Jamaicans vie for Ontario municipal seats
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TORONTO: Advance voting opened last Tuesday in Toronto for municipal council and school board elections scheduled for October 26, with several Jamaicans seeking public office in municipalities across Ontario. In Toronto’s Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, barber and business owner Jason McDonald, who has operated in Little Jamaica for 27 years, is seeking election as city councillor. “It’s been a great journey. This is the first time I’ve ever run or done anything like this in my life,” he said, noting