The province's top combined personal income tax rate stands at 53.53 per cent.
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There's no evidence that bureaucrats can spend more wisely on technology than entrepreneurs.
The region's average per-person GDP is 32.7 per cent larger than Ontario's.
The province plans to give $500 million in loans and grants to a steel manufacturer in Hamilton.
Compared to Ontario, the average per-capita GDP is 32.7 per cent higher in the rest of the Great Lakes region.
Several major cities including Windsor and Thunder Bay experienced a rate of job creation below the national average.
The average annual growth rate in investment in residential structures was only 1.4 per cent.
It’s important for policymakers to recognize the severity of Ontario’s growth problem, how long-lived it has been, and the challenge of weak business investment that could impede future growth.