#chris moise

[yourdailyqueer]

Chris Moise

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: N/A

Ethnicity: Afro Canadian

Occupation: Politician (Independent)

[onpoli]

The decision came less than 24 hours after a day-long court hearing that saw provincial and city lawyers once again pitted against one another over the council cut.

The Court of Appeal has granted the provincial government’s request for a stay of an earlier court ruling, returning Toronto’s election to a 25-ward race.

Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government is now expected to abandon new legislation it was pushing through Queen's Park. That would also bring an end to Ford’s unprecedented and controversial use of the "notwithstanding" clause to override Charter rights.

Tuesday’s decision came less than 24 hours after a day-long court hearing that saw provincial and city lawyers once again pitted against one another over the council cut.

The panel of three judges — Associate Chief Justice Alexandra Hoy, Justice Robert Sharpe and Justice Gary Trotter — said in their 13-page ruling that because their decision would effectively decide the ward structure for the election, they had to look at the issues raised in a court appeal made by the province.

In that appeal, which has not yet had a hearing, the province argues Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba erred in law when he ruled Sept. 10 that the original Bill 5 was unconstitutional.

Now that Toronto is stuck with a 25-ward system, we can expect that a bunch of candidates will end their campaigns and drop out.

Left-leaning incumbent councillor Sarah Doucette already announced she would not run for re-election if this happened, and so far, we know that two other progressive candidates for city council, Chris Moise and Ausma Malik, will also drop out.

[onpoli]

Toronto Centre MPP Suze Morrison, City Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, and TDSB Trustee Chris Moise hosted a town hall tonight in Toronto and invited a lawyer to talk about how the legal challenge against Doug Ford’s cuts to city council is shaping up.

This is just a brief clip of the lawyer’s speech where he discussed how it may be argued that the cuts are a violation of our Charter rights. The video quality is really patchy, but his entire speech is worth checking out (it’s posted here).

Overall, the tone of the speech wasn’t optimistic about the legal challenge succeeding, but he also said that even if it fails, that doesn’t mean the 25 ward system would be implemented permanently. We’d be stuck with it for at least one election cycle, but if the PCs are voted out in the next provincial election, we could revert back to the 47 ward system.

I saw CBC reporters and camera crews there, so they’ll probably have a more in-depth story about this posted soon.

[realfacesofanimalrights]

Activists probed after dangerous racoons freed from zoo

Activists probed after dangerous racoons freed from zoo

POLICE are probing claims that animal rights activists are responsible for two racoons escaping from a zoo. Racoons Bowser and Wookie are thought to have been freed through a hole made by the unknown activists. The one-year-old rodents who disappeared from Tropiquaria Zoo in Washford, Somerset,UK, were spotted two miles away. Authorities said the animals can carry disease – as well as having a…

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[porgiamor]

Today, Chris Moise emailed me back amidst his busy campaign, amidst the news of the horrific events in Orlando. Thank you Chris Moise for attending tonight’s vigil. Thank you for serving your community.

Hello Yan-Chuen, Thank you for your tweet. Like you, I too support the arts. And as a school board trustee, I would want to see that we invest in and enhance integrated programs like the arts and music, but also French, international languages and ESL. If you would like to speak further about the arts in Toronto schools, you can call the campaign office at 647-496-0956 to set up a time to talk. If you would like further platform information visit the campaign website at www.chrismoise.ca/platform Chris

[porgiamor]

So far, no detailed response, just a form letter...

Yan-Chuen -- Thank you for your feedback and interest in our campaign. We will be in touch shortly. Best regards, Chris Moise http://www.chrismoise.ca/

[porgiamor]

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Besides Chris Moise http://www.chrismoise.ca/platform & Li Koo http://www.likoo.ca/ Other candidates with a well-pitched online presence include: Adam Faux http://www.adamfaux.com/ Krista Taylor http://www.kristataylor.ca/#!meet-krista/cjg9 Rutul Sharma http://www.voterutul.ca/platform.html

[porgiamor]

Chris Moise and Li Koo face off in downtown by-election