Doug Ford cuts: Tracking the Ontario PC government's crackdown on spending

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Don't live in Ontario but I have to ask...why is he doing that? Is it because he hates education, art, the poor and clean energy?

Lol wonder how the people that voted in majority for him feel now...

Thank you fordnation for being responsible with our tax $$

... and this list only takes us up to late January! Lots more since then. ProportionalRepresentation ElectoralReform

And then imagine this combined with Scheer as PM in Ottawa... wake up people and fast

Seems pretty reasonable actually.

Someone had to get spending under control. The teachers union was one of the big problems.

Why more millenials need to vote, all these cuts so he can have buck a beer and a damn race track for horses.

fordnation Thank you so much for cutting funding for OSAP. Now my daughter who dreamed to be a doctor who got accepted to the Honours Science Program, Biology and she’s worried she might not be able to get into OSAP because of your HUGE CUTS! From mom making $17 an hour!! 🤬

albertfong Quite the list! Here's the cover of the upcoming Ontario 'Budget for the People', to be released this week. OnPoli CutsHurtKids

Love it, Love it, Love it...Ontario is an endless pit of financial greed...I've seen with my own eyes that school repairs are still being done, it's the upgrades that can wait...Ford is on top of his game...Ontario already is better off !

MrJKraemer 😡

Carla_Pereira2 This is absolutely horrendous.

That's how he'll balance the budget. Slash everything

MATUGAMATUGA I'm still waiting for cuts to his stupid, phoney smile and his big, fat waistline. That would be a good step forward.

DF YOU and your PC party are going to destroy education in Ontario. For the students! For the teachers! Your ideas are so short sighted! education ontarioteachers

MichelleCaissi1 Wow! As if you didn't run the fake 'carbon recession' on the cover! 😅

Why would you consider attrition a cut? It’s attrition. Once teachers retire , and their is no need to replace them , how is that a cut?

It's not a crackdown on spending. It is direct act of destruction. This is a government that hates and disrespects the very people it is supposed to serve.

It should be illegal to cut education in this country, the fact that education is underfunded already from governments constantly making cuts, education should be a priority

So many posters here think money grows on trees. McGuinty and Wynne spent 15 years spending our kids and grandkids money on buying “our” votes. Somebody has to get the fiscal ship back in order.

They really should change their name to the Regressive Conservative Party...there’s nothing progressive about them at all. They just want to go backwards, not forward. Wrong direction.

He wants to run ontario completely like a business and using “for the people” to sell his ideas. As if it wasnt clear enough already, when he wanted to change our slogan to “open for business” it because quite clear he wasnt “for the people” but rather “for business”

Yet the people of Ontario voted for this ,wake up people and do some homework before you vote

I'm amazed the usual militant teachers didnt schedule this for during school hours.

Liberal much?

now cut taxes

Wow surprised right wing MacLeans isn’t bowing and scraping to DougFord and his fascists.

economically discriminating,,, i rly expected better. he’s vile

You mean in real life someone has to pay off those massive debts? For some people, balancing a budget isn’t fair. Why can’t we just max out the credit cards and let the next generation pay for our spending spree?

Like taking candy from a baby, literally! Let's take money away from the only people that can't fight back, the children, and the sick. Glad I never voted for this grinning clown 😩

Finally a government getting spending under control. The sooner they do, the faster Ontario can regain it's economic footing and widespread prosperity. Next up: tackle the public sector unions with their above market salaries and profligate pension schemes.

Exactly what we elected him to do ✂️✂️✂️💵💵💵👍👍👍

Cut spending in the ivory tower. Start with EQAO...your school board buddies. Use those savings in our schools.

Typical cons playbook - cut funding to healthcare, education & other social programs & funnel money to their own corrupt inner circle. Well, you asked for it Ontario when you voted this govt in 🤷🏼‍♂️ Correctable in 3 years. onpoli

It makes no sense that a sitting government is cutting our education. Also, this idea we have no money for education is laughable. It’s strange how we never have money for social issues, but, always have money for corporate bail outs, fighter jets, Conservatives hate people!

FordNation not a one job loss, LIAR

It will only get worse. 3 years to go. Not surprised why the auto industry among others are leaving Ontario.fordnation MacLeodLisa celliottability LisaThompsonMPP douglasdowney

Maclean’s Magazine is failing. How about a cover of this crook calling him an “imposter”? Of course not, u secretly love everything that is conservative including Ford & Scheer.

Just checked out EQOA numbers for Ontario students. Not very impressive. Teachers are important when they’re effective. They’re dangerous when they aren’t. Cutty Cut Cut-Cut.

These changes that doug Ford has done with spineless politicians will last past 30 years....

Someone needs to smack the smug looks off his face. Hopefully he lands in the ocean and out of our country.

You voted for a guy who's platform was 'buck a beer,' what did you expect?

But has he done enough to save Ontario from the financial ruin that repeat Liberal governments inflicted on Ontario, the massive debt fukking mess they left for him to clean up? Those kids protesting cuts should be outraged at having Liberals ruin their lives paying that debt

Let's be true here. Not refilling job vacancies is not the same as cutting jobs.

I am paying attention from AB. BetteroffwithRachel

I know a few teachers, so, have first hand knowledge of how good they are at working the system. One of the many examples I can proffer is how they keep taking irrelevant crazy easy courses to pass so they can defer payment of their whopping OSAP debit.

Ontario, open for business and horseracing.

Cut more were broke ontario

Good for him, finally a leader that takes action and not one that sits around and talks about peoples feelings

Take note, Albertans, take note!!

Are we really surprised by their agenda to wage a class war?

eflorian10 We cannot expect the uneducated to know much about education!

Wynne ran that province into a hell hole with her out of control spending and deficit. What the F do you think is going to happen? It's a must. Get a grip.

Oh don't get distracted by facts. Have you ever seen Fox News get distracted by facts? Be determined in your pursuit of becoming Fox News North.

As frustrating as it is, this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone onpoli

Sunnydays180 You forgot to add and everything andy dimbles will cut as will kenney

I am muting and blocking total click-bait rag . I have no illusions that my one small action won't move the needle, but hopefully I am following others and others will follow me. GOODBYE MACLEANS THE SOONER YOU GO UNDER THE BETTER.

yay a pile of $'s and a bunch of hopelessness just like our friends in usa

OMG! A story in - that's NOT about SNCLavalin!

And all because the liberals wasted the money. Complain to the liberals.

Not one mention of the main cause for cuts, Liberal corruption and misspending over 15 years that caused Ontario to be the most debt ridden province per capita in the world. Do none of you ever have to balance your own budget? Clowns

Missing a whole bunch of things: the Avista/Hydro One debacle costing citizens $103,000,000 US, the crony hires that are costing Ontarians such as the failed PC candidate now getting $140,000 per year that was a $3600 per year position.

My gift to fordnation to honor his cuts to OHIP myONplate onpoli OntarioPCParty oneterm

And this is just the beginning

They elected a high school underachiever, with a silver spoon, who never had to apply for a job or work to be successful, it was given to him. People think he's 'one of them' why, because he isn't well spoken? Fools, he's still elite, he doesn't care or relate to real struggles.

That’s just great, less educated people in Ontario, makes more work for immigrants..

Cutting education support reflects Fords own personal disinterest in knowledge and education. He has created a governmental agenda based on his personal preferences rather than what the province or future needs.

Yup doing what CONservatives do best cut and destroy. onpoli cdnpoli . Heads up Alberta abpoli

Maybe Macleans magazine has a hate-on just for Justin. Here's an article on all the cuts made by Ontario's Double-Dealing Dougie since he took office. It asks the question: if this is what the first year was like, what will be left of Ontario after three more years?

A pathetic attempt to smear the person who has the courage to make the unpopular decisions. Next time try putting everything in the context.

cut a lot more.

Ford has not cut 10% of what should be cut slug teachers should be fired , jailed for child abuse

Sunnydays180 So Maclean’s, where is the cover calling Ford an imposter? Wasn’t he “for the people”? Didn’t he promise “not a single job would be lost” under his watch? ONpoli

Sunnydays180 So Macleans, where is your cover of Ford calling him an imposter? mediamatters cndpoli

We have to pay for Wynne’s craziness. The cancelled gas plant costs have a direct line to today’s fiscal pressures.

Ontario: Open for Business. (Closed to education, healthcare and environmental protection.)

He is trying to give the province back some control over the teacher's union which has been out of control a long time.

If you haven't figured it out yet, it's going to be a bumpy ride. Hope fordnation doesn't ruin the province before we can get rid of him.

The only thing that would impress me, is if Ford did these job cuts by amalgamation of the Catholic and Noncatholic public schools. stopfundingreligion PLeaSE!!

Great summary. The Ontario government is doing everything they promised and more. For every complainer there are 100 quiet Ontarioans behind the moves. One thing this article continues to highlight the cult of the 'Leader'. It is the Ontario good government making these moves!

This ideology disguised as cost cutting.

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