New alcohol plan could cost Ontario $510 million a year
As Queen’s Park moves toward the Quebec model of retail, there’s only one way to maintain revenues: Ontarians will have to drink more
Randy Robinson is the Ontario Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Follow him on Twitter at @RandyFRobinson.
As Queen’s Park moves toward the Quebec model of retail, there’s only one way to maintain revenues: Ontarians will have to drink more
Ontario liquor store workers are standing up for a public asset
New alcohol plan ignores true costs
Financial Accountability Office paper is essential reading for every Ontarian
Yet another missed opportunity to tackle big problems
Five years into a six-year plan, Queen’s Park is still budgeting big but spending small
No province in Canada gives less funding per student to post-secondary institutions than Ontario
Provincial coffers are short $7.7 billion this year
For every dollar per person spent on programs in other provinces, Ontario spent 75 cents
Ontario government is squirreling money away while public services suffer
With that kind of money, developers could buy 60,000 brand new Cadillacs — or 100 high-end private jets
There’s no sign that anybody will face real consequences for the $10 billion giveaway
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