Thank you to the more than 300 people in our Spadina-Fort York Electoral District who committed their vote to me.
And congratulations to Premier Ford who has returned to govern Ontario with a majority mandate.
Premier Ford in his acceptance speech tonight thanked ALL candidates who put their name forward in this election. I felt like he was talking to me, and every other losing candidate!
In our riding congratulations are due to Chris Glover who was easily re-elected.
Our Electoral District – Spadina-Fort York – has kind of a strange name.
Sure, Spadina Avenue and Fort York are both in our riding but the focal point is clearly Toronto’s waterfront and south core.
This is the Trillion Dollar stretch of Toronto that makes it onto post cards and is where our multi-million people strong population loves to congregate.
And that congregating is to live, work and play.
In the 1970s, when the above picture was snapped (Credit:City of Toronto Archives) we were just trying to imagine what our waterfront and south core could be. And that was the era when the original CITY-TV took flight on the airwaves. They coined the phrase People City.
Fast forward to present day, our waterfront and south core look great – from a distance.
But for anyone passing through our part of town – and most certainly for anyone who lives, works or plays here, the problems are BIG and the problems are REAL.
Whether it is chronic transportation failures manifested in lifeblood sapping traffic gridlock, repetitive TTC service breakdowns, or illegal whizzing e-motorbikes darting between cars and pedestrians.
Whether it is misguided priorities by our leaders that have allowed invasive wildlife from cormorants to coyotes apparent free-range destruction of the people’s habitat.
Whether it is apparent corruption and incompetence that leads to the loss of public spaces like Ontario Place or there being no budget available for maintaining public assets such as parks for the benefit of people.
Some may say that these issues are solely municipal issues. But I say that the City is a creature of the Province and therefore we at the Provincial level must lead the fight to right the wrongs in our own Electoral District.
That is the fundamental premise of our None of the Above Direct Democracy Party. As members, we are concerned with what is going on in our riding – first and foremost. Each candidate in our party is likewise primarily concerned with their own riding. For me, it’s all about Spadina-Fort York. (even if that is a misleading name for our incredible piece of Toronto!)
In the days ahead I will have plenty to say about what we can do together to realize the dream of having the greatest part of Toronto realize the vision of being People City.
So check back often, click on the Solutions Blog section, the Your Feedback section, the section about me and the party and then on February 27th consider voting for your None of The Above candidate in Spadina-Fort York, Ron Shaw.
In the 1970s, our city was known as Toronto The Good. It was alleged that was because of our prudish ways during that era.
In 2025 and beyond our goal is to become Toronto The Best.
Drop me a line with your thoughts. I promise not to spam you, but I will keep you updated until election day. Thank you!
Ron Shaw
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