According to information posted by X user @Terenceshen, online voting in Markham, Toronto opened on October 16, 2026. The user called on voters to support Joe Tay, a candidate endorsed by the senior leadership of the federal Conservative Party, and explicitly opposed candidates Amanda Yeung Collucci, Joe Li, and Paul Chiang, who have ties to the Chinese Communist Party, on the grounds that their backgrounds could damage the image of the Chinese community.