Finance Minister Charles Sousa is poised to release Ontario’s first balanced budget in a decade today, after eliminating a massive deficit.
Sousa has already announced the budget will contain new spending to benefit seniors, caregivers, students, parents and patients; specifically promising a booster shot” for health care.
Now everyone is buying in though. Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown thinks Sousa’s been engaging in voodoo math using the sale of Hydro One shares to pay down the deficit on a one time basis.
He says he thinks Chef Sousa is “cooking the books.”
When all is said and one, Ontario will still have debt of more than $300 billion.