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Pettapiece opposes provincial budget

The Wynne Government brought down its budget yesterday.

Randy Pettapiece is not impressed.

The Perth-Wellington MPP says it’s all politics and no progress.

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Tim Hudak vowed the PC party would vote against the budget even before it was presented.

Perth-Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece says the budget presentation confirmed his leader’s instincts.

He says it’s just another tax and spend budget.

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However, he doesn’t know if it will pass since he can’t predict the NDP’s next move.

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Pettapiece says there’s another file the Liberals failed to act on.

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NDP leader Andrea Horvath wants to take a look at it first before she decides her next move.

If the NDP votes against the budget, it will trigger a spring election.

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