Peterson, Rae, McGoonty.....Make Three Stooges Look Like Harvard Grads

Cuts may hit seniors, welfare

More consultants brought in as Grits paint a grim picture of our finances

By ANTONELLA ARTUSO AND JONATHAN JENKINS, QUEEN'S PARK BUREAU

Last Updated: 23rd October 2009, 4:17am

Pinned under a $25-billion deficit, the Dalton McGuinty government has secretly hired cost-cutting consultants to go over the public drug plan for seniors and welfare recipients, Sun Media has learned.

Ontario's deficit is a 'big, big, big, big number'

By BRYN WEESE, SUN MEDIA

If you thought $25 billion was just a drop in the bucket for the Ontario government, think again.