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Ontario

Doug Ford

In office

Premier

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

2,268 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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Secrétariat du Québec aux relations canadiennes

Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship

Promise History

Regions and Agriculture

Ontario's 43rd Parliament

2.11.11 - “[A] re-elected PC government will build Highway 413 to reduce traffic and gridlock in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)”

Only Doug Ford and the Ontario PCs will Build Highway 413

Published: Jun 2022

Justification

Highway 413, initially known as the GTA West Corridor, was a promise made during the Ford government’s 2018 election campaign (see more here). In May 2021, the project was designated under the federal impact assessment process, meaning that the federal government took over the environmental assessment. In October 2023, Ontario announced that it was applying for judicial review of the federal government’s involvement in Highway 413, and in April 2024, the government anounced that they had reached an agreement with the federal government, and construction would begin in 2025. This promise is in progress.

“The Ontario government is moving ahead to get shovels in the ground on Highway 413 after having reached an agreement with the federal government for the project to proceed with strong environmental protections in place.”

Ontario Building Highway 413

Published: Apr 2024

“Ontario is applying for judicial review of the federal government’s involvement in controversial projects like Highway 413 and Ontario Place to “ensure that federal decision makers can no longer impede desperately needed infrastructure projects,” the province says. […] The federal government says it hasn’t received the province’s initial project description so it can start the impact assessment process.”

Ontario asks court to prevent feds from 'holding up' Highway 413, Ontario Place

Published: Oct 2023

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“On May 3, 2021, the Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change designated the Highway 413 Project under the Federal Impact Assessment Act. […] Ontario has started to develop materials required for the planning phase of the Federal Impact Assessment process, including the preparation of an Initial Project Description (IPD). “