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Ontario

Doug Ford

In office

Premier

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

2,091 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

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Ontario's 43rd Parliament

2.12.21 - “In close partnership with municipalities, a re-elected PC government will also update its Housing Supply Action Plan annually to identify and implement additional levers that will get more homes built faster”

Only Doug Ford and the Ontario PCs Will Build 1.5 Million Homes over 10 Years

Published: Jun 2022

Justification

In April 2023, the Ford government passed the Helping Homebyers, Protecting Tenants Act, which was an update and adjustment to their housing supply action plan in an effort to achieve their goal of more homes being built. While the government is taking action, given that the promise indicates a commitment to action throughout the term, the promise remains in progress.

“Our government has made significant progress in tackling Ontario’s housing supply crisis – and we’re far from done. We have introduced a range of bold and transformative measures over the past three years to increase housing supply and we can see their growing and positive impact.[…] These positive trends are a result of the policies our government has championed – but we know that more needs to be done in order to reach our goal of 1.5 million new homes by 2031. That’s why our government promised to update and adjust our housing supply action plan throughout our current mandate, so we can continue to make progress toward that goal.”

Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants

Published: Apr 2023

“The Ontario government introduced legislation that would give the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa more responsibility to deliver on shared provincial-municipal priorities, including building 1.5 million new homes over the next 10 years.”

Ontario Empowering Mayors to Build Housing Faster

Published: Aug 2022

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Only Doug Ford and the Ontario PCs Will Build 1.5 Million Homes over 10 Years

Published: Jun 2022

Reference Documents

“To prioritize Ontario families and homebuyers, we are increasing the Non-Resident Speculation Tax rate from 15 to 20% and expanding the tax to apply provincewide effective March 30, 2022. […] We will also consult on potential measures to address concerns related to land speculation. For example, we will be exploring ways to discourage construction slowdowns that may be artificially driving up prices of new homes for Ontario families through land speculation.”