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Election Day, Thursday, June 12 Despite almost every major labour union (except for OPSEU and CUPE) declaring their support for the Ontario budget, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath met with Queen’s Park media this morning and pulled the plug on further cooperation with the Liberals, declaring the New… Continue Reading Ontario 2014: And They’re Off! One Election; Five Battlegrounds

Now that Ontario’s 2014 budget has been introduced, everyone is asking the same set of questions: will the NDP support the budget or topple the government?  Will Premier Kathleen Wynne attempt to negotiate with the NDP, or pull the plug herself?  The only question no one is… Continue Reading Ontario 2014 Budget – Election Fever Edition

Michael Fenn, The Mowat Centre, Published Friday April 11, 2014 StrategyCorp and The Mowat Centre have collaborated to publish a framework for public asset management and reinvestment, answering the question: “In the face of growing public debt, fiscal constraints and a growing need to invest in public… Continue Reading Recycling Ontario’s Assets

8th GCC Municipal Conference – April 8-9, 2014 – Abu Dhabi, UAE StrategyCorp’s John Matheson took to the stage at the 8th GCC Municipal Conference in Abu Dhabi to discuss the merits of Public-Private Collaboration. Organized under the slogan “Sustainable Municipal Services to Enhance the Quality of… Continue Reading Public Private Collaboration at the 8th GCC Municipal Conference – Abu Dhabi, UAE

To use an Olympic analogy, today’s budget was the qualifying round for Budget 2015.  It was a “business as usual” budget where the government sought to show progress on some key files while demonstrating overall fiscal restraint and paving the way to a budget surplus in 2015. … Continue Reading Budget 2014: The march towards Budget 2015 and the next federal election campaign

Ontario’s Fall Economic Statement signals shift to the left in advance of presumed spring election What you need to know: The Fall Economic Statement signals a shift to the left by Ontario’s Liberal minority government. Broad spending cuts are not being considered. The Wynne government says it… Continue Reading Wynne Government shifts to the left in advance of presumed spring election

DAVID MACNAUGHTON, The Globe and Mail: In the debate over the proper policy course for governments to assist in getting our economy out of its current doldrums, economists, politicians and policy wonks have essentially split into two camps. One, the austerity folks, advocate reduced government spending, smaller… Continue Reading Ontario needs fundamental change not a fight over austerity vs. stimulus

SONYA BELL, iPolitics: In sharp contrast to the secrecy that surrounds a typical government budget, the Ontario Liberals have been spilling the spring spending beans on a very public stage. StrategyCorp’s John Duffy weighs in. Read full article >>

The politics of a minority government are playing themselves out once again in Ontario.  Although this time a new Premier isin place, demands from the NDP and an outright rejection of the budget from the Progressive Conservatives are creating a sense of déjà vu at Queens Park.… Continue Reading Ontario 2013 Budget Review

J.C. BOURQUE, The Globe and Mail: Of the three major parties, only one appears to have finally decided to grapple with reality. Tim Hudak and the Progressive Conservative Party have released a number of interesting, innovative and occasionally controversial policies that seriously attempt to respond to the… Continue Reading Why the Ontario Progressive Conservatives are the party of ideas