Ontario’s deficit has grown by more than $3 billion in the past few months as the province continues to face economic headwinds blowing up from the U.S.
In an economic update delivered on Thursday, the Ford government said the deficit for 2026-27 is now projected to be $16.9 billion, up from the $13.8 billion that was projected in the budget tabled back in March.
Definitely nothing to do with Ford being a fucking grifter.
I mean, he’s a politician. I assumed that was a given.
We shouldn’t really accept thos as standard from our politicians, and saying this about Ford is suggesting that he’s run-of-the-mill.
Ford is probably the worst thing to happen to Ontario in many years, if not decades.
He has yet to pull his Mike Harris moment.
He’s had so many that no one cares anymore.
And yet he’s absolutely run of the mill now.
Who was the last politician you remember that was actually interested in making our lives better?
I wish I could say “our”, but I’ve been watching Mamdani as mayor of NYC and he seems to be a good candidate for a politician working for the good for the people.
Jack.
Everyone says that about the guy or girl who gets in if they didn’t vote for them. How many people said that about Wynne? McGuinty? Eves/Harris? Rae? That doesn’t actually say anything.
I’m not sure what the best objective metric is of assessing corruption, but I bet if we plotted Ford and family’s net worth vs. the Ontario deficit, we’d find something unpleasant.
Also, I didn’t vote for Wynne and I don’t think I voted for McGuinty. And I didn’t think that they were the most corrupt when they were in power, either.
McGuinty set the stage for major problems in Ontario, From the green belt, auto insurance and foreign students.
I would say that setting the stage is objectively less corrupt than taking to the stage and acting on it.
It’s a progression. Wynne was worse than McGuinty, Ford’s worse than Wynne, the next one will be worse than Ford. And someone will come along and say the same thing about them that you’re saying about Ford, which is the same thing that was said about Wynne, McGuinty, Harris, etc.
He was the first to allow diploma mills?