In 2017 the Ontario government enacted the Modernizing Ontario’s Municipal Legislation Act in an effort to lessen the development industry’s influence in municipal politics. This legislation banned corporate donations to municipal candidates. Ottawa In Ottawa, since 2018 over 250 individuals connected to real-estate development companies donated over $500,000 to municipal candidates, seeming to indicate that … Read more
Here are questions we’ve collected over time from candidate interviews, surveys and email conversations which can be used as a reference or as inspiration when asking your local candidates or elected officials about their stances on issues or action plans to address them. If you do end up contacting your local candidates to ask questions, … Read more
Open Council put together Wikipedia-like profiles of all of Belleville’s election candidates including the public school board trustees. These profiles collected all of the publicly available facts about the candidates from their own websites and social media, as well as from trusted third-party sources such as local news websites and linked to the source of … Read more
Every 4 years on the fourth Monday of October, voters across Ontario decide who will represent their interests and lead their communities by electing the members of their municipal councils and school boards. Who is eligible? To be eligible to hold office for a position as councillor or mayor, you must be: as of the day … Read more