The purpose of this report is to: explain time-of-use (TOU) electricity pricing in Ontario, estimate electricity bill savings for residential and commercial (mainly small businesses and farms) ratepayers; and project the cost to the Province from suspending TOU pricing.
The report provides a first indication analysis of Ontario’s April 2020 labour market results in the wake of government measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in the province.
This report shows that the partial shutdown of the Ontario economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic will deliver a severe blow to the province’s revenues, increase spending, and result in substantially higher deficits and debt.
This report provides a preliminary review of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the Ontario health sector, with a focus on hospital capacity.
This report looks at Ontario’s March 2020 labour market results in the wake of government measures to contain the COVID 19 pandemic in the province.
This report provides information on the Province’s 1,200+ service fees, including service fee rate changes in 2019-20, service fee revenue sources and growth rates, and an analysis of the government’s commitment to increase the online delivery of services.
The report provides a forecast of Ontario’s economy and fiscal position through 2050, based on current fiscal policies.
This report provides information on spending by the Province over the first nine months of the 2019-20 fiscal year (as of December 31, 2019), including changes to the 2019 budget spending plan, actual spending results compared to planned spending and an updated budget deficit projection.
This report is the 2019 Update on Home Energy Spending in Ontario. Home energy spending represents what Ontarians pay to heat and cool their homes and power their appliances.
The report provides details on the oversight, growth and distribution of tax expenditures in Ontario.
This report is an update on Ontario’s economic and budget outlook. The FAO projects Ontario’s budget deficit will increase to $8.5 billion in 2019-20, up from $7.4 billion last year.
The Expenditure Monitor is a new type of report, and the first of its kind from the FAO, intended to assist Members of Provincial Parliament track provincial spending and changes to program budgets over the course of the year.
This report supports the Standing Committee on Estimates’ review of the Ministry of Transportation’s 2019-20 Expenditure Estimates.
This report looks at the waitlist for a long-term care bed in Ontario which reached nearly 35,000 individuals in 2018-19, a 78 per cent increase from 2011-12.
This is an update on Ontario’s credit rating, which is determined by four major international credit rating agencies, based on their assessments of the province’s economic and financial outlook.
This report is a commentary that explains why Ontario’s deficit doubled from $3.7 billion in 2017-18 to $7.4 billion in 2018-19.
This report supports the Standing Committee on Estimates’ review of the Ministry of Education’s 2019-20 Expenditure Estimates.
The report assesses the financial and economic implications of the government’s new childcare tax credit: the ‘Childcare Access and Relief from Expenses’ or ‘CARE’ tax credit.
The FAO’s 2018-19 annual report summarizes the FAO’s activities during his first year in office to support all MPPs of the Legislative Assembly.