‎Tory Leader Tim Hudak hit a bit of a sour note Monday when he visited a Mississauga recording studio.

Hudak chose MetalWorks Group to talk about his million job plan but it was quickly noted he voted against the $45 million Ontario Music Fund in the 2013 budget‎.

“I am going to twist his arm and I am going to say come on side with the musicians, Tim,” Gil Moore, founder of MetalWorks and former drummer for Triumph, told reporters.

The Hudak Tories voted against the fund that supports homegrown talent, music companies and special music events.

Hudak would not specifically talk about the fund, only that it was in a budget that was totally unacceptable to the Progressive Conservatives at Queen’s Park.

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“I think the biggest thing we can do to create jobs in Ontario is balance the budget . . . it also means lower taxes so Gil and the team here at MetalWorks will expand their operation,” he told an election campaign news conference.

Hudak has made it clear he is adamantly opposed to what he calls “corporate welfare” being handed out to create jobs.

Moore, who is on the advisory board for Music Canada, told ‎reporters it would be a “mistake” to scrap the Ontario Music Fund.

“If you are asking me generally if government needs to partner with private enterprise in the music sector the answer is yes,” he said.

Moore pointed to the success of the film industry in Ontario that has received government funding for many years.

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