Here in Ontario, we have a provincial election in progress, set to wrap up on June 2nd. I hope that those of us opposed to Doug Ford's "Progressive" Conservatives getting a second term of government can agree upon what we want in sufficient numbers to overcome Canadian "first past the post" election rules' ongoing pernicious effects. I would much prefer that the NDP finally form government again with the Greens holding them to their higher ideals in opposition.
And in the fall, Ontario holds province-wide municipal elections. Jim Watson's retiring from the mayor's chair, and I hope for a better successor, whether it's Diane Deans - she whom Watson had ousted as police services board chair during the Ottawa Siege this past winter - or Catherine McKenney, who is very much an activist whose work I respect as well as the first openly-declared non-binary candidate for mayor in Ottawa's history. The council in general is definitely going to see some turnover in any event with a third of the existing roster declining to stand for re-election.
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Date: 2022-05-28 04:30 pm (UTC)And in the fall, Ontario holds province-wide municipal elections. Jim Watson's retiring from the mayor's chair, and I hope for a better successor, whether it's Diane Deans - she whom Watson had ousted as police services board chair during the Ottawa Siege this past winter - or Catherine McKenney, who is very much an activist whose work I respect as well as the first openly-declared non-binary candidate for mayor in Ottawa's history. The council in general is definitely going to see some turnover in any event with a third of the existing roster declining to stand for re-election.