for 2016–17, with a return to a balanced budget in 2017–18. The province unveiled its climate change plan, which will see a phased-in cap-and-trade plan that will be similar to schemes in California and Quebec. As a result, gasoline prices will increase 4.3 cents per litre in 2017; natural gas rates are to rise 3.3 cents per cubic metre. In education, the provincial government announced it will provide free college/university tuition for students from families with an annual household income less than $50,000. The province's debt in 2016 was $296.1 billion, and was expected to rise to $350 billion by 2020–21. Job approval rating In June 2016, a Forum Research Poll reported that Wynne's approval rating had dropped from a high of 40 percent to 18 percent. In September 2016, a Forum Research poll reported that the Progressive Conservatives enjoyed 45 percent support. Wynne's Liberals enjoyed 25 percent support, slightly ahead of the provincial New Democrats at 23 percent. In March 2017 the Angus Reid Institute reported that her job approval rating had fallen to 12 per cent, the lowest ever recorded. Negativity on social media Wynne has faced negativity on social media outlets, such as Twitter and Facebook. Although most of the negative tweets express anger solely about her record as premier, some include sexist and/or homophobic slurs. Her sexual orientation is said to have made her more vulnerable to these abuses. Although Wynne faces sexist and homophobic abuse, she was confident that the situation can change "but it’s going to mean that people are going to have to speak up". Alberta legislature incident During an Alberta legislative session in May 2016, Wynne appeared as a special guest in the Alberta Legislature. During this session, Wildrose Party MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly) and finance critic Derek Fildebrandt attacked her economic policies by calling Ontario a "fiscal basket case". When the Wildrose party expressed "regret" over his comments, one of his constituents made a homophobic comment on Fildebrandt's Facebook page, which he responded to by saying that he was "proud of constituents like you". Afterwards, Wynne spoke out against the party, stating that they were "out of step" with reality. Fildebrandt was expelled from the Wildrose caucus, but was later re-admitted, after he apologized and claimed that his support of the homophobic comment on Facebook had been "an honest mistake". Wynne accepted his apology via an interview with the