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TORONTO — Ontario’s opposition parties said Wednesday the Liberal government is not being honest with people about its plans to “maximize” the value of provincial assets like the Liquor Control Board, Ontario Power Generation and Hydro One.

This week’s provincial budget talked about “unlocking” value from government assets, while the Liberal re-election platform stated they would generate $3.15 billion through “asset optimization.”

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Both the Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats said they wanted to know what the buzz words really mean, and what exactly the Liberals plan to do to raise that amount.

“They certainly are not being straight up with the people of this province about which of the people’s assets are going to get sold off to come up with this sum,” said NDP Leader Andrea Horwath.

“It’s a pretty specific sum, and they had to get that number from somewhere.”

The Tories said they aren’t opposed to trying to squeeze more value out of provincial assets, as long as they stay in public hands.