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Ontario deficit grows to $16.9 billion as trade war with U.S. drags on (www.cp24.com)
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Ontario’s deficit has grown by more than $3 billion in the past few months as the province continues to face economic headwinds blowing up from the U.S.

In an economic update delivered on Thursday, the Ford government said the deficit for 2026-27 is now projected to be $16.9 billion, up from the $13.8 billion that was projected in the budget tabled back in March.

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[–] 1 point 1 week ago (6 children)

And yet he's absolutely run of the mill now.

Who was the last politician you remember that was actually interested in making our lives better?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    Nationally? Avi Lewis seems to be genuinely interested in making our lives better. Provincially, Mike Schreiner in Ontario and Emily Lowan in BC both seem want to improve things. But they are very much in the minority.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (2 children)

    Avi hasn't accomplished anything yet. Likely he never will based on our historical voting.

    He seems like he's for the people sure, but the other NDP leaders aren't in line with him. Look at Eby fucking themselves or the strike breaking in Manitoba (pretty sure it's Manitoba) not even a day after the strike started.

    Avi might accomplish something good, maybe, but he's got a LOT of work to do to get the rest of his party in line with him to accomplish anything at all.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    NDP is bifuricated between labor reps and people wanting to add more letters to LGBTQ+, and surprisingly, the voters don't care.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    I hope they always keep their love and support for all the letters. They could do it a little better tbh. That poor gay indigenous kid out there should have someone in power giving a fuck about him. God knows Conservatives never will.

    They also gotta remember all the other issues as well. They need to highlight the issues of the workers instead of letting christian nationalists pull them into culture wars.

    This country even elected an evangelical christian prime minister who was forced to swear never to touch abortion and marriage equality. Is there room for improvement? Sure. Majority of the country is overall better than it used to be. For now, cost of living and housing has to be their focus otherwise they are not winning and forming government any time soon.

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