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AJAX, Ont. — Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak responded to ongoing criticism over the math calculations behind his promise to create one million jobs Wednesday by saying: “I know I’m right.”

Some economists have suggested Hudak confused the term “person years of employment” with permanent jobs, and political opponents say his math just doesn’t add up.

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Speaking to a small, early-morning crowd in Ajax, Ont., Hudak defended his plan, saying all the talk about his math and exactly how many jobs his plan will create reminds him of debates from graduate studies in economics.

“I stand by my numbers,” he said when asked about person years versus jobs. “It’s going to create the jobs that I say.”

Hudak pointed to an article this week by an economist who he called “your exact definition of independence,” who said the PC leader’s pledge to create one million jobs over eight years is realistic — even “overly cautious.”