Hampton's Reaction to Deficit

Kenora-Rainy River MPP Howard Hampton says residents should brace themselves for service cuts after the province announced yesterday a projected $24.7 billion deficit this fiscal year.

Hampton says the McGuinty government has already started to make cuts to save money.

"Some very big cuts are already happening," says Hampton, "and bigger cuts are on their way which are going to have detrimental effects on some of the people in our communities who are having the toughest time"

Hampton says the government has only itself to blame in a huge drop in corporate tax revenue because the premier has been cutting business taxes for the past couple of years.