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Alex Della Ventura on Facebook Alex Della Ventura
New Blue candidate for Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte
Empowering families with affordable housing, parental rights in education, lower taxes, and transparent healthcare. Our vision is a free, fair Ontario where every citizen thrives, and government serves the people.
Affordability
Childcare
Alex Della Ventura's promises
Reinstate the Safe Schools Act of 2000: Enforce stricter school discipline to ensure a positive learning environment.
Introduce Parents' Bill of Rights: Empower parents in educational decision-making
Reduce administrative costs: Implement school tax credits and reduce administrative expenses.
Stand against mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for educators and students, advocating for personal choice.
Remove "woke" activism from classrooms: Eliminate teachings of critical race theory and gender identity theory.
Enhance school board accountability: Increase oversight to prevent mismanagement and ensure responsible use of funds.
Promote trades and reduce administrative costs in post-secondary institutions to address labor shortages and support economic growth.
Support homeschooling / Private schooling: Provide tax credits / vouchers to parents who choose to home-school or private school.
Food costs
Alex Della Ventura's promises
Remove carbon taxes on food production and transportation – Lower costs for farmers, truckers, and grocery stores.
Improve food distribution networks – Invest in local supply chains to reduce reliance on expensive imports.
Reduce energy costs for food production and storage – Lower hydro rates for farmers and food processing businesses.
Expand support for local food producers – Strengthen Ontario’s agriculture sector to reduce dependence on expensive imports.
Encourage independent grocery stores and co-ops – Support smaller retailers to give consumers more choices.
Reduce regulatory burdens on farmers and food producers – Cut unnecessary red tape that increases the cost of growing and selling food.
Encourage farm-to-table initiatives – Make it easier for local farmers to sell directly to consumers and grocery stores.
End corporate monopolies that control food prices – Promote fair competition by breaking up grocery store dominance.
Protect Ontario farmland from corporate and foreign buyers – Ensure land is used for food production, not speculation.
Fuel and transportation costs
Alex Della Ventura's promises
Eliminate the federal and provincial carbon tax – Ensure Ontarians are not burdened with extra fuel costs due to carbon pricing.
Reduce Electricity Rates by Removing Wind Turbines potentially affecting overall energy expenses.
Reduce provincial fuel taxes – Lower the tax burden at the pump to provide immediate relief to drivers.
A focus on nuclear and hydroelectric power sources to provide affordable and reliable energy alternatives.
Stop wasteful transit projects and focus on efficiency – Prioritize practical transit solutions over costly, politically driven projects.
Tax measures and rebates
Alex Della Ventura's promises
Reduce income taxes for middle-class earners – Allow workers to keep more of their earnings.
Lower the HST on essential goods and services – Make food, home essentials, and other necessities more affordable.
End hidden municipal and provincial levies – Reduce backdoor taxes disguised as fees and surcharges.
Eliminate the provincial carbon tax – Remove this hidden cost on gas, heating, and groceries.
Education
Childcare
Alex Della Ventura's promises
Reinstate the Safe Schools Act of 2000: Enforce stricter school discipline to ensure a positive learning environment.
Introduce Parents' Bill of Rights: Empower parents in educational decision-making
Reduce administrative costs: Implement school tax credits and reduce administrative expenses.
Stand against mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for educators and students, advocating for personal choice.
Remove "woke" activism from classrooms: Eliminate teachings of critical race theory and gender identity theory.
Enhance school board accountability: Increase oversight to prevent mismanagement and ensure responsible use of funds.
Promote trades and reduce administrative costs in post-secondary institutions to address labor shortages and support economic growth.
Support homeschooling / Private schooling: Provide tax credits / vouchers to parents who choose to home-school or private school.
K-12 learning needs
Alex Della Ventura's promises
Strengthen math, science, and literacy education – Focus on core skills that students need for future success.
Hire more educational assistants and support staff – Reduce the burden on teachers and provide individualized attention.
Expand STEM and technical education programs – Provide more opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and skilled trades.
School construction and upgrades
Alex Della Ventura's promises
Streamline approval processes – Cut red tape that delays school construction projects.
Eliminate the repair backlog – Prioritize fixing schools with urgent maintenance issues like broken heating and cooling systems.
Improve ventilation and air quality – Upgrade HVAC systems to ensure clean, healthy air in classrooms.
Hold school boards accountable – Ensure funding for repairs and upgrades is used effectively, not lost in mismanagement.
Partner with municipalities for better school planning – Coordinate school locations with new housing developments to prevent overcrowding.
Enhance school safety measures – Invest in secure entrances, emergency preparedness, and safety training for staff and students.
Use public-private partnerships where appropriate – Work with private sector partners to speed up school construction and upgrades.
Audit school construction projects – Ensure taxpayer money is spent efficiently and not wasted on unnecessary administrative costs.
School curriculum
Alex Della Ventura's promises
Strengthen literacy, numeracy, and science education – Ensure students have strong reading, writing, and math skills.
Audit and review the Ministry of Education’s curriculum– Ensure taxpayer dollars are being spent effectively on improving education quality.
Remove politically driven content from the curriculum and focus on academic achievement.
Expand STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) programs – Prepare students for the high-tech jobs of the future.
Introduce financial literacy education – Teach students how to budget, invest, and manage money responsibly.
Allow families more education choices – Support alternative education options such as homeschooling, charter schools, and online learning.
Improve history and civics education–Balanced, fact-based history curriculum that includes Canada’s rich heritage and democratic principles.
Expand skilled trades education – Promote careers in carpentry, plumbing, electrical work, and other trades as valuable career paths.
Give parents more input in curriculum decisions – Ensure transparency and parental involvement in what is being taught in schools.
Enhance computer science and digital literacy programs – Ensure students are prepared for the modern workforce.
Hold school boards accountable for curriculum implementation–Ensure local school boards prioritize student success over ideological agendas.
Reduce excessive standardized testing – Allow teachers to focus on real teaching rather than bureaucratic assessments.
Health & Healthcare
Diagnostic and procedure wait-times
Alex Della Ventura's promises
Require underutilized public hospitals and imaging centers to operate on evenings and weekends to maximize capacity.
Implement centralized booking systems for faster and more efficient patient scheduling.
Cut unnecessary administrative delays and paperwork that slow down patient access to care.
Publish real-time wait-time statistics so patients can make informed decisions about their care options.
Partner with private and non-profit surgical and diagnostic centers to speed up care delivery.
Allow more healthcare professionals to directly refer patients for diagnostic tests instead of relying solely on family doctors.
Facilitate agreements with other provinces to allow patients to receive care where wait times are lower.
Enable those who choose to access private diagnostic and procedure services to do so while maintaining OHIP coverage for public services.
Emergency wait-times
Alex Della Ventura's promises
Support clearing the backlog of procedures by offering choice in healthcare services including private healthcare option
Encouraging investment in healthcare infrastructure, ensuring both public and private systems work together efficiently.
Provide timely medical care, reducing preventable complications.
Giving patients the option to seek treatment outside of the overcrowded public system.
Family doctors and primary care
Alex Della Ventura's promises
Reduce unnecessary paperwork and reporting requirements, allowing doctors to focus on patient care.
Ensure seamless coordination between family doctors, specialists, and hospitals. (electronic health)
Implement province-wide digital scheduling to make it easier for patients to find and book appointments.
Expand the number of family medicine residency positions in Ontario to train more doctors.
Streamline the accreditation process for qualified foreign-trained physicians to practice in Ontario.
Allow patients to consult with family doctors and nurse practitioners online when in-person visits are unnecessary.
Provide tax breaks and student loan relief for new family doctors who commit to working in high-need areas.
Reduce reliance on emergency rooms for non-urgent issues by expanding primary care options.
Offer incentives for clinics to stay open evenings and weekends to accommodate busy families.
Empower nurse practitioners to run clinics and prescribe medications to ease the burden on family doctors.
Health staffing
Alex Della Ventura's promises
Repeal restrictive policies like Bill 124 that have limited wage increases for nurses and other healthcare professionals.
Use AI and digital systems to streamline scheduling, reduce inefficiencies, and improve patient flow.
Empower nurse practitioners and physician assistants to provide more direct patient care, easing the burden on doctors.
Provide financial incentives for experienced nurses and doctors to stay in Ontario’s healthcare system.
Increase the number of spots in nursing and medical schools to build a strong future workforce.
Allow nurses and doctors to focus on patient care, not excessive administrative tasks.
Reduce patient-to-staff ratios, ensure adequate breaks, and provide mental health support for healthcare workers.
Streamline the process for internationally trained doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers to practice in Ontario.
Provide bonuses and relocation assistance to healthcare workers who commit to practicing in high-need regions.
Introduce competitive pay and benefits to make Ontario a desirable destination for healthcare professionals.
Hospitals
Alex Della Ventura's promises
Increase the number of acute-care beds to reduce overcrowding and ensure patients receive timely treatment.
Free up hospital resources by allowing certain procedures to be performed in regulated private facilities.
Ensure hospitals have enough intensive care and operating rooms to handle medical emergencies and reduce surgery backlogs.
Expand urgent care centers to treat non-life-threatening conditions, reducing pressure on ERs.
Implement digital health records, AI-driven scheduling, and automated systems to improve hospital efficiency.
Invest in modernizing aging hospital facilities to meet current and future healthcare needs.
Implement better coordination between hospitals, long-term care homes, and home care services to free up hospital beds.
Reduce excessive management layers and redirect funding to frontline healthcare services.
Extend hospital operating hours for diagnostic testing and procedures to reduce patient bottlenecks.
Housing & Homelessness
Home construction and supply
Alex Della Ventura's promises
Reduce wait times for permits and zoning changes so developers can build faster.
Support responsible urban densification to create more housing options in key areas.
Invest in roads, transit, and utilities to accommodate new housing developments.
Cut unnecessary development charges that drive up home prices.
Cut government-imposed costs and tariffs on essential building supplies.
Ensure fair and reasonable taxation policies that do not overburden homeowners and builders.
Home purchases and ownership
Alex Della Ventura's promises
Reduce or eliminate this costly land transfer tax to make home ownership more affordable.
Work with lenders to ease mortgage stress tests that prevent qualified buyers from purchasing homes.
Speed up the approval process for new developments to increase supply.
Ensure fair property taxation policies that do not punish families.
Reduce excessive development charges and red tape that increase housing costs.
Convert underused government land into residential developments to expand affordable housing.
Ensure homeowners are protected from excessive taxation and restrictive government policies.
Ensure homes are for Ontario residents, not offshore speculators.
Homeless services
Alex Della Ventura's promises
Build more affordable housing units that offer on-site support for mental health and addiction recovery.
Support programs that require participation in rehabilitation and work opportunities for those receiving long-term aid.
Offer tax incentives to developers who build affordable rental units.
Provide better access to detox centers, rehabilitation, and counseling.
Provide job training and employment opportunities to help people transition out of homelessness.
Repurpose vacant public buildings into housing for the homeless.
Address crime and homelessness by ensuring those struggling with addiction get the help they need.
Encourage partnerships with organizations that have a proven track record of helping the homeless.
Ensure funding is actually helping people, not just funding bureaucracies.
Housing prices
Alex Della Ventura's promises
Speed up approvals and streamline zoning laws to allow more housing developments.
Cut the land transfer tax for first-time buyers - Reduce upfront costs for those trying to enter the housing market.
Lower development fees and regulatory costs - Stop municipalities from driving up home prices with excessive fees.
Unlock public land for residential housing - Convert underutilized government land into housing projects.
Reduce tariffs and taxes on building materials – Make construction more affordable to encourage more housing development.
Prevent large corporations from hoarding single-family homes – Stop big investment firms from inflating the market by buying up properties.
Ban foreign investors from buying residential properties – Ensure homes are for Ontarians, not offshore buyers looking for profit.
Transportation & Transit
Fuel and transportation costs
Alex Della Ventura's promises
Eliminate the federal and provincial carbon tax – Ensure Ontarians are not burdened with extra fuel costs due to carbon pricing.
Reduce Electricity Rates by Removing Wind Turbines potentially affecting overall energy expenses.
Reduce provincial fuel taxes – Lower the tax burden at the pump to provide immediate relief to drivers.
A focus on nuclear and hydroelectric power sources to provide affordable and reliable energy alternatives.
Stop wasteful transit projects and focus on efficiency – Prioritize practical transit solutions over costly, politically driven projects.
Biography
submitted by the candidate or their team
A family man, small business owner, and advocate for parental rights, fiscal responsibility, and government accountability. As a New Blue Party candidate, he’s fighting to restore integrity, support businesses, put families first while pushing back against government overreach.
Alex Della Ventura is a dedicated family man, small business owner, and advocate for parental rights, fiscal responsibility, and government accountability. Originally from North York, Alex now enjoys small-town living with his wife, Anna, and their three young boys. Whether skiing in the winter or hiking and biking through the beautiful trails of their community, Alex and his family embrace the active lifestyle their riding has to offer.
With a background in e-commerce, web design, and marketing, Alex understands the challenges faced by small business owners and working families. Together with his wife, he has worked tirelessly to grow their family business while balancing the demands of parenthood and building a life rooted in faith, love, and strong values.
Frustrated by government overreach, a lack of transparency, and the burdens placed on hardworking Ontarians, Alex is stepping forward to be a voice for real change. As the New Blue Party candidate for Barrie–Springwater–Oro-Medonte, he is committed to restoring integrity in government, supporting local businesses, and ensuring policies that put families first.
Reason for running
submitted by the candidate or their team
Parental rights in education, Economic growth through carbon tax / HST cuts. Oppose radical ideologies in schools. Merit-based hiring. Prioritize public safety. Fiscal responsibility and accountability. Support small businesses, property rights, and good governance.
A passionate advocate for parental rights in education, Alex believes in restoring a curriculum that prioritizes essential skills such as math, literacy, and real-world education. He opposes the teaching of radical ideologies, including gender identity theory and critical race theory, which he sees as divisive and a distraction from academic excellence. He supports hiring educators based on merit and upholding free speech in schools.
Alex is committed to addressing Ontario’s housing crisis by fostering economic growth and implementing immigration policies that support sustainable development. He believes in practical solutions for healthcare reform, advocating for frontline doctors and nurses while ensuring transparency and accountability that prioritizes patient care over bureaucracy. Public safety is another cornerstone of his platform—he supports strengthening law enforcement, enforcing real consequences for criminals, and eliminating soft-on-crime policies.
Ontario’s healthcare system is broken and unsustainable. Alex Della Ventura believes in a system that serves all Ontarians through innovation and world-class care—not an understaffed, dysfunctional bureaucracy. As a New Blue Party candidate, he is committed to eliminating wasteful DEI policies in healthcare and refocusing resources on frontline workers.
Alex supports rehiring nurses and healthcare workers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 mandates, restoring freedom of choice, and respecting the rights of medical professionals. He is dedicated to ending all remaining vaccine mandates in healthcare and institutional settings while advocating for patient choice through private options to reduce backlogs and wait times.
Transparency, accountability, and frontline-driven solutions must be at the core of healthcare reform. Alex also stands firmly against external interference from the World Health Organization, ensuring that Ontario’s doctors can provide care based on their patients’ unique needs—not global directives.
As a strong voice for fiscal responsibility, Alex stands against carbon taxes and reckless government spending. He is determined to support small businesses, protect farmland and private property, and push back against the spread of drug injection sites that pose risks to communities. The New Blue Party offers a true conservative approach to governance—one that respects individual freedoms, parental rights, and economic prosperity.
Alex is stepping up to fight for a better Ontario, where integrity in government is restored, and families can thrive. He envisions a province where opportunity and prosperity are within reach for all, and where policies are driven by the needs of the people, not political elites.
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