Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy says critics have unfairly attacked the province’s 2024 budget.

‘Well, they’re wrong,” the minister told the National Post editorial board in late May, “and I’ll tell you why.”

“We are committed to a path to balance. I believe strongly in balancing the books,” Bethlenfalvy said. The minister blamed the province’s prolonged deficit on stagnating revenues “because the economy is slow.”