Fall update: Ontario’s projected deficit is an accounting fiction
Ontario government is squirreling money away while public services suffer
Sheila Block is a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' Ontario office. Find her on Twitter at @SheilaBlockTO.
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