Wednesday, April 19, 2017

ONTARIO'S FISCAL MESS

Finance Minister Charles Sousa will deliver Ontario’s spring budget on April 27 and the expectation is that Ontario will deliver a balanced budget for the first time since the onset of the Great Recession. Ontario has now run nine consecutive deficits accumulating $91.6 billion in deficits and increasing the province’s net debt from $156.6 billion in 2007-08 to an expected $317.9 billion in 2016-17.

RELATED: Registered practical nurses are being eliminated from an entire unit at the North Bay Regional Health Centre, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) claims.

RELATED: Staff at the Canadian Transportation Museum and Heritage Village are struggling to keep the lights on and fear they may have to cease operations because of skyrocketing hydro bills.

1 comment:

  1. 6 nursing positions cut in North Bay, peanuts! They cut over 150 nursing positions here in Peterborough over the last five years and the voters keep voting for Leal and Wynne.

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