Ontario Liberal Party
Parti libéral de l'Ontario
Ontario's centrist provincial party. Governed Ontario most recently from October 23, 2003 (Dalton McGuinty defeating Ernie Eves's PCs) to June 7, 2018 (Kathleen Wynne losing to Doug Ford). The Wynne government brought in the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan framework (later subsumed into the federal CPP enhancement), the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-Carbon Economy Act (Ontario's cap-and-trade system, repealed by Ford in 2018), and the Cannabis Act provincial framework. Reduced to seven seats at the 2018 election (losing official party status), then nine seats in 2022, then up to fourteen seats in 2025. Bonnie Crombie won the leadership December 2, 2023, defeating five other candidates including Yasir Naqvi and Nate Erskine-Smith. Does not currently hold a seat in the Legislative Assembly; ran in Mississauga East-Cooksville at the 2025 election and lost.
Leader
Bonnie Crombie
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Positions on Issues
Healthcare
The Ontario Liberals under Bonnie Crombie commit to scrapping the Ford government's expansion of for-profit private clinics taking OHIP-funded surgeries (under Bill 60, S.O. 2023, c. 4), supporting Auditor-General oversight on private-clinic procurement (per the December 2024 AG report finding $1,400 average private cataract surgery versus $700 in public hospitals), reopening emergency rooms reduced or closed across Ontario, and recruiting 3,100 family doctors through expanded medical-school seats and IMG (internationally trained physician) credential recognition.
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The Ontario Liberals under Bonnie Crombie support legalizing fourplexes as-of-right on every residential lot in Ontario (currently blocked by Premier Ford), extending rent control to all rental units regardless of build date, repealing the strong-mayors framework for housing decisions, and restoring municipal Development Charge revenue lost to Bill 23 (More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022) so cities can fund water and sewer infrastructure for new builds.
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