With soaring tax revenue and a balanced budget posted last year, Doug Ford had a opportunity to post a budget in the black rather than red.
Gone are the days when Ford had anyone to blame other than himself. Dalton McGunity and Kathleen Wynne’s days in the premier’s chair are long gone. Ford is the one who has driven Ontario’s debt up by nearly $57 billion and seems determined to take that total further still.
With inflation at rates not seen since the early 1980s, families are feeling a cost of living crunch. Ford could have stretched out a helping hand by cutting taxes to help Ontarians make ends meet. Lowering the HST could have meant savings on everything from a cup of coffee to a new car. Increasing the basic personal amount could have saved every Ontarian on their income taxes.
While Ford did face pressure to increase spending in certain priority areas like health care, he didn’t have to give away the store everywhere. Alberta, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick all resisted the urge to spend away their balanced budgets. Ford could have done the same.
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