Item - 2025.EX20.13

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on February 5, 2025 with amendments.
  • This item was considered by the Executive Committee on January 28, 2025 and adopted without amendment. It will be considered by City Council on February 5, 2025.

EX20.13 - Toward Municipal Autonomy and Effective Local Governance

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Wards:
All

Caution: Motions and votes are shown below. Any motions or votes should not be considered final until the meeting is complete, and the decisions for this meeting have been confirmed.

Committee Recommendations

The Executive Committee recommends that:

 

1. City Council request the City Manager to establish a Program Advisory Body on Municipal Autonomy and Effective Local Governance.

Background Information (Committee)

(January 7, 2025) Letter from City Council referring MM24.15 - Toward Municipal Autonomy and Effective Local Governance
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-252136.pdf

Communications (Committee)

(January 6, 2025) E-mail from Henrik Bechmann (EX.Main)
(January 7, 2025) E-mail from Merrilee Evans (EX.Main)
(January 11, 2025) E-mail from Alan Barthel (EX.Main)
(January 12, 2025) E-mail from Cameron Macleod (EX.Main)
(January 20, 2025) E-mail from Luis Silva (EX.Supp)
(January 15, 2025) E-mail from Elizabeth Bell (EX.Supp)
(January 15, 2025) Letter from Ken Greenberg, Principal, Greenberg Consultants Inc. (EX.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/comm/communicationfile-186723.pdf
(January 21, 2025) E-mail from Gerry Dunn (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) Letter from John Sewell (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Ellen Tolmie (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Art Brewer (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Shane Walker (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Shannon Rancourt (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Doug Earl (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Paul Rainsberry (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Lauren S Blatt (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Susan Houston (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Rob Howarth (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Dennis Findlay (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Laura Cooper (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Howard Green (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Kelly Mccray (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Carolyn Johnson (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Janet Stern (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Linda Nicolson (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Maria J Medeiros (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Gene Desfor (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Sonja Greckol (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Margaret Atwood (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Ann Russell (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Chris Keating (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Michael Betcherman (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Jeff Latto (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Astra Burka (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Karen Gordon (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Peter Lewis (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Philip Lapidus (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Gerry Walker (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Beryl Pilkington (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Steve Soloman (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Dan Philips (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Yvonne Pigott (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from John Stittle (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Shalom Schachter (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Leonard Sax (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Mark Segal (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) Letter from Alexandra Flynn (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Kate Dupuis (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Merle A Jacobs (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Karen Elaine Faith (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Ted Mann (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Rachel Fonseca (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from David Simmons (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) Letter from Ceta Ramkhalawansingh, President, Grange Community Association (EX.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/comm/communicationfile-187073.pdf
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Susan De Rosa (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Donald Simmons (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Charles Maurer (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Betsy Wimbs (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Michelle Cheung (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Lang Liu (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Cynthia Goodchild (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Khasir Hean (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Sabine and Bryon Patton (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Harold Smith (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Cindy Alexander (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Aries Cheung (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Laura Bombier (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Gail Littlejohn (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Ulla Colgrass, York Quay Neighbourhood Association (EX.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/comm/communicationfile-187129.pdf
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Marg Krutow (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Mary Glendinning (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Ilya Kreynin (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Serge Rancourt (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Lyle Halcro (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Elaine Ford (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Elizabeth McGroarty (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Gavin Barrett (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Nour Alsafadi (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Sharon and Bill Fielding (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Jen Chow (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Maritess Cedeno (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from David Del Grande (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Martha MacNeil (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Carmen Victor (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Michael Barkley (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Rosemary Donegan (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Julie Lemieux (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Anne Forbath (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Jaffa Charny (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Rita Bilerman (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Arthur Klimowicz (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Jack Bergmans (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Joan Decarie (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Cindy Acker (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Barbara Howson (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Holly Kirkconnell (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Jann Houston (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Marsha Maxwell (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Ian Graham (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Diane Blake (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Mike Olivier (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Gerry Dunn (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Shirley Zussman (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Jackie DaSilva (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Judith Haladay (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from David Hayes (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Eric Mills (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Judy Wilson (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Susan Oppenheim (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Donald Granastein (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Gabe Hayos (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Cameron Bishop (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Catherine Helwig (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Marilyn Anne Mains (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Stephen Saines (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Monica Franklin (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Nelly Young (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Joanne Mackey Bennett (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Fulvia Canzian (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Beth Levy (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Marsha Selick (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Ann Peel (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Susan Aaron (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Anna Fitzpatrick (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Sean Pollock (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Peggy Schultz (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Robert Schmidt (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Amelia Smith (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Al McPherson (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Michael Prince (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Patricia Rogers (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Barbara Hodes (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Phyllis Brown (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Michael Wayne (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Bee Lee Soh (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Cheryl Boyle (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Barbara Lea (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from James McLean (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Alison Steele (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Adam Rodgers (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Jane Garthson (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Liza Butcher (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Alex Lee (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Janet Davis (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Pam Mazza (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Andrew Luba (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Ronald Mazza (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Alice Burton (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Ruth Beyers (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Larry Berg (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Mark Potter (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from William Stevenson (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Leah Barrett (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Andrew Scorer (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Ann King (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Marilyn and Lindsey Young (EX.Supp)
(January 26, 2025) E-mail from Margaret Smith (EX.Supp)
(January 26, 2025) E-mail from Sadiq Awosanmi (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Margot Dawson (EX.Supp)
(January 26, 2025) E-mail from Denise Bacon (EX.Supp)
(January 26, 2025) E-mail from Aileen Verdun (EX.Supp)
(January 26, 2025) E-mail from Paula and Vicko von Stedingk (EX.Supp)
(January 26, 2025) Letter from Paul Bedford (EX.Supp)
(January 26, 2025) E-mail from Marc Bergeron (EX.Supp)
(January 26, 2025) E-mail from Modya Silver (EX.Supp)
(January 26, 2025) E-mail from Chung Kong Leung (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Jean E. Dryden (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Scott Lyons (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Bruna Nota (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from John Harvey (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Tim Kraan (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Alison Potter (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Sylvia Lassam (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Jane Brettschneider (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Pinky Franklin (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Hugh Redelmeier (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Ed Andrew (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from John Tuzyk and Susanna Kelley (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Robert Zaichkowski (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) Letter from Margot Young (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Dana Snell (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Braden Skippen (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Gail Greer (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) Letter from Geoff Kettel and Cathie Macdonald, Co-Chairs, Federation of North Toronto Residents' Associations (EX.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/comm/communicationfile-187293.pdf
(January 27, 2025) Letter from Jim Heller (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) Letter from Anne Fleming, Chair, Harbord Village Residents' Association (EX.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/comm/communicationfile-187328.pdf
(January 27, 2025) Letter from Rick Green, Chair, Federation of South Toronto Residents Associations (EX.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/comm/communicationfile-187329.pdf
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from David Reid (EX.New)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Joy Tyndall (EX.New)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Christine Gebel (EX.New)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Mark Simmons (EX.New)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Shawn Chen (EX.New)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Annella Mendoza (EX.New)
(January 28, 2025) Letter from Terri Hawkes, Dalton Road Residents Group (EX.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/comm/communicationfile-187362.pdf
(January 28, 2025) E-mail from Jennifer Alexander (EX.New)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Anne Keary (EX.New)
(January 28, 2025) E-mail from Hugh McJanet (EX.New)
(January 28, 2025) E-mail from Kevin Rupasinghe (EX.New)
(January 28, 2025) E-mail from Janine Carrington (EX.New)
(January 28, 2025) E-mail from Nina Fotine (EX.New)
(January 28, 2025) Letter from Lyn Adamson, ClimateFast (EX.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/comm/communicationfile-187371.pdf
(January 28, 2025) E-mail from Michael Balter (EX.New)

Communications (City Council)

(January 29, 2025) E-mail from Jo-Ann Mandát (CC.Main)
(January 29, 2025) E-mail from Lancelyn Rayman-Watters (CC.Main)
(January 29, 2025) E-mail from Maggie Wilkinson (CC.Main)
(January 30, 2025) E-mail from Kelly Alkier (CC.Main)
(January 30, 2025) E-mail from Serah Lefler (CC.Main)

Motions (City Council)

1 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Stephen Holyday (Lost)

That:

 

1. City Council request that governance options for greater district independence, including the de-amalgamation of the City of Toronto, be included as part of the scope.

 

Vote (Amend Item (Additional)) Feb-05-2025 8:57 PM

Result: Lost Majority Required
Total members that voted Yes: 1 Members that voted Yes are Stephen Holyday
Total members that voted No: 19 Members that voted No are Alejandra Bravo, Jon Burnside, Shelley Carroll, Lily Cheng, Rachel Chernos Lin, Olivia Chow, Mike Colle, Paula Fletcher, Parthi Kandavel, Ausma Malik, Nick Mantas, Josh Matlow, Jennifer McKelvie, Chris Moise, Amber Morley, Jamaal Myers, Frances Nunziata (Chair), Gord Perks, Anthony Perruzza
Total members that were Absent: 6 Members that were absent are Paul Ainslie, Brad Bradford, Vincent Crisanti, James Pasternak, Dianne Saxe, Michael Thompson

2 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Parthi Kandavel (Carried)

That: 

 

1. City Council request the City Manager to ensure that the membership of the Program Advisory Body on Municipal Autonomy and Effective Local Governance includes representation from all 4 Districts of the City.


Motion to Adopt Item as Amended (Carried)

Vote (Adopt Item as Amended) Feb-05-2025 8:58 PM

Result: Carried Majority Required
Total members that voted Yes: 18 Members that voted Yes are Alejandra Bravo, Shelley Carroll, Lily Cheng, Rachel Chernos Lin, Olivia Chow, Mike Colle, Paula Fletcher, Parthi Kandavel, Ausma Malik, Nick Mantas, Josh Matlow, Jennifer McKelvie, Chris Moise, Amber Morley, Jamaal Myers, Frances Nunziata (Chair), Gord Perks, Anthony Perruzza
Total members that voted No: 2 Members that voted No are Jon Burnside, Stephen Holyday
Total members that were Absent: 6 Members that were absent are Paul Ainslie, Brad Bradford, Vincent Crisanti, James Pasternak, Dianne Saxe, Michael Thompson

EX20.13 - Toward Municipal Autonomy and Effective Local Governance

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Wards:
All

Committee Recommendations

The Executive Committee recommends that:

 

1. City Council request the City Manager to establish a Program Advisory Body on Municipal Autonomy and Effective Local Governance.

Origin

(January 7, 2025) Letter from City Council

Summary

City Council on December 17 and 18, 2024, referred Motion MM24.15 to the Executive Committee for consideration.

  

Doug Ford’s latest overreach into municipal jurisdiction is another reminder that Canada's constitution was written when our country was largely an agrarian society. Large cities like Toronto are now responsible for delivering, and funding a large share of, transit, roads, social housing, recreation, and other services residents rely on every day. Yet the province can overturn any of our considered and debated decisions on a whim.

 

Constant provincial meddling in municipal affairs undercuts local democracy and threatens civic engagement. We risk Torontonians tuning out our public meetings and consultations if the sentiment that the province will just overturn Council decisions takes root.

 

Whether Torontonians agree with a Council decision regarding a development plan, how elections are conducted, or a bike lane, the level of government making the decision should be accountable. Toronto needs a new arrangement with senior levels of government that ensures we have the independence necessary for 21st century cities to thrive and achieve results for residents. Common in the United States and elsewhere, Charter Cities have supreme authority over “municipal affairs.” Also referred to as “Home Rule”, a Charter City’s law concerning a municipal affair will trump a state law governing the same topic.

 

It's time for Canada's largest city to have the tools it needs to effectively chart its own course to decide how we grow, get around, support each other, and improve our quality of life. A City Charter will also assist in making the division of roles and responsibilities between senior levels of government and City Hall more transparent and therefore more accountable to the public.

 

No one can be under any illusion that a Charter is possible at present given such a move would require support from the provincial government. However, it is important to start work on how greater independence could be structured and communicate the benefits to Torontonians, other municipalities, and senior levels of government. That’s why this motion requests the City Manager to establish a Program Advisory Body that would serve as a task force on Municipal Autonomy and Effective Local Governance that would include local advocates and governance experts.

Background Information

(January 7, 2025) Letter from City Council referring MM24.15 - Toward Municipal Autonomy and Effective Local Governance
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-252136.pdf

Communications

(January 6, 2025) E-mail from Henrik Bechmann (EX.Main)
(January 7, 2025) E-mail from Merrilee Evans (EX.Main)
(January 11, 2025) E-mail from Alan Barthel (EX.Main)
(January 12, 2025) E-mail from Cameron Macleod (EX.Main)
(January 20, 2025) E-mail from Luis Silva (EX.Supp)
(January 15, 2025) E-mail from Elizabeth Bell (EX.Supp)
(January 15, 2025) Letter from Ken Greenberg, Principal, Greenberg Consultants Inc. (EX.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/comm/communicationfile-186723.pdf
(January 21, 2025) E-mail from Gerry Dunn (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) Letter from John Sewell (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Ellen Tolmie (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Art Brewer (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Shane Walker (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Shannon Rancourt (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Doug Earl (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Paul Rainsberry (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Lauren S Blatt (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Susan Houston (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Rob Howarth (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Dennis Findlay (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Laura Cooper (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Howard Green (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Kelly Mccray (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Carolyn Johnson (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Janet Stern (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Linda Nicolson (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Maria J Medeiros (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Gene Desfor (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Sonja Greckol (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Margaret Atwood (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Ann Russell (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Chris Keating (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Michael Betcherman (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Jeff Latto (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Astra Burka (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Karen Gordon (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Peter Lewis (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Philip Lapidus (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Gerry Walker (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Beryl Pilkington (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Steve Soloman (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Dan Philips (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Yvonne Pigott (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from John Stittle (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Shalom Schachter (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Leonard Sax (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Mark Segal (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) Letter from Alexandra Flynn (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Kate Dupuis (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Merle A Jacobs (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Karen Elaine Faith (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Ted Mann (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Rachel Fonseca (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from David Simmons (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) Letter from Ceta Ramkhalawansingh, President, Grange Community Association (EX.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/comm/communicationfile-187073.pdf
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Susan De Rosa (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Donald Simmons (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Charles Maurer (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Betsy Wimbs (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Michelle Cheung (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Lang Liu (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Cynthia Goodchild (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Khasir Hean (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Sabine and Bryon Patton (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Harold Smith (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Cindy Alexander (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Aries Cheung (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Laura Bombier (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Gail Littlejohn (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Ulla Colgrass, York Quay Neighbourhood Association (EX.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/comm/communicationfile-187129.pdf
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Marg Krutow (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Mary Glendinning (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Ilya Kreynin (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Serge Rancourt (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Lyle Halcro (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Elaine Ford (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Elizabeth McGroarty (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Gavin Barrett (EX.Supp)
(January 23, 2025) E-mail from Nour Alsafadi (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Sharon and Bill Fielding (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Jen Chow (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Maritess Cedeno (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from David Del Grande (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Martha MacNeil (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Carmen Victor (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Michael Barkley (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Rosemary Donegan (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Julie Lemieux (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Anne Forbath (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Jaffa Charny (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Rita Bilerman (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Arthur Klimowicz (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Jack Bergmans (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Joan Decarie (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Cindy Acker (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Barbara Howson (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Holly Kirkconnell (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Jann Houston (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Marsha Maxwell (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Ian Graham (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Diane Blake (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Mike Olivier (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Gerry Dunn (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Shirley Zussman (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Jackie DaSilva (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Judith Haladay (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from David Hayes (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Eric Mills (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Judy Wilson (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Susan Oppenheim (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Donald Granastein (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Gabe Hayos (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Cameron Bishop (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Catherine Helwig (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Marilyn Anne Mains (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Stephen Saines (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Monica Franklin (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Nelly Young (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Joanne Mackey Bennett (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Fulvia Canzian (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Beth Levy (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Marsha Selick (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Ann Peel (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) E-mail from Susan Aaron (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Anna Fitzpatrick (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Sean Pollock (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Peggy Schultz (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Robert Schmidt (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Amelia Smith (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Al McPherson (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Michael Prince (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Patricia Rogers (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Barbara Hodes (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Phyllis Brown (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Michael Wayne (EX.Supp)
(January 24, 2025) E-mail from Bee Lee Soh (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Cheryl Boyle (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Barbara Lea (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from James McLean (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Alison Steele (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Adam Rodgers (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Jane Garthson (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Liza Butcher (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Alex Lee (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Janet Davis (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Pam Mazza (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Andrew Luba (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Ronald Mazza (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Alice Burton (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Ruth Beyers (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Larry Berg (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Mark Potter (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from William Stevenson (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Leah Barrett (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Andrew Scorer (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Ann King (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Marilyn and Lindsey Young (EX.Supp)
(January 26, 2025) E-mail from Margaret Smith (EX.Supp)
(January 26, 2025) E-mail from Sadiq Awosanmi (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Margot Dawson (EX.Supp)
(January 26, 2025) E-mail from Denise Bacon (EX.Supp)
(January 26, 2025) E-mail from Aileen Verdun (EX.Supp)
(January 26, 2025) E-mail from Paula and Vicko von Stedingk (EX.Supp)
(January 26, 2025) Letter from Paul Bedford (EX.Supp)
(January 26, 2025) E-mail from Marc Bergeron (EX.Supp)
(January 26, 2025) E-mail from Modya Silver (EX.Supp)
(January 26, 2025) E-mail from Chung Kong Leung (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Jean E. Dryden (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Scott Lyons (EX.Supp)
(January 25, 2025) E-mail from Bruna Nota (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from John Harvey (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Tim Kraan (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Alison Potter (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Sylvia Lassam (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Jane Brettschneider (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Pinky Franklin (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Hugh Redelmeier (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Ed Andrew (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from John Tuzyk and Susanna Kelley (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Robert Zaichkowski (EX.Supp)
(January 22, 2025) Letter from Margot Young (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Dana Snell (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Braden Skippen (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Gail Greer (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) Letter from Geoff Kettel and Cathie Macdonald, Co-Chairs, Federation of North Toronto Residents' Associations (EX.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/comm/communicationfile-187293.pdf
(January 27, 2025) Letter from Jim Heller (EX.Supp)
(January 27, 2025) Letter from Anne Fleming, Chair, Harbord Village Residents' Association (EX.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/comm/communicationfile-187328.pdf
(January 27, 2025) Letter from Rick Green, Chair, Federation of South Toronto Residents Associations (EX.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/comm/communicationfile-187329.pdf
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from David Reid (EX.New)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Joy Tyndall (EX.New)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Christine Gebel (EX.New)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Mark Simmons (EX.New)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Shawn Chen (EX.New)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Annella Mendoza (EX.New)
(January 28, 2025) Letter from Terri Hawkes, Dalton Road Residents Group (EX.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/comm/communicationfile-187362.pdf
(January 28, 2025) E-mail from Jennifer Alexander (EX.New)
(January 27, 2025) E-mail from Anne Keary (EX.New)
(January 28, 2025) E-mail from Hugh McJanet (EX.New)
(January 28, 2025) E-mail from Kevin Rupasinghe (EX.New)
(January 28, 2025) E-mail from Janine Carrington (EX.New)
(January 28, 2025) E-mail from Nina Fotine (EX.New)
(January 28, 2025) Letter from Lyn Adamson, ClimateFast (EX.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/comm/communicationfile-187371.pdf
(January 28, 2025) E-mail from Michael Balter (EX.New)

Speakers

Tim Grant, Charter City Toronto
Douglas Earl, Charter City Toronto
Melissa Wong, Social Planning Toronto
David Del Grande
Bruce Van Dieten
Calum Houston, Harm Reduction Advocacy Collective
Gail Fairley
Karen Harrison, Toronto Buddhist Council
Michael Longfield, Cycle Toronto
Vince Schutt, Co-Founder, Enviromentum
Andrew Scorer
Al McPherson, Managing Director, Committee for the Province of Toronto
Geoff Kettel, Federation of North Toronto Residents Associations
Derek Moran
Terri Hawkes, Dalton Road Residents Group
Lyn Adamson, ClimateFast
Miguel Avila
Councillor Jamaal Myers

Motions

Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Josh Matlow (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council