James Pasternak

James Pasternak (Listen) (Born February 15, 1959[1]) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Toronto City Council in the 2010 city council election to succeed Mike Feldman in Ward 10.[2] He was previously a Toronto District School Board Trustee. Pasternak is a graduate of York University he also has degrees from the University of Western Ontario and the London School of Economics and Political Science.[3]

James Pasternak
Toronto City Councillor for Ward 6 (York Centre)
Assumed office
December 1, 2018
Preceded bynew ward
Toronto City Councillor for Ward 10
In office
December 1, 2010 – November 3, 2018
Preceded byMike Feldman
Succeeded byward dissolved
Toronto Public School Trustee for (Ward 5) York Centre
In office
December 1, 2006 – November 30, 2010
Preceded byShane Manikowsky
Succeeded byHoward Kaplan
Personal details
Born (1959-02-15) February 15, 1959
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationPolitician

"Israel apartheid" debate
See also: Israel apartheid

Councillor Pasternak has played a prominent role in the debate around whether Toronto Pride should ban the Queers Against Israeli Apartheid group participating in the annual Toronto Pride celebrations. Specifically, Pasternak introduced a motion that directed City Manager Joe Pennachetti to update Toronto's anti-discrimination policy and to determine whether including QAIA in Pride events violated the anti-discrimination policy. James said "My intent is to block the funding on June 6 and wait until after the parade to make sure they [QuAIA] didn’t march. We believe that QuAIA is not there to support the Palestinian people; it’s there to bully and demonize Israel, its supporters and the Jewish community."[4][5] The following year, in 2013, James Pasternak continued to lead the effort to de-fund Toronto Pride over the use of the term Israel apartheid by its participating members.[6]

Pasternak has been prominent in opposing the staging of annual Al-Quds Day demonstrations on city property, in particular the north lawn of Queen's Park which is a city park, after the event was evicted from the provincially owned south lawn.

Election results
2018 Toronto election, Ward 6
Candidate Votes Percentage
(x)James Pasternak 11,559 47.61%
(x)Maria Augimeri 9,223 37.99%
Louise Russo 2,726 11.23%
Edward Zaretsky 771 3.17%
Total24,279100%
2014 Toronto election, Ward 10[7]
Candidate Votes %
James Pasternak11,18357.78%
Igor Toutchinski3,11216.08%
Epstein David2,12610.99%
Mitchell Michael1,0965.66%
Bucao Randy1,0405.37%
Masucci Liberato7964.11%
Total19,353100%
2010 Toronto election, Ward 10[8]
Candidate Votes %
James Pasternak3,15919.15%
Nancy Oomen2,77716.83%
Brian Shifman2,63215.96%
Igor Toutchinski2,60515.79%
Konstantin Toubis1,88711.44%
Magda Gondor Berkovits9355.67%
Jarred Friedman8505.15%
Joseph Cohen5353.24%
Eric Plant3552.15%
Edward Zaretsky3261.97%
Robert Freedland2441.48%
Drago Banovic1861.12%
Total16,491100%
2006 Toronto District School Board election, Ward 5[9]
Candidate Votes %
James Pasternak6,21062.27%
Mitchell Worsoff1,94019.45%
Donna Khaner1,07710.80%
Frank Bonavota7457.48%
Total9,972100%

References
  1. "James Pasternak Official Facebook Page" Toronto Star, November 22, 2010.
  2. "Changed council faces new mayor". Toronto Star, October 25, 2010.
  3. "James Pasternak's Official Campaign Site". Archived from the original on 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  4. Make Pride Parade funding contingent on non-participation of QuAIA, Pasternak says Archived 2013-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, MAY 29, 2012, Jewish Tribune
  5. Israeli Apartheid out, QuAIA in – and funded Archived 2012-06-20 at the Wayback Machine, June 11, 2012, Jewish Tribune.
  6. Council delays report on 'Israeli apartheid' March 19, 2013, Xtra
  7. City of Toronto elections results 2014
  8. City of Toronto elections page Archived 2010-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
  9. City of Toronto elections page
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