Ontario will acquire approximately $50 billion in new debt between now and 2020/21.
ontario government spending
April 13, 2016
10:00AM
Ontario has seen its net debt increase by $126.5 billion since 2008/09.
March 19, 2016
3:10AM
Why has Ontario racked up so much debt?
March 16, 2016
4:40PM
In 2012/13, Ontario spent $25 billion on education—a 50 per cent increase in only one decade.
March 14, 2016
3:13PM
Almost $25 billion was spent on Ontario public school education in 2012/13, $8.3 billion more than a decade earlier.
March 4, 2016
4:10PM
This year’s operating deficit will be “only” $5.7 billion in 2015/16, down from the $8.5 billion projected in last April’s budget.
February 26, 2016
2:57PM
There is very little to feel reassured about when it comes to Ontario finance minister Charles Sousa’s latest budget.
February 25, 2016
10:46AM
Government spending has grown approximately 47 per cent faster than the provincial economy over a 12-year period.
February 18, 2016
11:51AM
Ontario’s net debt is projected to climb to 40.2 per cent of the provincial economy this year.