Ontario Projects $14.6 Billion Deficit in Budget Focused on US Tariffs and Economic Growth

Ontario Projects $14.6 Billion Deficit in Budget Focused on US Tariffs and Economic Growth
Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy tables the provincial budget at the legislature at Queen's Park in Toronto on March 23, 2023. The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn
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Ontario’s 2025 budget includes support for businesses and workers hit by U.S. tariffs, new investments to grow key sectors, and a deficit three times larger than last year’s projection.

This year’s budget, dubbed “A Plan to Protect Ontario,” responds to economic uncertainty caused by U.S. tariffs with a focus on building a stronger economy through nation-building projects and the province’s “most ambitious” capital plan yet, said Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy at his May 15 budget address at the legislature.