Toronto Election Issue - October 2026
Councillor Chris Moise invites constituents to book a personal meeting with him on his website. However, a meeting request is subject to Moise's approval. In spite of availability on his website and several weeks left in the current term, Moise is currently turning down meetings due to a demanding schedule.
The City of Toronto paid a lot of money to rename Dundas Square, and a significant chunk went to Dr. Kofi Hope and his design firm Monumental Projects. Dr. Hope is an expert in naming public infrastructure and he has a special distaste for British Imperialists like Henry Dundas. At least that's what he wants us to believe. You see, when it suits his interest, Dr. Hope will happily preserve the name of other British imperliasts, in spite of their troubled legacy.
After The Gritty news story of October 1st brought negative attention to Moise's office, Moise's chief of staff Tyler Johnson retaliated by disclosing the name of one of the Moise whistleblowers to TheGrindTO. The Federal Privacy Commissioner is now investigating.
On September 22nd, a confrontation took place between Caryma Sa'd's ProtestMania camera person and Saman Tabasinejad, the executive director of Progress Toronto, outside the Isabel Bader Theatre. Sa'd's video exposes the hypocrisy of Progress Toronto.
Curran Stikuts has shown he's not afraid to criticize Chris Moise, but Stikuts' connections to the provincial NDP prevent him from making systemic critiques that really matter. Daniel Tate is great at both.
Followers of IntegrityTO on Instagram have become angry about revelations that University of Toronto School of Cities urbanist-in-residence Zahra Ebrahim has been awarded lucrative contracts since helping get Ausma Malik elected in 2022. She's also been getting contracts from the Toronto Police Services Board which Amber Morley sits on.
Mayor Olivia Chow seems perfectly content with Tyler Johnson running a second business while collecting a hundred thousand dollar salary as Moise’s chief of staff. After all, Chow is one of Johnson's best clients, and if his business is successful, it will help Chow consolidate power at City Hall.
In a bizarre attempt to avoid election laws, Paula Fletcher sent an email to her constituents from Sara Ehrhardt's account. But how did her contact list get into Ehrhardt's? Or what really happened?
Progress Toronto has a formula for picking races to enter. It's not following it in two key wards.
Most politicians take a quick photo and post it on social media when they do an event. Josh Matlow makes a video and they're really good.
Candidates who run for Mayor and City Council are given a list of voters and their home address for their respective wards. It is very easy to abuse. But you can have your personal information redacted and still keep your right to vote.