Tag: Ontario budget
about 1 year ago
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Here’s why the cost of luring Volkswagen to Ontario will remain secret — for now

As Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy gears up for Thursday’s provincial budget, the government says details of publ...

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over 1 year ago
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Doug Ford government spent $3.5B less than expected in first half of 2022-23, budget watchdog finds

Ford’s government spent $3.5 billion less than expected in the first half of this fiscal year, says the province’s bu...

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over 1 year ago
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Opinion | Doug Ford kept a promise to balance Ontario’s budget. Why is he not celebrating?

The first hint that the government was swimming uncomfortably in cash came last month, but now budget surpluses are e...

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over 1 year ago
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Ontario is back in black as budget deficits eliminated, fiscal watchdog says

The Financial Accountability Office issued a report that projects Premier Doug Ford’s government will have budget sur...

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over 1 year ago
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Record spending, tax credits and a new park: 10 things to know about the Ontario budget

Ontario’s Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy tabled the 2022-23 provincial budget at Queen’s Park. Here’s what you n...

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over 1 year ago
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Doug Ford says ‘all hands on deck’ as MPPs return for throne speech, budget and speaker’s election

It’s back to work for MPPs and back to the future for Premier Doug Ford’s re-elected Progressive Conservatives who ar...

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almost 2 years ago
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Ontario budget promises $1B boost to home care and a tax credit to keep seniors in their homes lo...

But critics say many low-income seniors can’t afford the expenses the tax credit covers. It would allow Ontarians 70 ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Doug Ford would cut taxes for people earning less than $50,000

In a pre-election budget, Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives will propose cutting income taxes for those e...

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almost 2 years ago
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Doug Ford is ‘campaigning ahead of governing’ during extended break, opposition charges

MPPs are getting an extended Easter break, but some aren’t happy about it as concerns linger about the sixth wave of ...

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over 2 years ago
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Doug Ford says Ontario taxpayers will bankroll the toll-free Bradford Bypass

Ontario taxpayers will fully fund the new Bradford Bypass linking Highways 400 and 404, vows Premier Doug Ford.

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over 2 years ago
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Ontario’s mini-budget will tout new highways as Tories’ hope for post-pandemic recovery

Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy hopes to chart a road map for post-pandemic Ontario with a mini-budget touting jo...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Doug Ford may be borrowing billions, but he’s still not spending everywhere it’s needed

The Ontario budget shines a light on missed opportunities for economic recovery, Martin Regg Cohn writes.

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about 3 years ago
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Ford government offering cash to retirement home workers who stay in the job for six months

There are no permanent raises for personal support workers in nursing homes — where soaring rates of attrition during...

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about 3 years ago
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COVID-19 means budget deficits for the rest of the decade, Ford Tories warn

Ontario will be awash in red ink for the rest of the decade as the provincial government struggles with the health an...

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about 3 years ago
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Ontario government to table budget on March 24

It’s Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy’s first budget, coming less than three months after he succeeded Rod Phillip...

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about 3 years ago
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Pressure mounts on Doug Ford’s Conservatives to bolster Ottawa’s sick leave program

Pressure is mounting on the Progressive Conservative government to mandate a provincial paid sick leave program to co...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Ontario’s PC government has changed its tune on hiking our debt. Don’t expect the same ...

In opposition, the Ontario Tories pointed accusing fingers over the province’s rising repayment burden. Now, in power...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Doug Ford had a cost-cutting agenda. Rod Phillips prefers reality

When Doug Ford first took power on a wave of populism and Trumpism two years ago, he unleashed a cutting spree that s...

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