1. Organize

Cooperate For Canada is working on the same goals outside Toronto. If you sign their pledge and include your postal code, they will connect you to their teams in your area that are organizing for the Ontario election.

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If there currently isn't a team in your area, why not take start one? You know better than us how to reach out to people where you live. Feel free to use any of our material from our Social Media, or the Digital Shareables and Printables under Resources  to help you.

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We know that it some communities, you can sometimes feel like a lone progressive voice among Doug Ford fans. But with Ford's high disapproval ratings, we are pretty sure you aren't alone.

And we also know, it feels way better to be doing something than feel like you're helpless watching Ontario fall apart around you.

2. Research

Making endorsements on Unity candidates is big part of what we do, and we take it very seriously. Here's what we look at:

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POLLS: We know, polling does not tell the whole story. But polling helps identify trends. Pay extra attention to local riding polls and try to look at multiple polls over time. One poll doesn't mean much by itself, but if there is a trend over time showing up for all the pollsters, that's a good indicator that something is shifting.

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HISTORY: You know your community best, but you can also look up the details on Elections Ontario or even Wikipedia. If a particular party has never been competitive in your riding, that's not likely to change now. Keep in mind, though, that 2022 was unusual for low turnout and 2018 unusual for a much lower than normal Liberal vote, so take trends from the past two elections with a grain of salt

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INCUMBENCY: The person currently in office usually has a major advantage in elections. Similarly, a person was in a different office (e.g., school board trustee) has some added advantage too

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GROUND GAME: It makes a difference. We interview candidates to understand what their volunteer strength looks like, how much they've been knocking on doors or calling, and use our local connections to find out if they showing up to local events and debates, etc.

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COMMUNITY CONNECTION: Candidates who are well-known and active in their community tend to do better (d'uh).

When in doubt, trust your gut 
Some ridings are a two-way race, and it's easy to determine the candidate most likely to defeat the PC Candidate. But some ridings are very close 3-way races and harder to call. All you can do is your best decision, and perhaps try to change some minds by pointing out the way Ford has been failing your community.