Ontario unveils controversial 2025 budget amid tariff challenges
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 4:21 pm
Multiple reports dissect Ontario’s 2025 budget, spotlighting a ballooning deficit, tariff-induced woes, and sweeping reforms from alcohol to cannabis regulations. While the figures paint a less-than-glittering fiscal picture, critics wryly note that Ford’s blueprint might be more about red ink than prosperity.
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The Ontario government tabled a budget projecting a $14.6 billion deficit as it outlined billions of dollars in measures it says will protect Ontarians in the face of U.S. tariffs. Some of those measures include funding for tariff-impacted communities and businesses and job skills training, but the…
The budget includes about $30B in spending to stimulate the economy in the face of tariffs, including a $5B fund to give businesses relief
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The Ford government is continuing its push to reform the province’s alcohol sector, but the 2025 Ontario budget shows money from booze is forecast to drop again due to a variety of reasons including U.S. tariff retaliatory measures. According to projected revenues in the budget, the Liquor Control…
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With levies on auto, steel and aluminum industries, province forced to change previous estimate of a $1.5-billion deficit
From tariff relief to plans to remove two new bike lanes and build a new police training college. Here are some of the things to know about Ontario's 2025 budget.
As part of the 2025 Ontario budget, the Ford government is moving to ease the display restrictions governing cannabis stores in what officials say is an attempt to boost security. Billed as an attempt to “[help] grow Ontario’s cannabis sector” and to increase “comfort, security and safety,”…
The Ford government tabled its 2025 budget called “A Plan to Protect Ontario,” aimed at softening the blow from U.S. tariffs. It’s a financial blueprint big on spending, alcohol provisions and red ink. The deficit is growing by $8.6 billion, up from $6 billion last year to $14.6 billion this year,…
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