ontario economy

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Ontario’s future as dynamic economy in doubt—if employment trends continue

A drop in self-employment means a drop in the number of small businesses and a decline in entrepreneurship.


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Ontario government’s economic plan full of obvious flaws

Government-sector employment in the province is up 18.5 per cent compared to only 11.7 per cent for the private sector.


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Ontarians in big cities suffer from weak employment income growth

Population growth often leads to faster economic growth, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the economy is doing well.


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Ontario’s economic decline is real and substantial

The province's post-1990 average per-capita annual income growth rate was barely one-quarter that of its 1960 to 1990 rate.


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Ontario's economic decline hurting household incomes

The province's median income increased by just 5.4 per cent—less than half the overall growth rate across Canada.


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Income numbers tell tale of economic decline in Windsor and London

Southwestern Ontario’s two largest cities went from the top third to the bottom third for median income in Canada.


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Ontario government should learn from B.C.’s debt bomb

Ontario's government debt has reached nearly $400 billion.