Faith Goldy facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Faith Goldy
Goldy in 2018
Born	Faith Julia Goldy (1989-06-08) June 8, 1989 (age 35) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Other names	Faith Goldy-Bazos
Education	Havergal College
Alma mater	Trinity College, Toronto (B.A.)
Occupation	Political commentator
Known for	Former reporter for The Rebel Media
Awards	Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award

Faith Julia Goldy (born June 8, 1989), also known as Faith Goldy-Bazos, is a Canadian far-right, white nationalist political commentator, associated with the alt-right. She was a contributor to The Rebel Media and covered the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her contract was terminated in 2017 after she participated in a podcast on The Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi website.

Goldy was a candidate in the 2018 Toronto mayoral election, finishing third with 3.4% of the vote. On April 8, 2019, Goldy was banned from Facebook, along with other "individuals and organizations who spread hate, attack, or call for the exclusion of others on the basis of who they are."

Early life and education

Goldy was born on June 8, 1989 and attended Havergal College, a private K–12 all-girls school in Toronto. She attended Trinity College at the University of Toronto, where she graduated with a double major in politics and history from Trinity College at the University of Toronto, and minored in philosophy, political science and government. She also began a Master of Public Policy degree at the University of Toronto School of Public Policy and Governance.

In 2012, she received the Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award from the University of Toronto Alumni Association.

When Goldy was in elementary school, she moved into a duplex with her younger sister and mother.

Her classmates from Havergal College told New York Magazine's The Cut that Goldy was a rebellious teenager with left-wing political opinions.

Goldy was a director on the board of the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute Foundation from October 7, 2015, until her resignation on May 30, 2017.

Career

Early career and Sun News Network

Goldy's media career began when she appeared as a commentator on a commentary show hosted by Michael Coren on the Crossroads Television System.

She became a staff writer for The Catholic Register in June 2011 after completing a mentorship program hosted by the newspaper in 2008-09. Around the same time she began contributing columns to the National Post and appearing on panels hosted by Corus Entertainment's John Oakley Show.

Goldy's first big public exposure came in September 2012 when she was hired as a reporter with the Sun News Network, which lasted until the network went off the air on February 2015.

During this time she also began appearing as a news commentator on CFRB 1010 AM, co-hosted a ZoomerMedia show with Conrad Black, and briefly returned to The Catholic Register as a columnist.

Rebel News

When Sun News Network went off the air, Goldy was hired by Rebel News, a Canadian right-wing website founded by former Sun News Network Colleagues Ezra Levant and Brian Lilley. She hosted a weekly political commentary show called On The Hunt With Faith Goldy.

In 2015, she hosted Paul Joseph Watson on her show and the two falsely claimed Muslim immigrants in Europe had created no-go areas to enforce Sharia law. This has been debunked.

On May 31, 2017, Goldy broadcast on Rebel Media "White Genocide in Canada?", in she claimed Canadians with European ancestry were being replaced with non-Europeans because of Canada's immigration policies. In response to the broadcast, several corporate entities stopped advertising with Rebel Media.

During her time in Rebel News, she was considered a part of the counter-jihad movement.

Goldy was fired by co-founder Ezra Levant after she appeared on The Krypto Report, a podcast on the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer.

Career as a white supremacist activist

After her firing, Goldy continued as an activist for far-right political beliefs. She also began providing commentary exclusively to alt-right and white supremacist media outlets.

Goldy has been out of public life since 2021, stating that "I am a wife, wholly devoted to my private life."

2018 Toronto mayoral campaign

Supporters of Faith Goldy protest outside of Corus Quay in September 2018.

Faith Goldy's share of the vote in the 2018 Toronto mayoral election, in each ward

On July 27, 2018, Goldy registered to run for Mayor in the 2018 Toronto election. Her campaign platform included monitoring the finances of Toronto's Islamic centres and mosques, putting illegal immigrants on buses to either the prime minister's residence or a willing jurisdiction, and banning parades that do not welcome the participation of the Toronto Police Service. Goldy finished a distant third in the race, winning 3.4% of voters.

Goldy was not invited to the first Toronto mayoral debate held September 24 by Artsvote Toronto. Artsvote said all candidates were sent and asked to fill out a qualifying form that laid out their platform for the arts in Toronto, which Goldy had not done. Goldy briefly walked onto the stage during the debate and complained about the organizers before police escorted her away. Goldy was also not invited to the second debate.

Audit of finances for mayoral campaign

Chartered accountant William Molson, an auditor tasked by the City of Toronto to review Goldy's election expenses, concluded on January 13, 2022 that Goldy had breached election finance laws.

Molson found Goldy had not reported more than $56,000 in campaign donations during the legal fundraising period, and collected an additional $101,118 after the legal window for donations had closed. The audit also found Goldy illegally accepted donations from people who were not Ontario residents, mixed her personal and campaign finances, and did not co-operate with the committee-ordered audit.

Goldy told the committee her accounting errors came from her lack of experience with municipal election campaigns. She promised to refund any illegal donations. She also said she had no desire to return to politics or a media career, and was "wholly devoted to my private life." On February 8, 2022, the committee voted to send the audit to a provincial prosecutor.

Electoral record

2018 Toronto Mayoral Election