Laura Albanese

During her first term as MPP, Albanese advocated for funding to build the Jane Street Hub[9] a $6 Million investment toward building a new school for St. John the Evangelist,[10] a major expansion at West Park Healthcare Centre[11] with a push for a Community Benefits Agreement, full-day kindergarten, and introduced a Private Members Motion calling on the Province to embrace electrification and another calling on increased safety of residential neighbourhoods close to volatile fuels operations.

[12][13] In her second term she was appointed PA to the Minister of Labour where she prepared a report with recommendations to enhance Ontario's health and safety prevention capacity, by augmenting efforts to identify and reduce underground economic activities in the construction sector.

This contributed to the implementation of Ontario's Integrated Health and Safety Strategy [14] and the appointment of the province's first Chief Prevention Officer.

In March 2014, she was also appointed as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing but this was cut short soon after as the minority government was poised to lose a confidence vote on their budget bill due to not having the support of the NDP “despite including so many spending measures designed to win NDP support”[[16]].

[18][19] Later, Albanese led a series of roundtables and meetings to consult with experts and industry stakeholders to tackle tax avoidance schemes and practices.

It did not receive royal assent during the legislative session and needed to be reintroduced as early as Fall 2016 although Albanese could no longer introduce PMBs as a newly appointed Minister.

The bill was introduced and passed in the Fall 2016 session by her Parliamentary Assistant, Dr. Shafiq Qaadri [23] but she was credited in bringing the legislation forward with the 2017 ACE Contribution to Albanian Community Award.

[26] Here Albanese successfully negotiated and signed the new Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement (COIA) and associated MOUs with the federal government.

York South-Weston was plagued with many transit issues during Albanese's time as an MPP, mostly due to the expansion of the GO Kitchener line, and construction of the UP Express and Eglinton Crosstown LRT, all run by the provincial agency Metrolinx.

Now that there was a stop in Weston, the community wanted to use it as regular transit and a quick way to get downtown without paying the premium prices.

[36] Metrolinx planned to construct an 18 megawatt natural gas-powered backup power plant at the Eglinton LRT Carhouse, in Mount Dennis.

In response the Mount Dennis Community Association prepared a petition voicing concern that a plant using a fossil fuel would cause unacceptable local pollution, when used.

[37] On July 23, 2016, Albanese met with representatives of the MDCA, and assured them that she would advocate to the provincial agency and to the Minister of Transportation to investigate less polluting alternatives to fossil fuels.

Albanese hosting Omni News : Italian Edition on CFMT
Albanese at an Italian Day celebration - May 30, 2013