Councillor in Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence · Toronto 2026
Jason McDonald
Candidate for Councillor in Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence who says he has been a barber in the ward for 27 years.
Jason McDonald is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence, with a nomination filed on May 7, 2026. His campaign website describes him as a barber, business owner and 27-year Ward 8 resident, and sets out a four-part platform on City spending, transparency, support for Eglinton businesses and community safety. These are the campaign’s own statements.
Jason McDonald appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as May 7, 2026 and the campaign website jasonmcdonald.ca.
His campaign website says he has operated a barber chair in Ward 8 for nearly three decades, is a local barber and small business owner, and has lived in Ward 8 for 27 years. The Local reports the same from his website. These are the campaign’s own statements, and voche.me did not check them against another source.
His website’s four-part platform proposes cutting City spending on consultants and banning contractors that repeatedly delay projects, ending tax breaks for private golf clubs, publishing live tracking of Eglinton Crosstown delays, publishing developer and lobbyist meetings, a small business relief fund paid from contractor fines, and traffic safety measures around schools. It says $58 million goes to consultants, $41 million to golf club tax breaks and that 300 storefronts on Eglinton closed. Those figures are the campaign’s own, and voche.me did not check them.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
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Consultant spending, contractor penalties and transparency, as listed by his campaign
His platform page proposes ending spending on consultants that he puts at $58 million, banning repeat-offender contractors, performance bonds on City purchasing, an independent audit of Ward 8 transit and roadwork spending, public disclosure of developer and lobbyist meetings, live public tracking of Eglinton Crosstown delays and an end to tax breaks for private golf clubs.
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These are the campaign’s own statements and figures. voche.me did not check them.
Eglinton small businesses, traffic and renters, as listed by his campaign
His platform page proposes a small business relief fund paid from contractor fines, support for Eglinton businesses affected by Crosstown construction, traffic signal timing on main roads, speed reduction and safety around school zones, protection for renters and regular community office hours.
Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates, its Members of Council page, the home, About, Platform, FAQ and News pages of his campaign website, The Local’s Ward 8 candidate page, The Green Line’s Ward 8 guide and a CBC News report of July 7, 2026. The sitting Ward 8 councillor is Mike Colle, listed on the City’s Members of Council page. He is on the City’s list of certified candidates and is seeking re-election. Every statement taken from Jason McDonald’s campaign website is written as the campaign’s own account.
Gaps. The CBC report names a Jason McDonald, the owner of Casual Beauty Salon and chair of a Business Improvement Area on leave, who said he decided to run for city council. The report does not name a ward, and his campaign website does not mention the Business Improvement Area, so voche.me has not confirmed that the report is about this candidate and does not use it. The Platform page’s four detail pages were not opened. His TikTok account, linked from his website, showed only a sign-in prompt to a plain request. The questionnaire has not been sent.
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When is the election Jason McDonald is running in?
The 2026 Toronto municipal election, including the Councillor race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
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