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regional ith both a piece ment to rder. Juckie aralists Jucbec ivered n idylâ€" geiung MINION ntrol" 18 Thevd sperale which 1ds 58 iD rain ontol Cl € wot throwâ€" hat ht example. Less than a million dollars of that spending will be spent on patient care. Most of the new money will be sucked up by the costs of their "restructuring" of the system: buyouts for laid off nurses and consultants to help decide which hospitals to close down. In other words, the Tories have had to put more money into the system to deal with the havoc that they created Voters should maintain a healthy degree of skepticism when responding to this budget â€" and any other Harris strategy. Take their shortfall of 380,000 jobs." He added that "the Harris government‘s tax cut for the wealthy has been a disaster for Ontario as it has resulted in deep cuts to health care, educaâ€" tion and community services. We‘ve all felt the pain, but there‘s been no gain. The good jobs are somehow always just around the corner, but the layoffs and service cuts are today‘s reality." Ontario NDP leader Howard â€" * Hampton calls it a Breâ€"X budget: "Just like the Breâ€"X gold scam, the Harris government‘s second budget is packaged to look good but closer examination reveals litle more than broken said their tax cut would create 725,000 jobs over five years. The reality gap between that promise and their record over two years is a projected plenty of reasons that they would want to ensure that even the most interested observers would have little time to give them much attention. In doing so, the Tories have been largely successful in getting a positive "spin" for their Releasing a Provincial Budget in the midst of a federal election campaign is a neat trick if your ydbloavoidmio-mdnyd your policies. And, given the nature of most of the Harris govâ€" ernmment‘s initiatives, there are Tories deliver a Breâ€" If Ontarians can find the time to look at these and other aspects of the budget closely, they will find that it is just as destructive as everything else that Harris has done since being elected. And, if there is any justice in this world, Harris popularâ€" ity could soon be plummeting faster than the value of a Breâ€"X share. Seott Piathowskis columns are also available on the World Wide Web at hitp//wwwionline net/â€"activist. Tax dollars that used to be targeted toward quality child care "can now be spent to pay anyâ€" one to care for children under any conditions" wrote the Toronto Star in an editorial last Friday "The debate now centres on finding the cheapest way to ensure Mommy and Daddy can go to work, instead of how to help society‘s youngest row‘s productive, responsible adults." the government has announced l that it will devote any new child care spending to a tax credit scheme aimed at low income famâ€" ilies â€" another idea that sounds good on the surface. The reality is that tax credits will do nothing to expand access to quality, regulated child care Indeed, combined with the child care vouchers to be provided to workfare participants, the tax credits will encourage more people into unreguâ€" lated care situations. Because the federal Liberals scrapped the Canada Assistance Plan, the Tories cut $40 million from the capital buiget for child care. This year, Atmaqkbd!ipmâ€" posed care initiative. In the last budget, Harris promised $40 million in new child care spendâ€" ing, but failed to deliver even a peniny of that money for the past by gutting the system in the first & J The Liberal party has roots in all of Canada and responds to its diversity A balanced approach: § The Liberal party offers a balanced programâ€"to eliminate the deficit / reduce the debt while maintaining sustainable and compassionate social and health programs, providing support to innovation and research, and A national party: HE IS A LIBERAL WITH A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE: For small business: , *Your assistance and suggestions are very much appreciated. I would like to congratulate you on your visibility in the community. You belong to a rare class of politicians and can count onâ€"mty support." â€" Henry Krebs, President, Krebs Restaurants, January 24, 1997 For the universities: xc "My personal thanks to you for the leadership you have provided in helping to advance... an enormously positive budget in support of research and postâ€"secondary education." â€" President John O Stubbs, Simon Fraser University, February 24, 1997 HE MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR US: The Elmira Independent: o "Telegdi has another accomplishment... The new Liberal Red Book con tains a commitment to provide $120 million to community crime preâ€" Canada Post if they don‘t want it... This week, his efforts came to fruition... Good for Telegdi. Determination has its place in Ottawa, as well as everywhere clse." â€" April 26, 1997. 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