Not surprised. The Ontario government is probably one of the most inefficient government bodies in the world. Province debt size is twice the size of California, living there is like being in a communist state, can't really expect much from them.
While the Ontario debt is larger than the California debt, it's not really a fair comparison.[1][2]
And on the communist state bit, uh what?
[1]: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/03/21/ontario... [2]: http://blogs.wsj.com/canadarealtime/2014/03/18/ontario-debt-...