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A comprehensive critical analysis of Ontario's political economy — what works, what doesn't, and why the system keeps producing the same outcomes regardless of which party holds power.

Covers housing, healthcare, energy, bureaucratic inertia, special interests,
fiscal deficits, short-termism, and three scenarios for the province's future.

It's not a partisan document. The failures are bipartisan and structural.

→ https://curmudgeonlycanadian.substack.com

#Ontario #CDNPoli #PublicPolicy #PoliticalEconomy

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Pepperberry Mar 22

On Ontario's housing crisis:

"The Ontario housing system does not have a supply problem. It has a
political system that has been deliberately designed to prevent supply
from responding to demand, in order to protect the financial interests
of existing property owners."

Homeowners vote in higher proportions than renters. Homeowners benefit from
scarcity. Every party knows this. None has fully acted against it.

Full analysis →

https://curmudgeonlycanadian.substack.com/p/ontarios-political-economy-a-critical

#OntarioHousing #HousingPolicy

ONTARIO’S POLITICAL ECONOMY: A Critical Analysis

A comprehensive critical analysis of Ontario's political economy — exposing structural deficits, bureaucratic inertia, short-termism, incumbent protection, regulatory capture, and the province's uncertain future outlook.

Curmudgeonly Canadian

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Pepperberry Mar 22

On the Ontario Public Service:

The OPS has developed the institutional culture of a large monopoly:
hierarchical, risk-averse, process-obsessed, and constitutionally allergic
to accountability for outcomes.

It is extraordinarily good at generating paper — reports, frameworks,
consultations, strategies. What it is not good at is translating any of
that paper into action.

This pattern persists across every partisan government. Which tells you
it's institutional, not ideological.

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Pepperberry Mar 23

Three scenarios for Ontario's future:

1. Managed decline — the default.

2. Disruptive reform — genuine structural change. Requires political leadership with no current champion across major parties.

3. Fragmented acceleration — Toronto's knowledge economy surges while the rest of the ON stagnates.

The third is the most probable optimistic scenario. Make of that what you will.

→ Full analysis:

https://curmudgeonlycanadian.substack.com/p/ontarios-political-economy-a-critical

#CDNPoli #Ontario #EconomicPolicy #FutureOfWork