Item - 2026.MM39.59
Tracking Status
- This item will be considered by City Council on March 25, 26 and 27, 2026.
MM39.59 - Toronto Must Have a Say in Waterfront Decisions - by Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik, seconded by Mayor Olivia Chow
- Consideration Type:
- ACTION
- Wards:
- All
* Notice of this Motion has been given.
* This Motion is subject to referral to the Executive Committee. A two-thirds vote is required to waive referral.
Recommendations
Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik, seconded by Mayor Olivia Chow, recommends that:
1. City Council request the Government of Canada and Government of Ontario to include Toronto residents and their democratically elected municipal government in all significant decisions impacting Toronto, including decisions about the uses and future of the Toronto waterfront.
2. City Council opposes any unilateral expropriation of City land by the Government of Canada or Government of Ontario.
Summary
Over the past few weeks, officials of other orders of government have commented on the future of Toronto’s waterfront. While these comments set expectations that the other orders of government may seek to change the character and uses of the waterfront, the City has not received a proposal or any details. The plan, if there is one, remains a mystery.
This motion seeks to make it the position of City Council that other orders of government must include the residents of our city and their democratically elected municipal representatives in all decisions about the future of our city, including our waterfront. This includes opposing the unilateral expropriation of any land within the City of Toronto.
Any significant decisions on the future of Toronto’s waterfront must include Torontonians. It's our waterfront and we’ve worked hard to make it an extraordinary place to live, work and visit.