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Drummond Report: Ontario's Struggles Pale In Comparison To These Debt-Ridden Places

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The Huffington Post Canada   First Posted: 02/15/2012 2:35 pm Updated: 02/15/2012 3:28 pm

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With the release of the much-awaited Drummond Commission report on Wednesday, so begins months (perhaps years?) of political and public hand-wringing over a myriad of proposed spending cuts.

But as debt-laden economies attempt to balance the books in the aftermath of the recession, Ontario, which is striving to eliminate its $16 billion deficit by 2017-18, isn't alone in taking up the mantle of austerity.

And Canada's most populous province is hardly worst off. Here are seven jurisdictions where the axe has fallen hardest.

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With the release of the much-awaited Drummond Commission report on Wednesday, so begins months (perhaps years?) of political and public hand-wringing over a myriad of proposed spending cuts. But a...
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procrustes13
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08:36 AM on 02/16/2012
Where's Latvia and where are the figures of the destruction caused by austerity (25% reduction in GDP for Greece, 20% for Ireland, 25% for Latvia, etc...)?
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turkeylurky
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05:28 PM on 02/15/2012
We don't suck as much as the worst places in the world.
That IS something to be proud of.
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