The Ford government is not pre\u002Doccupied with traditional conservative concerns like eliminating the deficit or cutting taxes. Spending, sorry, investing is now…
Instead, the PC budget is laden with already-announced plans for economic growth, job training and infrastructure spending. The document is entitledNot that the budget is entirely gimmick-free. Familiar affordability measures get a nod, with the license plate refund and the temporary gas tax reduction leading the list. The government is also touting the seven separate programs that protect Ontarians from having to paying the real price of electricity.
Is helping those least able to help themselves really less important than refunding people’s licence plate sticker fees? This year’s deficit is expected to come in at a hefty $19.9 billion and the only new tax decrease is an average $300 for low-income workers. The PCs’ deficit projection might be strategic. If you aren’t offering a lot of new spending, it can be unwise to predict that you will soon have bags of spare money. If economic growth is at the high end of the government’s range of predictions, the deficit could be eliminated two years from now.
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