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https://policyoptions.irpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Ontario-Biggest-province-biggest-challenges-Table-1-2.jpg508574The global economic landscape of the past 10 years has not been kind to Ontario. Arguably, the two most important economic developments of recent years have been the emergence of China and a faded US outlook in the wake of the devastating financial crisis and the Great Recession. The former has put sustained upward pressure […]