Ryan Lester

Ryan is passionate about human rights and the equality of all Canadians. He's been a director Pride Toronto, Egale Canada, the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion and the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT). 

Ryan is concerned about climate change - about the kind of planet we will leave for future generations. He believes Canada is positioned to lead the global fight for a cleaner and greener natural environment - a fight that will define a generation.

Ryan believes you deserve a federal government that is responsible with taxpayer money. He knows there is a real cost to servicing the debt and in a few years the interest paid on the national debt will rise to $34 billion per year.

Ryan knows that there can be no true and lasting reconciliation without financial reconciliation. He wants to empower Indigenous communities to share in the wealth that Canada is so capable of creating. 

Ryan is committed to improving our democracy through electoral reform. He knows that this past November 2019, 68% of Canadians agreed with him. And as a candidate for Toronto City Council in 2018 for Ward 13 Toronto Centre, Ryan supported the Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto.

Ryan lives with his husband and their dog (Meatball!) in downtown Toronto. He knows that creating safer and more inclusive spaces for LGBTQ2 people in Canada happens in our homes, workplaces, and in our own communities through the conversations that we have every day.