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Fall update: Ontario’s projected deficit is an accounting fiction
Ontario government is squirreling money away while public services suffer
How much is $8.28 billion? Greenbelt giveaway is a gold mine
With that kind of money, developers could buy 60,000 brand new Cadillacs — or 100 high-end private jets
Greenbelt scandal: What does “accountability” mean?
There’s no sign that anybody will face real consequences for the $10 billion giveaway
Ontario cut real per capita spending by 3.6 per cent last year
“All sectors spent less than planned,” Financial Accountability Office says.
Balanced budget leaves Ontarians behind
It bears repeating—properly funded public services do more to improve Ontarians’ lives than deficit reduction.
Poverty in the Midst of COVID-19
In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the shutdown of large sections of the Ontario economy. In a few short months, total economic activity in…
Poverty in the Midst of COVID-19
For policy-makers, perhaps the most obvious lesson of the pandemic is that poverty, including child poverty, can be reduced much more quickly than Ontario has done in recent years. Timid policies that unfold incrementally over decades are of no use to children who will be grown up before we finally get around to taking action.
School bargaining: Down at Queen’s Park, $100 million is pocket change
The province spends much more money on things that aren’t priorities. Supporting education workers should be high on the priority list.
Ontario finances don’t justify attack on wages
Provincial revenues are up dramatically of late—Queen’s Park can afford to bargain fairly
While Ontario struggles, Queen’s Park stashes cash
Ontario’s deficit became a surplus last year. The Ford government couldn’t think of a single thing to spend it on
The devil’s crowbar: how the right weaponizes inflation
The brand of turbo-charged capitalism that we call “neoliberalism” arrived in North America on a rising tide of inflation.
Revenue losses now $7.5 billion a year under Ford
If Doug Ford wants to make the case for more federal health funding, throwing away money is not the way to do it
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