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Who's Got The Worst Economy In Canada?

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 11.20.2012 | Canada Business
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The regional disparities in Canada’s economy continue to widen, with resource-rich provinces outgrowing the rest of the country by leaps and bounds,...

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How Cutting Taxes Actually Helps the Economy

Tim Hudak | Posted 12.25.2012 | Canada Politics
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Tim Hudak

Two aspirations for Ontario -- to be the engine of Canadian jobs again and to have world-leading public services -- are interdependent, not separate, goals. We can't have one without the other. And Ontarians deserve both. Instead of grants and handouts to the politically connected, I believe tax cuts create jobs. Tax relief creates jobs, grows the economy, and stimulates new business investments.

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Is Ontario The Next Rustbelt?

David Frum | Posted 10.11.2012 | Canada
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David Frum

Canadians should not arrogantly assume that what has happened to Detroit, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh cannot happen to Brantford, Trenton and Windsor. It can happen, and it is happening. Like the U.S. Rustbelt, Ontario has been losing industrial jobs, and only new business investment can create the post-industrial jobs of the future.

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Ontario's Job Growth On A Tear

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.10.2012 | Canada Business
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TORONTO - Ontario bucked a trend of job losses last month as the only province to make significant gains with 10,600 new jobs.Economic Development Min...

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Economic Outlook DOWNGRADED

CBC | Posted 06.25.2012 | Canada
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Former Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj is in court this week, challenging the 2011 election results in the Toronto riding of Etobicoke Cent...

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Surprise, Surprise: This Region To Boom As Rest Of Canada Stagnates

CP | Posted 04.09.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA -- The TD Bank says persistently strong oil prices are giving the economies of resource-rich prairie provinces a turbo-boost. The bank says ...

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Meet The Fixer: But Is Ontario Beyond Repair?

CP | Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.15.2012 | Canada Politics
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When former Big Bank economist Don Drummond releases his long awaited review of Ontario government finances at a media lockup Wednesday, he will be lo...

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Troubled Economic Waters Ahead For Ontario

CBC | Posted 01.23.2012 | Canada Politics
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Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan gave a sobering view of the province's finances on Wednesday, predicting slow economic growth and ...

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Largest Province's Economy Shrinks

CP | Keith Leslie, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.26.2011 | Canada Politics
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TORONTO - Keeping on schedule to eliminate Ontario's deficit is crucial and will require spending "adjustments," Finance Minister Dwight Duncan said W...

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Ontario's Deficit Lower Than Expected, But Still Huge

CP | Keith Leslie, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.24.2011 | Canada Politics
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MARKHAM, Ont. - Ontario's Liberal government said Tuesday it was lowering its budget deficit faster than projected, crediting its own restraint measur...

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