Item - 2024.MM19.31
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on June 26 and 27, 2024 without amendments.
MM19.31 - Authorization to Repatriate Two Specified Objects from the City of Toronto’s Museum Collection to the Métis National Council - by Mayor Olivia Chow, seconded by Councillor Alejandra Bravo
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on June 26 and 27, 2024, adopted the following:
1. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to repatriate the following two objects of historical and community significance to the Métis people from the City of Toronto’s Museum Collection to the Métis National Council during the Back to Batoche Festival scheduled for July 18 to 21, 2024, in Saskatchewan:
a. a tobacco pouch beaded in a traditional Métis style and dated to circa 1890; and
b. a letter initially thought to be written by Louis Riel on May 6, 1885.
Background Information (City Council)
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, need to be waived to permit introduction of Motion MM19.31. A two-thirds vote of Council Members present is required to waive notice.
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM19.31 be referred to the Economic and Community Development Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.