Mr. Speaker, when we look at a budget carefully we sometimes see things in the back hidden away. For example, there are $72 million less for public health in this budget than there were before. I would ask everyone to have a very careful look.
In terms of employment insurance, when employment insurance runs out for the people of Ontario and they have no other option, they apply for Ontario Works which is the direct responsibility, at least until 2018 or two or three Ontario governments from now, of the municipalities. That means that municipalities will be harder and harder hit as more and more people run out of employment insurance benefits.
We were asking for up to two years of employment insurance benefits to ensure there would be less pressure on families and on the municipalities. The ball keeps on rolling and trickling down. Municipalities have less money, so if they need to match money for infrastructure projects, they will have less money over the next couple of years. It is a situation for which the budget does not prepare my province.