 Albanese represented Ontario as a member of the Federal Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Irregular Migration, formed to respond to the irregular border crossings by asylum seekers.Albanese also published a progress report in 2016 on Ontario's Immigration Strategy

With Premier Kathleen Wynne’s increasing unpopularity leading up to the 2018 Ontario Provincial election and Doug Ford becoming the leader of the Conservative Party, Albanese lost an unprecedented number of votes to the Conservative Party candidate which led to her third-place defeat and the new Ontario NDP candidate, Faisal Hassan winning the seat.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.