Ford: This election, let’s keep building with a re-elected PC government

Over the last four years, we’ve come so far together.

We secured $14 billion in new investments that will make Ontario the electric vehicle capital of North America.

We’ve made real progress building the road to the Ring of Fire and are bringing the future of clean steel to Hamilton and Sault Ste. Marie.

We invested in getting more women and men into the skilled trades, who are now building new subways, highways and hospitals for growing communities.

We lowered the cost of doing business in Ontario by nearly $9 billion, creating the conditions for more than 550,000 new jobs.

We administered more than 32 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines and protected one another.

But there’s still so much more to do. We need to keep building.

Premier Doug Ford shakes hands with Stelco employees during an election campaign stop at the steel mill in Hamilton, Ont. on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (Peter Power/The Canadian Press)

Ontario can’t afford to go back to the politics of no. We can’t go back to a time when nothing got built, when our economy stalled and our health system was stretched to its limits.

Every day, more and more people are lining up behind our vision and plan to build Ontario: eight labour unions representing the women and men who are building Ontario, along with the Ontario Personal Support Workers Association; mayors from growing communities like Windsor and Niagara; and everyday voters from every region of Ontario.

That’s because the Ontario PCs are the only party with a plan that says yes. Yes to building, yes to growing our economy and yes to putting more money back in your pocket.

We will rebuild Ontario’s economy and bring good manufacturing jobs back to the province. We will unlock the economic potential of northern mines and minerals by connecting them to the future of electric vehicles and the batteries that power them.

We will build highways and key infrastructure, including Highway 413 and the Bradford Bypass. We will keep expanding public transit, including the all-new Ontario Line subway in Toronto, and bring GO train service to Bowmanville, London and Niagara. We will bring Northlander passenger rail to Timmins and Cochrane.

We will never stop working for workers by getting more people into the skilled trades. We will invest more in training and make it easier for newcomers to start careers. We will expand three-year college degrees and increase the minimum wage.

We will keep costs down by cutting the gas tax and keeping tolls off Highways 412 and 418. We’ve scrapped licence plate sticker fees and will build 1.5 million new homes over 10 years so more people can afford to live in growing communities.

We have a plan to stay open today and in the future. We will hire more doctors, nurses and personal support workers. We will build hospitals and 30,000 new long-term care beds while helping seniors stay in their own homes longer. We’ll produce more personal protective equipment and vaccines right here in Ontario so we don’t have to rely on other countries ever again.

In this election, voters have a clear choice. Steven Del Duca’s Liberals want to take us back. Andrea Horwath and the NDP will hold us back.

Instead, the Ontario PCs will say yes. Together, let’s get it done.

Doug Ford is the leader of the Ontario PC Party.

QP Briefing and iPolitics asked the leaders of each of Ontario's four main parties to contribute an op-ed to speak directly to voters before election day. 

PC leader Doug Ford wrote about getting it done.

NDP leader Andrea Horwath wrote about paying for mental health care with your OHIP card.

The Greens had their candidate for Parry Sound—Muskoka write one instead.

And Liberal leader Steven Del Duca did not submit an op-ed by deadline.