Members of the Ontario Legislature have a couple of weeks off before they are due back at Queen’s Park, when the government will release details of the provincial budget.
N.D.P. leader Howard Hampton says the province saw a windfall in sales tax revenue last year from automobile sales.
He predicts much of that billion dollars will be used to buy votes for the upcoming by-elections in the Toronto and Ottawa areas.
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Hampton feels his party has a realistic shot at winning two of the three ridings up for grabs in the bye-elections, which will be taking place at the end of the month.
