More than 400 retirees, students and young workers held a tea party in protest against PC leader Tim Hudak's platform, which rally participants are saying would amount to deep cuts in health care, public services and jobs. A table with two place settings was set up in front of Tim Hudak's Beamsville constituency office – one for Tim Hudak and the other for those whose concerns are being most ignored – youth and seniors.

The rally was organized by the National Pensioners Federation.

"Holding this intergenerational rally was really important to us because we know that the deep cuts being proposed by PC leader Tim Hudak will affect young and aging Ontarians the most," said Herb John, President of the National Pensioners Federation.

"People know that reducing jobs in health care will not lead to improvements. The results would be a deterioration of health care. The plan also contains nothing about addressing poverty in aging Ontarians or children."

Melisa Larue, one of the rally speakers, said that as a young person she has worked more than 1,000 unpaid hours and is deeply troubled by what Tim Hudak and the PC party's platform would mean for jobs in the province.

"Cuts to grant programs, public sector jobs and public services would have a disastrous impact on young workers and students who are looking for work," said Larue. "It's clear from reading Tim Hudak's platform that he is totally out of touch with the concerns of students and young workers in the province. Students are graduating with huge amounts of debt and having to take on low-wage, low skilled jobs just to pay down their debts, caused by out of control tuition fees."

Rally attendees left hundreds of thank you cards to Tim Hudak, where they wrote their concerns.

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