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Ontarios governing Liberals will table their budget May 1, an event that could trigger a quick trip to the polls if both of the opposition parties fail to support its contents.

The Liberals have held a minority position in the Ontario legislature for the past 2 years, but have managed to survive the past two budgets with the support of the New Democrats.

But two weeks ahead of the budget, NDP House Leader Gilles Bisson said it was too soon to say if his party would be in a position to support what the Liberals wouldbringforward.

"It's not responsible for us as a party and I don't think it's responsible for anybody else to say we're going to do X, Y or Z without seeing what's in it and without really taking a look at what the options are," Bisson said.

The Progressive Conservatives have voted against each of the past two budgets and do not appear to have any different plans this time around.

The budgets timing is not a surprise, as the PCs previously announced that they had obtained documents pointing to a May 1 delivery date for the budget.

Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak then accused the Liberals of having a "budget-leaking team," which would strategically leak elements of the pending budget ahead of May 1.

On Tuesday afternoon, Finance Minister Charles Sousa announced that the budget would be tabled on that date and alluded to the "speculation" as to when it would be delivered.

"I know that youve all been waiting with bated breath and Im going to shock you today, by telling you that the date has been established as May 1," he said.

Sousa also said it was coincidence that he announced the timing of the budget at the same time that a top civil servant was testifying in front of a committee that has been examining issues related to the gasplant scandal.

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Liberals to table Ontario budget on May 1