Item - 2018.HL24.8

Tracking Status

This item was considered by Board of Health on January 22, 2018. The Board of Health postponed consideration of this item. Consult the text of the decision for further information on the deferral.

HL24.8 - Re-affirming City of Toronto as a Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone

Decision Type:: Information

Status:: Deferred

Wards:: All

Board Decision

The Board of Health:

1. Deferred consideration of the item until its April 16, 2018 meeting.

Origin

(November 20, 2017) Letter from City Council

Summary

City Council, on November 7, 8, and 9, 2017, adopted Item MM34.35, and in so doing, has requested the Board of Health to hold public hearings on the dangers of nuclear weapons and radiation fallout.

Background Information

(November 20, 2017) Letter from City Council on Re-affirming City of Toronto as a Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/hl/bgrd/backgroundfile-110535.pdf
(November 7, 2017) City Council Decision - Item MM34.35, Re-affirming City of Toronto as a Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone by Councillor Chin Lee, Ward 41, Scarborough-Rouge River, seconded by Mayor John Tory
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/hl/bgrd/backgroundfile-110536.pdf

Communications

(January 20, 2018) E-mail from Rob Acheson, Science for Peace, Nuclear Weapons Working Group (HL.New.HL24.8.1)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/hl/comm/communicationfile-78165.pdf

Motions

Motion to Defer Item moved by Councillor Paula Fletcher (Carried)

That consideration of the item be deferred until the April 16, 2018 Board of Health meeting.