Thursday, March 31, 2011

Liberals Accussed of Ignoring the North


The Opposition at Queen's Park is on the attack for what they say is a lack of commitment to northern Ontario in this past week's provincial budget.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says the Liberals have done nothing in the way of job creation.

"Families in the north were expecting a budget that would address the loss of value-added jobs, the higher cost of living and the soaring electricity rates that people in the north are facing," says Horwath. "But instead of action, they got the same old tired rhetoric."

Horwath is also critical of cuts to the Ministries of Natural Resources and Aboriginal Affairs.