Councillor in Ward 10 Spadina-Fort York · Toronto 2026
Bashar Kassir
Candidate for Councillor in Ward 10 Spadina-Fort York, an engineer and business owner by his own description.
Bashar Kassir is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 10 Spadina-Fort York, with a nomination filed on May 8, 2026. His campaign website describes him as an electrical engineer and small business owner who served on the Council of the College of Optometrists of Ontario, and Ontario’s Order in Council 384/2020 records his reappointment to that Council in 2020.
Bashar Kassir appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 10 Spadina-Fort York. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as May 8, 2026 and the campaign website basharkassir.ca.
His campaign website says he immigrated to Canada in 2002, is an electrical engineer by education who specialised in telecommunications, and today operates a small business in the liquor industry. It lists him as a licensed professional interpreter with the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, a licensed professional scaler and a licensed professional community interpreter. The site says he served six years as a public appointee on the Council of the College of Optometrists of Ontario. These are the campaign’s statements. The Local repeats the engineering, business and College points as his own account.
The Ontario Order in Council 384/2020 says that under clause 6(1)(b) of the Optometry Act, 1991, Bashar Kassir of Toronto was reappointed as a part-time member of the Council of the College of Optometrists of Ontario, to serve at the pleasure of the Lieutenant Governor in Council for a period not exceeding three years, effective May 31, 2020. voche.me did not find an Order in Council for his first appointment, so the six-year figure rests on his site alone.
His website says he is a registered Liberal, in a statement about the federal consultation on the Billy Bishop airport expansion. It sets out his position on that expansion and says he does not intend to take part in the federal online survey in its current form. His website’s Speaking Up for Ward 10 section says he appeared in July 2026 before the City’s Service Excellence Committee about how waste collection noise complaints are handled. voche.me did not read the committee’s record, so the appearance is his account.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
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Quality of life, noise, public spaces and housing, as listed by his campaign
His website lists priorities of safer and cleaner streets, parks and playgrounds, less chronic noise, housing for people who are homeless, and affordable housing. Its proposals include a visible neighbourhood bylaw service that patrols without waiting for complaints, proactive noise enforcement, and a requirement that large developments provide affordable units or equivalent public benefits.
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These are the campaign’s own statements. His website also states opposition to the Billy Bishop airport expansion.
Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates, his campaign website, Ontario Order in Council 384/2020 and The Local’s Ward 10 candidate tracker. The sitting Ward 10 councillor is Ausma Malik, listed on the City’s Members of Council page, and she is on the list of certified candidates. The 2022 declaration of results for all wards holds no entry under the name Bashar Kassir. His appointment to the College Council comes from the Order in Council, and his licences, business and the six-year length come from his own website.
Gaps. The City’s decisions site refused requests (HTTP 403) and no committee record was read, so his July 2026 appearance before the Service Excellence Committee is cited only as his own account. His licences were not checked with the issuing bodies. The College’s own council record was not opened. His social media accounts were not opened. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Reappointed effective May 31, 2020, for up to three years
Part-time member, Council of the College of Optometrists of Ontario
Ontario Order in Council 384/2020 reappoints Bashar Kassir of Toronto as a part-time member of the Council. His website says the role was a public appointment of six years.
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When is the election Bashar Kassir is running in?
The 2026 Toronto municipal election, including the Councillor race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
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