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No strings attached
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There’s more money on the table—but without adequate strings attached, the provinces could end up spending it on tax cuts instead of fixing health care.
Budget 2023: What if Ontario aimed to be average?
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Imagine how much better things could be if Ontario just aimed to be average, rather than low, on public spending
Queen’s Park is richer than it admits
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The Ontario government is underestimating 2022-23 revenues by a whopping $10 billion. Rather than recording a predicted deficit, the province is on track to be in surplus territory by the spring.
Flush with cash
In March 2022 we published a report predicting that most provinces would be in fiscal surplus territory by the end of the 2021–22 fiscal year…
Canada’s provinces have the surplus cash to properly fund social programs: report
OTTAWA—Despite doomsday predictions that the pandemic would hit Canada’s already financially strapped provinces with an even greater blow, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)…
Flush with cash
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This is a remarkable story of economic recovery from the depths of the COVID-19 lockdown impacts. The next chapter will be written by the provinces as they decide what to do with their unexpected budget surpluses.
Ontario finances don’t justify attack on wages
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Provincial revenues are up dramatically of late—Queen’s Park can afford to bargain fairly
While Ontario struggles, Queen’s Park stashes cash
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Ontario’s deficit became a surplus last year. The Ford government couldn’t think of a single thing to spend it on
Revenue losses now $7.5 billion a year under Ford
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If Doug Ford wants to make the case for more federal health funding, throwing away money is not the way to do it
Ontario budget falls flat on funding for public services
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The Ontario government has tabled its election budget. Public services got short shrift.
The straight answer: Education funding in Ontario has dropped since 2018
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A strong public education system that allows all children to recover from these difficult years is possible
Budget 2022: Now is the time to invest in public services—and Ontarians
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For Ontario’s sake, we must do more
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