How will Ontario dig itself out of the giant fiscal mess in which it now sits? Ontarians should not hold their collective breath expecting much of an answer from the 2010 provincial budget. It is most likely Premier McGuinty will announce little more than a hope that the province will grow back to fiscal health in the distant future. Taxpayers should not accept such pap. Instead, Ontarians deserve a credible and detailed plan to fix this fiscal mess. The plan will need to involve the use of an axe – especially for spending.