安省保守党去年六月才上台，为啥要担全年？而且福特上台后审计自由党的帐，藏了几十亿的帐甩锅。
去年保守党接手的时候，自由党留下赤字150亿，福特上台，不停的消减各种开支，最后将18年的赤字减少了33个亿，
自由党这些年留下了3430个亿啊。。。
2019 Ontario Budget: Protecting What Matters Most
budget.ontario.ca
Minister’s Foreword
This is a Budget for the people, by the people and one that, after years of neglect, puts the people first. It builds on the progress our government has made over the past nine months to deliver on our five core commitments. They are to:
- Put more money in people’s pockets;
- Create and protect jobs;
- Restore accountability and trust in government;
- Clean up the hydro mess; and
- Cut hospital wait times and end hallway health care.
During the development of the 2019 Ontario Budget, members of our government fanned out across the province to meet with and listen to individuals, families and business owners. We heard first-hand about the struggles people are facing in a province that is overtaxed and overregulated, and where the services we cherish most are being threatened by spiralling costs and a high provincial debt burden and deficit.
Cabinet and caucus colleagues also provided specific Budget ideas put forth by constituents from all walks of life. In addition, thousands of people took the time to email us, mail us letters and complete online budget submissions with thoughtful and practical ideas to help fix the government and deliver value for money. We thank everyone for taking part in this incredibly important initiative.
Without question, our government inherited a significant fiscal challenge. The previous government left us with a $15 billion deficit. When we came to office, the previous government had been spending $40 million a day more than it was receiving in revenue. Our province now has the largest subnational debt in the world at $343 billion in 2018–19, strapping Ontario taxpayers with interest payments that are larger than the annual budgets of most provincial ministries. The previous government’s actions were both irresponsible and reckless. And we are now fixing that.
The vast majority of the people we speak with understand the fundamental need to get our fiscal house in order and focus on balancing the budget and reducing the debt burden. Every dollar we are spending on interest payments is a dollar we are not using to support critical front-line services like those in our hospitals, our schools and for child care.
To deal with this unsustainable fiscal situation, our government launched a line-by-line review of all spending within our government ministries and agencies. We acted immediately and imposed a hiring freeze, restricted travel, meals and hospitality, and clamped down on discretionary spending. We set out to spend smarter and work smarter, and to find efficiencies across government. We are taking deliberate steps to reinvent government in order to put the province back on a sound financial footing and we are seeing progress
. In 2018–19, the government reduced the inherited $15 billion deficit by $3.3 billion while delivering $2.7 billion in much-needed relief to individuals, families and businesses.
We are taking a balanced approach to government. We are putting money back in people’s pockets, making Ontario open for business and open for jobs and at the same time, reducing the deficit. We are mapping out a reasonable and responsible path to balance. We are proud to say that we will achieve a balanced budget by 2023–24, while protecting what matters most to Ontario individuals, families and businesses.
We firmly believe it is time that government held itself to the same customer service standards as private sector businesses. This means taking nothing for granted and putting the customer, or in our case, the citizen and the taxpayer first. It also means putting people at the centre of government.
For too long, individuals, families and businesses have been forced to feel like they are working for the government. It’s about time that your government started working for you. That is Premier Doug Ford’s approach. That is the approach of your Government for the People.
We encourage everyone to read the following pages. The 2019 Ontario Budget lays out a plan that restores the accountability of government and the people of Ontario’s trust in it, and puts an end to an unacceptable culture of waste and mismanagement.
Sincerely,
[Original Signed by]
The Honourable Victor Fedeli
Minister of Finance
