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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

Health and Social Services

Ontario's 43rd Parliament

1.12.02 - “When it comes to rent control, we’re going to maintain the status quo”

Doug Ford Won’t Take Rent Control Away From Anyone

Published: Jun 2018

Justification

In late 2018, the Ontario government amended the Residential Tenancies Act to exempt new buildings from rent control. The government continues to defend this decision, arguing that it has spurred more housing development. As this is change from the status quo the promise is broken.

“Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford removed rent control on new units after taking power in 2018. […] A spokeswoman for the Progressive Conservatives defended the decision to remove rent control on new units, saying it actually served to spur more building.”

Ontario Liberals and NDP offer different rent control promises

Published: May 2022

“The Ontario Government says it is lifting rent control on new buildings, in an effort [to] […] open up the rental market. The new measure applies to units ‘if no part of the building, mobile home park or land lease community, or no part of the addition, was occupied for residential purposes on or before November 15, 2018.’ [Ontario Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, and Chair of Cabinet] Vic Fedeli stressed the move only applies to ‘new builds.’ ‘To be very, very clear, existing buildings continue to have their rent controlled, this is for new builds and I would expect that buildings that are started fresh,’ he said. ‘Everybody who is an existing tenant today is protected,’ he said.”