TORONTO — Ontario’s Liberal government is poised to present its final budget before the June election on Wednesday, capping off days of policy announcements that have seen the party pledge billions for health care and promise free child care for preschoolers. Their recent spending promises have been panned by the opposition as political moves meant to curry favour with voters. The Financial Accountability Office projected the government’s budget deficit would grow to $9.8 billion in 2021-2022. The government has also promised to boost hospital spending by $822 million in 2018-2019, a 4.6 per cent increase the Liberals said aims to cut wait times and address capacity issues. That money is on top of a 3.2 per cent increase to hospitals included in last year’s provincial budget.

Source: National Post March 27, 2018 19:07 UTC