Leah Tysoe

My name is Leah Tysoe and I am running in the Eglinton-Lawrence riding for my second time. I grew up in the riding and have come back to the area in the last 10 years following living abroad.

I am a committed volunteer in my community and the larger GTA. I have held leadership roles with the MS Society and Transition Treemobile and continue to work with these groups.

I am passionate about the environment and social rights and housing in particular.

I have worked in my community to fight food insecurity by bringing food bearing plants into people’s backyards. I have also held free workshops teaching about growing, soil health and the hazards of invasive plants in our ecosystem. This Spring I hope to work on a grant to plant natives along the beltline to combat garlic mustard – natives are beautiful and help us fight invasive species!

I am also committed to fighting MS – Canada’s disease and am a lead on MS BIke and Walk events around Obtario.

Finally, I work within my community to try to organize to speak up against massive unplanned development. I believe there is a thoughtful way to develop our cities to allow both residents, nature and growth to happen alongside each other. I strongly believe in the policies of the GPO regarding housing that will allow this for all of us living here in Ontario.