DID YOUR CANDIDATES SIGN THE PLEDGE?
On October 24th, Toronto will vote for Mayor and City Council. Find out if your local candidates signed the Greener City For All pledge and have committed to key climate and environmental actions.
The next four years are a critical window for climate and environmental action. The Toronto Environmental Alliance asked candidates to commit to supporting priority actions in the next term on climate action, climate resilience, and a circular zero-waste economy.
Use the map or list of candidates to find out if your candidates signed the pledge and have shown their support and commitment to these key actions. After the election, TEA will be tracking City Council’s votes and progress on these commitments and working with communities across Toronto to hold Council members accountable.
PLEDGE TO VOTE
Show your support for a greener city for all and pledge to vote on October 24th. Use the map to find candidates in your ward. If you don’t know which ward you live in, use this tool: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/data-research-maps/neighbourhoods-communities/ward-profiles/
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The Candidate Pledge
The Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) asked candidates to sign the Greener City for All candidate pledge and commit supporting priority actions on climate resilience, climate action, and a circular zero-waste economy.
CLIMATE ACTION: To achieve Toronto’s 2025, 2030 and 2040 climate targets, our municipal leaders need to fully fund all actions in Toronto’s climate strategy and accelerate investments in affordable housing, transit, and good green jobs.
If elected, will you support:
- Following through on Toronto’s climate emergency declaration commitment to secure dedicated, sustained and equitable climate funding by implementing new revenue tools to fund climate action?
CLIMATE RESILIENCE: To achieve Toronto’s resilience goals, our municipal leaders need to support communities - particularly those most affected - to prepare for and respond to climate change impacts, including heatwaves and flooding.
If elected, will you support:
- A review and overhaul of Toronto’s heating and cooling bylaws for landlords to protect tenants from heatwaves, including setting a maximum safe temperature for rental units?
- A fair stormwater charge that will make polluters pay for stormwater reduction and flood-proofing projects (such as green infrastructure and Ravine Strategy support)?
WASTE AND A CIRCULAR ECONOMY: We need ambitious action to make Toronto a zero waste city by reducing the disposables that pollute our environment and shifting towards reusable alternatives.
If elected, will you support:
- Passing regulations to eliminate unnecessary single-use items and require a shift to reusable foodware in businesses and City facilities as part of the Single-Use Reduction Strategy?
THE PLEDGE: If elected, I commit to supporting all actions outlined above in the candidate pledge. I will work to make Toronto a greener, healthier, and more equitable city for all.
Read the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA)’s full 2022 Greener City for All Platform to go in-depth on these issues.
The Toronto Environmental Alliance does not endorse candidates. This list of candidate pledges is one tool to track candidate commitments and help voters know where their candidates stand. To be included in this list, candidates were asked to complete the pledge by October 1st, 2022.
TEA reserves the right to refrain from publishing commitments from candidates who have explicitly expressed views that promote hate or discrimination as defined by the Ontario Human Rights Code.
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Mayoral Candidates
Click to find out which Mayoral candidates have signed the Greener City for All pledge.
Blake Acton
Soaad Hossain
Gil Penalosa
Stephen Punwasi
To ensure fairness, TEA has only published the list of candidates who have signed the pledge. However, some candidates have contacted us listing alternative environmental priorities. Please contact your local candidates if they have not signed the pledge.
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City Councillor Candidates
Click to find out a list of City Councillor candidates who have signed the pledge, listed by ward.
Ward 1 - Etobicoke North
Subhash Chand
Alistair Courtney
Charles Ozzoude
Mohit Sharma
Ward 2 - Etobicoke CentreMaryam Hashimi
Thomas Yanuziello
Ward 3 - Etobicoke - LakeshoreAmber Morley
Marco ValleWard 4 - Parkdale-High Park
Siri Agrell
Christopher Jurik
Chemi Lhamo
Gord Perks
Ward 5 - York South - Weston
Chiara Padovani
Gabriel Takang
Ward 6 - York Centre
Mike Arkin
Basil Canning
Ward 7 - Humber River - Black Creek
Amanda Coombs
Anthony Perruzza
Ward 8 - Eglinton - Lawrence
Mike Colle
Evan Sambasivam
Ward 9 - Davenport
Alejandra Bravo
Simon Fogel
Grant Gonzales
Shaker Jamal
Jacob Maydansky
Ward 10 - Spadina - Fort York
Rocco Achampong
Kyle Enslen
Ausma Malik
Laura-Maria Nikolareizi
Ward 11 - University Rosedale
Robin Buxton Potts
Norm Di Pasquale
Adam Golding
Dianne Saxe
Ward 12 - Toronto - St. Paul's
Bryan Ashworth
Josh Matlow
Ward 13 - Toronto Centre
Miguel Avila
Colin Johnson
Chris Moise
Caroline Murphy
Nicki Ward
Ward 14 - Toronto - DanforthWali Abro
Paula Fletcher
Ward 15 - Don Valley West
Jaye Robinson
Sheena Sharp
Gregory VazWard 16 - Don Valley East
Jonathan Mousley
Ward 17 - Don Valley North
Shelley Carroll
Daryl Christoff
Ward 18 - Willowdale
Markus O'Brien Fehr
Ward 19 - Beaches - East York
Sebastien Auger
Brad Bradford
Steve Thompson
Adam Smith
Jennie Worden
Ward 20 - Scarborough Southwest
Corey David
Parthi Kandavel
Kevin Rupasinghe
Ward 21 - Scarborough Centre
Kiri Vadivelu
Ward 22 - Scarborough-Agincourt
Serge Khatchadourian
Ward 23 - Scarborough North
Jamaal Myers
Ward 24 - Scarborough - Guildwood
Paul Ainslie
Habiba Desai
Vivian Parker
Ward 25 - Scarborough-Rouge Park
Ashan Fernando
Candidates who have not signed the pledge can still do so by submitting the online pledge form. Pledge submissions made after the original deadline of October 1st will not be added to this list until Friday, October 7th.