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CALL TO ORDER: 9:41 a.m.

Speaker Nunziata took the Chair and called the Members to order.

The meeting opened with O Canada.

February 7, 2023

Members of Council observed a moment of silence and remembered:

The discovery of potential burial sites on Wauzhushk Onigum Nation

The Honourable David Onley

A.R.

Michele Albanese

An Unknown Individual

John Paul Boorman

Barbara Helen Castledine

Alvina Naiomi Chance

Edward Charles Czarnecki

Frank Daly

Jane Doe

John Doe

Michael Finlay

Naftully "Nathan" Gerwitz

Michael Kirk Harvey

"Hydro"

Jules Kronis

Ken Lee

Natalie Helen Meier

Jim Nyman

Michael Pilch

Dawn Rosemary Potts

Gail Elaine Stacey

Peter Strickland

David Wheeler

Victims of the Jerusalem Neve Yaakov synagogue massacre

Speaker Nunziata acknowledged that City Council was meeting on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. Speaker Nunziata also acknowledged that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit.

Speaker Nunziata advised Council of the following:

For the benefit of those who are connected to the internet, the City Clerk has posted all of the agenda materials for today's meeting at toronto.ca/council.

This meeting is being held as a hybrid meeting.  Members of Council, staff and the public are participating in today's meeting remotely and in person, and the meeting is being streamed live on YouTube. I'd like to welcome the public who are with us here today, and who are watching the meeting online.