Prime Minister Trudeau’s upcoming first budget reportedly contains a deficit in excess of $30 billion.
debt and deficit
March 15, 2016
8:38AM
Provincial net debt has increased by approximately $160 billion since 2003/04.
February 25, 2016
10:27AM
Once new major spending is factored in, the annual deficit is likely to be more than $25 billion.
February 16, 2016
9:33AM
The province is facing a nearly $2 billion projected operating deficit.
February 4, 2016
3:00AM
By the Ontario government’s own count it has 380,000 regulations on the books, twice as many as the next province.
February 3, 2016
2:50PM
Ontario will run its eighth consecutive budget deficit in 2015/16, with a projected $7.5 billion shortfall.
January 13, 2016
10:40AM
Since 2007/08, combined federal and provincial government net debt has grown from $834 billion to $1.3 trillion.
November 26, 2015
11:59AM
On Thursday, Finance Minister Charles Sousa will provide an update for Ontarians on the state of provincial government finances.
November 26, 2015
3:00AM
Since 1990, Ontario has accumulated nearly $265 billion in net public debt. Put another way, nearly 90 per cent of Ontario’s net public debt has been accumulated over the last 25 years.