[2] Surma worked for former Toronto City Councillor Peter Milczyn, and at the same time was the President for the Etobicoke-Lakeshore Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC) riding association.

[citation needed] Surma presented her first[9] successful motion in her first year in government in support of the Toronto Catholic School Board's International Languages Program (ILP).

[10] In 2019 a nepotism scandal drew criticism from within the Conservative Party when it came to light her father, Miroslaw Surma, was working a policy adviser to Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli.

[12] On October 30, 2020 she announced a $26.4 million investment to build a new Catholic Secondary School in Etobicoke Centre and $35 of funding for the refurbishment of Bishop Allen Academy.

[18] On April 26, 2021 Surma introduced the Moving Ontarians More Safely Act regulating road safety, street racing, stunt driving.

In June of 2022 Surma's role as infrastructure Minister expanded to handle the province's real estate portfolios and managing provincial land assets including, the completion of the Ontario Place Redevelopment.

It was revealed in March 2024, Surma's role as Infrastructure Minister expanded as The Ministry became responsible for managing The Province's Transit Oriented Communities Program.

In November 2024, Surma announced a $100 million deal with Elon Musk's Starlink to provide internet to 15,000 homes in Northern Ontario.