Ottawa Centre's candidates' promises on Society & Government

Budgets

We don't have any Green policies on Budgets.

We don't have any PC policies on Budgets.

We don't have any ONDP policies on Budgets.

Liberal

Try to save 2.5% annually

"Undertake an ambitious Saving Annually through Value and Efficiency (SAVE) process that will aim to achieve 2.5% of annual savings and value enhancement for Ontario taxpayers." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22
Create an Office of Cost Control to oversee major public sector procurement projects and spending at both the municipal and provincial level

"Create an Office of Cost Control which will have the responsibility for oversight on all major public sector procurement projects and spending at both the municipal and provincial level, including reviewing the significant overspending on recent transportation projects. We will also leverage the best available Canadian innovation, technology and artificial intelligence (AI), cut down on outsourcing, improve efficiency and project delivery, and better focus the province on what it can do best." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22

Government favouritism and conflicts of interest

We don't have any Green policies on Government favouritism and conflicts of interest.

We don't have any PC policies on Government favouritism and conflicts of interest.

We don't have any ONDP policies on Government favouritism and conflicts of interest.

Liberal

Investigate the previous government's deals

""Lead an across-government effort to spend taxpayers’ money wisely and invest the savings back into economic stimulus and health care.

Investigate all of Doug Ford’s giveaways, handouts, and sweetheart deals for his rich friends, including the:

$1.9 billion spent on speeding up the sale of booze by multinational corporations, big grocers, and foreign retail giants

$100 million deal with Elon Musk (noted Donald Trump insider) and Starlink Snap closure of the Ontario Science Centre on land primed for development

$2 billion sell-off of Ontario Place to a foreign-owned spa

Sweetheart deal to open ServiceOntario outlets in private American-owned stores $8 billion Greenbelt giveaway to his friends and donors, an issue that is currently being investigated by the RCMP

Dozens of crony patronage appointments at public institutions like the LCBO, Ontario Power Generation, the Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee and more

MZO’s Doug Ford gave to his rich buddies"

— Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22

Indigenous reconciliation

We don't have any Green policies on Indigenous reconciliation.

Shannon Boschy

Ontario Party candidate in your district

Tell the Truth. It's the first step in Truth and Reconciliation.

We don't have any PC policies on Indigenous reconciliation.

We don't have any ONDP policies on Indigenous reconciliation.

We don't have any Liberal policies on Indigenous reconciliation.

Indigenous women, girls, and 2-spirited people

We don't have any Green policies on Indigenous women, girls, and 2-spirited people.

Shannon Boschy

Ontario Party candidate in your district

2-Spirit people are an invention of white liberal women in universities. It's a bizarre cultural appropriation and projection.
The vast majority of Missing/Murdered Indigenous women and girls were killed by indigenous men.

We don't have any PC policies on Indigenous women, girls, and 2-spirited people.

We don't have any ONDP policies on Indigenous women, girls, and 2-spirited people.

We don't have any Liberal policies on Indigenous women, girls, and 2-spirited people.

Infrastructure

We don't have any Green policies on Infrastructure.

PC

Invest another $5B in housing, long-term care, energy, transportation, and municipal infrastructure projects

"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

ONDP

Provide consistent formula-based funding to municipalities to maintain, snow-clear, and repair infrastructure

"We will provide adequate, predictable and consistent formula-based provincial funding to ensure that municipalities are able to maintain, snow-clear and repair their roads, bridges and other infrastructure, with additional support for small and Northern municipalities that must look after large areas with small tax bases." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for the North, retrieved 2025-02-20

Liberal

Prioritise infrastructure investment in hospitals, schools, roads, and public transit

Intimate partner violence

We don't have any Green policies on Intimate partner violence.

We don't have any PC policies on Intimate partner violence.

ONDP

Recognise intimate partner violence as an epidemic

"We will recognize Intimate Partner Violence as an epidemic, and ensure survivors have the support they need to get on their feet, including emergency shelters." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for Southwest Ontario & Niagara, retrieved 2025-02-20

We don't have any Liberal policies on Intimate partner violence.

Justice system

We don't have any Green policies on Justice system.

Shannon Boschy

Ontario Party candidate in your district

Dismantle the Ontario Human Rights Commission, a supra-judicial bureaucracy corrupted by paramoral, anti-human,polices
End the move towards "Positive Discrimination" as supported by OHRC. Return simply to punishing negative discrimination.

We don't have any PC policies on Justice system.

We don't have any ONDP policies on Justice system.

Liberal

Create Bail Courts for high-risk and repeat offenders accused of violent crimes of drug offences

"Train more officers to get crime and drugs off our streets and launch special Bail Courts for high-risk and repeat offenders involved with illegal drug and fentanyl trafficking, firearm offences, robberies, home invasion, carjacking and auto-theft." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22

Ontario's Greenbelt

We don't have any Green policies on Ontario's Greenbelt.

We don't have any PC policies on Ontario's Greenbelt.

We don't have any ONDP policies on Ontario's Greenbelt.

Liberal

Protect prime farmland, including the Greenbelt

"Protect prime farmland, including the Greenbelt and champion a sustainable agri-food sector to support farmers and rural communities." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22

Public safety

We don't have any Green policies on Public safety.

We don't have any PC policies on Public safety.

We don't have any ONDP policies on Public safety.

Liberal

Train more police officers

"Train more officers to get crime and drugs off our streets and launch special Bail Courts for high-risk and repeat offenders involved with illegal drug and fentanyl trafficking, firearm offences, robberies, home invasion, carjacking and auto-theft." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22
Hire 300 more special constables for the TTC, OC Transpo, Metrolinks, and other major transit providers

"Hire an additional 300 special constables for TTC, OC Transpo, Metrolinx and other major transit service providers across the province." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22
Offer a rebate for equipment that deters crime with $500 for homes, $5K for small businesses, and $10K for religious/cultural institutions

"Safeguard communities and assist policy to monitor and catch criminals by introducing the SAFE Rebate (Supporting Access to Funding for Equipment) that offers up to $500 rebate for homes, $5,000 rebate for small businesses and $10,000 rebate for religious/cultural institutions to purchase safety equipment that deters auto-theft, robberies and other criminal activities." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22
Ban hate-motivated activities and protests that intimidate or incite violence within 100 metres of social infrastructure, with $100K fines

"Ban organizing or participating in hate-motivated activities or protests that incite violence or intimidation within 100 metres of the property line of any vulnerable social infrastructure (ex. place of worship, school, childcare centre, or hospital) anywhere in the province, and impose a maximum fine of $100,000 for each violation." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22

Sports and recreation

We don't have any Green policies on Sports and recreation.

PC

Add $300M to the Community Sport and Recreation Fund to build sports facilities and community infrastructure

"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

We don't have any ONDP policies on Sports and recreation.

We don't have any Liberal policies on Sports and recreation.

US border

We don't have any Green policies on US border.

Shannon Boschy

Ontario Party candidate in your district

We should do what it takes to make sure it continues to exist.

PC

Invest $50M to expand the OPP's Joint-Airr Support Unit with two more H-135 helicopters to support border patrols

"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

We don't have any ONDP policies on US border.

We don't have any Liberal policies on US border.