The province's first balanced budget in a decade gets rid of a deficit that had at one point reached about $20 billion, and the government is projecting that balance will continue through to 2020. The debt, however, is another matter.

The Ontario Liberal government is increasing funding for a wide range of pocketbook issues in its first balanced budget in close to a decade, as Premier Kathleen Wynne attempts to entice voters ahead of an upcoming provincial election.