Finance Minister Jim Reiter needs to deliver a balanced budget on March 19. Not balanced some time in the future, balanced on March 19. On budget day in 2023, the government promised a $1-billion surplus. That surplus ended up shrinking to $182 million, according to the latest public accounts. That’s because while government revenue increased by 6.7 […]
Ontarians are also watching Ford closely to make sure he doesn’t take his eye off the ball when it comes to other critical issues. Pictured: Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Photo Credit: Doug Ford/X. After a cold and snow-filled election, Ontario Premier Doug Ford emerged as the victor, although he did not make the electoral […]
Ford has effectively run a typical Liberal government with big spending, growing debt and an increasingly uncompetitive economy. Pictured: Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Photo Credit: Doug Ford/X. Despite winning the recent Ontario election under the banner of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, Doug Ford has for years been accused of being a […]
Ford’s PCs win 80 seats for a third decisive win. Pictured: Premier Doug Ford and his wife Karla. Photo Credit: Doug Ford/X. Ontario residents have awarded Premier Doug Ford with a third consecutive majority government and four more years at Queen’s Park. The Thursday, Feb. 27 election was not originally scheduled to take place until […]
An election should be a time to discuss the serious issues that are facing Ontario. Pictured: Ontario’s political party leaders at the leaders’ debate. Photo Credit: National Post/X. “An election is no time to discuss serious issues.” That’s a quote former prime minister Kim Campbell will never be able to run away from, attributed to […]
Ontarians found little reason to vote the PCs out, which is why they will win again. Pictured: Premier Doug Ford. Photo Credit: Doug Ford/X. This week’s provincial debate helped enlighten voters but failed to help Premier Doug Ford’s political opponents. Ontarians found little reason to vote the PCs out, which is why they will win […]
Ford has wanted an early election or some time. Pictured: Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Photo Credit: Doug Ford/X. The melodrama was thick in the air. When Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced last week his plans to hold a snap election on Feb. 27, he proclaimed: “We need a mandate from the people to fight against […]
The Ford government is on the right track when it comes to tackling antisemitism. Pictured: Ontario Education Minister Jill Dunlop. Photo Credit: Jill Dunlop/X. Lost in the flurry of political news here at home this week was a disturbing news item. On Monday, the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the notorious Nazi death camp […]
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was rated by the Fraser Institute as the most fiscally responsible sitting premier in Canada. Photo Credit: Danielle Smith/X. Alberta’s Premier Danielle Smith is getting a lot of abuse these days from her fellow Canadians – including many of her political colleagues – for taking a diplomatic approach to attempt to […]
After 20 years, it’s time for Ontario’s stealth health tax to go. Pictured: Former Ontario premiers Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne. Photo Credit: Dalton McGuinty/X. Ontarians won’t be baking a cake or lighting candles to celebrate this anniversary: taxpayers have officially been paying the province’s sneaky health tax for two decades. After making a promise […]