NDP Leader, noting a slow response to cutting car insurance premiums, gives her party rhetorical room to say no to the budget, a move that would doom the Liberal government to a spring election. ...
Category: Taxes and Benefits
Fedeli releases his latest ‘Focus on Finance,’ calls transit taxes a ‘spin tool’
Tory finance critic Vic Fedeli says accounting rule changes in 2002 mean government is playing a shell game with tax dollars. ...
John Tory says transit taxes will only work if they’re dedicated
Former Opposition Leader says voters won't support taxes that disappear into the "black hole" of general revenue. ...
Dean: Can Ontario push pension reform over the finish line?
Columnist Tony Dean assesses Premier Kathleen Wynne's efforts to enhance Canada`s public pension payouts. ...
Murray disputes some of the math on transportation cost burden
Motorists must share the burden, minister says, as cost for improvements to overall transportation network can't all come from transit users. ...
Fedeli urges government to make pay freeze “myth” a reality
Tory finance critic presents list of public sector agreements since Dwight Duncan declared a freeze, but former finance minister says pay hikes don't necessarily come from provincial coffers ...
MacLeod dares Wynne to call election on eve of AG report
Queen's Park is not-so-patiently waiting for the release of the auditor general's report on the cancellation of the Oakville gas plant. ...
Development charge rules make no sense: ECO
Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller says they unduly restrict municipalities from building transit. ...
Government unclear on full effects of subway plan on deficit
The government doesn't know the full financial implications of a decision to build a Scarborough subway. ...
It’s about fair compensation
Columnist Bryne Purchase has another installment in his series on the habits of highly effective premiers, this time looking at who gets paid what. ...