Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy, left, shakes hands with Premier Doug Ford after providing an economic update, at Queen's Park in Toronto, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024.Photo by Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press

Randall Denley: Ontario PCs miss their chance to prep for an affordability election

Ford settled for a few small things that will do little to help Ontarians struggling to cope with the high cost of living

by · National Post

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s PC government missed a real political opportunity when it delivered its mini-budget on Wednesday. It may have been the government’s last chance to do something substantial about affordability before the next election, widely expected to take place in the spring.

Instead, Ford settled for a couple of small things that will do little to help Ontarians struggling to cope with the high cost of living. That’s despite affordability polling as the top concern for Ontario voters for two years, before slipping just behind health care in the third quarter of this year.

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