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Ontario Budget: March 26

Tuesday, 10 March 2026 16:23

By Angus Gillespie

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Finance Minister says he's taking a balanced fiscal approach

Ontario’s finance minister is set to table the provincial budget on March 26.

Peter Bethlenfalvy says the upcoming budget will take a balanced fiscal approach that supports public services and infrastructure... while maintaining flexibility.

He is pointing to six key themes of the budget: productivity and innovation, a competitive business environment, infrastructure and housing, trade, talent and workforce along with reliable, affordable, clean energy. He made those themes known on Tuesday while delivering a speech at the Empire Club of Canada in Toronto.

As of the province’s third-quarter finances update, delivered last month, Ontario’s deficit for the current year was projected to be $13.4 billion dollars.

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