to spend approximately $12.6 billion more than it collects.