Room: Ballroom A (Plenary Room)
Presented by:
- Honourable Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier | Minister of Health
Presenter Bios:
Honourable Sylvia Jones
Sylvia Jones serves as the Member of Provincial Parliament for Dufferin-Caledon.
She is currently Ontario’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, where her focus is building a stronger healthcare system for all Ontarians.
Minister Jones has worked with healthcare partners from across Ontario to:
- Deliver Ontario’s Primary Care Action Plan – a $3.4 billion investment to connect every Ontarian to primary care by 2029
- Lead the largest medical school expansion in over a decade, with the addition of 551 new residency training seats by 2028 and the creation of two new medical schools.
- Make it faster and easier for healthcare workers trained in Ontario, other provinces, and internationally to register and practise in Ontario
- Expand pharmacist scope of practice to assess and prescribe for 28 common ailments
- Approve annual operating funding for 50 new MRI machines in hospitals across Ontario
- Advance over 50 major hospital development projects across the province, creating more than 3,000 new hospital beds within the next 10 years
Minister Jones previously served as Solicitor General from 2019-2022, where she championed public safety initiatives, including leading the country with a $307 million anti-human trafficking strategy and legislation, and passing Canada’s toughest animal protection legislation.
She has lived in Dufferin-Caledon for over 30 years with her husband, David.