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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Josh Matlow
| image = Josh Matlow
| caption = Matlow in
| office = [[Toronto City Councillor]]<br />for [[Ward 12 Toronto—St. Paul's]]
| term_start = December 1, 2018
| term_end =
| predecessor = ''Ward established''
| successor =
| office1 = Toronto City Councillor<br />for Ward 22 St. Paul's
| term_start1 = December 1, 2010
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| successor1 = ''Ward dissolved''
| office2 = [[Toronto District School Board]] Trustee<br />for St. Paul’s
| constituency2 =
| term_start2 = December 1, 2003
| term_end2 = November 30, 2010
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| birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| spouse = Melissa Christine Matlow
| profession =
| occupation = {{hlist|Journalist|environmental advocate|politician}}
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
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Before entering politics, Matlow was an actor. He performed in festivals, did comedy improv and television commercials.<ref name=":3" />
Matlow was a co-director of Earthroots, an Ontario environmental [[non-governmental organization]]. He also worked for the [[Canadian Peace Alliance]], organizing against the war in Iraq.<ref>{{cite news|url=
Matlow has written articles for several local newspapers including the ''[[Toronto Sun]]'' and ''[[Toronto Star]]''. He hosted a call-in radio show on University of Toronto station [[CIUT-FM|CIUT]], was a weekly contributor and co-host on Toronto talk-radio station [[CFMJ (AM)|AM 640]] and [[CFRB]]. He hosted a talk radio show called ''The City with Josh Matlow'' on Toronto radio station [[CFRB|Newstalk 1010]] and was a weekly columnist for the ''Toronto Star''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/councillor-ward-12/ |title=Toronto City Councillors, Councillor Josh Matlow |date=22 August 2017 |publisher=City of Toronto }}</ref>
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In 2003, Matlow was elected to the Toronto District School Board as a [[school trustee|trustee]] and re-elected to the same position in 2006. He worked on a number of initiatives including installation of solar panels on school rooftops,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2007/06/25/toronto_schools_to_power_up_rooftops.html |title=Toronto schools to power up rooftops |work=thestar.com |date=2007-06-25 |access-date=2010-09-09 |first=Catherine |last=Porter}}</ref> keeping school pools open,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/article/413158 |title=Trustee urges more debate on pool closings |work=thestar.com |date=2008-04-10 |access-date=2010-09-09 |location=Toronto |first=Louise |last=Brown}}</ref> and helping students to achieve 'economic literacy'.<ref>{{cite news|author=Kate Hammer |title=Dollars 'n' sense courses urged |page=A11 |publisher=The Globe and Mail |date=2009-03-24 |location=Toronto}}</ref>
In 2008, Matlow spoke out against a proposal to create an Africentric school in Toronto. He instead favoured the
=== Toronto City Councillor ===
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In 2017, the integrity commissioner ruled that Matlow breached the council code of conduct by making claims on a radio show that a city staff member had misled council in 2016. City Manager [[Peter Wallace (Canadian civil servant)|Peter Wallace]] asked Matlow to apologize after hearing the interview, which he subsequently did. Following the commissioner's report, Matlow said he was "clearly wrong in pointing at a specific name", but "firmly stand by the concerns" he raised.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jeffords |first=Shawn |title=T.O. councillor scolded by integrity commissioner |url=https://torontosun.com/2017/04/21/to-councillor-scolded-by-integrity-commissioner |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Toronto Sun |language=en-CA}}</ref>
In 2018, TTC CEO [[Andy Byford]] submitted a complaint to the integrity commissioner, who later ruled that ruled that Matlow again breached the code of conduct when he made comments on a radio show questioning the objectivity of
In 2023, the integrity commissioner ruled that Matlow breached the code of conduct in two separate instances. In the first complaint, he claimed in a tweet that staff had "lied" to him about the opening date of park bathrooms.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Spurr |first=Ben |date=2023-03-24 |title=Councillor Josh Matlow should face stiff penalties for tweets critical of city staff, says report |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/03/24/councillor-josh-matlow-should-face-stiff-penalties-for-tweets-critical-of-city-staff-says-report.html |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=The Toronto Star |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rider |first=David |date=2023-03-31 |title=Josh Matlow, Toronto mayoral hopeful and city councillor, reprimanded by his colleagues over tweets criticizing civil servants |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2023/03/31/josh-matlow-toronto-mayoral-hopeful-and-city-councillor-reprimanded-by-his-colleagues-over-tweets-criticizing-civil-servants.html |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=The Toronto Star |language=en}}</ref>
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He proposed increasing property taxes and introducing a two per cent annual "city works fund" charge. The new fund would generate $78 million per year to be directed towards service and infrastructure improvements, costing the average household an additional $67 a year.<ref name=":0" />
Matlow would pause plans to
Matlow proposed establishing a $115 million community health and safety fund, which would be spent on programs to combat the root causes of crime, such as through mental health supports. The program would be financed by diverting funding increases to the $1.16 billion police budget for three years. The Auditor General's Office and [[Toronto Police Services Board]] would support TPS in finding budgetary efficiencies.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 5, 2023 |title=Matlow proposes capping Toronto police budget at $1.16B for 3 years to fund community health, safety |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/matlow-police-budget-1.6802420 |website=CBC News}}</ref>
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