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Ontario’s Public Finances: A Fiscal Primer
With Ontario set to deliver its own budget on Tuesday March 29th, it is useful to provide a perspective on the province's finances given that it is Canada’s most populous province and largest provincial economy. Ontario faces some tough fiscal decision making over the next few years given a set of deteriorating public finances and […]
Revisiting Ontario’s Decline
Well, there have been some great comments regarding my post on whether Ontario is in decline. Alot of good points have been raised including how output is attributed to regions as well as how important the effect of oil prices has been. One comment in particular by Kosta piqued my curiosity.
Is Ontario in Decline?
With a battered manufacturing sector, a large public sector deficit, a drop in per capita GDP relative to other provinces and becoming a recipient of equalization, Ontario has definitely seen better days. The question is whether this is represents a long-term trend towards economic decline for Ontario or is it simply a short-term aberration?
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