Ford government unveils its first budget

UPDATE:This is a developing story. The Doug Ford government issued its first budget Thursday with few surprises and no major spending cuts. You can find all of the highlights here:

• Ontario Budget 2019: A child-care credit, dental care for seniors, and drinking in parks on the way

• Key highlights from Ontario Budget 2019

• 'Flexible' child care tax credit for low, middle-income families key promise of PC budget

• Booze at 9 a.m., online gambling and more combat sports feature heavily in PC budget

• Ford government reveals 'transformative' auto insurance reforms, but doesn't say how much drivers will save

• Funding for Ontario colleges and universities to be tied to 'performance outcomes'

Ontario's Progressive Conservative government unveiledits much-anticipated budget on Thursday afternoon.

Finance Minister Vic Fedelihas spent months warning voters that "the road ahead will not always be easy" as the Fordgovernment looks to claw backa $13.5-billion deficit.

Fedeli has been adamant that his government's first budget will outline how it plans to find a path back to balance. Herose in the legislatureto formally table the province's 2019 budget.