The Election Promise Calculator is designed to be a rough tool to illustrate the impact of campaign promises made during the election and the impact they will have on the existing budgetary pressures.
Shown below is the current Ontario budget deficit, forecast at $16.3 billion for the 2011-12 fiscal year, according to budget figures.
Program costs and revenues are detailed in the columns below the deficit figure. They can be adjusted to see the impact on the deficit, which changes in accordance to changes in the position of the sliders. Current spending and revenue numbers are indicated by the default slider settings in the columns.