Dalton Mcguinty: Snack Program

Obesity Rates Dept: I m absolutely worried, Fabio Crespin, an immigrant from Brazil, told the CBC. The proposal obviously discriminates against other people who re unemployed including all those immigrants who aren t so new . Worse, he says, it conjures up an us versus them scenario of newcomers fighting everyone else for jobs. It also fails to address one of the main causes of immigrant underemployment: the credentials problem. Nurses, speech therapists and engineers don t need affirmative action; they need to have their credentials recognized, or to have a way to efficiently upgrade them, according to Globe and Mail. I haven t felt so warm and fuzzy since the Easter Bunny came to town. Vote for the Liberals, and there ll be chocolate eggs for all! Just make sure you don t overdose on all the saccharine and here in Ontario, Dalton McGuinty s Liberals have created a kerfuffle. Their list of election promises includes a dopey scheme to give a $10,000 tax credit to any business that hires a skilled new immigrant who s unemployed. This half-baked idea has been correctly denounced as naked pandering to the immigrant vote even by immigrants themselves. More related to this story In battle for Ontario s suburbs, McGuinty courts McCallion Did Ontario Liberals dupe rivals into helping them release platform? Ontario voters trust McGuinty on health care; economy a growing concern: poll But never mind the real world. The Liberals are convinced that micro-pandering to crucial market segments is their key to re-election. And so we have, in no particular order, pledges to bring back doctors house calls for the elderly, a healthy snack program for schoolchildren, a home renovation tax credit to help your dear old mom install a walk-in shower, a whopping postsecondary tuition cut for the middle class, and a vow to reduce childhood obesity rates by 20 per cent. Good luck with that. The Premier will even refund your money if the trains don t run on time. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.