Amid early election rumours, Premier Ford refreshes Cabinet and adjourns legislature until late October. Just two years from when Ontarians gave Premier Ford and his PCs a majority government, Queen’s Park watchers have been debating the pros, cons, and historic...
Top Line Large shift in deficit numbers, climbing to $9.8 billion in the coming fiscal year and pushing a projected balanced budget off to 2026-27. No new provincial taxes. Projected GDP growth of just 0.3% next year, a particularly anemic rate of growth...
With the Trudeau Liberals plummeting in the polls and the economy stalled, the stakes could not be higher for this year’s Fall Economic Statement (FES). The government is in desperate need of a channel changer. Housing shortages, interest rate increases, and lingering...
On November 14, 2023, the Ontario government introduced Bill 149, the Working for Workers Four Act, 2023. The Act represents the latest in a line of substantial labour legislation changes that has become a unique policy turn for a conversative government. While the...
Yesterday, Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy stood in the Legislature and produced his Fall Economic Statement (FES), along with accompanying legislation known as the Building a Strong Ontario Together Act, 2023. The “FES” is one of a few days in the...
