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Ontario
In office
Premier
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
2,095 days in office
Ontario's 42nd Parliament
07 Jun 2018 - 03 May 2022
Ontario's 43rd Parliament
24 Jun 2022 - Present

The 2022 Ontario general election was held on June 2, 2022 to elect the 124 members of the 43rd Parliament of Ontario. The Progressive Conservative (PC) Party of Ontario, led by Doug Ford, won a majority government with 83 of the 124 seats in the legislature. The incumbent party, they increased their seat share from 76 in the 2018 election. They campaigned on a slogan to “get it done,” pledging to build highways and transit infrastructure and open up the “Ring of Fire,” a mineral-rich area in northern Ontario. Instead of an election platform, the Ontario PC Party presented its promises on its website in the form of press releases throughout the campaign.

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Promise History

Law and Order
Ontario's 43rd Parliament

1.09.01 - “Restore the funding that the Liberals cut in half to the anti-guns-and-gangs units in Ottawa and Toronto in order to better protect our communities and stop crime”

For The People: A Plan for Ontario
Published: Jun 2018
Kept
16-Nov-2021
Justification

In 2015, the previous government under Premier Kathleen Wynne cut funding for the Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy (TAVIS) in half, and disbanded the task force entirely in 2017. In 2018, the Ford government invested $25 million to fight guns and gangs across the province. Premier Doug Ford has not reinstated TAVIS and explicitly said that this new funding would not support “TAVIS style” policing. However, the majority of the money was invested into the Toronto Police Department for the purpose of fighting guns and gangs. In November 2021 the Government announced further funding to their guns and gangs reduction strategy. This promise is therefore kept.

“The Ontario government is investing $75.1 million to reinforce the fight against gun and gang violence in communities across the province. The funding will support initiatives that will dismantle criminal activity, enhance investigative supports, increase collaboration throughout the justice sector and stop the flow of illegal guns across the border.”

Ontario Combating Gun and Gang Violence

Published: Nov 2021
Kept
09-Aug-2018
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“In a move meant to curb ‘the violent criminals who think they own our streets,’ Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced $25 million in funding over four years to address gun crime and gang activity in Toronto. […] The lion’s share of the money will be an $18-million cash injection over the next four years to the Toronto police, to be spent as police Chief Mark Saunders sees fit, Ford said. […] Ford said Thursday the money would not go toward TAVIS-style policing, adding there would be ‘no TAVIS, no carding.’”

Premier Doug Ford says $25 million for combating gun violence won’t go to carding

Published: Aug 2018
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For The People: A Plan for Ontario

Published: Jun 2018

Reference Documents

“The Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy, known as TAVIS, was set up in 2006 to curb violence in high crime areas determined by police. […] TAVIS was disbanded in January 2017, according to police, two years after the province cut the unit’s annual funding nearly in half.”

Doug Ford interrupted at Somali event over support for controversial police unit

Published: Apr 2018
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