Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s PC government missed a real political opportunity when it delivered its mini-budget on Wednesday. It may have been the government’s last chance to do something substantial about affordability before the next election, widely expected to take place in the spring.

Instead, Ford settled for a couple of small things that will do little to help Ontarians struggling to cope with the high cost of living. That’s despite affordability polling as the top concern for Ontario voters for two years, before slipping just behind health care in the third quarter of this year.