This report provides information on spending by the Province over the first three quarters of the 2021-22 fiscal year.
This report provides an update on Ontario’s labour market performance in 2021, highlights major challenges facing the province’s workers, and includes a brief overview of the impact of the COVID-19 Omicron variant on employment in January 2022.
This report examines the Province’s nine energy and electricity subsidy programs, estimates the cost of the programs over 20 years, and reviews how the programs affect the electricity bills of Ontario households and businesses. The report also identifies changes to the subsidy programs since the introduction of the Fair Hydro Plan in 2017 and estimates the cost of those changes. Finally, the report discusses how the Province plans to achieve its commitment to lower electricity bills by 12 per cent.
This report provides the FAO’s projection of the government’s fiscal position over the 2021-22 to 2023-24 period. The report compares the FAO’s outlook to the government’s plan presented in the 2021 Fall Economic Statement for budget balance, key debt measures, revenues and program spending.
This report introduces the Costing Climate Change Impacts on Public Infrastructure project, which provides projections of the long-term costs that certain climate change hazards will impose on Ontario’s provincial and municipal infrastructure budgets. The report outlines the context and methodology, describes the climate hazards included in the project, and discusses the projections of these hazards to public infrastructure. Results will be published in three sector reports for buildings, transportation, and water infrastructure.
This report estimates the impacts of changes in extreme rainfall, extreme heat and freeze-thaw cycles on the long-term costs of maintaining public buildings in a state of good repair. The report shows that these climate hazards will materially increase the cost of maintaining public buildings in Ontario, and the future severity of climate change will have a direct impact on provincial and municipal infrastructure budgets.
This report provides information on spending by the Province over the first two quarters of the 2021-22 fiscal year.
This report examines how home energy spending differs across household income levels and regions in Ontario. The report also discusses how the benefits from provincial programs that subsidize the cost of electricity are distributed to Ontario households by income level and region.
This report provides an updated summary of the measures implemented in Ontario by the Government of Ontario and the Government of Canada in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The report also provides information on the sources of funding for provincial measures and estimates the timing of provincial spending.
This report provides information on spending by the Province in the first quarter of the 2021-22 fiscal year.
This report provides an update on Ontario’s 2021 credit rating
This report reviews the infrastructure assets owned by Ontario municipalities, assesses the condition of those assets, and estimates the cost to bring these assets into a state of good repair.
This report provides information on spending by the Province through the end of the 2020-21 fiscal year (March 31, 2021), including changes to the 2020-21 spending plan, unaudited spending results, an updated budget deficit projection, and the year-end status of the Province’s three unallocated funds.
This report summarizes Peter Weltman’s activities during his third year in office to support his mandate of providing all MPPs of the Legislative Assembly with relevant, authoritative, and timely information on the financial impact of government policies, and particularly the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on these policies.
This report provides an assessment of Ontario’s current economic outlook and the provincial government’s finances.
This report reviews the Ministry of Education’s 2021-22 Expenditure Estimates. The report provides a financial overview of the ministry and examines the ministry’s spending plan.
This report was prepared to support the Standing Committee on Estimates’ review of the Ministry of Long-Term Care’s 2021-22 Expenditure Estimates. The report provides a financial overview of the ministry and identifies key financial issues, including the commitment to add and redevelop 30,000 long-term care beds and increase the average daily direct care hours provided to long-term care residents.
The purpose of this report is to support the Standing Committee on Estimates’ review of the Ministry of Health’s 2021-22 Expenditure Estimates. The report provides a financial overview of the ministry and identifies key financial issues for the health sector.
In response to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs’ request, this report assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on insolvencies in Ontario.
This report explains how the Province’s new program to reduce electricity costs for industrial and large commercial ratepayers by subsidizing the cost of green energy contracts will work, projects the cost of the program to the Province, and estimates the impact of the program on Ontario electricity ratepayers.