Ontario government falls woefully short of balanced budget promises

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Ontario government falls woefully short of balanced budget promises

Appeared in the Toronto Star, October 4, 2024 The Ford government recently published Ontario’s official public accounts for the 2023/24 fiscal year, which show that the province wound up with a deficit of $647 million. According to Caroline Mulroney, the government’s Treasury Board president, this is very good news. “After 15 years of a Liberal government,” she said. “I don’t think people can even imagine getting this close to a balanced budge…