"Permanently cutting the provincial tax on gas by 5.7 cents per litre and on diesel by 5.3 cents, for total savings of 10.7 cents per litre of gas when combined with the PCs’ cancellation of the Liberal cap-and-trade carbon tax. Since the gas tax cuts were first introduced, the Ontario PCs have saved the average driver more than $400." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"A re-elected PC government would upload the Ottawa LRT, subject to due diligence, and integrate its operations under Metrolinx. This integration would create new opportunities to reduce costs and improve services through greater economies of scale and expertise in managing large projects, particularly as the LRT project completes Stage 2 and begins Stage 3 expansion." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"When fully realized, GO 2.0 would support the creation of multiple new lines, including a line running through mid-town Toronto, a line from Bolton to Union Station via Woodbridge and Etobicoke, as well as extensions and improvements to existing lines, including Richmond Hill." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Moving up the Sheppard East subway extension to connect the TTC’s Line 4 with the Scarborough Subway Extension at Sheppard Ave. East and McCowan Road." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Extend the Hazel McCallion LRT by building the Mississauga loop and bringing the line into downtown Brampton, including tunnelling the Brampton portion of the transitway." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Install charging plug ports, cup holders and improved Wi-Fi on all Metrolinx GO trains and Northlander trains to make travelling and commuting more convenient and enjoyable." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Working in partnership with the federal government, CPKC and CN to ensure continued and reliable freight rail access throughout the region, a re-elected PC government would seek to build a freight rail bypass along the Highway 407 corridor in Peel Region that would take freight rail around the City of Toronto to reduce congestion and free up existing rail capacity for passenger train service." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Mandating shared services between local hydro utilities to support critical investments in infrastructure and save ratepayers money." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Maintaining Ontario’s financial contributions to the electric vehicle and battery auto pact, which has attracted more than $45 billion in global investments in the province, including by Stellantis and LG Energy Solutions in Windsor and Volkswagen in St Thomas. A re-elected PC government would continue to make these investments regardless of any decision by the U.S. on the future of the IRA.

Advocating that the federal government do the same, whoever is in office." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Building on our more than $100 million Forest Sector Strategy by prioritizing shovel-ready projects that will help diversify biomass, mill residual and pulpwood markets, including more forest biomass electricity generation facilities across northern Ontario." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Investing $75 million for a new Pulp Sector Revitalization Program to incentivize new investments in pulp mills that improve productivity and enable these mills to stay competitive in the global market." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Investing $20 million to enhance the Forest Access Roads Program to strengthen these vital northern Ontario infrastructure networks that are used for resource development, recreation, Indigenous communities and emergency responders." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"When fully realized, GO 2.0 would support the creation of multiple new lines, including a line running through mid-town Toronto, a line from Bolton to Union Station via Woodbridge and Etobicoke, as well as extensions and improvements to existing lines, including Richmond Hill." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Install charging plug ports, cup holders and improved Wi-Fi on all Metrolinx GO trains and Northlander trains to make travelling and commuting more convenient and enjoyable." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Designating regions where multiple critical mineral deposits are present or likely to be present, including the Ring of Fire, as regions of strategic importance for Ontario’s economy and security to support the needs of North American supply chains (including in the defence, automotive and energy sectors), triggering accelerated and parallel permitting, streamlined requirements, certainty around consultation timelines, and financial and other resources to support economic participation for First Nations partners. Within these regions of strategic importance, pre-approved project proponents that meet high operating, safety and environmental standards will be granted automatic approval to proceed with early works once they’ve met duty to consult obligations with ongoing oversight and inspection by relevant provincial ministries, agencies and authorities." — ontariopc.com, retrieved 2025-02-23

"Investing $70 million to expand the Aboriginal Participation Fund, which enables meaningful consultation with Indigenous communities in support of key projects, including mining exploration and development. The fund will also now be used to train First Nations workers so that they are able to directly benefit from critical mineral development." — ontariopc.com, retrieved 2025-02-23

"Launching a new $3 billion First Nations Opportunities Financing Program that would triple the province’s existing $1 billion Aboriginal Loan Guarantee Program to support First Nations equity participation in an expanded set of sectors, including electricity, critical minerals, resource development and related infrastructure components, offering generational economic opportunities for First Nations in Ontario." — ontariopc.com, retrieved 2025-02-23

"Creating new scholarship opportunities for First Nations students interested in pursuing careers in resource development in collaboration with our world class post-secondary institutions." — ontariopc.com, retrieved 2025-02-23

"Legislating a One-Project, One-Process approach for all mining development to improve efficiency, streamline permitting, provide greater certainty and speed up approvals with service standards timeline guarantees for provincial regulatory approvals including the rigorous enforcement of permit and approval timelines enshrined within Ontario’s Mining Act to give operators and investors the certainty they need to hire and build. This includes having a dedicated project manager assigned to major projects to help proponents navigate the system and ensure accountability." — ontariopc.com, retrieved 2025-02-23

"The PC plan includes $500 million to create a new Critical Minerals Processing Fund that would accelerate development of processing projects, attract private capital investment and speed up key strategic projects across the critical mineral supply chain." — ontariopc.com, retrieved 2025-02-23

"Rebuild the permitting process from the ground up, removing anything unnecessary, outdated or redundant that put us at a timeline disadvantage to any other G7 national or subnational jurisdiction, including by further streamlining Ontario’s environmental assessment process, eliminating federal redundancies and harmonizing and bringing common sense conservation principles to species-at-risk requirements." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Deputize a permitting and approvals czar within Ontario’s Lean Team focused on clearing the pathway for new job creating investments and sectors such as mining, manufacturing and infrastructure projects." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Safely and securely leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to further accelerate the identification and implementation of red tape and regulatory burden reduction across all of government." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Supporting pipelines, rail lines and other critical infrastructure projects that create greater export opportunities for Canada’s oil, gas, critical minerals, agricultural and other natural resources to reach new markets. A re-elected PC government stands ready to support Energy East, Northern Gateway and pipeline projects to Canada’s northern coast. With renewed American cooperation and partnership, Ontario would support the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline project." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

"Developing Ontario’s first integrated energy plan, including all energy resources such as hydroelectricity, natural gas and other fuels." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Refurbishing existing nuclear energy generation at the Pickering and Darlington generating stations, expanding nuclear energy generation at Bruce Power, exploring new nuclear energy generation in Port Hope, and building Canada’s first small modular reactors at Darlington Nuclear Generating Station." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Refurbishing and expanding hydroelectricity generation, including supporting Ontario Power Generation’s $4 billion investments in hydroelectricity generation in Niagara and in Northern and Eastern Ontario." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Securing the largest battery energy storage procurement in Canadian history, with enough storage to power three million homes." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Reviewing and modernizing the mandates of the Ontario Energy Board and Ontario’s Independent Electricity Service Operator to ensure that both the regulator and the system planner support the objective of significantly growing Ontario’s generation, transmission and export capacity to support job creation, investment attraction and economic growth. A re-elected PC government will ensure Ontario Power Generation prioritizes supporting these objectives, in alignment with the integrated energy plan." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"A re-elected PC government would seek rapid and streamlined approval processes for new nuclear projects from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Building new interties to neighbouring jurisdictions to export power and create greater regional influence, including new and reinforced transmission into Quebec and the United States." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Developing a strategic framework for energy-intensive data centres to ensure better strategic planning (such as co-locating power generation with data centre assets) and prioritization based on provincial priorities, such as data and national security, job creation and regional economic development in the north." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"A re-elected PC government would upload the Ottawa LRT, subject to due diligence, and integrate its operations under Metrolinx. This integration would create new opportunities to reduce costs and improve services through greater economies of scale and expertise in managing large projects, particularly as the LRT project completes Stage 2 and begins Stage 3 expansion." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"When fully realized, GO 2.0 would support the creation of multiple new lines, including a line running through mid-town Toronto, a line from Bolton to Union Station via Woodbridge and Etobicoke, as well as extensions and improvements to existing lines, including Richmond Hill." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Moving up the Sheppard East subway extension to connect the TTC’s Line 4 with the Scarborough Subway Extension at Sheppard Ave. East and McCowan Road." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Extend the Hazel McCallion LRT by building the Mississauga loop and bringing the line into downtown Brampton, including tunnelling the Brampton portion of the transitway." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Install charging plug ports, cup holders and improved Wi-Fi on all Metrolinx GO trains and Northlander trains to make travelling and commuting more convenient and enjoyable." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Working in partnership with the federal government, CPKC and CN to ensure continued and reliable freight rail access throughout the region, a re-elected PC government would seek to build a freight rail bypass along the Highway 407 corridor in Peel Region that would take freight rail around the City of Toronto to reduce congestion and free up existing rail capacity for passenger train service." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Investing $30 million to launch the Hydrogen Innovation Fund and updating the provincial hydrogen strategy to position Ontario as a global leader in hydrogen fuel." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Return sanity to bike lanes by removing them from the busiest streets in the province, starting with Bloor Street West, Yonge Street and University Avenue in Toronto, and replacing them on secondary roads." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"The province will veto and block any future municipal bike lanes that would eliminate a lane of vehicle traffic." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Today, Ontario PC candidates Graydon Smith and Prabmeet Sarkaria were in Seguin Township to announce that a re-elected PC government will help protect Northern Ontario homes, businesses and communities from wildfires by purchasing six new waterbombers, for a total of $530 million. These new waterbombers would be phased in over the next 10 years, bringing the total number of provincial waterbombers to 15." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"$165 million for a “Learn and Earn” initiative to help workers earn a paycheque in the skilled trades while receiving in-class and on-the-job training . Key initiatives include:

1. $120 million to expand the existing Apprenticeship Development Benefit, including a new On-The-Job Training Support Stream to cover up to $2,500 for dependent care, learning supports and transportation costs .
2. $30 million to expand the existing Apprenticeship Completion Bonus that offers a grant of $2,000 for apprentices who complete either a Red Seal or Non-Red Seal trades certification .
3. $15 million to extend and expand the Tools Grant program to support apprentices with the cost of tools and equipment for their trade by increasing and standardizing the amount eligible to $1,000 for all in-scope trades ."

— Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Doug Ford renewed the Ontario PCs’ commitment to enforce compulsory certification in the electrical trade and ensure all electrical workers in Ontario are registered apprentices or have a certificate of qualification." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Put outcomes before ideology with $66 million for more community surgical and diagnostic centres to reduce wait times and increase surgery volumes in state-of-the-art, convenient and safe facilities . This would support access to MRI and CT services for an additional 100,000 patients annually and access to GI Endoscopy services for up to 60,000 patients annually, in addition to licensing new centres in 2025 to expand services such as regular colonoscopies, hip and knee surgeries." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Supporting strict and severe mandatory minimum sentences for criminals convicted of drug trafficking, while ensuring landlords are held liable for knowingly hosting illicit drug production and trafficking sites." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Working with the federal government to enact new authorities for the RCMP, border agents and regional and local law enforcement to identify, detect and confiscate pill presses, precursor chemicals and lab equipment if law enforcement determine that the intent is to produce fentanyl or other illicit drugs." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Increase inspections of all point-of-origin containers at shipping yards, ports, rail yards and airports from China, the frequent source of fentanyl and other illicit drugs that are plaguing Canadian and American communities." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Investing $530 million to create 27 new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hubs across the province to support people struggling with addiction and mental health issues by focusing on addiction recovery and supportive housing solutions instead of supporting further hard drug use at drug injection sites." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Increasing access to addictions treatment units in jails, including as a condition of probation, to help people exit the vicious cycle of crime and addiction and keep communities safe." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Expanding the use and scope of practice for opioid antagonists and partial agonists medications in correctional and community settings to combat long-term addiction and dependence by increasing access to medications that block the effects of opioids." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Expand new medical school seats across the province to complete the largest expansion of new seats in over a decade, and leverage more capacity to train more doctors here at home. This includes a nearly 50 per cent expansion to residency spots by 2028, and a nearly 40 per cent increase in undergraduate medical spots over the same period, which will result in a total of more than 500 new undergraduate spots and 742 new residency positions." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Invest an additional $88 million to expand the Learn and Stay Grant to cover more medical students more quickly to provide free tuition for medical students that practise family medicine in an Ontario community for at least five years after graduation." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Require all Ontario medical schools to allocate at least 95 per cent of all undergraduate medical school seats to residents of Ontario, with the other five per cent reserved for students from the rest of Canada." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Removing red tape and helping those who want to work in Ontario with new “As of Right” rules to become the first province in Canada to allow health-care workers registered in other provinces and territories to immediately start caring for you, without having to first register with one of Ontario’s health regulatory colleges." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Further leverage the skills and expertise of Ontario pharmacists to continue making pharmacies a one-stop-shop for more convenient care closer to home, as well as continue to expand scopes of practice for other professions, such as registered practical nurses, registered nurses and physiotherapists, to deliver more connected and convenient care." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Improve access to mental health and addictions services by implementing the $3.8 billion Roadmap to Wellness: A Plan to Build Ontario’s Mental Health and Addictions System to improve mental health services for communities across Ontario, and support patients and families living with mental health and addictions challenges." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Speed up the government “time-to-list process” for life-saving medications by at least six months by improving existing processes and reducing red tape through a new accelerated pathway, beginning with cancer drugs approved through Health Canada’s Project Orbis framework . This will help more people access life-saving medications and put Ontario at the forefront of health-care innovation." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Continuing to expand access to fertility services and provide a new tax credit to help more people start and grow their families." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Investing another $2 billion in the Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program and the Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund to create new opportunities for workers in the construction sector, support municipalities and help build more homes." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Investing $50 million to support more factory-built homes and innovative home-building technology that will help get thousands of new homes built faster in Ontario using new and more efficient technologies" — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Delivering the Home Renovation Rebate Program, which covers up to 30 per cent of the cost of everyday home renovation and improvement projects, including for new windows, doors, insulation, air sealing, battery storage and energy efficient appliances." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Providing municipalities and police with new resources and enforcement tools to address the growing problem of homeless encampments and crack down on illegal drug use in parks and public spaces, including by dedicating $75 .5 million for programs that provide more long-term stable housing and temporary accommodations for those living in encampments." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Passing the Safer Municipalities Act, which is supported by mayors across the province, to provide tools to keep public places safe by increasing penalties on people who continually and deliberately trespass on private and public lands in illegal encampments, and specifically banning the consumption of illegal drugs in all public spaces and encampments." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"$165 million for a “Learn and Earn” initiative to help workers earn a paycheque in the skilled trades while receiving in-class and on-the-job training . Key initiatives include:

1. $120 million to expand the existing Apprenticeship Development Benefit, including a new On-The-Job Training Support Stream to cover up to $2,500 for dependent care, learning supports and transportation costs .
2. $30 million to expand the existing Apprenticeship Completion Bonus that offers a grant of $2,000 for apprentices who complete either a Red Seal or Non-Red Seal trades certification .
3. $15 million to extend and expand the Tools Grant program to support apprentices with the cost of tools and equipment for their trade by increasing and standardizing the amount eligible to $1,000 for all in-scope trades ."

— Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Doug Ford renewed the Ontario PCs’ commitment to enforce compulsory certification in the electrical trade and ensure all electrical workers in Ontario are registered apprentices or have a certificate of qualification." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Investing $100 million to increase the Risk Management Program to enhance support for farmers and the province’s $51 billion agri-food sector. This increase will support farmers in responding to market challenges while boosting their long-term business confidence and competitiveness." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Building on our more than $100 million Forest Sector Strategy by prioritizing shovel-ready projects that will help diversify biomass, mill residual and pulpwood markets, including more forest biomass electricity generation facilities across northern Ontario." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Investing $75 million for a new Pulp Sector Revitalization Program to incentivize new investments in pulp mills that improve productivity and enable these mills to stay competitive in the global market." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Investing $20 million to enhance the Forest Access Roads Program to strengthen these vital northern Ontario infrastructure networks that are used for resource development, recreation, Indigenous communities and emergency responders." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Removing all of Ontario’s remaining party-specific exemptions following a final assessment under the Canada Free Trade Agreement and encouraging all other provinces to follow suit." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

"Supporting labour mobility across Canada by streamlining credential recognition for certified professionals, expanding existing exemptions to more credentialed occupations and reducing existing labour mobility exceptions." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

"Fighting red tape that blocks interprovincial trade by recognizing regulatory standards and certifications across Canada with Regulatory Recognition Agreements for key sectors such as trucking. These will ensure that a good or service that is sold or used in one province or territory can be readily sold or used in all provinces and territories by default." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

"Investing $50 million to launch the new Ontario Together Trade Fund to support businesses that make near-term investments to service more interprovincial customers, develop new markets and re-shore critical supply chains." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

"Immediately enabling direct-to-consumer sales of alcohol products with all willing provinces and territories, which will provide new markets for Ontario wineries, breweries, cideries and distilleries and more choice for Ontario consumers, as well as for producers and consumers across Canada." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

"Maintaining Ontario’s financial contributions to the electric vehicle and battery auto pact, which has attracted more than $45 billion in global investments in the province, including by Stellantis and LG Energy Solutions in Windsor and Volkswagen in St Thomas. A re-elected PC government would continue to make these investments regardless of any decision by the U.S. on the future of the IRA.

Advocating that the federal government do the same, whoever is in office." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Investing an additional $1 billion in the Skills Development Fund, on top of the existing $1.5 billion investment, to urgently expand existing training and employment programs and help workers gain valuable skills for rewarding careers in the skilled trades." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Investing an additional $100 million in the Better Jobs Ontario program to help workers access skills training and transition into in-demand jobs, including a fast-track stream for workers in sectors that are vulnerable to trade disruptions." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Investing $38 million to mobilize action centres in the event of layoffs to provide immediate employment transition supports to affected workers, including job retraining assistance, career counselling and more." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Designating regions where multiple critical mineral deposits are present or likely to be present, including the Ring of Fire, as regions of strategic importance for Ontario’s economy and security to support the needs of North American supply chains (including in the defence, automotive and energy sectors), triggering accelerated and parallel permitting, streamlined requirements, certainty around consultation timelines, and financial and other resources to support economic participation for First Nations partners. Within these regions of strategic importance, pre-approved project proponents that meet high operating, safety and environmental standards will be granted automatic approval to proceed with early works once they’ve met duty to consult obligations with ongoing oversight and inspection by relevant provincial ministries, agencies and authorities." — ontariopc.com, retrieved 2025-02-23

"Investing $70 million to expand the Aboriginal Participation Fund, which enables meaningful consultation with Indigenous communities in support of key projects, including mining exploration and development. The fund will also now be used to train First Nations workers so that they are able to directly benefit from critical mineral development." — ontariopc.com, retrieved 2025-02-23

"Launching a new $3 billion First Nations Opportunities Financing Program that would triple the province’s existing $1 billion Aboriginal Loan Guarantee Program to support First Nations equity participation in an expanded set of sectors, including electricity, critical minerals, resource development and related infrastructure components, offering generational economic opportunities for First Nations in Ontario." — ontariopc.com, retrieved 2025-02-23

"Creating new scholarship opportunities for First Nations students interested in pursuing careers in resource development in collaboration with our world class post-secondary institutions." — ontariopc.com, retrieved 2025-02-23

"Legislating a One-Project, One-Process approach for all mining development to improve efficiency, streamline permitting, provide greater certainty and speed up approvals with service standards timeline guarantees for provincial regulatory approvals including the rigorous enforcement of permit and approval timelines enshrined within Ontario’s Mining Act to give operators and investors the certainty they need to hire and build. This includes having a dedicated project manager assigned to major projects to help proponents navigate the system and ensure accountability." — ontariopc.com, retrieved 2025-02-23

"The PC plan includes $500 million to create a new Critical Minerals Processing Fund that would accelerate development of processing projects, attract private capital investment and speed up key strategic projects across the critical mineral supply chain." — ontariopc.com, retrieved 2025-02-23

"Rebuild the permitting process from the ground up, removing anything unnecessary, outdated or redundant that put us at a timeline disadvantage to any other G7 national or subnational jurisdiction, including by further streamlining Ontario’s environmental assessment process, eliminating federal redundancies and harmonizing and bringing common sense conservation principles to species-at-risk requirements." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Deputize a permitting and approvals czar within Ontario’s Lean Team focused on clearing the pathway for new job creating investments and sectors such as mining, manufacturing and infrastructure projects." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Safely and securely leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to further accelerate the identification and implementation of red tape and regulatory burden reduction across all of government." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"$120 million to support approximately 18,000 bars and restaurants by increasing the LCBO wholesale discount from 10 per cent to 15 per cent." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Investing $200 million for the Shipbuilding Grant Program under Ontario’s Marine Transportation Strategy to help make Ontario’s shipbuilding industry a full regional partner under the federal government’s National Shipbuilding Strategy and secure Canadian contracts to build, retrofit, and repair Canadian Navy ships in Ontario." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

"Creating a new Defence Security Investment Tax Credit to attract greater investment and job creation in the province and help meet our two per cent of GDP NATO commitment, including by supporting investments in innovative critical technologies such as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity to support the future of defence technologies." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

"Providing $50 million more to Venture Ontario, the province’s venture capital agency, to make dedicated capital fund investments to support domestic start-ups in strategic technology areas that support our national defence." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

"$165 million for a “Learn and Earn” initiative to help workers earn a paycheque in the skilled trades while receiving in-class and on-the-job training . Key initiatives include:

1. $120 million to expand the existing Apprenticeship Development Benefit, including a new On-The-Job Training Support Stream to cover up to $2,500 for dependent care, learning supports and transportation costs .
2. $30 million to expand the existing Apprenticeship Completion Bonus that offers a grant of $2,000 for apprentices who complete either a Red Seal or Non-Red Seal trades certification .
3. $15 million to extend and expand the Tools Grant program to support apprentices with the cost of tools and equipment for their trade by increasing and standardizing the amount eligible to $1,000 for all in-scope trades ."

— Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Doug Ford renewed the Ontario PCs’ commitment to enforce compulsory certification in the electrical trade and ensure all electrical workers in Ontario are registered apprentices or have a certificate of qualification." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"$5 billion to support the resiliency of major industries and workers through a new Protect Ontario Account to ensure Ontario is ready for all scenarios if widespread tariffs are imposed. This includes financial support programs that would help large-scale industrial job creators in the province address operational challenges, reshore supply chains, restructure and re-tool to find new customers and keep workers employed." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"$10 billion in cash-flow support for Ontario employers through a six-month deferral of provincially administered taxes on Ontario businesses." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"$120 million to support approximately 18,000 bars and restaurants by increasing the LCBO wholesale discount from 10 per cent to 15 per cent." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"$40 million for a new Trade-Impacted Communities Program to support municipalities and communities that face major economic disruption stemming from new tariffs." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"$300 million to expand the Ontario Made Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit to support more businesses that invest in buildings, machinery and equipment that are used for manufacturing and processing in Ontario, including investments to retool and onshore supply chains." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"$600 million for the Invest Ontario Fund so Ontario can continue attracting investments that create jobs in key sectors, including advanced manufacturing, life sciences and technology." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Leveraging Ontario’s nearly $30 billion in annual provincial procurement, in addition to the $200 billion in Ontario’s plan to build, to prioritize Ontario steel, forestry products and other inputs for provincial infrastructure projects, purchase Ontario-made vehicles for government use and help local innovators access more government procurement opportunities. We will also ask and encourage municipalities to do the same in order to protect Ontario jobs and create new opportunities for Ontario and Canadian workers and businesses through their procurements." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"$705 million to expand training capacity in our world-class publicly funded colleges and universities to prepare thousands of additional students for in-demand roles in critical sectors . This includes:

1. $450 million to support Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs at publicly funded colleges and universities, expanding the number of funded seats by over 20,000 annually.
2. $150 million to enhance the In-Class Enhancement Fund (IEF), resulting in nearly 5,000 additional seats annually for in-class apprenticeship training.
3. $75 million to support construction skilled trades programs at publicly funded colleges and universities to create 2,600 new funded seats in priority construction and infrastructure related programs.
4. $30 million for an expansion of the Pre-Apprenticeship Programs to help more potential entrants to the apprenticeship system get job-ready in trades, sectors and regions experiencing a skills shortage."

— Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Launch a new publicly available labour market survey to provide a detailed assessment of Ontario’s labour market needs by sector and region, with a focus on skilled trades, to help workers and students identify key opportunities across the province . In addition, a re-elected Ontario PC government will better integrate Ontario Works with the programs and services provided by the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development to promote more linkages to jobs and labour market participation." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Launch the Pothole Prevention Fund, which will support municipalities with road maintenance funds to help make Ontario roads safer and prevent accidents and vehicle damage that can occur from potholes." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"[...] uploading municipal building approvals for provincially-led and/or provincially-funded schools, hospitals, long-term care homes, courthouses, union training centres and other critical infrastructure projects." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Providing another $5 billion for the Building Ontario Fund, for a total of $8 billion, to invest in housing, long-term care, energy, transportation and municipal infrastructure projects." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Reducing criminal court backlogs and ensuring justice for victims by continuing to invest $30 million to hire over 190 new criminal prosecutors and appointing new judges and justices of the peace . A re-elected PC government will also focus the judicial selection criteria and process to select judges and justices of the peace that uphold the Criminal Code and are tough on crime." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Expanding the use of GPS monitoring bracelets for people granted bail and requiring offenders to pay a fee to offset the cost of administering the GPS Monitoring Program to improve community safety and save taxpayers millions of dollars each year." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Making bail payment real and effective by mandating upfront payment of bail bond deposits." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Building more jails so that we have enough capacity to keep dangerous criminals off our streets and behind bars, where they belong ." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Increasing access to addictions treatment units in jails, including as a condition of probation, to help people exit the vicious cycle of crime and addiction and keep communities safe." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Expanding the use and scope of practice for opioid antagonists and partial agonists medications in correctional and community settings to combat long-term addiction and dependence by increasing access to medications that block the effects of opioids." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"A re-elected Ontario PC government will open the first new, all-season provincial park in 40 years to focus on building stronger and healthier communities by expanding recreational opportunities for families to enjoy . The Bigwind Lake Provincial Park, located near the Town of Bracebridge, will offer facilities and recreational activities including swimming, hiking, cross- country skiing, and add around 250 new campsites to the Ontario Parks system." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Cracking down on auto theft by investing more than $70 million in new measures to help police dismantle organized crime networks, along with stiffer penalties for auto thieves, including a life-time driver’s license ban for repeat offenders and the strongest penalties in Canada for VIN fraud, including up to $100,000 in fines and six months in jail, alongside strengthened measures and technology at Service Ontario to eliminate all transactions involving stolen vehicles." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Continue supporting our brave men and women in policing by graduating an additional 550 police officers each year for a total 2,080 annually, eliminating tuition fees for Basic Constable Training to incentivize new recruits and investing $1 billion for a new and renovated Ontario Police College and Ontario Provincial Police Academy to help improve and expand police training in our province." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"$38 million to extend the Anti-Hate Security and Prevention Grant to help faith-based and cultural organizations implement measures to ensure their community spaces remain safe and secure, such as hiring security staff, surveillance cameras, security assessments, cybersecurity and building repairs." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Expanding and strengthening the Sex Offender Registry to include more types of offenses, such as human trafficking, to hold more criminals to account by naming and shaming those that are convicted of these heinous crimes. This is on top of the enhancements to Christopher’s Law that our PC government passed making it illegal for sex offenders to change their names and hide their identities." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"$38 million to extend the Anti-Hate Security and Prevention Grant to help faith-based and cultural organizations implement measures to ensure their community spaces remain safe and secure, such as hiring security staff, surveillance cameras, security assessments, cybersecurity and building repairs." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Increasing the Community Sport and Recreation Fund by $300 million to help build more rinks, arenas, sports centres and other community infrastructure." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Investing $50 million to expand the Ontario Provincial Police’s (OPP) Joint-Air Support Unit with two additional H-135 helicopters to support the Niagara Regional Police and the Windsor Police Service with increased patrols, security and enforcement at key border entry points for the province. The Joint-Air Support Unit was created by the PC government through a $134 million investment in last year’s budget, with new police helicopters to help police in Ottawa, Toronto, Durham, Halton and Peel fight auto theft and combat organized crime." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Legislation to ban use of congestion pricing on all provincial and municipal roadways, building on previous legislation that banned new tolls on provincial highways." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Permanently cutting the provincial tax on gas by 5.7 cents per litre and on diesel by 5.3 cents, for total savings of 10.7 cents per litre of gas when combined with the PCs’ cancellation of the Liberal cap-and-trade carbon tax. Since the gas tax cuts were first introduced, the Ontario PCs have saved the average driver more than $400." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Investing up to $15 billion more over three years to speed up key capital projects, including widening the QEW between Burlington and St. Catharines." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Raise highway speed limits to a minimum of 110 km per hour across the provincial highway network." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"In Niagara Region, Ford said that a re-elected PC government would widen the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) between Burlington and St. Catharines to keep people working and help get drivers out of gridlock." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Taking tolls off Highway 407 East, which runs between Brock Road in Pickering and Highway 115 in Clarington, saving daily commuters $7,200 every year." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Today, Ontario PC leader Doug Ford announced that a re-elected PC government will fight gridlock, improve economic competitiveness and create new jobs for workers by tunnelling under Highway 401 to build a new driver and transit expressway. As part of the $15 billion in new infrastructure investments to keep people working, a re-elected PC government will also invest more to speed up new transportation infrastructure projects for the region.

The Highway 401 tunnel expressway will include both vehicle and transit lanes and will extend beyond Brampton and Mississauga in the west to beyond Markham and Scarborough in the east. It will be one of the largest, most ambitious infrastructure projects in the world." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Rehabilitating Highway 401’s eastbound core and collector lanes from Victoria Park Avenue to Neilson Road, including adding an additional lane at the Kennedy Road interchange.

Rehabilitating Highway 401’s eastbound express lanes from Avenue Road to Ward Avenue, including bridge replacements at the Leslie Street and Bayview Avenue interchanges." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"In Windsor and Essex, a re-elected PC government will prioritize the construction of a new interchange at Banwell Road and E.C. Row Expressway, as well as a new interchange at Highway 401 and the Lauzon Parkway extension that will support trade between the U.S. and Canada." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"The New Deal with Ottawa includes nearly $350 million for local infrastructure, including:

$56 million to upgrade and repair Highway 174 prior to it being uploaded to the province.

$50 million to upgrade rural roads and highways outside the downtown core.

More than $50 million to design and build a new interchange at Highway 416 and Barnsdale Road.

$80 million to support the Kanata North Transitway." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"The Ontario PCs have already begun the process of widening Highway 11 from North Bay to Temiskaming Shores, with initial work set to begin on Highway 11 between Sand Dam Road and Ellesmere Road, and between Highway 64 and Jumping Caribou Road. If re-elected, the PCs will extend the 2+1 highway another 220 kilometres from Temiskaming Shores to Cochrane, with a new passing lane that changes direction every two to five kilometres. This expanded highway will improve highway safety and make travel more efficient and convenient for northern drivers." — ontariopc.com, retrieved 2025-02-23

"Reform High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes to open lanes to all vehicles during off-peak hours." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"When fully realized, GO 2.0 would support the creation of multiple new lines, including a line running through mid-town Toronto, a line from Bolton to Union Station via Woodbridge and Etobicoke, as well as extensions and improvements to existing lines, including Richmond Hill." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Install charging plug ports, cup holders and improved Wi-Fi on all Metrolinx GO trains and Northlander trains to make travelling and commuting more convenient and enjoyable." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"A re-elected PC government would upload the Ottawa LRT, subject to due diligence, and integrate its operations under Metrolinx. This integration would create new opportunities to reduce costs and improve services through greater economies of scale and expertise in managing large projects, particularly as the LRT project completes Stage 2 and begins Stage 3 expansion." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"When fully realized, GO 2.0 would support the creation of multiple new lines, including a line running through mid-town Toronto, a line from Bolton to Union Station via Woodbridge and Etobicoke, as well as extensions and improvements to existing lines, including Richmond Hill." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Moving up the Sheppard East subway extension to connect the TTC’s Line 4 with the Scarborough Subway Extension at Sheppard Ave. East and McCowan Road." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Extend the Hazel McCallion LRT by building the Mississauga loop and bringing the line into downtown Brampton, including tunnelling the Brampton portion of the transitway." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Install charging plug ports, cup holders and improved Wi-Fi on all Metrolinx GO trains and Northlander trains to make travelling and commuting more convenient and enjoyable." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Working in partnership with the federal government, CPKC and CN to ensure continued and reliable freight rail access throughout the region, a re-elected PC government would seek to build a freight rail bypass along the Highway 407 corridor in Peel Region that would take freight rail around the City of Toronto to reduce congestion and free up existing rail capacity for passenger train service." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

"Return sanity to bike lanes by removing them from the busiest streets in the province, starting with Bloor Street West, Yonge Street and University Avenue in Toronto, and replacing them on secondary roads." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"The province will veto and block any future municipal bike lanes that would eliminate a lane of vehicle traffic." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

"Continuing to rebuild Ontario Place into a year-round, world-class, family-friendly destination." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26