The PCs claim that they can create a million jobs in 8 years. Is that total, or an increase over some baseline?
For example, the Ontario government claims more than 95000 jobs were created in the province in 2013:
...so is the 125000 jobs target in addition to the 95000 jobs that might already be created?
(Hint: no. The PCs will assign full credit for every job created after being elected to their "jobs plan".)
If we have to spend money, we are getting less value out of it if we only net 30000 jobs than if we were to net four times that number.
(Also pay no attention to the fact that the linked document talks about both training initiatives and reducing bureaucratic red tape, making this million-jobs-plan a three-point plan, not a five-point one, and proving my point that everyone everywhere has always talked about both of these things.)
