Paul M. Taylor

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Paul Taylor
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Toronto, Canada
Occupation(s)Executive director, consultant, community-builder, university instructor
Political partyNew Democratic Party

Paul M. Taylor (born 1982) is a Canadian food security & anti-racism activist and former executive director of FoodShare Toronto. He is currently the co-CEO of Evenings & Weekends Consulting. [1]

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In 2020, Taylor and colleagues delivered 20,232 free food boxes to food-insecure people in Toronto. In 2022, he announced that his organization would pay interviewed job applicants $75 for their time.

Taylor ran for election as the federal member of parliament for Parkdale—High Park twice.

Early life

Taylor was born in Toronto in 1982, the second son to a mother from Saint Kitts; they grew up in a household that was reliant on government financial support. [2] [3]

Career

Taylor was previously the executive director of Gordon Neighbourhood House, [4] and in 2017 he became the executive director of FoodShare Toronto. [3] In the role he is known for drawing links between food security and racism. [5] At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic he delivered 20,232 free food boxes to Canadians with food insecurity. [6] In March 2022, he announced that FoodShare Toronto would pay all employees a living wage and pay all interviewed job applicants $75. [7] [8]

Taylor teaches at Simon Fraser University. [9] He serves on the British Columbia board of directors of Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and has previously served on the board of directors of Metro Vancouver Alliance and Food Secure Canada. [4] He is the founder of the Vancouver Food Summit and the co-chair of British Columbia's Poverty Reduction Coalition. [4]

Taylor ran for election as the New Democratic Party candidate for Parkdale—High Park in 2019 and 2021, finishing second both times to incumbent Arif Virani. [10] [11] Taylor notably tightened the gap between him and Virani from 15.9 percentage point difference in 2019 to just 3.2 percentage point difference in 2021. Taylor announced on social media that he would not run in the next federal election. [12]

Electoral record

2021 Canadian federal election : Parkdale—High Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Arif Virani 22,30742.45-4.94$104,400.40
New Democratic Paul M. Taylor 20,60239.21+7.71$106,004.63
Conservative Nestor Sanajko6,81512.97-0.19$9,183.25
People's Wilfried Richard Alexander Danzinger1,6423.13+2.07$724.84
Green Diem Marchand-Lafortune9571.82-4.61$3,873.90
Marijuana Terry Parker1300.25+0.05$0.00
Marxist–Leninist Lorne Gershuny900.17+0.10$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit52,543––$110,699.74
Total rejected ballots
Turnout52,54365.46
Eligible voters80,265
Liberal hold Swing -6.33
Source: Elections Canada [13]
2019 Canadian federal election : Parkdale—High Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Arif Virani 28,85247.4+5.36$104,265.06
New Democratic Paul M. Taylor 19,18031.5-8.74$100,698.11
Conservative Adam Pham8,01513.2+0.15$44,890.73
Green Nick Capra3,9166.4+3.42$14,108.37
People's Greg Wycliffe6431.1-none listed
Communist Alykhan Pabani1190.2-$626.57
Marijuana Terry Parker1190.2-0.13none listed
Marxist–Leninist Lorne Gershuny430.07-0.1none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit60,887100.0
Total rejected ballots382
Turnout61,26974.0
Eligible voters82,797
Liberal hold Swing +7.05
Source: Elections Canada [14] [15]

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  2. ↑ ""When you're Black, you're at greater risk of everything that sucks": FoodShare's Paul Taylor on the links between race and food insecurity". Toronto Life. 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
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  13. ↑ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada . Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  14. ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
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