04/23/2015
Today Finance Minister Charles Sousa delivered the 2015 Provincial Budget entitled, “Building Ontario Up.” On the whole, the budget delivers only modest changes from last year’s plan. Program spending for 2015-16 will be $131.9 billion with a deficit of $8.5 billion. The outlook for 2016-17 includes a deficit of $4.8 billion. The Government is proceeding with its plan to balance the budget by 2017-18. Modest changes of municipal interest include: