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Youth Unemployment and Premier Kathleen Wynne

Premier Kathleen Wynne: The provincial Liberals, led by Premier Kathleen Wynne, have promised to boost infrastructure, improve skills training, reduce youth unemployment and balance the budget in 2017-18 while supporting businesses. The NDP, on the other hand, has threatened to force an election if the government imposes new taxes on middle class families. Finally, Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak has promised to create one million jobs, while making a u-turn on his earlier pledge to import right-to-work legislation to Ontario, according to The Star. As we mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, lets examine these political promises through a racial equality lens and You know an election may be coming soon when politicians start making promises. Putting aside whether any of these promises will in fact be delivered, the real question is why these promises, and who will benefit? (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.