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Look through the smokescreen created by Premier Dalton McGuinty’s $23 billion gap campaign and you see a provincial government that is in denial; one that…

Complacency is not acceptable, says Ontario Alternative Budget CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO— The Ontario Alternative Budget for 2006 released today by…

We Can’t Afford Poverty Download 123.68 KB60 pages Attachments Ontario Alternative Budget 2006-7: We Can’t Afford Poverty

A Comment on the 2006-7 Ontario Budget Download 128.44 KB3 pages

TORONTO— According to an Ontario Alternative Budget technical paper released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the McGuinty government’s current fiscal plan would…

READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO—Despite all of Dalton McGuinty’s talk about taking politics out of budgets, the McGuinty government’s announcement to bring down its…

Setting up Good News This Year, or Next? Download 90.13 KB3 pages

Time for Ontario to Address its Public Services Gap Download 287.6 KB 12 pages

TORONTO—Ontario’s finances are in substantially better shape than the McGuinty government’s constant cries of poverty would suggest, says a new study from the Ontario Alternative…

Ontario Alternative Budget Technical Paper #3 Download 149.06 KB 2 pages

Ontario Alternative Budget Technical Paper #2 Download 147.31 KB 4 pages

TORONTO—“It’s not often that a government facing fiscal problems leads into its budget by declaring proudly that it intends to ignore the fundamental cause of…
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