ONTARIO GOVERNMENT SETS ASIDE $22 BILLION IN ‘EXCESS FUNDS’: WATCHDOG

Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is sitting on more than $22 billion in “excess funds,” according to the province’s watchdog, with no transparency on how that money will be used over the next four years.

The province’s independent Financial Accountability Office (FAO) released a long-term spending forecast, based on the government’s own figures, and uncovered a growing pool of taxpayer dollars that have yet to be attached to any specific program.