Advocacy campaigns
Poverty
United Way Greater Toronto has put together a checklist that you can use to gauge where candidates stand on urgent issues.
Climate action and the environment
https://election.torontoenvironment.org/
https://www.communitybenefits.ca/what_s_at_stake_in_toronto_s_municipal_election
Affordable housing
https://right2housingto.ca/toronto-election-2022/
Gender Equity
Transit
Poverty and tenant rights
https://acorncanada.org/resource/toronto-acorn-municipal-platform
Ending Homelessness
https://taeh.ca/end-homelessness-2022
Safe and Active Streets
https://safeandactivestreets.cycleto.ca/priority_actions
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News, opinion, and analysis
- Why Toronto’s left needs to be more like Doug Ford
- The next term of council is a time to mobilize
- Will John Tory’s ‘prudent’ leadership be tough enough to tackle Toronto’s big issues if he’s re-elected?
- With at least 5 incumbents out, Toronto council will have a new look after fall election
- Why these downtown Toronto wards may be a key battleground in October’s election
- Population disparities between Toronto’s 25 wards
- Toronto the mediocre? Why we need to elect leaders who won’t settle for ‘good enough’
- OP-ED: City Council is Dull — It Needs Parties
On issues
- Make housing an issue with your candidates in this fall’s election
- ‘Wolves in green clothing’: Toronto voters have the power to confront fake environmental NIMBYism
- ‘An exodus of families’: Toronto’s decline in children should be an election issue
On the power of incumbency
- Toronto’s (nearly) debate-free mayoral race lets incumbent put their thumb on the scale
- Polls showed she had a chance to defeat a sitting councillor in the last election. Then Toronto’s mayor stepped in
- Open wards and the power of incumbency
- How Toronto’s Councillors became nearly unbeatable
On democracy
- Why Toronto city councillors are running for the exits and what that says about civic democracy
- The number of candidates in this year’s election has hit a record low. Here’s why that’s bad for Toronto
- Death threats, racist taunts, brick throwing: How a rising tide of toxic abuse is battering Toronto city hall
- Allowing youths to cast mock ballots could be a counterweight to low turnout and political shenanigans
- The gaping holes in our election accountability system
- 2018 Toronto Voter Turnout - Neighbourhood Change Research Partnership
On diversity, inclusion, and representation
- Getting more immigrants to run for political office means paving the way for active citizenship
- Will municipal elections lead to more diverse representation on councils? Don’t hold your breath
- ‘You’ve got to work three times harder’: Why Toronto council is not as diverse as the city it serves
- Toronto is a highrise, rental city – unlike City Council
On "strong mayor" powers
- Ontario passes 'strong mayor' legislation, giving Toronto, Ottawa mayors veto power
- ‘Strong mayor’ powers contingent on aligning with provincial goals
- Former Toronto mayors warn ‘Strong Mayors’ act will harm local democracy
- Doug Ford is Premier of Ontario. Why does he want to be Mayor of Toronto?
- What all Toronto mayoral candidates should say about being a ‘Strong Mayor’
- PODCAST: Spacing Radio 067, Toronto Election: the case against a strong mayor system
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