New Ontario budget, NAFTA almost done, And Horwath asking questions

Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

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The Ontario budget was released yesterday at 4pm and the Ontario government will be running a $6.7 billion deficit for 2018-19. Opposition members are saying that the government is trying to win votes with the spending that they’ve announced for daycare, seniors, etc.

Guest - Jean Paul Lam, Associate Professor of Economics at University of Waterloo. Formerly an assistant chief economist at the Bank of Canada

The trade chief for the US says that a NAFTA deal is close to completeion, however Trudeau’s trade advisor says that the deals are quite a distance away from a deal.

Guest - Ian Lee. Sprott School of Business. Carleton University

NDP leader Andrea Horwath during question period this morning asked the Wynne government questions in regards to the Hamilton Specialty bar. Guest - Andrea Horwath, leader of the Ontario NDP

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