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CTV Montreal Published Monday, May 26, 2014 6:29PM EDT Last Updated Tuesday, May 27, 2014 7:18AM EDT

With less than a month to pass a few major bills before the summer break, the Liberal government announced Monday the date of its most anticipated bill.

The budget will be tabled in just over a week, on June 4.

The PQ opposition said the Liberals are making government finances sound worse than they are, but Premier Philippe Couillard said his first budget will be reasonable.

We've always said that it will be a mixture of appropriate and sound management of public finances and some measures that will also launch employment, he said.

If the government chooses to make steep cuts, it will be supported by former Liberal finance minister Raymond Bachand. A report he signed states that health care costs, especially, are exploding.

The CAQ meanwhile is worried the Liberals won't stick to their pledge to lower Hydro-Quebec rates.

He's looking like a guy who would like to do exactly as Mrs. Marois, which is to change his mind, said CAQ leader Franois Legault.

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Ontarios Liberals are promising to go ahead and spend $1 billion to build a transportation route to the Ring of Fire mineral deposit, with or without financial help from the federal Conservatives.

But they havent decided where or when theyll start building it, or how theyll find another billion to complete the route in a remote region of northern Ontario if Ottawa wont provide the funds.

They say those decisions will be up to a development corporation that theyll create within 60 days of taking office that will include both levels of government, First Nations and private companies.

The Liberals are also promising to build more hospices, cap hospital parking fees and help high-school students plan their path to a desired career if theyre re-elected on June 12.

Officials say the platform essentially fleshes out more details of their failed May 1 budget that theyd planned to announce as they took the document on the road, and are fully costed.

It includes some common ground with their rivals, who triggered the election when they said they couldnt support the budget.

The Liberals say theyd improve students math scores and physical activity, as well as increase apprenticeship spaces, which the Progressive Conservatives have also proposed.

Theyre also promising to reduce wait times in five areas by more than 50 per cent and are guaranteeing that every resident has access to a primary care provider, such as doctor or nurse-practioners.

The New Democrats have also said theyll reduce wait times and create more access to health-care services if theyre elected.

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Ontarios Liberals are promising to go ahead and spend $1 billion to build a transportation route to the Ring of Fire mineral deposit, with or without financial help from the federal Conservatives.

But they havent decided where or when theyll start building it, or how theyll find another billion to complete the route in a remote region of northern Ontario if Ottawa wont provide the funds.

They say those decisions will be up to a development corporation that theyll create within 60 days of taking office that will include both levels of government, First Nations and private companies.

The Liberals are also promising to build more hospices, cap hospital parking fees and help high-school students plan their path to a desired career if theyre re-elected on June 12.

Officials say the platform essentially fleshes out more details of their failed May 1 budget that theyd planned to announce as they took the document on the road, and are fully costed.

It includes some common ground with their rivals, who triggered the election when they said they couldnt support the budget.

The Liberals say theyd improve students math scores and physical activity, as well as increase apprenticeship spaces, which the Progressive Conservatives have also proposed.

Theyre also promising to reduce wait times in five areas by more than 50 per cent and are guaranteeing that every resident has access to a primary care provider, such as doctor or nurse-practioners.

The New Democrats have also said theyll reduce wait times and create more access to health-care services if theyre elected.

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