In 2018, voter turnout was at 41% in Toronto and lower in neighbouring municipalities. Now, fewer people are running for municipal and school board positions. That has worrisome implications for the future. StarEditorial
The health of local democracy can be measured in a few ways. Voter turnout is one key barometer — the level of participation of local citizens in choosing their mayors, councillors and school trustees.
. That has worrisome implications for the quality of debates, ideas and vision for the future of our schools and cities. A similar trend is occurring in other Greater Toronto municipalities. In Mississauga and Oshawa, the total number of candidates for school boards and municipal councils is down about a third and in Vaughan down by almost half.
Lacking the party structure at the provincial and federal level, municipal politics has generally been more collegial and, by necessity, more co-operative. But it’s not been immune to the deterioration in tone that we’ve seen in provincial and federal politics.
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