tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054848717867658510.post939172010710859139..comments2024-03-17T03:14:59.722-04:00Comments on Defend Public Healthcare: Ontario set to beat deficit target - contrary to media tales of doomLeftwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556235167108250920noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054848717867658510.post-33649679055027801842015-09-30T18:30:11.982-04:002015-09-30T18:30:11.982-04:00As suggested above, the Public Accounts for 2014/1...As suggested above, the Public Accounts for 2014/15 have now revealed that the deficit was much lower -- as usual. Despite the media claims noted in the story above, the deficit turned out to be $2.2 billion less than estimated in the 2014 Budget, coming in at $10.3 B. This was $600 million less even than the revised "interim" estimate in the 2015 Budget noted in the comment above. Also as usual, the province spent much less than budgeted -- $1.6 billion less. Leftwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556235167108250920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054848717867658510.post-70614167365732718332015-03-31T14:53:57.540-04:002015-03-31T14:53:57.540-04:00As expected, (and despite all the gloomy comments ...As expected, (and despite all the gloomy comments from the Globe and the Sun) Finance Minister Sousa has now admitted that the deficit is in fact $1.6 Billion less than planned. Look next for possible further reductions in the deficit when the 2014/15 Public Accounts come out in the fall. Leftwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556235167108250920noreply@blogger.com