Ontario Hospital Budgets

Premier Dalton McGuinty says Ontario hospitals won't see their budgets freeze in the spring budget.

His government has already warned hospitals that the most they can expect is a two per cent increase because of the hard-hit economy.

Speaking at a Mississauga school, McGuinty pointed out that funding to hospitals has increased 42 per cent since he took office in 2003.

N-D-P Leader Andrea Horwath says that's still bad news for Ontario hospitals because many of them are swimming in red ink.