Minutes To be Confirmed

Economic and Community Development Committee

Meeting No.:
17
Contact:
Nancy Martins, Committee Administrator
Meeting Date:
Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Phone:
416-397-4579
Start Time:
9:30 AM
E-mail:
ecdc@toronto.ca
Location:
Committee Room 1, City Hall/Video Conference
Chair:
Councillor Alejandra Bravo

EC17.1 - Ombudsman Toronto Housing Unit Status Report 2024

(Submitted for City Council Consideration on December 17, 2024)
Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Wards:
All

Committee Recommendations

The Economic and Community Development Committee recommends that:

 

1. City Council request the Deputy Ombudsman (Housing) to provide updates on Ombudsman Toronto's Housing Unit's Housing Rights Framework at each Housing Rights Advisory Committee meeting in 2025.

 

2. City Council request the City Manager to report to the January 28, 2025 meeting of the Executive Committee on the original functions of a Housing Commissioner as set out in City Council decision 2019.PH11.5 with respect to:

 

a. the review and assessment of systemic issues and hurdles in the implementation of the revised Toronto Housing Charter and HousingTO 2020-2030;

 

b. providing expertise on housing as a human right;

 

c. making recommendations to City Council; and

 

d. providing advice to the public service to the City Manager, Deputy City Managers, and relevant divisions.

Origin

(July 24, 2024) Letter from City Council

Summary

City Council on July 24 and 25, 2024, referred Item CC20.3 to the Economic and Community Development Committee for consideration. 

 

Summary from the report (July 17, 2024) from the Ombudsman on Ombudsman Toronto Housing Unit Status Report 2024.

 

Pursuant to section 170(2) of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 (COTA), the purpose of this report is to provide City Council with a status report describing the activities of Ombudsman Toronto’s Housing Unit since its creation in July 2023. In less than a year, the Housing Unit has been fully staffed, developed its infrastructure, launched two investigations, provided consultations to City staff, and met with more than 170 people through their engagement work. Notably, the Housing Unit has also developed a framework that uses the concept of housing as a human right to guide their investigations, the first of its kind for an Ombudsman organization in Canada.

Background Information

(July 24, 2024) Letter from City Council on Ombudsman Toronto Housing Unit Status Report 2024
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250094.pdf
(July 17, 2024) Report from the Ombudsman on Ombudsman Toronto Housing Unit Status Report 2024 (CC20.3)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250092.pdf
Attachment: Ombudsman Toronto Report: Housing Unit Status Update, July 17, 2024
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250093.pdf

Communications

(September 17, 2024) E-mail from Miguel Avila-Velarde (EC.Main)

Speakers

Miguel Avila Velarde

Motions

1 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Carried)

That:

 

1. City Council request the Deputy Ombudsman (Housing) to provide updates on Ombudsman Toronto's Housing Unit's Housing Rights Framework at each Housing Rights Advisory Committee meeting in 2025.


2 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Carried)

That:

 

1. City Council request the City Manager to report to the January 28, 2025 meeting of the Executive Committee on the original functions of a Housing Commissioner as set out in City Council decision 2019.PH11.5 with respect to:

 

a. the review and assessment of systemic issues and hurdles in the implementation of the revised Toronto Housing Charter and HousingTO 2020-2030;

 

b. providing expertise on housing as a human right;

 

c. making recommendations to City Council; and

 

d. providing advice to the public service to the City Manager, Deputy City Managers, and relevant divisions.

1a - Overview of Ombudsman Toronto’s Housing Unit Status Update and Housing Rights Framework

(Submitted for City Council Consideration on December 17, 2024)
Origin
(September 23, 2024) Letter from Housing Rights Advisory Committee
Summary

At its meeting on September 23, 2024 the Housing Rights Advisory Committee considered Item HS3.3 and made a recommendation.

 

Summary from the presentation (September 13, 2024) from the Acting Deputy Ombudsman (Housing):

 

Luke Brown, Acting Deputy Ombudsman (Housing) will present Housing Unit’s Status Update, which overviews the Unit’s activities since its inception in July 2023. This will be followed by a presentation on the Unit’s Housing Rights Framework.

Background Information
(September 23, 2024) Letter from the Housing Rights Advisory Committee on Overview of Ombudsman Toronto’s Housing Unit Status Update and Housing Rights Framework
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250095.pdf

1b - Response on the Role of Ombudsman Toronto in Fulfilling Functions from Council Decision 2019.PH11.5

(Submitted for City Council Consideration on December 17, 2024)
Origin
(November 25, 2024) Report from the City Manager
Summary

On July 24, 2024 (2024.CC20.3), City Council referred the Ombudsman Toronto Housing Unit Status Report 2024 to the Economic and Community Development Committee (ECDC) for consideration.

 

At its meeting on October 23, 2024 (2024.EC16.7), ECDC deferred consideration of the item to the November 26, 2024 ECDC meeting. This report responds to direction from 2024.EC16.7 that requested the City Manager, in consultation with the City Solicitor, to advise on the statutory powers, obligations, and any limitations related to the Office of the Ombudsman as an accountability officer that may exist in the fulfillment of the functions set out by City Council decision 2019.PH11.5.

 

In December 2019, City Council directed the City Manager to establish the role or function of a Housing Commissioner to perform the functions of independently assessing implementation of the revised Toronto Housing Charter and the HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan and ensuring that the City, within its legislative authorities, and through implementation of various programs and policies, is taking concrete actions to combat systematic housing discrimination and address systemic hurdles in the housing system.

 

In July 2022, City Council approved a number of actions to achieve Council's housing goals which included a request to the Toronto Ombudsman to consider the findings of the City Manager's report to Council (2022.EX34.7) and identify resources or structure required for their Office, including a potential role of Deputy Ombudsman, Housing, to focus specifically on housing by leveraging the role of the Office to undertake systemic reviews, investigations and provide independent advice to City Council.

 

In response, City Council adopted with amendments, the recommendations from Ombudsman Toronto on the "Review and Consideration for a Housing Commissioner Role or Function at Ombudsman Toronto" on March 29, 2023 (2023.DM5.2), which established the role of Deputy Ombudsman, Housing and a dedicated unit to focus on investigations and reports related to systemic housing discrimination and systemic hurdles in the City of Toronto’s housing planning and service delivery roles.

 

As an independent officer of Toronto City Council, the role of the Ombudsman is to impartially investigate City decisions, acts and omissions from an administrative fairness perspective. The Ombudsman’s jurisdiction and mandate come from the City of Toronto Act, 2006 and the Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 3. The legislation provides Ombudsman Toronto with investigative powers and protections that allow the office to carry out its mandate independently.

 

This report shares the City Manager's review of the statutory powers and obligations of Ombudsman Toronto which, in consultation with the City Solicitor, did not identify limitations that would impact the fulfillment of Ombudsman Toronto's mandate to undertake reviews, investigations and provide independent advice to City Council, as part of the actions approved by Council to achieve the City's housing goals.

Background Information
(November 25, 2024) Report from the City Manager on Response on the Role of Ombudsman Toronto in Fulfilling Functions from Council Decision 2019.PH11.5
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-251003.pdf

EC17.2 - A Partnered Approach to Inclusive Economic Development

(Submitted for City Council Consideration on December 17, 2024)
Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Wards:
All

Committee Recommendations

The Economic and Community Development Committee recommends that:

 

1. City Council adopt the definition and guiding principles of Inclusive Economic Development, as informed by community-based partners and included in the report (November 15, 2024) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, the Interim General Manager, Employment and Social Services and the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

 

2. City Council request City Divisions and agencies to apply the definition and principles of Inclusive Economic Development in the development and implementation of relevant plans, strategies, programs and service reviews related to employment and entrepreneurship in Toronto, including but not limited to: the Poverty Reduction Strategy, the Community Benefits Framework, the Action Plan for Toronto's Economy, the Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism, Secondary Plans, Community Development Plans, future Workforce Development strategies/initiatives, and the City’s internal recruitment.

 

3. City Council request the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, with relevant Divisions and agencies and in alignment with the City’s Reconciliation Action Plan, to take into account Inclusive Economic Development when working with Indigenous communities to advance the commitment in the Action Plan for Toronto's Economy to co-develop an Indigenous Economic Strategy and provide an update in the first quarter of 2026 through the Year One Progress Report of the Action Plan for Toronto's Economy.

 

4. City Council request the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, the General Manager, Toronto Employment and Social Services, and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in partnership with other relevant Divisions, to report back on an Inclusive Economic Development Framework co-developed with the Working Table for Inclusive Economic Development as part of the Year One Progress Report on the Action Plan for Toronto's Economy in the first quarter of 2026.

 

5. City Council request the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, the General Manager, Employment and Social Services, and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in collaboration with other relevant Divisions and agencies, to leverage the Working Table for Inclusive Economic Development to identify any additional Inclusive Economic Development areas and actions to be added to the Action Plan for Toronto's Economy, and report back through its Year One Progress Report in the first quarter of 2026.

Decision Advice and Other Information

The General Manager, Economic Development and Culture gave a presentation to the Economic and Community Development Committee.

Origin

(November 15, 2024) Report from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, the Interim General Manager, Employment and Social Services and the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning

Summary

This staff report puts forward a definition of Inclusive Economic Development (IED) along with a set of principles to guide the City of Toronto's efforts to advance and support IED and as the basis for co-development with community partners of an IED Framework. It aims to address the findings referenced in several City of Toronto strategies and data products -- including the Poverty Reduction Strategy and the recent Sidewalks to Skylines: A Ten-Year Action Plan for Toronto's Economy (APTE) 2025-2035 -- that the benefits of a high-performing economy have not been equitably shared among Torontonians despite Toronto’s economic success over several decades.

 

The report responds to Economic and Community Development Committee's referral to staff of an earlier report on Inclusive Economic Development at its July 2024 meeting, and to the direction to develop a revised framework that builds on input from community partners. In September 2024, a full-day consultation was held with over 20 institutional and community partners leading initiatives related to IED, alongside those with lived experience of poverty. The feedback received at the consultation informed the definition, principles and next steps outlined in this report.

 

The next steps build on action #4 within the APTE, which calls for the creation of a Working Table for Inclusive Economic Development to co-develop an IED Framework. The framework will be co-developed with community partners to clarify roles and responsibilities and establish an IED governance and accountability structure. It will be brought back for consideration of the Economic and Community Development Committee by early 2026.

Background Information

(November 15, 2024) Report and Attachment 1 from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, the Interim General Manager, Employment and Social Services and the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250461.pdf
(November 26, 2024) Presentation from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-251014.pdf

Communications

(November 25, 2024) Letter from Melissa Wong, Director, Engagement and Strategic Initiatives Social Planning Toronto on behalf of many community-based organizations in Toronto (EC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/comm/communicationfile-184951.pdf
(November 25, 2024) Letter from Jutta Mason, CELOS (EC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/comm/communicationfile-184952.pdf
(November 25, 2024) Letter from Rosemarie Powell, Toronto Community Benefits Network (EC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/comm/communicationfile-184953.pdf
(November 26, 2024) Letter from Ryan Noble, Executive Director, North York Harvest Food Bank (EC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/comm/communicationfile-184963.pdf

Speakers

Rosemarie Powell, Toronto Community Benefits Network

Motions

Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Carried)

EC17.3 - Addressing Reconciliation and Equity via Community Funding

(Submitted for City Council Consideration on December 17, 2024)
Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Wards:
All

Committee Recommendations

The Economic and Community Development Committee recommends that:

 

1. City Council adopt the Indigenous Funding Framework in Appendix 1 to the report (November 12, 2024) from the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration.

 

2. City Council request the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, to report back to City Council, through the Economic and Community Development Committee, on the progress and implementation of the Indigenous Funding Framework, as part of the annual reporting on Community Funding grants.

 

3. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration to create, revise, reallocate or approve and disburse one-time Community Investment grants with funding allocations subject to the annual budget process.

 

4. City Council request the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration to report annually to the Economic and Community Development Committee on new grant programs created and grants approved through Part 3 above.

Origin

(November 12, 2024) Report from the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration

Summary

Social Development, Finance and Administration has been working closely with leaders within the not-for-profit sector to support the needs of Indigenous, Black, and equity-deserving communities that possess multiple vulnerabilities and remain disproportionately impacted by the aftermath of the pandemic and the ongoing affordability crisis. This work has focused on increasing financial resources while streamlining processes and adding supports to reduce administrative burden and increase impact, ensuring funding is fully inclusive and accessible in a way that deepens equity, removes barriers, and cultivates long-term commitments to Indigenous, Black and equity-deserving communities.

 

This report provides an update on three grant making practices that are effectively advancing the City’s reconciliation and equity commitments: Indigenous Funding Framework; Black Mandated Funding Framework; and the broader Community Service Partnerships. 

 

The Indigenous Funding Framework has been co-designed with leaders from the Indigenous community and with support from the Indigenous Affairs Office. It builds on policy and procedural changes Social Development, Finance and Administration has made since 2018 to prioritize supportive funding relationships that enshrine the right to self-determination for Indigenous organizations. The Framework includes a definition of an Indigenous organization, goals, principles, practical applications and an implementation plan that will guide funding relationships moving forward.

 

This report also provides an update on progress made towards the implementation of the Black-Mandated Funding Framework (BMFF), adopted by Toronto City Council in November 2023. This Framework seeks to address historic underinvestment in community organizations that serve Toronto’s diverse Black communities through tailored efforts to remove the systemic barriers experienced by Black-mandated organizations in accessing funding. These organizations are thus strengthened to better respond to the needs of Toronto’s diverse Black communities.

 

Thirdly, the Community Service Partnerships, Social Development, Finance and Administration's largest grant stream, which has been the focus of renewal since 2018. City staff have consistently worked to review and redesign elements of the grant stream so as to maximize impact, increase transparency, and address funding inequities. While the pace of renewal was deeply impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, some progress has been attained. Indeed, Toronto City Council received an update and a three-year plan to complete this work in the fall of 2023. In 2024, the plan focused on internal and external stakeholder engagement, portfolio analysis, and a jurisdictional scan. Key themes that emerged from these activities are included in this report.

 

The 2024 Operating Budget for the total Community Partnership Investment Program (CPIP) to not-for-profit, grassroots and resident-led groups to deliver social services fuels upstream and prevention initiatives is $29.555 million (gross and net). This report includes an overview of all grants approved with delegated authority between September 2023 and October 2024. These grants included initiatives to support youth violence prevention programs, grants to support communities as they healed in the aftermath of violent incidents, as well as those designed to support youth and resident leaders to implement initiatives to support their communities.

 

The grant programs administered by Social Development, Finance and Administration are highly responsive to changing needs within Toronto communities. The current delegated authority provided to the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration includes the authority to reallocate, approve or disburse one-time Community Investment grant funding, subject to the annual budget process. This report seeks to extend this authority so that the Executive Director may continue to authorize the creation of new grant programs or revise existing grant programs to address changing community priorities. Any grants created or revised through such action will align with the Toronto Grants Policy, City strategies, priorities, and the mandate of Social Development, Finance and Administration. Additionally, an overview of all grants approved with delegated authority will continue to be reported to Toronto City Council.

Background Information

(November 12, 2024) Report from the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration on Addressing Reconciliation and Equity via Community Funding
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250451.pdf
Appendix 1: Indigenous Funding Framework
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250452.pdf
Appendix 2: Indigenous Funding Framework Development Process
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250453.pdf
Appendix 3: Community Service partnerships Portfolio Analysis
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250454.pdf
Appendix 4: Community Service Partnerships Model Components
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250455.pdf
Appendix 5: List of Reallocations and Grant Recipients Approved with Delegated Authority
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250456.pdf

Communications

(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Amin Bash, Executive Assistant, 2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations, Indigenous Funding Framework (EC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/comm/communicationfile-184974.pdf

Speakers

Lindsay Kretschmer, Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council
Dawn Sutherland, Anduhyaun Inc.

Motions

Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Carried)

EC17.4 - Shelter Safety Action Plan and Contract Amendments related to Lodging for Asylum Seekers and Refugees, and Community Safety Team Services

(Submitted for City Council Consideration on December 17, 2024)
Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Wards:
All

Committee Recommendations

The Economic and Community Development Committee recommends that:

 

1. City Council adopt the Shelter Safety Action Plan, a 36-month plan to continue to advance safety within the shelter system for staff and clients, in Attachment 1 to the report (November 12, 2024) from the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the Chief Procurement Officer.

 

2. City Council re-iterate its request to the Government of Ontario to:

 

a. Protect community health, well-being and safety by continuing to fund all currently   operating Supervised Consumption Services and Consumption and Treatment Services Sites beyond March 31, 2025.

 

b. Consider the inclusion of Supervised Consumption Services in new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment program proposals that demonstrate outcomes for life-saving medical services, primary care, and increased pathways to treatment services and that include mandatory neighbourhood and operational safety plans.

 

3. City Council request the Government of Ontario provide ongoing and sustainable funding to ensure that appropriate primary health care, mental health and crisis intervention services are available to adequately support individuals experiencing homelessness and sleeping outdoors in Toronto, and that provincial investment in new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment programs do not result in the overall reduction in service and a corresponding negative outcome for vulnerable people in the City of Toronto.

 

4. City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services, to reimburse up to $3,475,332 to churches and community organizations for their eligible expenses towards providing temporary shelter to refugee claimants incurred until December 31, 2023.

 

5. City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services to develop and implement the Shelter Management Information System file notifications for incidents of anti-Black racism within the homelessness sector and the use of the Anti-Black Racism Reporting Tool custom solution to track and manage incidents of anti-Black racism in City operated shelters and units, subject to completion of a Privacy Impact Assessment and confirmation by the City Clerk that the Anti-Black Racism Reporting Tool custom solution and associated operations comply with all requirements of the Municipal Freedom and Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

 

6. City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services, in consultation with Purchasing and Materials Management, in accordance with Section 71-11.1.C of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, to enter into the necessary amending agreements on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor to increase the value of the following contracts to maintain service levels in the winter and early spring:

 

a. Non-Competitive Blanket Contract 47024284 with Canadian Red Cross Society for lodging services for asylum seekers and refugees by an amount of $13,957,712 net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($14,203,368 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), increasing the contract value from $60,137,629 net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($61,196,051 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $74,095,341 net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($75,399,419 net of Harmonizes Sales Tax recoveries) and extending the term to December 31, 2025.

 

b. Competitive Blanket Contract 47025287 with 2756732 Ontario Inc O/A One Community Solutions for Community Safety Team Services by a total amount (including all option years) of $8,102,600 net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($8,245,206 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), increasing the total contract value (including all option years) from $10,818,272 net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($11,008,673 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $18,920,872 net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($19,253,880 net of Harmonizes Sales Tax recoveries).

 

7. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, in consultation with Purchasing and Materials Management, in accordance with Section 71-11.1.C of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, to enter into the necessary amending agreements on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor to increase the value and extend the term, of the following contract:

 

a. Competitive Blanket Contract 47025624 with 2756732 Ontario Inc. O/A One Community Solutions for Community Safety Team Services by a total amount (including all option years) of $300,000 net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($305,280 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), increasing the total contract value (including all option years) from $300,000 net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($305,280 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $600,000 net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($610,560 net of Harmonizes Sales Tax recoveries).

Decision Advice and Other Information

The General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services and the Director, Strategic Programs, Toronto Shelter and Support Services gave a presentation to the Economic and Community Development Committee.

Origin

(November 12, 2024) Report from the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the Chief Procurement Officer

Summary

The City is committed to prioritizing and continuously improving shelter safety for staff and clients. On April 30, 2024, the Economic and Community Development Committee adopted the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Shelter Safety Study and directed Toronto Shelter and Support Services (TSSS) to report back on the development of a Shelter Safety Action Plan in consultation with people with lived experience and the Housing Rights Advisory Committee (2024.EC12.13). This report outlines the Shelter Safety Action Plan, which advances the recommendations from the CAMH Shelter Safety Study, and builds on the expertise and guidance from people with lived experience, shelter providers, health and mental health partners, and the Housing Rights Advisory Committee, and sets out an implementation roadmap to support staff and client safety in the shelter system. To continue supporting people experiencing homelessness and living in encampments, including people with complex health and mental health needs, the City requires ongoing commitment, investment, and collaboration with all orders of government, community organizations and sector partners.

 

TSSS continues to implement the City’s 10-year Homelessness Services Capital Infrastructure Strategy, which aims to make physical shelter infrastructure accessible, safer, and better aligned to respond to the diverse needs of shelter clients, staff, and the surrounding community. In response to 2024.EC9.4, City staff have been working to review and improve community safety efforts in and around shelter sites in collaboration with existing community safety services. This includes continued collaboration with Toronto Police Service, Business Improvement Areas, City Divisions, community organizations and institutions, partnership tables, and local networks. In addition, this report seeks City Council authority to amend competitive blanket contracts 47025287 and 47025624 for Community Safety Team Services that enhance safety in shelter for staff and clients, and support two Toronto Community Housing Corporation social housing buildings with a concentration of tenants with complex needs.

 

A report back is provided based on an evidence-informed needs assessment supported by Toronto Public Health to continue overdose prevention at large temporary shelter hotels. The City aims to maintain and expand lifesaving supports available in large shelter hotel sites, which may be particularly important considering proposed provincial legislation which, if passed, may lead to a significant decrease in the availability of overdose prevention services across the city.

 

With the ongoing arrival of refugee claimants to Toronto since September 2021, the City requires the support of all orders of government, community organizations, and sector partners. In follow up to the Council request (2024.EC11.7), this report seeks City Council authority to provide reimbursement to churches and community organizations, many Black-led, for eligible expenses incurred while providing temporary emergency shelter and support to hundreds of refugee claimants who arrived in Toronto in 2023. It also seeks City Council authority to amend and extend non-competitive blanket contract 47024284 with Canadian Red Cross Society to continue providing temporary lodging services for refugees until December 31, 2025. Refugees continue to arrive in Toronto and require services beyond what the purpose-built shelter system can currently provide, as Toronto Shelter and Support Services gradually transitions from temporary shelter hotel sites as part of its Homelessness Services Capital Infrastructure Strategy.

 

These continued efforts are important measures to support people experiencing homelessness in need of immediate support. The City is committed to long-term solutions to homelessness including affordable housing and supportive housing, which, with adequate income support, remain the most important factors to end homelessness and to build safe and secure communities for the people we serve and all residents of Toronto.

Background Information

(November 12, 2024) Report and Attachment 2 from the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the Chief Procurement Officer on Shelter Safety Action Plan and Contract Amendments related to Lodging for Asylum Seekers and Refugees, and Community Safety Team Services
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250556.pdf
Attachment 1 - Shelter Safety Action Plan
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250568.pdf
(November 26, 2024) Presentation from the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services and the Director, Strategic Programs, Toronto Shelter and Support Services
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-251020.pdf

Communications

(November 25, 2024) Letter from Cathy Crowe (EC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/comm/communicationfile-184919.pdf
(November 25, 2024) Letter from Nas Yadollahi, President, CUPE Local 79 (EC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/comm/communicationfile-184938.pdf
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Jennifer Hilsden (EC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/comm/communicationfile-184939.pdf
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Monique Wertheim (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Rebecca Louzado (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Tina Gladstone (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Andrea Chambers (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Louise Patrico (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Diane Chester (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Sydney Westgate (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Amanda Forsyth (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Lea Anne Baxter (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Mariko Pond (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Emil Glassbourg (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Arif Hirani (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Julian Humphries (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Anna Huang (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Nicole Jolly (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Ashley Redmond (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Liz Parker (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Dieter Riedel (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Jennifer Correia (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Rhea Kelsey (EC.New)
(November 26, 2024) Letter from Donna Spreitzer, Executive Director, Toronto Community for Better Child Care (EC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/comm/communicationfile-184976.pdf
(November 26, 2024) Letter from Atia Haq, Shelter & Housing Justice Network (EC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/comm/communicationfile-184978.pdf
(November 26, 2024) Letter from Paige Homme, Chair of Health Providers Against Poverty (HPAP) on behalf of the Steering Committee (EC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/comm/communicationfile-184954.pdf
(November 26, 2024) E-mail from Lois Dellert (EC.New)
(November 26, 2024) E-mail from Neera Dhir (EC.New)
(November 26, 2024) E-mail from Peter O'Donnell (EC.New)
(November 26, 2024) E-mail from Maureen Meikle (EC.New)
(November 26, 2024) Letter from Joshua Feldman, Health Providers Again Poverty (EC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/comm/communicationfile-184991.pdf
(November 26, 2024) E-mail from Jill Patrick (EC.New)

Speakers

Samantha DiBellonia, Maytree
Edward Pereira, Toronto Shelter Network
Calum Houston
Savhanna Wilson, Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness
Justine Neira Ariza
Joshua Feldman, Health Providers Against Poverty
Bruce Davis, Public Progress

Motions

Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Carried)

4a - Housing Rights Advisory Committee - Feedback on the Development of Toronto’s Shelter Safety Action Plan

(Submitted for City Council Consideration on December 17, 2024)
Origin
(November 4, 2024) Letter from the Housing Rights Advisory Committee
Summary

At its meeting on November 4, 2024 the Housing Rights Advisory Committee considered Item HS4.2.

 

Summary from the presentation from the Supporting Unhoused Rights Holders Working Group:

 

The Chair of the Supporting Unhoused Rights Holders Working Group will provide an update and share the outcomes of the group’s consultation on Toronto’s Shelter Safety Action Plan.

Background Information
(November 4, 2024) Letter from the Housing Rights Advisory Committee on Housing Rights Advisory Committee - Feedback on the Development of Toronto’s Shelter Safety Action Plan
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250458.pdf
Minutes from the Supporting Unhoused Rights Holders Working Group
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250574.pdf
Feedback from the Supporting Unhoused Rights Holders Working Group
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250572.pdf

EC17.5 - Implementation of the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care System and 2025 to 2029 Child Care and Early Years Service Plan: Update

(Submitted for City Council Consideration on December 17, 2024)
Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Wards:
All

Committee Recommendations

The Economic and Community Development Committee recommends that:

 

1. City Council request the Federal Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and the Provincial Minister of Education to:

 

a. increase capital funding to meet Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care targets in the not-for-profit and public sector for Toronto;

 

b. allocate and release funding for Toronto from the Early Learning and Child Care Infrastructure Fund; and

 

c. create a child care capital growth plan for Ontario.

 

2. City Council request the General Manager, Children’s Services collaborate with child care stakeholders and partners to identify strategies that will enhance equitable access to child care for families in receipt of fee subsidy that further address the City’s Poverty Reduction Strategy.

 

3. City Council request the General Manager, Children’s Services, in consultation with the Chair, Economic and Community Development Committee, to convene roundtable meeting of Indigenous partners, City and School Board staff; organizations representing families, educators, and supervisors; unions; experts, and other community stakeholders and partners for the purpose of information sharing and community advocacy in support of a high-quality, affordable, and sustainable child care system in Toronto.

  

4. City Council request the General Manager, Children’s Services to make submissions to the Ministry of Education to provide Toronto’s position, as informed by previous City Council direction, on the renewed Canada-Ontario Action Plan and child care funding in the 2025 provincial budget. 

Decision Advice and Other Information

The General Manager, Children's Services and the Acting Program Manager, Program and Policy Development, Children’s Services gave a presentation to the Economic and Community Development Committee.

Origin

(November 12, 2024) Report from the General Manager, Children's Services

Summary

This report provides an update on the implementation of the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care system in Toronto, including an initial analysis of the Province’s new cost-based funding approach to funding. The report also discusses recently announced program changes and their potential impacts on the child care sector in Toronto. Finally, the report provides an update on the development of the 2025-2029 Child Care and Early Years Service Plan for Toronto.  

Background Information

(November 12, 2024) Report and Appendix A from the General Manager, Children's Services on Implementation of the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care System and 2025 to 2029 Child Care and Early Years Service Plan: Update
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250457.pdf
(November 26, 2024) Presentation from the General Manager, Children's Services and the Acting Program Manager, Program and Policy Development, Children’s Services
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-251024.pdf

Communications

(November 25, 2024) Letter from Donna Spreitzer, Toronto Child Care Advocates (EC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/comm/communicationfile-184979.pdf
(November 26, 2024) E-mail from Adam Rodgers (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) Letter from Petr Varmuza (EC.New)

Speakers

Petr Varmuza
Sultana Jahangir
Donna Spreitzer, Toronto Child Care Advocates
Melissa Bruno
John Weatherup, Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400

Motions

1 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Carried)

That Recommendation 1 be amended to read as follows:

 

1. City Council request the Federal Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and the Provincial Minister of Education to:

 

a. increase capital funding to meet Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care targets in the not-for-profit and public sector for Toronto;

 

b. allocate and release funding for Toronto from the Early Learning and Child Care Infrastructure Fund; and

 

c. create a child care capital growth plan for Ontario.


2 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Carried)

That:

 

1. City Council request the General Manager, Children’s Services to make submissions to the Ministry of Education to provide Toronto’s position, as informed by previous City Council direction, on the renewed Canada-Ontario Action Plan and child care funding in the 2025 provincial budget. 


3 - Motion to Adopt Item as Amended moved by Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Carried)

EC17.6 - An Approach to Support Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) in Toronto

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Referred
Wards:
All

Committee Decision

The Economic and Community Development Committee:

 

1. Referred the item to the General Manager, Seniors Services and Long-Term Care to report to the April 8, 2025 meeting of Economic and Community Development Committee on the recommendations in MM13.13.

Origin

(November 6, 2024) Report from the General Manager (Interim), Seniors Services and Long-Term Care

Summary

This report provides a response to City Council’s request that Seniors Services and Long-Term Care (SSLTC) work with specific City divisions to develop an approach to supporting Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) in Toronto. 

 

Toronto’s population of adults over the age of 65 is growing, with increasing diversity and evolving priorities for aging in place. To respond to these priorities, the first and second Toronto Seniors Strategies advanced key City initiatives that supported the quality of life, social participation, access to services, and well-being of seniors in Toronto. In June 2024, City Council directed SSLTC to develop the third Toronto Seniors Strategy, which will continue to develop and adapt City programs, policies, and strategic initiatives to better support aging in place, particularly for seniors who are Indigenous, Black, and those who belong to equity-deserving groups. There is an opportunity to incorporate an approach to supporting seniors living in NORCs into the third Toronto Seniors Strategy.

 

NORCs are regular residential buildings or neighbourhoods that have naturally become home to a high density of seniors and older adults. A building or neighbourhood can evolve over time into and out of its status as a NORC, in line with changing population dynamics. Therefore, programming and supports for NORCs should be adaptable, accessible, and flexible. Although the concept of NORCs is being explored by non-government institutions, they have not been formalized as an official type of residence or community by the City of Toronto or any other municipality in Canada.

 

To date, the City of Toronto has been supporting seniors to age in place in a multitude of ways, including seniors who live in NORCs. In alignment with City Council direction and the City's ongoing work to support aging in place, SSLTC conducted engagements with select divisions named or implicated in the direction from City Council (2023.MM13.13). Based on SSLTC's inter-divisional engagements, this report outlines current initiatives led by City divisions that support aging in place across three key areas: health and well-being, mobility and safety, and design and planning. This report outlines future opportunities to enhance seniors' access to City programs and services that may support their quality of life.

 

This report also describes proposed next steps for a City-wide approach to supporting NORCs through the third Toronto Seniors Strategy, to better enable seniors to age in place safely and independently. SSLTC plans to enhance collaboration with City divisions and identify potential new partnerships to better support seniors living in NORCs; develop a shared understanding of NORCs across City divisions; and explore key NORC-related topics through the community consultations that will inform the third Toronto Seniors Strategy. Making these new linkages and determining key areas for action will better enable coordinated access to municipal services for seniors to promote aging in place.

Background Information

(November 6, 2024) Report from the General Manager (Interim), Seniors Services and Long-Term Care on An Approach to Support Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) in Toronto
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250076.pdf

Communications

(November 22, 2024) Letter from Councillor Josh Matlow (EC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/comm/communicationfile-184927.pdf

Speakers

Bill Lohman

Motions

Motion to Refer Item moved by Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Carried)

That:

 

1. The Economic and Community Committee refer the item to the General Manager, Seniors Services and Long-Term Care to report to the April 8, 2025 meeting of Economic and Community Development Committee on the recommendations in MM13.13.

EC17.7 - Night Economy Working Groups Update

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Wards:
All

Committee Decision

The Economic and Community Development Committee:

 

1. Received the report (November 12, 2024) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture for information.  

Origin

(November 12, 2024) Report from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture

Summary

A healthy night economy requires a responsive municipal framework that enables nighttime business and culture to thrive while balancing the needs of all city residents and visitors. As directed by Council, two distinct but related night economy working groups were established to enhance the social, cultural, and economic activities taking place between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. This staff report provides updates on the efforts of the two working groups to advance this work. It also provides updates on other City efforts relating to the night economy, including the Night Economy Annual Town Hall, the Good Neighbour Guide for Late-Night Businesses, as well as the communication channels used to support work relating to the night economy.

 

The Night Economy Internal Working Group advances a coordinated approach across City divisions and agencies to ensure that Toronto's night experience is safe, positive, sustainable, and inclusive. The Night Economy External Working Group, in turn, provides insight from nighttime businesses, creative sectors, and residents to help inform the City's support of the night economy.

 

As described in this staff report, current priorities of the two working groups include: integrating applicable city-wide plans and strategies, such as SafeTO and Our Health, Our City; and enhancing those elements which can enable a healthy and sustainable night economy, including public transportation, flexible use of space, and family-friendly experiences.

Background Information

(November 12, 2024) Report from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture on Night Economy Working Groups Update
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250432.pdf
Attachment 1 - Membership and Terms of Reference of the Night Economy Internal Working Group
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250433.pdf
Attachment 2 - Good Neighbour Guide for Late-Night Businesses (October 2024)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250434.pdf
Attachment 3 - SafeTO Resources Supporting the Night Economy
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250435.pdf
Attachment 4 - Toronto Transit Commission Annual Service Plan and Blue Night Network
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250436.pdf
Attachment 5 - Identification of Spaces Outside the Downtown Core - TTC Routes
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250437.pdf
Attachment 6 - Membership and Terms of Reference of the Night Economy External Working Group
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250438.pdf

Communications

(November 23, 2024) E-mail from Janet Campbell (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Harold B. Smith (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Joannah Lawson (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Janice Barton (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Meghan Gallant (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Gary Justice (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Anatol Monid (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Barbara Cook (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Don Young (EC.New)
(November 26, 2024) E-mail from Beth Learn (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Deanna Scriver (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Gail Viggiani (EC.New)
(November 26, 2024) E-mail from Daithi Tuama (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Mel Polidori (EC.New)
(November 25, 2024) E-mail from Yvonne Yap (EC.New)

Speakers

Ingrid Buday, No More Noise Toronto
Councillor Paul Ainslie

Motions

Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Carried)

EC17.8 - Proposed Cedarbrae Markham Lawrence Village Business Improvement Area Poll Results

(Submitted for City Council Consideration on December 17, 2024)
Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Ward:
24 - Scarborough - Guildwood

Committee Recommendations

The Economic and Community Development Committee recommends that:

 

1. City Council designate, based on the poll results respecting the intention to designate the Cedarbrae Markham Lawrence Village Business Improvement Area, the area described by Attachment 1 to the report (November 12, 2024) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, as the Cedarbrae Markham Lawrence Village Business Improvement Area, under the Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 19, Business Improvement Areas.

 

2. City Council direct the City Solicitor to submit a by-law to designate the area described in Attachment 1 to the report (November 12, 2024) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, as the Cedarbrae Markham Lawrence Village Business Improvement Area.

 

3. City Council approve those amendments necessary to Schedule A of the Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 19, Business Improvement Areas, to include the Cedarbrae Markham Lawrence Village Business Improvement Area.

Origin

(November 12, 2024) Report from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture

Summary

The purpose of this report is to recommend that the area shown in Attachment 1 be designated as the Cedarbrae Markham Lawrence Village Business Improvement Area.

 

In accordance with the Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 19, Business Improvement Areas, the City Clerk conducted a poll to determine if there is sufficient support to designate the area as the Cedarbrae Markham Lawrence Village Business Improvement Area. The proposed Business Improvement Area is the area along Lawrence Avenue East bounded by Bellamy Road to the west, Greenholm Court to the east, Markham Road from Lawrence to the south and Painted Post Drive to the north.

 

The City received the required benchmark number of ballots to validate the poll and the majority of accepted ballots were in favour of establishing a Business Improvement Area.  Accordingly, it is recommended that City Council pass a by-law to designate the area described in Attachment 1 as the Cedarbrae Markham Lawrence Village Business Improvement Area. Subject to Council's approval, this will be the City's eighty-fifth Business Improvement Area.

Background Information

(November 12, 2024) Revised Report and Attachment 1 from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture on Proposed Cedarbrae Markham Lawrence Village Business Improvement Area Poll Results
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250806.pdf
(November 12, 2024) Report and Attachment 1 from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture on Proposed Cedarbrae Markham Lawrence Village Business Improvement Area Poll Results
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250444.pdf

Speakers

Councillor Paul Ainslie

Motions

Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Carried)

EC17.9 - Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee - Requests in Support of Work Plan, 2024-2026

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Wards:
All

Committee Decision

The Economic and Community Development Committee:

 

1. Requested the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to invite representatives from the Théâtre français de Toronto to give a presentation at a future meeting of the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee.  

 

2. Requested the General Manager, Seniors Services and Long-Term Care to give a presentation at the January 27, 2025, meeting of the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee on the Toronto Seniors Strategy 3.0. 

 

3. Requested the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in consultation with the City Manager, to report back to the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee on January 27, 2025, on the feasibility of creating an inventory of City-delivered services in French, including those that have been downloaded by the Province of Ontario to the City of Toronto and are required under the French Language Services Act, and those provided voluntarily in French.

Origin

(October 17, 2024) Letter from the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee

Summary

At its meeting on October 17, 2024 the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee considered item FA3.1 and made recommendations to the Economic and Community Development Committee.

 

Summary from the report (October 17, 2024) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture

 

A final version of the 2024-2026 work plan for the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee (TFAAC) has been developed.

Background Information

(October 17, 2024) Letter from the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee on Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee - Requests in Support of Work Plan, 2024-2026
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250820.pdf
(October 17, 2024) Report from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture (English)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250880.pdf
Attachment 1 - Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee: Work plan, 2024-2026 (English)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-250878.pdf

Motions

Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Carried)

That Recommendation 1 be amended to read as follows:

 

1. Request the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to invite representatives from the Théâtre français de Toronto to give a presentation at the January 27, 2025, a future meeting of the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee.


Motion to Adopt Item as Amended moved by Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Carried)

Procedural Motions

Motion to Adopt Minutes moved by Councillor Chris Moise (Carried)

That the minutes of the October 23, 2024 meeting of the Economic and Community and Development Committee be confirmed.


Motion to Set Committee Rule moved by Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Carried)

That the Economic and Community Development Committee set the following rules for this meeting:

 

1. That speakers who have not pre-registered, be allowed to register to speak until 10:00 a.m. on November 26, 2024, after which no further registration is allowed and the speakers list will be closed.

 

2. That the length of public presentations be limited to 3 minutes.


Motion to Recess moved by Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Carried)

11:17 a.m. - That the Economic and Community Development Committee recess for 5 minutes.


Motion to Set Committee Rule moved by Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Carried)

That the Economic and Community Development Committee vary the Committee rule to allow for additional speakers on Item EC17.4.


Motion to Recess moved by Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Carried)

12:22 p.m. - That the Economic and Community Development Committee recess for 2 minutes.


Motion to Extend the Meeting moved by Councillor Alejandra Bravo (Carried)

12:22 p.m. - That the Economic and Community Development Committee extend the meeting to complete the agenda.


Announcements

 

The Chair acknowledged that the Economic and Community Development Committee was meeting on 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. The Chair also acknowledged that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.

 

The Chair acknowledged that the City of Toronto acknowledges all Treaty peoples – including those who came here as settlers – as migrants either in this generation or in generations past - and those who came here involuntarily, particularly those brought to these lands as a result of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery. We pay tribute to those ancestors of African origin and descent.

 

Where the Members of the Economic and Community Development Committee listed in the attendance for this meeting participated remotely, they were counted for quorum as permitted by Section 189(4.2) of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, and City Council's Procedures.

Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Alejandra Bravo, Chair, Economic and Community Development Committee

Meeting Sessions

Session Date Session Type Start Time End Time Public or Closed Session
2024-11-26 Morning 9:40 AM 11:17 AM Public
2024-11-26 Morning 11:26 AM 12:22 PM Public
2024-11-26 Afternoon 12:25 PM 12:41 PM Public

Attendance

Members were present for some or all of the time period indicated.
Date and Time Quorum Members
2024-11-26
9:40 AM - 11:17 AM
(Public Session)
Present Present: Alejandra Bravo (Chair), Paula Fletcher, Chris Moise
Not Present: Shelley Carroll, Ausma Malik
Also present (non-members): Paul Ainslie
2024-11-26
11:26 AM - 12:22 PM
(Public Session)
Present Present: Alejandra Bravo (Chair), Paula Fletcher, Chris Moise
Not Present: Shelley Carroll, Ausma Malik
2024-11-26
12:25 PM - 12:41 PM
(Public Session)
Present Present: Alejandra Bravo (Chair), Paula Fletcher, Chris Moise
Not Present: Shelley Carroll, Ausma Malik
Also present (non-members): Paul Ainslie
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council