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8 imsfyiss information tenant protection act call 71 32696 housing help centre this message brought to you as a community service of the economist sunsuntnbune health care education top grit spending by roy green staff writer the ontario budget delivered yester day is designed to improve education and health care rebuild the provinces crumbling infrastructure and erase the deficit it takes a page however from the recent federal budget much of the money is contingent on the liberals winning the next election in 2007 the centrepiece of finance minister greg sorbaras second budget is a five- year 62billjon plan for postsecond ary education but only 683 million of that money is earmarked for this year the vaughankingaurora mpp also projected a deficit of 3 billion for 2004- 05 down from last years 61billion deficit and said the budget would be balanced by 200809 a full year later than promised in last mays budget we could have balanced the budget in 200708 mr sorbara said we chose instead to make historic new investments in the priorities of the peo ple of the province the promise of a fiveyear 30-bil- lion infrastructure fund is critical to york region markham liberal mpp tony wong said zmrsrmmi budget highlights 381 church street gfssmarkham po box 1800 j stouffville markham ontario i8 hospital up 7p3 tel 9054727000 tty 9054727585 wwwmshonca 9aake it great you dont have to be on the street are you 1519 years old and need a place to stay while you sort things out pathways contact us at pathways at 905 4717877 this message brought to you as a community serv ice of the economist sunflhbune they kept none of the promises from the previous three why would anyone believe theyll actually follow through on this one what this means is were more like ly to get funding with respect to viva rapid transit and markham stouffville hospital expansion mr wong said but the speech lacked any real details about that plan york north tory mpp julia munro said theres a lot of hoopla about 30 bil lion but theres no indication of where its going to come from except perhaps investment through some bonds ms munro said calling the budget long on rhetoric and short on substance oak ridges tory mpp frank klees said extending the deficit by another year is just anoth er broken promise this is the fourth document this government has presented ontarians p education over five yeaisincludirfg v 68nfuiori jji 200 j r v650 miljiqnjor elementary and i- secondary schools this year and by 10 per cent more by 200708 30 billion ibverfiyeyears for v ontarios sagging infrastructure- 1 1 including privatesector investment health care spending up by 18 billion to 329 billion this year and deficit to be eliminated by 2008- 09a year later than promised in last mays budget with over two years mr klees said an election platform a budget an interim budgetary statement and now this they kept none of the promises from the previous three why would anyone believe theyll actually follow through on this one but critics are missing the point according to thornhill liberal mpp mario racco they have to criticize thats what they do but theyre out of touch with the people of thornhill mr racco said they want more money for education and health and they know if you need more money its got to come from somewhere