The Ford government is set to release its 2023 budget on Thursday, one that Ontario’s finance minister says will prepare the province for the “uncertain economic times” ahead.
“Families and businesses and workers are feeling the financial pressures the current economy is putting on them each and every day,” Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy said this week.
“While Ontario’s economy has remained resilient, the economic road ahead continues to be uncertain,” added Bethlenfalvy, who has stressed the need for “restraint” after the big spending, high-deficit budgets of the COVID-19 pandemic.
That restraint, though, does not mean cutting program spending, according to Bethlenfalvy.
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