{"id":563248,"date":"2026-03-27T01:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/563248\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T01:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:00:12","slug":"ontario-deficit-nearly-doubles-as-province-tables-244-2-billion-budget-in-face-of-unpredictable-economic-shocks-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/563248\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario deficit nearly doubles as province tables $244.2 billion budget in face of \u2018unpredictable economic shocks\u2019 &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAJBVV95cUxPRGtERkJoVEU5ZEhuaXZic0VDT0VLQURnXzU0QUdoZGR0Mlo3OWhQQlI0eWlkTW9rbEhZNy1kTUpoZFViVkJhX0w2RkJmWmV0QXA5MVRLOXlqSktvclFrR2pKNGx3ZEhOdnl1V2JJeEE4WGZmbTRFOS1aWkYyT2pfbDlJUWtlOXBUbTBTYTl2WVNvblc2QTREWDNXS0w1RzdvdTdibVNudlBmTUJFRlJRNlpUMGFLQ0l2c1VCTTFnUWFkMmxOaW1wMWFUSDBjeGM5cHBvNm11eHdVcDk0UGtPSEJZMG93aHJJM0R6QlVsS3VyVUd2MHpqMlgwUldCWEpB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ontario deficit nearly doubles as province tables $244.2 billion budget in face of \u2018unpredictable economic shocks\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTE0zNmtGYkpNTFBmRHJLM3ZRcHRsVzNXZF9QWi16c2xEcTQxaHJMeDNEZnZMd0ZUZUM2QWZpTUt4d1l2MkNlNENJcjJjMGIydUpIbjJUUmNaeHZiMnFmZjZVZzNCSS1oOHhCeHg1YXZiY0NMeF9ndy1j?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ontario&#8217;s 2026 budget sees deficit hit $13.8B amid looming global instability<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTFBEck5RUGpxRWdhdWcwdkVfOWJ5eXhpa094WlRCOGJXQXJBSGFIMkNaZm5NTl9kblpIZTJTRU1mdFducDR2ZmcxVTRLclRrOEhmcEoxQlZGMlp6TE0zc2R5anlUSVBFZFhrZ0hYSE9EVWNMM1dLaXBV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A Plan to Protect Ontario<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ontario.ca<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggJBVV95cUxOZHpsSjlod0J6Sk9SVW1uRkc2bks2S1JyUEZ1N0pxT05NZlkxRFM2SE0tbE5KUWpzSklNMFdXSUtPbDliMmNzUUJzOExzYTZ0clM3NWF2bUpNeUIxbU5obS1UeDBkdkRXYm5NakgzaktRdGpaU3NRQ3pVcmhhdWRVT3E2eDhCT3pnYmZfdFp6UVl4cFVtMjVQV215eXZoVFVGVm5vSVRWWHhiSnZnWEpTekRPcXlZU2xCTEVBaUxZczRoajRnajh4YjhiR3J2bk9WMVBRZzRXUkhmVndGS1BjTGFuTXFGcXo1SmgzcHpjZVp3WndMcHBzazlfM2Nod0x0d0E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hospitals get $1.1B infusion from Ford government as critics warn it\u2019s not enough<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxQUGtPWEFOdGhGWDV2LXpzeFE2SXVDN1NoSzBZTHU1TkRxdVl0YjFucEVLbVdxUFdoVVpMWkU2ZVA1SC1FVlN4ZzFtXzlaZzdiSkxScG1kMno0bmo3aEExbFBZeTk0VXk5TDR2YkJwOUFBbE90SHlhYTFXQ1dnNksxYTMwcVJTa3ZVV1ozY0hQTW4zNmxlSG5rNGdHcTJWRmhFMUk5cTgwdmtieGhfYXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ontario projects $13.8-billion deficit in budget, delays balancing books<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Globe and Mail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ontario deficit nearly doubles as province tables $244.2 billion budget in face of \u2018unpredictable economic shocks\u2019&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV NewsOntario&#8217;s 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[712,43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-563248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-apple-news","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}