The province holds $380.4 billion in debt—or nearly $26,000 per Ontarian.
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The province eliminated its rainy-day account in 2007/08.
Research shows that previous legislation prohibiting the possession and acquisition of certain firearms made no discernable impact on homicide rates.
Governments in Alberta have a long history of increasing provincial spending during periods of high resource revenue, which inevitably leads to deficits once resource revenues decline.
According to forecasts, federal spending will be $89.2 billion higher than previously projected for 2022/23 and $80.7 billion higher in 2023/24.
The government plans to increase spending by 8.6 per cent.
Ontario is roughly three times larger than both B.C. and Alberta.
Outpatient pharmaceuticals in Belgium are usually partially reimbursed through a third-party payer scheme.
Ottawa is spending nearly one-third more than it was in 2019 before the pandemic.
For the 2020 to 2022 period, the average annual GDP growth rate was highest in B.C. at more than 2 per cent.
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