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Pettapiece discusses Liberal budget

Yesterday’s Throne Speech is getting a bad review from Randy Pettapiece.

The Perth-Wellington MPP gives us his first impression of the Liberal budget:

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Pettapiece added the budget fails to address the rising cost of energy or issues regarding rural health care access.

It did promise things like an Ontario Pension plan and infrastructure investments.

He says it seems like rural Ontario won’t be getting much:

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Pettapiece added that it’s hard to believe the government will be able to balance the budget in three years as promised.

Patrick Grapes
Patrick Grapes
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