The Liberals insist Tory Leader Tim Hudaks million jobs plan is mathematically impossible.
Finance Minister Charles Sousa Saturday told reporters the Progressive Conservatives calculations are off by as much as 96 per cent or 780,698 jobs.
We went through his proposal and the supporting documents and the conclusions the Hudaks PCs reached are flat-out wrong and ridiculous, he said in a new release.
The Liberals went over all the Tory job creation initiatives, ranging from an employer tax cut to ending wind and solar subsidies, and concluded projected jobs were counted eight times over.
His math is so far off, the only debate we need have is if hes dishonest or incompetent, Sousa stated.
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Critics have countered that Liberal math cant be trusted, pointing to the fact that the Grits said scrapping and relocating two gas plants would only cost about $230 million when it ended up costing up to $1.1 billion over 20 years.
The Tories said in a release it isnt the first time the Liberals have deliberately misrepresented their data.
The Progressive Conservatives cited a CBC story in the 2011 election campaign where the Liberals got caught in a leaked campaign conference call for making up a $14 billion hole in the Ontario PC plan.
The $14-billion hole is basically just our excuse to say that (Hudak) is going to go after health care and education, because thats the main message we want to drive, McGuinty strategist Alicia Johnston was quoted in the CBC piece as saying on Sept. 4, 2011.
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Liberals say Hudaks math is so far off on million jobs plan