Item - 2025.MM30.9

Tracking Status

City Council adopted this item on May 21 and 22, 2025 without amendments.

MM30.9 - Requesting Funding Support from Federal and Provincial Governments for Enhanced Festival Safety and Security - by Councillor Mike Colle, seconded by Councillor James Pasternak

Decision Type:: ACTION

Status:: Adopted

Wards:: All

City Council Decision

City Council on May 21 and 22, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council request the Federal and Provincial governments to allocate additional funding for the creation of new funding programs for enhanced festival safety and security, similar to the Federal government’s Canada Community Security Program and the Provincial government’s Ontario Anti-Hate Security and Prevention Grant.

Background Information (City Council)

Member Motion MM30.9
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/mm/bgrd/backgroundfile-255344.pdf

Communications (City Council)

(May 16, 2025) E-mail from George Bell (MM.Supp)
(May 21, 2025) E-mail from Nicole Corrado (MM.New)

Motions (City Council)

Motion to Waive Referral (Carried)

Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM30.9 be referred to the Executive Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.

Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)