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Deficit mania: When politics trump economics

As Ontario leans into a provincial election year and inches toward a pre-election budget, CCPA Research Associate Hugh Mackenzie shows how politically misguided it would be to bend to pressure to slash public funding in the name of deficit reduction. His prescription for provincial budget priorities can be found here in his fiscal analysis, Ontario's Deficit Quandary: When Politics Trump Economics.

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