Ontario Provincial Issues Survey

A. Housing and transportation reforms should be applied across Ontario at the same time, even if solutions are less tailored to local conditions

B. The province should focus first on fixing housing and transportation challenges in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, even if other regions wait longer for reform

A. Municipalities should retain final authority over housing decisions, even if it limits how much housing is built overall

B. The province should have the power to override municipalities to increase housing supply, even if it reduces local control

A. Ontario should continue building major infrastructure despite high costs, even if it increases public spending risk

B. Ontario should slow or pause some major projects to reassess costs and delivery models, even if it delays benefits

A. Ontario should continue relying on private consortiums to deliver projects, even if accountability and cost control are harder to manage

B. Ontario should build permanent public institutions that deliver projects continuously, even if this increases government responsibility and long-term staffing

A. Electricity generation, including major capital projects, should rely primarily on private investment and markets, even if electricity rates are higher because users pay both capital and operating costs

B. The province should fund and own the capital costs of large baseload power projects, while allowing competitive markets to supply variable power, so electricity users mainly pay operating costs over time

A. Reducing emissions should focus on pricing and regulating fossil fuels, even if it raises costs for households and businesses

B. Reducing emissions should focus on making clean alternatives cheaper, even if emissions fall more gradually

A. Ontario should limit large nuclear and hydropower projects due to cost, environmental, and safety risks, even if future electricity supply is tighter

B. Ontario should plan and build nuclear and hydropower at large scale to meet future demand, even if projects take decades and require long-term commitments

A. Ontario should simplify rules and paperwork, invest in healthcare technology and diagnostic capacity, and expand doctors and nurses, accepting that costs may rise as access improves

B. Ontario should strengthen centralized planning, utilization controls, and system oversight to manage demand and costs, even if access and provider flexibility remain limited

A. Hospitals should pair emergency departments with 24-hour urgent care so lower-acuity patients can be seen faster and ER doctors can focus on the sickest patients, even if it increases healthcare costs by adding facilities and staffing

B. Emergency departments should remain the primary place for urgent care to control costs and keep care centralized, even if lower-acuity patients wait longer and ER doctors handle a wider range of cases

A. Ontario should maintain current training pathways and focus on retention, even if shortages persist longer

B. Ontario should significantly expand training and licensing capacity for doctors and nurses, even if standards or timelines must change

A. Public sector jobs should remain concentrated in major urban centres for efficiency and coordination, even if regional economic gaps persist

B. Ontario should move more government jobs and services to northern and rural communities, even if coordination becomes more complex

A. Municipalities should remain responsible for funding and delivering local services, even if it puts pressure on property taxes and creates uneven service levels

B. The province should take back more responsibility for funding and delivering municipal services, even if it increases provincial costs and reduces local control

A. Ontario should invest in a high-speed rail network connecting major cities to support long-term economic growth and reduce congestion, even if it requires very large upfront costs and long timelines before benefits are realized

B. Ontario should prioritize improving existing highways and regional transit to manage congestion and reliability, even if it means slower intercity travel and less transformative regional integration

A. Ontario should strengthen bail rules, court capacity, and secure treatment options to prioritize public safety and system reliability, even if it increases incarceration and public costs

B. Ontario should focus on alternatives to incarceration, diversion, and rehabilitation, even if courts, policing, and public spaces remain under strain

A. Ontario should prioritize clear standards, measurable outcomes, and system accountability, even if it reduces local flexibility for schools and school boards

B. Ontario should prioritize local control, educator discretion, and broader learning goals, even if student outcomes vary more across schools and regions

A. Ontario should aggressively expand trades training, skills programs, and credential pathways tied to labour market needs, even if traditional academic pathways receive less emphasis

B. Ontario should continue prioritizing broad academic education and individual choice, even if skills shortages in key sectors persist

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Eric Lombardi's Ontario Issues and Priorities Survey

Q1. Direction by Issue Area

Q2. Top Priorities for the Provincial Government

Q3. Issues That Matter Most

Q4. Sequencing Housing and Transportation Reform

Q5. Authority Over Housing Decisions

Q6. Infrastructure Costs and Project Timing

Q7. Delivering Major Infrastructure Projects

Q8. Electricity System Design and Long-Term Rates

Q9. Climate Change Policy Approach

Q10. Nuclear and Hydropower Strategy

Q11. Healthcare System Design and Cost Control

Q12. Emergency Care: Speed, Cost, and Clinical Focus

Q13. Expanding the Healthcare Workforce

Q14. Location of Public Sector Jobs

Q15. Provincial–Municipal Responsibilities

Q16. Intercity Transportation Strategy and Growth

Q17. Law, Order, and Provincial Authority

Q18. K–12 Education: Outcomes vs Local Control

Q19. Skills, Trades, and Workforce Alignment

Q20. Willingness to Support a Potential Candidacy

Q21. Contact Information

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