Leader Dalton Mcguinty: John Tory

Liberal Plan Dept: While new Canadians and their advocates were receptive to Grit promises of greater assistance entering the job market, employers were more tepid, with some expressing skepticism such a program would bear fruit, according to Globe and Mail. The unemployment rate for those who have been in this country five years or less is twice that of Canadian-born workers, a gaping disparity that is even worse for the best-educated immigrants and liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty pledged to offer tax incentives for businesses to employ skilled immigrants. Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak dismissed the policy as a handout that patronizes those it aims to help, before coming under attack from former conservative leader John Tory for stirring fear the Liberals would disadvantage non-immigrant workers. The Liberal plan would make businesses eligible for a tax credit of $10,000 for each immigrant hired in professions such as accounting, law, engineering and architecture. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.