TORONTO—Conservative MP Scott Aitchison—who represents Parry Sound–Muskoka, three hours outside of Toronto—recently endorsed Brad Bradford, saying he believes that Bradford is “100%” the right candidate for mayor. It’s the latest in a troubling pattern of endorsements for Bradford. Read more.

Join Progress Toronto’s free training series to learn the skills and tools you need to help progressive candidates win across the city. This season’s workshops include City Elections 101, two in-person How to Knock on Doors for a Candidate workshops hosted across our city, How to Get Out the Vote for a Candidate, and more!

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Join Progress Toronto at the Toronto Labour Day Parade on Monday, September 7! March with tens of thousands of labour members, advocates, and leaders to support Toronto’s labour movements.

In the face of growing evidence that Councillor Brad Bradford violated conflict of interest rules when he repeatedly voted on plans that could provide a multi-million dollar benefit to his spouse’s company, Bradford claims he received guidance from the Integrity Commissioner years ago. Read more here.

We’re working to elect more progressive municipal leaders at City Council and the Toronto District School Board, and ensure our city goes forward, not back. The election is underway with voting happening this October. 

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TORONTO — On a vote to lower development charges at the June 2026 meeting of Toronto City Council, Councillor Brad Bradford failed to declare that his spouse holds a senior role at a big developer that stands to receive a multi-million dollar benefit from Council’s decision. This breach of conflict of interest rules is the subject of a new Integrity Commissioner complaint against Bradford from Progress Toronto. Read more here.

Grocery giants want to use your personal data to charge you more based on how much they think you'll pay. City Council votes soon on Mayor Olivia Chow's motion to ban “surveillance pricing” on groceries. The City has the power to protect consumers but some councillors are trying to dodge responsibility.

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Join Progress Toronto at the Toronto Pride Parade on Sunday, June 28! March with 2SLGBTQ+ communities, allies, supporters, and leaders in one of the biggest Pride Parades in the world!

Join us for our annual Celebrating Progress Party on Friday June 19 at 8pm at Cecil Community Centre. Spend the evening with hundreds of progressive volunteers, organizers, supporters, and community leaders —all dedicated to building a progressive Toronto that works for everyone. 

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Beaches-East York residents share how Councillor Brad Bradford has failed to respond to the needs of his community. These residents reached out to Progress Toronto to help get out their message. Has Councillor Bradford failed you? Add your name and share your story so the rest of Toronto can get to know the real Brad better. All names will be kept anonymous. So far 75+ residents have signed on. Read more here.

Gaining no traction with voters, Bradford has spent the last couple of weeks collecting endorsements from politicians who failed this city for decades and voting against solutions Torontonians actually need. Let's go through it. Read more here.

Join us at Sin & Redemption for a fun night of city politics trivia with comedian, community organizer, and Progress Toronto volunteer Lubaba Gemma. On May 20 at 7pm. Put your knowledge of Toronto and City Hall to the test for prizes (and more importantly, bragging rights). 

UPDATE: Trivia Night has sold out. You can still register for our waitlist for a chance to get a ticket!

Failure to Launch: Brad Bradford's Bad Announcement Week

You might think that an integrity complaint over an alleged cash-for-access event in Concord (where lobbyist-organized donors paid $250 to $3,000 to get face time with a sitting councillor) would be the worst thing to happen to Brad Bradford in his first week on the campaign trail. You would be wrong. It only got worse from there. Read more here.

Join Progress Toronto and TTCriders for a Day of Action this Saturday, May 9 at 1pm! We will be talking to transit riders across Toronto to get them to take action to keep Ford’s hands off our public transit.

On Sunday, May 3 at 1PM, join our in-person How to Knock on Doors workshop with Progress Toronto Organizer Justin Chen and writer and Progress Toronto volunteer Emily Johnson.