For your web-surfing pleasure, here are some links related to the provincial election on Oct 10. Candidates for the Toronto Centre riding (according to Elections Ontario):
- DANISH AHMED Party for People with Special Needs
- JOHAN BOYDEN Communist Party of Canada (Ontario)
- PHILIP FERNANDEZ Independent
- SANDRA GONZÁLEZ New Democratic Party of Ontario
- MICHAEL GREEN Ontario Libertarian Party
- GARY LEROUX Independent
- MIKE McLEAN The Green Party of Ontario
- GEORGE SMITHERMAN Ontario Liberal Party
- PAMELA TAYLOR Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
The Toronto Star‘s profile of our riding lists a 10th candidate not shown in the Elections Ontario website: NICHOLAS CARVALHO Family Coalition. Wikipedia provides some useful riding background; Eye Weekly and Inside Toronto have profiled our riding. This Liberal blogger seems confident; here is another prediction. And another election blogger.
Upcoming all-candidates meetings:
- Thursday, September 27: Regent Park, Regent Park Community Recreational Centre. 6 – 9 pm
- Monday, October 1, Grand Ballroom, Sutton Place Hotel, Bay & Wellesley. 7 – 9pm
- Tuesday, October 2: ABC Residents’ Association, Haliconian Club (Hazelton, just north of Yorkville Avenue, east side). 8 pm
- Thursday, October 4: St Lawrence Neighbourhood and Gooderham and Worts Neighbourhood Associations and BIA St Lawrence Neighbourhood, St Lawrence Market North. 7 – 9 pm
- Friday, October 5: St James Town Safety Committee, Saint Simon-the-Apostle Church, 525 Bloor Street East or 40 Howard Street. 7 – 9 pm
Spacing provides extensive election coverage. Here is some neutral, “pro-MMP” and “con-MMP” information about the election reform referendum, which also happens Oct 10.