Ontario Budget

• ‘The world we are in’: Ford government signals deficits will continue

  At the same time, Peter Bethlenfalvy is also warning taxpayers that service cuts could be on the horizon if Ottawa scales back financial transfers in the upcoming federal budget. 

  Canada

  Sep 24
  
• Ontario redacts almost every word top civil servant wrote about return-to-office mandate

  The government is currently rushing its changes to freedom of information laws past public hearings, shielding who the premier speaks to from public view.

  Canada

  Apr 22
  
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• Ontario to bypass public hearings on FOI overhaul that will hide premier’s phone logs

  Weeks after tabling the budget, the government has decided to speed its central financial plan and two other pieces of legislation past the traditional process.

  Canada

  Apr 17
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• Ford government says U.S. tariff threat to crush economy ‘didn’t materialize’

  Despite fearing tariffs would keep Ontario's economic growth to less than one per cent, the province has defied expectations in a budget still filled with red ink.

  Mar 28
• Ontario finance minister says HST rebate won’t be extended: ‘This is a one-year sale’

  The marquee feature of the 2026 Ontario budget was a tax break for any homebuyer looking to purchase a newly built house or pre-construction condo. 

  Canada

  Mar 27
• Ontario to boost home care funding, may miss long-term care bed goal

  The funding boost for home care is part of Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy's 2026 budget that projects a $13.8 billion deficit for the upcoming fiscal year.

  Health

  Mar 26
• Ontario’s battered housing sector revises its projections down again

  As part of its 2022 re-election campaign, the Ford government promised it would solve Ontario’s housing crisis by ramping up the construction of new homes. 

  Canada

  Mar 26
• Ontario moves to cancel SkyDome Act to free up downtown land. It’s not yet clear why

  Directly south of the Rogers Centre, at 305 Bremner Boulevard, sits a section of land owned by the Ontario government and currently used as parking by the baseball stadium.

  Canada

  Mar 26
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• Ford government runs deeper deficit, punts budget balance amid pessimistic outlook

  As the finance minister tabled the 2026 provincial budget on Thursday, he warned that geopolitical change has "reached our shores," requiring the province to spill more red ink. 

  Politics

  Mar 26
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• Ford government reveals date for budget, promises it won’t include cuts

  During an appearance at the Empire Club in Toronto, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy revealed he would publish the budget on Thursday, March 26.

  Economy

  Mar 10