Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak made a stop in Meaford on Thursday to talk to Chamber of Commerce members and residents about his vision to bolster the apprenticeship programs in Ontario which Hudak says will help create some 200,000 jobs.

Hudak said that he is particularly mindful of the need for job creation in Ontario's rural communities like Meaford, a concern that he doesn't think is necessarily shared by the governing Liberals.

While more government executives are found to be wheeling and dealing with scarce health-care dollars, patients and seniors in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound continue to wait for access to long-term care beds, home-care and surgeries, says local MPP Bill Walker.