Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Jeff Gray
Publication Date: September 26, 2025 - 09:58
Ontario reports much smaller budget deficit of $1.1-billion, despite tariff uncertainty
September 26, 2025
Ontario says its budget deficit for the fiscal year that ended in March was just $1.1-billion, much lower than the $6-billion it had projected earlier this year, as the province’s economy fared better than the government had expected – even with the added uncertainty brought on by U.S. tariffs.
The final numbers in the province’s public accounts for 2024-25, released on Friday, show that the province’s revenue from taxes and other sources came in much higher than it had projected in its March 2024 budget, up by 8.6 per cent.
A forensic audit of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says more than $34 million of the organization's spending between April 2019 and March 2024 was "questionable," unsupported or ineligible.
September 26, 2025 - 13:52 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
OTTAWA — The RCMP has closed its investigation into two alleged Montreal-area secret Chinese police stations in Quebec without laying charges.
In a statement, RCMP Quebec division spokesperson Cpl. Erique Gasse confirmed that the police force had closed the two-year-long investigation “recently.” The information was first reported by the
Journal de Montréal
.
“We confirm that we have closed the foreign interference investigation into alleged illicit activities reported in connection with Chinese diaspora service centres in the Montréal area. Due to ongoing legal proceedings, we...
September 26, 2025 - 13:42 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
Environment Minister Bernard Drainville says the decision will give industry a break and Quebecers more choice.
September 26, 2025 - 13:39 | Alessia Simona Maratta | Global News - Canada
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