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Ontario to provide financial update amid tariff impacts

The government projected earlier this year in its first quarter finances that the province would have a $14.6-billion deficit this year.

Published Nov 6, 2025 at 1:38pm

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Ontario to provide financial update amid tariff impacts

Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy delivers the Ontario budget as Premier Doug Ford looks on at the Queen's Park Legislature in Toronto, on Thursday, May 15, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is set to table a fall fiscal update today, with a look at how the province's books are faring amid the impacts of U.S. tariffs.

The government projected earlier this year in its first quarter finances that the province would have a $14.6-billion deficit this year.

But Bethlenfalvy also said in a recent speech that Ontario has a "strong fiscal foundation," with lower costs of interest on debt giving the province more room to spend on infrastructure, tax relief and the skilled workforce.

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