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Kathleen Wynne defends selling assets to pay for infrastructure projects

There's change brewing in Ontario. The province will sell 60 percent of the provincially-owned electrical utility Hydro One. They're bringing in a new beer tax. Critics call all of this a cash grab. The Premier says she wants to invest in infrastructure projects. Oh, and did we mention the province also announced it was joining Quebec's cap-and-trade system? Premier Kathleen Wynne joins us to explain her choices.
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Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne addresses the media during an announcement which outlined a cap and trade deal with Quebec aimed at curbing green house emissions, in Toronto on Monday, April 13 2015. The plan involves government-imposed limits on emissions from companies, and those that want to burn more fossil fuels can buy carbon credits from those that burn less than they are allowed. (Chris Young/Canadian Press)
The House10:18Interview - Kathleen Wynne

There's change brewing in Ontario.

The province plans to sell 60 percent of the provincially-owned electrical utility Hydro One. They're also bringing in a new beer tax. 

All of it, the Liberal government says, in an attempt to raise money for transit and infrastructure. Critics are calling the moves a cash-grab aimed at addressing the province's $11 billion deficit.

Premier Kathleen Wynne explains why she made those announcements a week before her government tables its next budget.

She also discusses the decision to join Quebec's cap-and-trade system. 

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