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‘This government is oblivious’: The Roundtable on Doug Ford’s free-spending Ontario budget and Canada’s rapid population growth

Premier of Ontario Doug Ford speaks at the Ottawa Board of Trade's Mayor's Breakfast Series, in Ottawa, on Thursday, March 28, 2024. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press.

Executive Director Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss Ontario’s free-spending budget and what it says about the Ford government’s policy legacy. They also cover new data on Canada’s 2023 population growth which was the highest in more than 65 years.

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