Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak said on Sunday he would expand the province's apprenticeship system as part of his party's five-point jobs plan.
Hudak, who was joined by Tory candidate for Eglinton-Lawrence Rocco Rossi at a local Toronto restaurant, said the plan will train 200,000 more skilled workers.
"Let's unleash the entrepreneurial, can-do attitude on which the foundation of our great province was built," Hudak said in a press release on Sunday.
The small business plan reiterated previous pledges Hudak has already made ahead of the Oct. 6 election.
Hudak said his five-point plan will give Ontario families the confidence to spend again and employers the financial support to hire again.
"Under Dalton McGuinty, Ontario families and employers are struggling with his rising taxes, skyrocketing hydro bills and red tape," Hudak said.
Hudak also took the opportunity to echo a promise made on Saturday by NDP Leader Andrea Horwath to suspend a $120-million GO train refurbishing deal.
In late June, Metrolinx, a provincial body in charge of GO Transit, announced that Cad Railway Industries near Montreal would be charged with repairing GO's trains for the next five years.
Horwath, who is taking the day off, said on Saturday the contract should have been awarded to Ontario Northland, a company located in North Bay.
Meanwhile, Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty was also in Toronto where he visited the Research and Learning Tower under construction at the Hospital for Sick Kids. McGuinty took the opportunity to remind voters of his party's commitment on health care.
"Our plan is working, and I know the Research and Learning Tower will lead to important discoveries and innovations that will improve health care for our children and grandchildren," McGuinty said.
With files from The Canadian Press
