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Ontario introduces $17B Covid-19 package; more than doubles deficit

Measures include doubling payments to low-income seniors and financial relief for parents

  • March 25, 2020 March 25, 2020
  • 16:46

Ontario budget includes child-care tax credit, faster write-offs on capital investments

Tories don't plan to balance books until 2023-24

  • April 11, 2019 October 17, 2019
  • 16:39

Foreign buyer home purchases declining in key Ontario region

Foreign buyers accounted for 1.9% of sales in the three months ended Nov. 17, down from 3.2% the previous three months

  • December 20, 2017 March 23, 2019
  • 12:15

Ontario budget promises billions in health care

The centrepiece of the plan is a $465-million-a-year pharmacare program for children and youth

  • April 27, 2017 April 27, 2017
  • 17:40

Ontario reconsidering a foreign buyers’ tax to cool housing market

Provincial Finance Minister Charles Sousa is “keenly aware” of how quickly house prices have risen over the past year in the GTA

  • March 9, 2017 March 9, 2017
  • 17:55

Ontario deficit down to $1.9 billion in fiscal Q3

Revenue was $2.5 billion higher than projected

  • February 21, 2017 February 21, 2017
  • 14:30

Students get boost from Ontario budget

Smokers, drinkers feel pinch

  • February 25, 2016 February 25, 2016
  • 16:30

Ontario budget: No new taxes or major spending cuts

Ontario’s economy is expected to grow by 2.7% this year

  • April 23, 2015 April 23, 2015
  • 16:00

Ontario will struggle to balance books without cuts or taxes: report

A slowdown in revenue growth will likely mean Ontario can’t eliminate its $12.5-billion deficit by 2017-18

  • September 25, 2014 September 25, 2014
  • 15:45