Fresh off a majority government win, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says MPPs will return to the legislature on July 2 and her party will reintroduce the budget that triggered the election.
Speaking to reporters at Queen’s Park, Wynne said she is “very excited” to implement the budget. She also stuck to her promise of eliminating the $12.5-billion deficit by 2017-18.
The Liberal budget, presented on May 1, includes a 10-year, $2.5-billion jobs plan, $15 billion for transit projects in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas and $14 billion for infrastructure projects.
The Liberals also promised more money to reduce health-care wait times and expand the scope of practice for nurses and pharmacists.
“We have laid our very clearly our intentions…our formula for success,” Wynne said.
She also said that the committee looking into the cancelled gas plant scandal will be recalled now that the election is over.
Despite the $1.1-billion gas plant fiasco, a criminal probe into the province’s Ornge air ambulance service and other problems that gave opposition parties and critics fodder for attacks, the Liberals won a majority government Thursday night.
In her victory speech late Thursday, Wynne declared to voters: “We won’t let you down.”
With files from The Canadian Press
