Item - 2024.RM18.1

CALL TO ORDER: 9:37 a.m.

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

The meeting opened with O Canada.

May 22, 2024

Speaker Nunziata addressed Council as follows:

I would like to take a moment on behalf of Council to acknowledge the Indigenous Peoples of all the lands that we are on today. We do this to reaffirm our commitment and responsibility in improving relationships between nations and to deepening our own understanding of Indigenous peoples and their cultures. It is a moment to reflect on the importance of this land, which we each call home.

We acknowledge the land we are meeting on is 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. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands.

Members of Council observed a moment of silence and remembered Councillor Jaye Robinson.

Mayor Olivia Chow, Speaker Nunziata and the following Members of Council offered condolences and spoke on the passing of Councillor Jaye Robinson:

Councillor James Pasternak

Councillor Paula Fletcher

Councillor Brad Bradford

Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik

Councillor Stephen Holyday

Councillor Michael Thompson

Councillor Gord Perks, and

Councillor Anthony Perruzza

Members of Council observed a moment of silence and remembered John David Baskerville.

May 23, 2024

Members of Council observed a moment of silence and remembered:

Domenica Mimma Vittoria Castaldo

Mary Ann Neary, and

Grandmother Pauline Shirt