2025 Provincial Progress Report

Announcing the 2025 Provincial Progress Report Card for MPP Sylvia Jones and Doug Ford.  It is about time we held our Ministers of Provincial Parliament, Sylvia Jones who is also the Deputy Premier and Minister of Health for Ontario as well as Premier Doug Ford accountable to their past term in a Performance Report by showing their voting records

There are plenty of bills that they voted on in this partial session of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario ranging from August 2022 to January 2025.  These votes below cover the bills around Agriculture and Budget.  See how our Deputy Premier and Premier voted or didn't show up to vote on some of these bills that impact the lives of residents in Dufferin Caledon and Ontario

Votes on  Agriculture and Budget

MPP Jones voted Yes for half of the bills here and was absent from voting for the other half of bills.  

Childcare, Climate Change and Education 

Sylvia and Doug both voted No to Bill 191 to improve the childcare workforce in Ontario.  Climate Change was not a priority as she voted Nay or was Absent for many final reading votes.  As for education, not much was done to improve the classrooms for our future workforce and leaders, and is pretty east to see why educators aren't happy with Sylvia and Doug

Energy and Gun Violence

Sylvia Jones was absent for the vote on Bill 165 (Doug was Yes), the Keeping Energy Costs Down Act, 2024, which aims to make energy more affordable for residents. Sylvia voted No to Bill 9 (Doug Ford was absent), the Safe and Healthy Communities Act (Addressing Gun Violence), 2022, which aims to reduce gun violence through intervention programs and community support.

 Healthcare votes

Sylvia Jones is the Minister of Health for Ontario, during the past 6+ years little to no reform of our healthcare has happened.  Long surgery, ER and as of July 2024 2.5 million Ontarians don't have a family doctor.

There were 11 Healthcare bills brought to the Ontario Legislature in her term. 5 Nays,  4 Ayes and 1 absent from vote, the Minister of Health doesn't seem to advocate for our healthcare.  

Out of the Ayes that she voted on, they were for moving patients out of hospital to alternate care facilities and allowing for procedures in communities outside of the current locations of care, which can lead to more privatization by allowing more services to be performed outside traditional hospitals

Housing and Infrastructure

Ontario is in a crisis when it comes to Housing and rental accommodations.  7 Bills were brought to the OLA, where Doug Ford was absent 5  votes on housing bills.  Sylvia Jones was Absent for 1 vote and had 4 Nay votes on important housing issues such as Bill 48 for rent control, Bill 163 for Rent relief for 2025 as well as Bill 170 losing for keeping people housed.  MPP Jones did vote Aye 2 times, 1 for Bill 23 building more homes faster, which has negative impacts on the environment and no affordable housing accommodations and she also voted Aye for Bill 97 which increases the use of Ministerial Zoning Orders, loss of farmland and environmental concerns.  Also in this block of Votes is Bill 154 which is the redevelopment of Ontario Place where MPP Jones voted Aye and Doug Ford was mysteriously absent from the vote.  Overall, the defeat of  these housing bills means that several measures aimed at improving housing affordability, tenant protections, and increasing the housing supply have not been implemented,  worsening the housing crisis in Ontario.

Justice and Land use votes

Out of the 7 Bills, MPP Jones was absent for 3, voted Nay to reduce the Tribunal backlogs such as Tenant tribunals and human rights tribunals.  The most disturbing of these absences were the votes pertaining to the preservation of farmland whereas Dufferin Caledon is over 50% used for agriculture.  How is this supporting the needs of her constituents by not being present for agricultural bills that lost at second readings?
Premier Doug Ford was absent for 6 out of the 7 votes, only voting Aye for Bill 224 along side MPP Jones for Safer streets,  Funny they passed that bill together while Dufferin Caledon roads are so dangerous to drive