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$25 Billion Ontario Deficit

Author: Kevin Gaudet 2009/10/21

Ontario Liberal Finance Minister Dwight Duncan announced a $25 billion deficit, more than twice the old record of $12 billion set by Bob Rae and the NDP in 1992. Kevin Gaudet of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation says that MPPs should cut their own pay and freeze public wages for three years for starters. Tim Hudak Leader of the Opposition Conservatives also blasted the budget.



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