Item - 2026.CC42.3
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on June 24 and 25, 2026 without amendments and without debate.
CC42.3 - Appointment of Public Members to the Toronto Local Appeal Body
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted on Consent
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on June 24 and 25, 2026, adopted the following:
1. City Council appoint the following candidates to the Toronto Local Appeal Body for a term of office beginning on July 17, 2026, and ending on July 17, 2030, and until successors are appointed.
Ron Kanter
Trevor Kezwer
Gerald Swinkin
2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the Decision Letter (June 12, 2026) from the Nominating Panel - Toronto Local Appeal Body remain confidential in its entirety as it relates to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Local Appeal Body.
Confidential Attachment 1 to the Letter (June 12, 2026) remains 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 Toronto Local Appeal Body.
City Council Decision Advice and Other Information
Appointees’ biographies:
Ron Kanter
Ron Kanter obtained a law degree from the University of Toronto, and an LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School. He served as a Toronto City Councillor and Member of Provincial Parliament and directed a provincial study on development and environmental protection. Ron practiced municipal and planning law at Toronto firms for more than 30 years, representing applicants, objectors, and public bodies. Ron currently mediates, adjudicates and arbitrates disputes about land use, construction and new home warranties. He looks forward to presiding at Toronto Local Appeal Body hearings, and writing decisions that are fair for all parties and participants.
Trevor Kezwer
Trevor Kezwer obtained his law degree from the University of Windsor. Trevor also holds a Master's Degree in International Relations from McMaster University. In addition, Trevor holds a Qualified Mediator designation from the ADR Institute of Canada. Trevor has experience working for a municipality, including working with planning staff, and preparing for hearings before the Ontario Municipal Board (now known as the Ontario Land Tribunal). As a resident of Toronto, Trevor appreciates the impact that planning decisions have on local neighbourhoods.
Gerald Swinkin
Through a legal career spanning from his call to the bar in 1979 to the present, Gerald Swinkin has been a public servant, an advocate in private practice and a Provincially and municipally appointed adjudicator of land use planning disputes, an arc whereby he has left his mark on many communities, and led what he believes to have been a fulfilling life.
Confidential Attachment - Personal matters about identifiable individuals who are being considered for appointment to the Toronto Local Appeal Body.
Background Information (City Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2026/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-288186.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1 - Recommended Candidate Package for Appointment to the Toronto Local Appeal Body
(June 3, 2026) Report from the City Clerk on Appointment of a Public Members to the Toronto Local Appeal Body
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2026/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-288188.pdf