{"id":20663,"date":"2019-04-16T08:35:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T12:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=20663"},"modified":"2019-04-16T08:35:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T12:35:43","slug":"doug-fords-budget-makes-life-harder-for-northern-families-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/16\/doug-fords-budget-makes-life-harder-for-northern-families-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Ford’s budget makes life harder for Northern families"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>During question period Monday, NDP Northern Development critic, Michael Mantha, \u00a0continued to advocate for the North in the face of Doug Ford\u2019s first budget, which attacks\u00a0northern Ontario, hitting families with deep cuts to services, infrastructure, and economic development.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMinistries that are dedicated to the development of the Northern economy, like the Ministries of Natural Resources and Forestry and Northern Development and Mines, have been cut by hundreds of millions of dollars,\u201d said Mantha. \u201cThere wasn\u2019t even lip service to the billion dollars in funding needed to build roads to the Ring of Fire, or a commitment to meaningful consultations with impacted First Nations.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd the government announced its intention to interfere with the successful Northern Ontario Heritage Fund. Instead of investing in the North, why is Doug Ford choosing to cut funding for Northern Ontario economic development?\u201d Mantha said to make matters worse the Ford government made deep cuts to infrastructure spending which will mean less funding to improve Northern roads, bridges, schools and hospitals, or provide northern transit, like the Northlander.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe government once again refused to commit to reinstating the Northlander passenger rail service,\u201d said Mantha. \u201cAnd as we all know the cuts to education will hit rural and northern schools the hardest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mantha said the North was ignored under Kathleen Wynne and years of Liberal governments \u2014 but it looks like Doug Ford is making it much, much worse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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