Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown says the Liberals aren’t telling the truth by saying its budget is balanced.
Brown claims the province is actually facing a more than $5-billion deficit.
He accuses Finance Minister Charles Sousa of using “every trick in the book to hide this huge deficit”.
Brown says the reality is that we aren’t getting value for our money on health care, education, hydro or housing.
He adds the budget presents no plan to get Ontario’s debt under control.
Brown claims the debt has more than doubled in the 14-years the Liberals have been in power.
He says Ontario families will continue to pay more and get less.
Brown calls the budget a patchwork attempt by a desperate government to fix a mess created by the Liberals.