Hi FediPoliFolks! As there will be another municipal election in Ontario I've begun to gather candidate info for my local municipalities. Since I'm no longer on those commercial socialmedias, feel free to share in all the places where I'm not. And do let me know of corrections, omissions, or updates!
https://poliblog.jonkman.ca/Poliblog-Elections/2026-10-26-Municipal-Election/
Ontarians should spend a maximum 30% of their gross income on housing. Ford vote down Bill 28 replacing it with omnibus Bill 60 that removed guard rails and made renting a free for all nightmare.
In-camera council meetings, a secretive development on the waterfront and the murder of a town councillor with a commemorative brick. These are plot points in a new murder mystery novel called Bad Council. It’s written by a former Region of Waterloo councillor, Jane Mitchell. She spoke to CBC K-W's Aastha Shetty about the inspiration behind her book.
I love Jane. I'm struggling to read for pleasure these days, but I did at least pick this up...
I'd rather she was on council, but if it means we get cutting murder mysteries about council, I can live with that.
In-camera council meetings, a secretive development on the waterfront and the murder of a town councillor with a commemorative brick. These are plot points in a new murder mystery novel called Bad Council. It’s written by a former Region of Waterloo councillor, Jane Mitchell. She spoke to CBC K-W's Aastha Shetty about the inspiration behind her book.
Héline Chow has a website!
And there's lots of other updates: New Bluesky and Threads accounts for old candidates (not sure if they just got them, or if I only just found them); new candidates; and candidates newly registered with Elections Canada.
No independents or small-party candidates, tho. I believe democracy is always better served if there is a wide spectrum to vote for, even if our electoral system squelches those choices.
https://poliblog.jonkman.ca/Poliblog-Elections/2025-Federal-Election/index.html
I'm keeping track of candidates in Waterloo Region and adding their contact and social media info as I find it. CBC is one of my sources.
If someone needs a #PoliSci research project, see which parties have the best communications channels, and correlate that with their political leanings...
https://poliblog.jonkman.ca/Poliblog-Elections/2025-Federal-Election/
#CanPoli #CDNpoli #CanadianElection2025 #WaterlooRegion #WRpoli
Every once in a while the politicians for #WaterlooRegion make the right decisions. But that's diminished by hedging their bets (f'rinstance: Approve the LRT, but then delay bringing it to Cambridge by years, soon to be a decade).
And it's not helped by a right-wing shift in the election of muncipal politicians, who aren't going to make bold, progressive decisions in the first place.
Thursday was the last day for registering as a candidate in Ontario provincial election, so the list of candidates is now complete. Waterloo Region got two more Ontario Party candidates, a Libertarian candidate in Waterloo, and an independent in Kitchener Centre.
The list of candidates is still missing plenty of contact and social media info, so let me know if you have updates.
https://poliblog.jonkman.ca/Poliblog-Elections/2025-02-27-Provincial-Election/
Bob Jonkman
Melissa Bowman
Darcy Casselman
Darcy Casselman