Show Up, Ontario: A Rally for Our Democracy

Join us November 5^th at Queen’s Park to challenge democratic erosion in Ontario

If you care about democracy in Ontario, please join the rally at Queen's Park on November 5th from 12 PM to 1 PM. You can register to attend below. This registration is purely optional so that we can communicate with you about the rally and other CCLA work and get a sense of how many people are coming. You can still attend the rally even if you don't want to fill out this form. 

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Why We're Gathering

Democratic regression rarely happens all at once—it happens in stages through a series of smaller, quiet changes. Over the past two years, decisions by the Ontario government have steadily eroded transparency, human dignity, and the rule of law.

These shifts directly impact daily life across our communities:

• Laws that don’t apply to everyone: Allowing the province to exempt chosen companies and projects from provincial laws and municipal bylaws.
• Undermined Transparency: Restricting public access to freedom of information records.
• Undermined Governance: Replacing locally elected school board trustees with provincial supervisors.
• Criminalized Poverty: Fining and targeting unhoused people instead of prioritizing housing and health care solutions.

Protecting our democracy requires more than concern. It requires showing up when it matters

Featured Guest Speakers

Hear perspectives from civic leaders and advocates across Ontario: Brent Jolly (Canadian Association of Journalists), Julia Croome (Ecojustice), Bill Sinclair (The Neighbourhood Group), Martha Hradowy (OSSTF), alongside CCLA Directors Harini Sivalingam and Shakir Rahim.