The budget includes a $10-million dollar increase to the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund.Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP Bill Mauro says it's good news for the region.
"That fund for northern Ontario only, that at $60 million in 2007, now as a result of today's announcement, it at $100-million annually," says Mauro.
Mauro feels announcements for health care and education will also benefit the Northwest.
Kenora-Rainy River MPP Howard Hampton says the budget really brings nothing to northern Ontario.Hampton feels the budget is more good news for people in southern Ontario. "The government was really talking to Bay Street," says Hampton. "Really talking to people in Toronto. That's where the corporate tax cuts are aimed."
Hampton is disappointed the budget provides no relief to high hydro rates, but includes cuts to the Ministry of Natural Resources.
