Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026

Bill 97 from Parliament 44 Session 1 of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026.

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@hewer_of_code/116297626410113039

Since his first election in 2018, #DougFord had added 20% to the debt.

Literally 1/5 of #Ontario's $348bn debt, $70bn, was because of him.

Add in the $14bn from this budget too, and he's at almost 25% of the debt, or 1/4 of Ontario's new debt of $362bn.

#ONPoli #ONPolitics

Ok, so if #dougford really wants private #healthcare, fine, as long as half of all their revenues go back into public care. Sound good?
What's in the Ontario budget for Ottawa? Not much, actually
Ontario's 2026 budget is silent on Premier Doug Ford’s earlier campaign promise to take on responsibility for Ottawa's LRT, leaving the city with a growing transit funding gap.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/local-budget-story-9.7143584?cmp=rss

#DougFord is stealing your money

"Ontario deficit nearly doubles as province tables $244.2 billion budget in face of ‘unpredictable economic shocks’"

#Politics #CdnPoli

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/politics/queens-park/article/ontario-deficit-nearly-doubles-as-province-tables-2442-billion-budget-in-face-of-unpredictable-economic-shocks/

Ontario deficit nearly doubles as province tables $244.2 billion budget in face of ‘unpredictable economic shocks’

Ontario’s projected deficit for the coming year has nearly doubled, with the Ford government now projecting that it will be $13.8 billion in the red in 2026-2027 amid “ongoing economic and geopolitical uncertainty.”

CTVNews

RE: https://mastodon.social/@GraphicMatt/116296396457503593

#DougFord added $90 BILLION to #Ontario's Debt, in 2018 when he was first elected the debt was $338b and now it's $428b.

And that's WITH transfers like $1.5 BILLION from the #Toronto taxpayers.

Do you feel like Ontario has improved by $90 Billion?

#ONPoli #TOPoli #CDNPoli

That $150,000,000 that #DougFord spent on five Police Helicopters is looking like a better value every day!

/s

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/brincs-new-police-drone-uses-starlink-carries-narcan-chases-vehicles-at-60mph/

I wonder how many of these drones #Ontario could have bought with that money instead of wasting it on expensive to operate, expensive to buy, not-even-requested-by-the-police crap.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/brincs-new-police-drone-uses-starlink-carries-narcan-chases-vehicles-at-60mph/

#ONPoli #Ontario #OntarioPoli #OntarioPolitics

BRINC's new police drone uses Starlink, carries Narcan, chases vehicles at 60mph

Company calls Guardian the "most capable 911 response drone ever.”...

Ars Technica

#DougFord had the gall to say "You know something, I never get involved in municipal elections..."

https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-warns-bonnie-crombie-he-will-send-an-army-to-stop-her-becoming-mississauga-mayor/article_af93630b-91fb-4c94-9e55-2f4826471b0a.html

This is the guy who, in the middle of the 2018 #Toronto Municipal Election, reduced the size of council to less than half its size, regularly imposes himself as the super-mayor of Toronto on issues from bike lanes to transit, is trying to steal the City of Toronto's stake in the Toronto Island Airport...

Just like with #Trump, anyone who still supports this guy is clearly delusional! He has always lied, but his lies are becoming demented!

#ImpeachDougFord

#ONPoli #Ontario #ONPolitics #

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@hamishb/116295685469635241

In other words, #DougFord got a call from a lobbyist on his personal phone, the records of which he has lost twice trying to keep secret in court and is willing to pass legislation to keep hidden...

#ONPoli

Ford set to unveil 2026 Ontario budget as economy remains volatile
Premier Doug Ford's government tables its eighth budget Thursday, as Ontario's economy faces global economic volatility and heightened levels of unemployment at home. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is due to deliver the spending plan in the legislature at 4 p.m. ET.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-2026-budget-what-you-need-to-know-9.7141960?cmp=rss