Big news! We have just released our 2018 Election Action Plan and we have only 18 days left to see it through! This summer, Doug Ford, threw our local elections into chaos and did his best to stop incredible progressive candidates across Toronto from getting elected. With your help, we fought back and mobilized tens of thousands of people across Toronto.
Read MoreSeptember 19, 2018
For Immediate Release
Toronto, ON - Despite the ongoing chaos Premier Doug Ford has created in Toronto, the election is little more than 30 days away and so is Toronto’s opportunity to elect Progressive Champions and unseat some of city council’s worst villains in key local races.
Today, Progress Toronto launched online surveys for candidates in the upcoming municipal election. One is for candidates for city council, and the other is for candidates for Toronto District School Board trustee. Both surveys ask questions about candidates’ commitment to tackling key issues at stake in building a progressive city.
Read MoreThe last 24 hours have been a rollercoaster! Yesterday morning we found out that we won the historic court case on Doug Ford’s Bill 5 — the bill that gerrymandered our wards and slashed Toronto City Council in half, right in the middle of our elections.
This is a quick update to let you know some great news! Today we had a victory in our fight against Ford's attack on our city.Thanks to 30,000 people who signed petitions & thousands who rallied over the last few weeks packing Queen's Park & City Hall again & again — City Council voted to stand up to Ford and take him to court.
The fight against Ford's Bill 5 isn't over, but tonight, let's share our win.
Tomorrow Mayor Tory can choose to stand up to Doug Ford. Toronto City Council will be voting on whether or not to take Premier Ford to court to stop his reckless interference in Toronto's 2018 election. With your help we can win Monday's vote.
Read MoreThank you for taking action! In the last 48 hours thousands of people across Toronto have emailed the Mayor directly — asking him to stand up for our city and vote in favour of a legal challenge to Ford's undemocratic Bill 5. This is how we will win tomorrow's vote at City Council.
Read MoreIn the last 48 hours thousands of people across Toronto have emailed the Mayor directly — asking him to stand up for our city and vote in favour of a legal challenge to Ford's undemocratic Bill 5. This is how we will win tomorrow's vote at City Council.
Read MoreOn Monday, Mayor Tory and Toronto City Council will be voting on whether or not to take Premier Ford to court to stop his reckless interference in Toronto's 2018 election. With your help we can win Monday's vote.
Read MoreThis Thursday, August 16 at 7pm, people from across Toronto are coming together for a city-wide townhall on Ford's plans for Toronto — and you're invited.
We have teamed up with TTCriders, Social Planning Toronto, Commitment TO Community, Toronto and York Region Labour Council, the Toronto Environmental Alliance, 15 and Fairness, ACORN, and the Urban Alliance on Race Relations to host this townhall. Will you join us?
Following Ford's undemocratic proposal to fundamentally change Toronto's election while it is underway, Progress Toronto and the Broadbent Institute asked Abacus Data to conduct a survey in Toronto.
Abacus Data surveyed Toronto residents and the findings are clear: 2 in 3 Torontonians want Premier Ford to postpone making this decision until after the elections or to scrap this idea entirely. This includes 1 in 3 Ford voters.
Read MoreURGENT: Ford just shut down democratic debate on his reckless bill to slash Toronto city council —and could move it to a final vote in the legislature to ram it into law as early as this afternoon.
Read MoreThursday was a huge success!
When we heard that Ford might use a wonky parliamentary trick to curb the democratic process and fast-track his bill to slash Toronto City Council in half—we knew we had to do something.
Ford’s shady tactics to takeover Toronto City Hall continue.
Without consultation or warning, and in the middle of the election, he tabled a bill to slash city council in half— an autocratic-style power-play to make it easier for him to control City Hall. And just yesterday, in a move that some have never seen before in the history of Queen’s Park, he simply refused to answer questions about the bill.
In less than five hours, Conservative MPPs are meeting to discuss Ford’s plan to fast-track legislation that would slash Toronto city council in half. This legislation represents a massive abuse of power and will make it easier for Ford to ram his unpopular agenda through at City Hall.
We’re hearing rumours that Ford’s trying to pass this into law in a matter of days — without even letting it go to committee for review.
Please note that this map is no longer an accurate reflection of registered candidates. It was accurate as of July 26, 2018. On July 27, 2018 Doug Ford changed all of the ward boundaries and completely changed the election in the middle of the race.
Check out our map of the state of the race for Toronto District School Board. Click the wards to see who has registered where. This map is timestamped with its last update and we do our best to update it at the end of each day.
Read MorePlease note that this map is no longer an accurate reflection of registered candidates. It was accurate as of July 26, 2018. On July 27, 2018 Doug Ford changed all of the ward boundaries and completely changed the election in the middle of the race.
Check out our map of the state of the race for City Council. Click the wards to see who has registered where. This map is timestamped with its last update and we do our best to update it at the end of each day.
Read MoreThis week we are expecting to see many more people register to run for Toronto city council and the school board. We may even see some candidates who recently ran (and lost) in the provincial election put their names forward.
Check out our map of the state of the race for City Council. Click the wards to see who has registered where. The map is accurate as of 8am this morning.
Some stats on the race for city council:
103 people are registered to run for 48 spots on council
10 for mayor and 93 for councillor
25 of 45ish incumbents have registered
5 wards have no candidates
1 ward has 7 candidates
It happened.
Doug Ford is Premier of Ontario and, like us, you’re probably not feeling so great today.
We have work to do. Premier Ford means our 2018 city council and school board elections are more important than ever. Will you commit to voting for progress in Toronto’s elections this fall? progresstoronto.ca/yes
Make no mistake: Doug Ford will have his eyes on electing conservative candidates to city hall and the school board in Toronto.
But the silver lining of last night's election results is that Progressives won in Toronto.
Over 738,000 of the votes cast in Toronto were votes against Doug Ford. That means 2 in 3 Torontonians voted for someone other than Doug. More than 400,000 people voted for the NDP, more than 287,000 for the Liberals, and 33,000 for the Greens. Ford received little more than 359,000 votes.
If we band together we can elect more progressive champions for our city than ever before to protect us from what Doug Ford has planned for Toronto.
Read MoreIt happened.
DougFord is Premier of Ontario and like me, you’re probably not feeling so great today. We have work to do. Premier Ford means our 2018 city council and school board elections are more important than ever. That's why I'm asking you to join me in committing to vote for progress in Toronto’s elections this fall: progresstoronto.ca/yes
