Official candidate · Toronto 2026

Josh Thompson
for Mayor

Comedian. Mayor? Apparently.

I'm Josh Thompson.

I'm a comedian, and at some point my audience and community started telling me I should run for mayor.

I thought they were joking.

Then I thought about it.

And now I'm running for mayor of Toronto.

So here we fucking are.

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About Me

Comedian. Based and also Redpilled.

Believes in leadership without more money than sense!

I was a comedian who's audience and community called upon him to run for mayor, and so I am!

That's the short version.

The longer version is that I've spent the last few years doing comedy, making videos, talking to people and building an audience. Somewhere along the way, the audience started telling me I should run for mayor.

Eventually I figured, fuck it.

Why not?

I filed.

And now this is a real thing that is happening.

God help Toronto.

My Experience

I have a background and education in business administration and marketing but became pretty disenchanted with the business environment during the pandemic and decided to break out and become a comedian!

I started doing comedy instead.

Turns out I liked it a hell of a lot more.

I've spent years learning how to talk to people, make people laugh, make videos, build an audience and generally figure out how to get people to pay attention to me.

Apparently those are political skills now.

Who knew?

What I Actually Give A Shit About

Top Priority: Violent Crime

People should be able to walk around their own city without feeling like they're rolling the fucking dice.

I don't think wanting people to be safe is particularly controversial.

Apparently it is.

So let's talk about it.

2nd Priority: Hold Municipal Institutions Responsible

The TTC.

The education boards.

The clinics and organizations that serve our communities.

These institutions exist to serve people.

So let's make sure they're actually doing it.

If taxpayers are paying for something, they should be able to ask what the hell they're getting for their money.

And somebody should have to answer.

Local Issues: Change “Sankofa” BACK to Yonge and Dundas

Yeah.

I'm talking about it.

I think the name should go back to Yonge and Dundas.

And I think we should do a better job of honouring our SHARED CANADIAN HERITAGE.

You don't have to hate anybody to love where you came from.

We can remember where we came from and still build something better.

Also it's Yonge and Dundas.

You know what I'm talking about.

Taxes & Spending

Axe the tax. Cut the spending.

And make honest people of these councillors and ward members.

Scrutinize the spending.

Look at where the money goes.

Ask whether we're getting the best bang for our buck.

Because every time somebody says “the city doesn't have enough money,” I would like to know:

Where the fuck did all the other money go?

I'm not interested in throwing money at problems and then congratulating ourselves for spending it.

Get results.

Housing & Development

Build the fucking houses.

We're in a housing crisis.

People need somewhere to live.

So I want the municipal government putting more money toward actually constructing homes, regardless of whether every project makes somebody a beautiful little profit on a spreadsheet.

Sometimes the government has to build shit because people need the shit.

Build the homes.

Why I'm Doing This

I didn't wake up one morning and decide I wanted to become a politician.

I was a comedian.

People who watched me and followed me started telling me to run.

And eventually I listened.

That's it.

That's the story.

I don't have some twenty-year political career that I'm going to pretend makes me uniquely qualified to save Toronto.

I'm a guy who lives here, has been paying attention, has opinions, gets angry about shit, makes jokes about it, and decided maybe I should actually try doing something.

So I'm doing it.

Closing Argument

Vote Josh Thompson.

If you want another perfectly polished political candidate with a perfectly polished campaign and a perfectly polished answer for everything, there are plenty of those.

That's not me.

I'm a comedian whose audience told him to run for mayor.

So I ran.

I'm going to say what I think.

I'm going to make jokes.

I'm going to piss people off.

I'm going to listen when people tell me I'm wrong.

And I'm going to fucking fight for this city.

I don't know exactly how far this thing can go.

But I know we're here now.

And we're going to find out.

Josh Thompson for Mayor of Toronto.

LET'S FUCKING GO.

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