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File photo of NDP Leader Andrea Horwath. CITYNEWS.

The woman who sparked Ontarios election by rejecting what many observers described as her dream budget formally launched her campaign Wednesday with the aid of a teleprompter, a run at the scandal-plagued Liberal government, and an explanation of why she felt the need to go to the polls.

On the hustings, New Democrat Leader Andrea Horwath said she couldnt trust the governing minority Liberals to implement their budget plan, which called for higher taxes on the wealthy and billions of dollars in spending on public transit and job grants.

I thought long and hard about the many promises the Liberals are making, Horwath said in Kitchener, Ont., where she used a teleprompter for her stump speech. A teleprompter might normally be used for a major formal speech rather than at a rally at a cafe.

The same government that couldnt fulfil three promises the last year is making more than 70 new promises this year. How can (Premier) Kathleen Wynne build a ship when she hasnt managed to build a raft?

The Liberals, Horwath said, deserve some time in the penalty box after what she called 10 years of scandal.

For months now, Wynne has had to deal with the fallout of a decision made by her predecessor, Dalton McGuinty, ahead of the 2011 election the cancellation of two gas plants in what the opposition parties say was a Liberal seat saver plan.

That decision is estimated to have cost as much as $1.1 billion and a police investigation is also currently underway into the deletion of premiers office emails on the topic.

Still, Wynnes campaign headed Wednesday to the riding formerly held by McGuinty, saying only that the former premier served the area well and the Liberals have a fantastic history in Ottawa South.

Wynne pulled the plug on the legislature Friday after Horwath made it clear she would side with the Progressive Conservatives and bring down the minority Liberal government by voting against the budget.

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