Project Ontario bills itself as a coalition of small-c conservatives, frustrated centrists, and disaffected PC voters who believe the Ford government is coasting on its popularity while avoiding difficult, but necessary, policy decisions on housing, education, and healthcare.
Published Oct 1, 2025 at 7:01pm
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to the media during a transportation announcement at Confederation GO Station in Hamilton, Ont,. on Monday September 29, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Carlos Osorio
At the first in-person meeting of Project Ontario, there were no anti-vax rants, no angry chants, and no calls to turf the Premier.
Instead, it was a quiet, policy-heavy evening where attendees, many of them past PC voters and insiders, spoke about fixing schools, managing growth, and dealing with the affordability crisis.
What unites them is a belief that Ontario is drifting, and the Ford’s government is failing to lead.
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