- Election Campaign Finance Reform
- at the City Council meeting of December 2, 2009, Councillors voted to
ban Corporate and Union donations to Municipal Election Campaigns for the 2010 election. Please click here to see how your Councillor voted!
City can lead on election reforms - November 21, 2009
Editorial - Toronto Star
Election rules tightened: Queen's Park looks at moving voting day forward, putting new caps on donations to candidates - October 28, 2009
By: Vanessa Lu - Toronto Star
Of money and elections - October 24, 2009
By: Editorial - Toronto Star
Municipal election laws need urgent update to curb abuse: There is evidence of the pervasive influence of the development industry in electing council members - October 14, 2009
By: Robert MacDermid, political science professor at York University - Toronto Star
City elections need new rules - October 5, 2009
By: Editorial - Toronto Star
- Funding Elections: Council looks at banning corporate and union donations - February 11, 2009
Campaign cash rules debated in midtown: Council mulls union, corporate donation ban - February 11, 2009
Who should pay?: Ban on corporate, union election donations sought - February 11, 2009
All three articles by: Kris Scheuer - Town Crier
(from Toronto Star - December 6, 2008)
Thirteen months after sending its package of legislative reforms to the Provincial Government for approval of new legislation, City Council still wants to ban corporate and union donations from the next election in Toronto. The rules requested by City Council also include removing the ability of a candidate to carry-over campaign surpluses to future elections, refined spending limits and excluded expenses, and oversight of municipal elections are to be conducted by Elections Ontario. If the Province does not pass legislation before the end of November 2005, the new municipal election rules will not be in force for Toronto's election next year. Please write the media and elected officials to make your opinion heard.
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