Throne Speech Highlights

Ontario's Liberal government will announce plans to cash in on the growing global market for clean water technology in the March 8 throne speech.

Premier Dalton McGuinty says grabbing a piece of the $450-billion dollar-and-growing market for clean water technologies will be part of a five-year plan called Open Ontario.

McGuinty told a Liberal fundraising dinner that Open Ontario will also emphasize post-secondary education and the need to attract more foreign students.

It will also promise to develop a huge chromite deposit in northwestern Ontario, and call on industry and government to make Toronto one of the world's elite financial centres.

The premier calls Open Ontario an ambitious plan to build a new foundation for economic growth and jobs

Not surprisingly, McGuinty didn't mention the record $24.7 billion dollar deficit during the speech.