Item - 2024.CC14.1
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on February 6 and 7, 2024 without amendments.
- See also 2024.NH2.1
CC14.1 - Appointment of Public Members to the Multi-Tenant House Licensing Tribunal
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on February 6 and 7, 2024, adopted the following:
1. City Council appoint the following candidates to the Multi-Tenant House Licensing Tribunal for a term of office ending on ending on February 8, 2028, and until successors are appointed, and permit the Multi-Tenant House Licensing Tribunal to operate without a full complement of members, in accordance with Article 6.1(7) of the Multi-Tenant House Licensing Tribunal Relationship Framework, until such time that additional members are appointed:
Moira Daly
Lionel Miskin
Mary Truemner, and
Adam Wheeler
2. City Council appoint Lionel Miskin as Chair of the Multi-Tenant House Licensing Tribunal for a term of office ending on February 8, 2028, and until a successor is appointed.
3. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the letter (January 23, 2024) from the Nominating Panel - Multi-Tenant House Licensing Tribunal remain confidential in its entirety as it relates to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Multi-Tenant House Licensing Tribunal.
Confidential Attachment 1 to the letter (January 23, 2024) from the Nominating Panel - Multi-Tenant House Licensing Tribunal remain confidential in its entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it relates to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Multi-Tenant House Licensing Tribunal.
City Council Decision Advice and Other Information
Appointees' Biographies:
Moira Daly
Moira Daly was born and raised in the suburbs of Toronto. Moira has worked as a journalist and lawyer in Toronto and New York City. For the past twelve years she has practiced administrative law with a focus on vulnerable and marginalized groups at legal clinics across the city.
Lionel Miskin
Lionel Miskin grew up in Toronto and has served the City as a member, and sometimes chair, on the City's Committee of Adjustment and Toronto Licensing Tribunal. As a lawyer he brings more than twenty years of experience practising law. Much of his legal work was with small business clients, and he spent many years on the Board of Management of the Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas advocating for Toronto small businesses. He is well experienced in tenancy matters.
Mary Truemner
Mary Truemner is a lawyer who practised in housing and human rights law, in non-profit organizations and clinics, and then served as Vice-chair at the Human Rights Tribunal, adjudicating and mediating applications.
Adam Wheeler
Adam Wheeler is a lawyer, dispute resolution practitioner, and leader in the mental health and housing sectors. He has litigated cases before all levels of court in Ontario and at the Supreme Court of Canada, and has acted as counsel on complex multi-party negotiations. He is an experienced board member and an advisor to Ontario’s Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence. He holds a Juris Doctor and Master of Social Work from the University of Toronto.
Confidential Attachment - Personal matters about identifiable individuals who are being considered for appointment to the Multi-Tenant House Licensing Tribunal.
Background Information (City Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-242723.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1 - Candidates recommended for appointment to the Multi-Tenant House Licensing Tribunal
(January 12, 2024) Report from the City Clerk on Appointment of Public Members to the Multi-Tenant House Licensing Tribunal
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-242726.pdf