Paul M. Taylor
Paul Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Born | Toronto, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Executive director, consultant, community-builder, university instructor |
| Political party | New 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]
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
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Parkdale—High Park | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Arif Virani | 28,852 | 47.4 | +5.36 | $104,265.06 | |||
| New Democratic | Paul M. Taylor | 19,180 | 31.5 | -8.74 | $100,698.11 | |||
| Conservative | Adam Pham | 8,015 | 13.2 | +0.15 | $44,890.73 | |||
| Green | Nick Capra | 3,916 | 6.4 | +3.42 | $14,108.37 | |||
| People's | Greg Wycliffe | 643 | 1.1 | - | none listed | |||
| Communist | Alykhan Pabani | 119 | 0.2 | - | $626.57 | |||
| Marijuana | Terry Parker | 119 | 0.2 | -0.13 | none listed | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Lorne Gershuny | 43 | 0.07 | -0.1 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 60,887 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 382 | |||||||
| Turnout | 61,269 | 74.0 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 82,797 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +7.05 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[13][14] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Our Team". E&W Consulting. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ ""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.
- ^ a b Arounlasy, Julie (15 Feb 2021). "Builders of the GTA: Paul Taylor, cultivating a future of equality". toronto.citynews.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ a b c "Canada's Top 40 Under 40 - Honourees 2020". canadastop40under40.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "The 50 most influential Torontonians of 2020". Toronto Life. 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ Liu, Karon (2020-06-11). "Healthy food is harder to come by for the racialized and vulnerable amid COVID-19. Here's who stepped up to". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "This Ontario company will pay you for a job interview and here's how much". Toronto. 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ Lucas, Suzanne (2022-03-11). "Why You Should Consider Paying Candidates to Interview with Your Company". Inc.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Beyond Food Security: Exploring Racism and Food Justice with Paul Taylor - Acadia University". www2.acadiau.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ Gibson, Victoria (2021-09-21). "Liberal Arif Virani wins Parkdale—High Park". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ Fodor, Matt (2019-07-04). "Frustration and confusion mark Parkdale-High Park NDP nomination". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ Paul, Taylor (July 12, 2023). "Paul Taylor". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 5, 2019.