Ontario budget 2022

The election promises tied to the latest Ford government budget are worth five times as much to senior voters as those under 45 years old, according to the founder of Generation Squeeze.

The affordability of life has shrunk most drastically for young people due to inflation and job precarity or loss, including the post-secondary students whom Ontario’s provincial budget pitches as a pipeline of job-ready graduates in its pre-election budget.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford promised to sink more than $25 billion into building highways over the next 10 years as the Progressive Conservative government tabled its budget Thursday.

Ontario’s budget is perhaps most notable for what isn’t contained within its 268 pages.