Sylvia Jones

Sylvia Jones supports allowing over-the-counter hearing aids in Ontario, saying it would reduce barriers for people with hearing loss. Her stance is that expanding access would give Ontarians more choice while still complementing the existing prescribed hearing aid system.

She supports the ministry's hospital budget-balancing exercise, says it has been going well, and endorses organizational changes to find savings so long as leaders clearly explain reasons and the focus remains on front-line patient care.

Sylvia Jones supports legislating priority for medical residency positions to applicants with strong Ontario ties — including those who left to study medicine abroad — to ensure Ontarians can return and to align the rule with practices in other provinces.

Sylvia Jones supports transitioning the supervised consumption site into a HART Hub that provides supports to help people break the cycle of addiction, connecting vulnerable residents with resources to rebuild their lives while protecting communities from dangerous behaviour tied to open illegal drug use.

Sylvia Jones refuses to reverse funding cuts to supervised consumption sites and prioritizes an abstinence-based HART hub model, saying the government will focus on treatment and that continued funding of such sites equates to funding illicit drug use and blocks pathways out of addiction.

Sylvia Jones opposes reversing the province’s decision to close supervised consumption sites, emphasizing the government will prioritize abstinence-based HART hubs and treatment access as a pathway out of addiction, arguing continued funding of supervised consumption equates to funding illicit drugs.

Sylvia Jones says Ontario will comply with federal guidelines and has pressed Ottawa to close a loophole that allowed out‑of‑pocket/subscription nurse-practitioner clinics. She supports bringing nurse practitioners into the publicly funded system and criticized federal leadership.

Jones supports creating a provincewide integrated electronic medical record system and is initiating vendor consultations to assess capacity and interoperability. She wants to expand isolated primary-care records so lab results, hospital visits and home-care interactions are all part of a single patient record.

Jones supports creating a central, voluntary electronic medical records system to enable seamless sharing of information across hospitals, doctors, home care and other providers. She stresses avoiding past eHealth failures by working with integrity and privacy commissioners and seeking qualified vendors.

Sylvia Jones says the province will redirect funding away from supervised consumption sites toward treatment and recovery through Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hubs, emphasizing the government's focus on treatment, recovery and safer communities.

Sylvia Jones supports provincial funding for hospital redevelopment, calling it a 'historic' investment to protect Ontario’s health-care system. She says investing in Stevenson Memorial Hospital will make access to world-class hospital care faster and easier for local families now and for generations.

Sylvia Jones supports fast-tracking coverage for breakthrough cancer drugs through the FAST program, saying timely access to high-quality, life-saving therapies across Ontario is essential to provide hope, peace of mind and transformative care to patients facing a cancer diagnosis.

Sylvia Jones opposes municipalities offering individual financial incentives to recruit physicians to rural or underserved communities, urging towns to refrain from 'cutting cheques' and instead support provincial efforts to expand primary care teams and increase medical school seats to build supply.

Sylvia Jones says Ontario is on track to connect all residents to a primary-care provider by 2029, credits progress to clearing the wait-list backlog, calls Health Care Connect previously underutilized, and expresses confidence Dr. Philpott’s leadership will improve patient experience.

Sylvia Jones supports expanding privately operated clinics to deliver publicly funded health care, arguing this increases capacity, preserves acute-care hospital resources, improves patient convenience and access, and will help meet clinically recommended wait-time targets for procedures.

Sylvia Jones supports establishing HART hubs as treatment-focused services, stating they will allow more people to choose treatment rather than 'enabling drug use.' She presents the hubs as a way to connect people with comprehensive recovery and addictions care.

Sylvia Jones supports HART hubs as a means to encourage people with substance use issues to choose treatment rather than enabling drug use; she frames the hubs as prioritizing treatment access over supervised consumption or other harm-reduction measures.

Sylvia Jones supports redirecting provincial funding from supervised consumption services to HART hubs, endorsing an abstinence-based 'treatment model' and criticizing supervised consumption sites as enabling continued use of deadly drugs, calling HART hubs an 'all-encompassing' pathway to treatment.

Jones announced and supports the FAST pilot to fast‑track access to up to 10 high‑priority, Health Canada–approved cancer drugs annually in Ontario, prioritizing speed while managing safety, enabling access before price negotiations conclude, and emphasizing collaboration.

Sylvia Jones supports renovating and expanding Timmins and District Hospital’s emergency department into a larger, state-of-the-art facility — with 29 acute treatment spaces and a dedicated emergency mental-health area — and urges the project proceed quickly so residents can get needed care.

Sylvia Jones says the Ontario government is working with health-care partners to ensure flu, COVID-19 and RSV immunizations are available and accessible to all residents, and that the government is using every tool to protect communities, families and the most vulnerable.

Sylvia Jones supports provincial investment to build a brand-new Brant Community Healthcare System hospital, saying this will make it faster and easier for more people and families to access world-class care in their community now and for generations to come.

Sylvia Jones states the Ontario government is taking bold, innovative action to improve patient access to care by expanding nursing education and training; she asserts progress has been made in Peel Region, citing a new medical school and hospital construction.