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From YouTube: Finance and Economic Development Committee - 7 June 2022
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Finance and Economic Development Committee - 7 June 2022
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A
A
Confirmation
of
minutes
on
the
processville
bull
special
meeting
37
april
29th
confidential
minutes,
37
april
29th
minutes
38
may
3rd
special
meeting
may
6.
on
those
minutes,
karen
we'll
go
through
the
consent
agenda.
Now.
First
item
of
business,
canada,
north
business
association,
update
we'll
come
back
to
that.
There's
a
presentation
next
under
canadian
social
services,
anti-racism
strategy
strategy.
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C
C
It
now
sure
thanks
very
much
mayor,
so
the
the
endowment
fund
piece
associated
with
this-
that's
more
on
the
on
the
prudent
investor
side.
I
understand
that.
Excuse
me.
Let
me
get
mixing
issues
here.
The
first
one
I
wanted
to
discuss
is
the
million
dollars
that
we
had
allocated
as
part
of
the
climate
change
budget.
I
believe
that's
in
this
section
that
was
to
establish
a
fund
that
could
be
a
revolving
fund,
and
I
just
wanted
to
ask
staff
about
that.
C
Is
the
establishment
of
of
that
fund.
It's
a
one-time
fund
this
time
around,
but
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
what
the
purpose
of
of
that
million
dollars
will
be
in
terms
of
reinvesting
savings
from
energy
efficiency
measures
back
into
climate
change
implementation.
If
that's,
where
we've
announced
that.
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A
C
A
A
B
A
Councillor
kits
for
your
work
on
that
item,
10
brownfield
grant
application,
1098,
ogilvy
road
and
1178
cummings
avenue
and
beacon
hill
cereville
carried
item.
Two
is
I'm
sorry
item
11
brownfield,
grant
application,
18,
hamilton
avenue
north
in
kitchissippi,
ward
carriage
carrier
item
12
brownfield,
grant
application,
1335
and
1339
bank
street
in
alta
vista
carried
carried
information
previously
distributed.
A
I
use
italian
authority
by
revenue
services
received.
No,
we
have
one
inquiry
we'll
come
to
at
the
end
and
no
notices
of
motion
so
we'll
go
back
to
where
we
have
guests
from
outside.
Our
first
item
is
kanata
north
business
association
update
growth
and
opportunity
in
canada's
largest
tech
hub,
and
we
have
a
presentation
by
jamie
pettin
president,
ceo
of
the
association
aiming
the
cloud
chair
and
sir
terry
matthews,
chair
of
wesley
clover
international.
So
we'll
welcome
those
guests.
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F
A
E
Yeah
so
I'll
kick
us
off
and
then
we'll
follow
with
some
comments
and
contributions
from
our
chair,
amy
mcleod
and
mr
matthews
as
well.
So
first
mayor
I'd
like
to
thank
you
as
well
as
deputy
mayor
dudas
and
our
city
councilor,
kathy
curry,
as
well
as
this
joint
finance
and
economic
development
committee
for
offering
this
opportunity
to
present
today.
My
name
is
jamie
pettin
and
I
have
met
some
of
you
before.
E
If
I
have
not,
I
am
the
president
and
ceo
of
the
canada
north
business
association,
and
I
have
the
privilege
and
honor
of
being
the
voice
for
the
canada
north
technology
park.
The
knba
has
been
actively
consulting
with
our
membership
and
ownership
base
over
the
course
of
the
last
several
years
in
identifying
opportunities
for
inputs
into
the
official
plan
and
as
a
part
of
this
consultation
process,
we've
been
consolidating
those
inputs
and
identifying
the
forces
that
will
shape
canada
north
today
and
in
the
future.
E
Before
I
begin,
I
would
like
to
acknowledge
stephen
willis,
don
herwire
and
city
staff,
who
contributed
to
this
consultation
process
in
collaboration
with
the
technology
park.
It
was
an
honor
to
really
work
together
with
this
team
to
identify
this
opportunity
of
designating
the
canada
north
tech
park
as
a
special
economic
district
in
the
next
official
plan.
E
E
North
is
an
evolving
and
balanced
ecosystem
of
old
and
new
tech
with
a
long
legacy
and
telecommunications,
and
although
this
remains
our
largest
sub
sector
with
pioneering
and
large
multinationals
such
as
ericsson,
mitel
and
nokia
in
the
park,
other
sub-sectors
have
emerged,
including
software
and
cloud
services,
clean
tech
and
life
sciences,
all
growing
faster
than
ever
before,
also
recognized
in
canada,
north
we
are
a
world-class
applications
leader
in
the
global
application
economy.
Canada
north
is
a
leader
in
connected
and
autonomous
vehicles,
artificial
intelligence,
cyber
security
and
the
internet
of
things.
Next
slide,
please.
E
Anchored
by
canada,
north-based
blackberry,
qnx
ottawa
is
canada's
connected
and
autonomous
vehicles,
capital
and
home
to
more
than
90
startups
corporations
and
post-secondary
institutions
that
are
contributing
to
calves
of
the
future.
The
tech
park
is
home
to
the
city's
connected
and
autonomous
vehicles,
public
test
track,
where
ottawa
was
the
first
canadian
city
to
launch
testing
on
an
on-street
autonomous
vehicle
with
live
city
of
ottawa
infrastructure.
E
The
canada
north
tech
park
is
the
perfect
smart
cities
living
lab
next
slide.
Please
some
of
you
might
be
familiar
with
this
data
as
released
in
our
2018
economic
impact
assessment
report.
Canada
north
provides
a
significant
and
fast
growing
economic
and
employment
impact
to
ottawa,
ontario
and
canada.
Up
66,
the
companies
in
the
park
contribute
13
billion
to
gdp
and
generate
over
33
000
jobs.
Next
slide.
Please.
E
The
recent
opening
of
the
university
of
ottawa
and
carleton
university's
canada
north
campuses
also
support
a
successful
partnership
and
close
integration
of
universities
in
the
technology
park,
offering
talent,
research
and
training
to
accelerate
the
ability
of
our
companies
to
innovate
and
flourish.
Talent,
attraction
and
retention
couldn't
be
in
higher
demand
at
this
time
in
the
tech
park
and
there
are
select
few
technology
parks
around
the
world
who
have
taken
this
model
of
integrating
academia
directly
within
the
industry
ecosystem
next
slide.
Please.
E
So,
as
shared
canada,
north
is
a
vital
engine
driving
ottawa's
economic
development.
The
companies
of
the
tech
park
contribute
170
million
in
returns
to
the
city
annually,
and
all
of
the
above
demonstrate
that
there's
a
critical
need
for
planning
policies
that
can
ensure
the
continued
momentum
of
employment
and
prosperity
in
the
park
and
for
those
that
are
employed
across
the
city
next
slide.
Please.
E
But
it
is
not
all
good
news:
the
impact
of
coven
19
across
our
technology
hub
can't
be
understated.
Small
businesses,
retailers,
restaurant
owners
and
service
providers
are
still
struggling
to
survive.
Employees
and
and
their
employers
are
doing
their
best
to
balance
the
constant
change
and
uncertainty.
And,
finally,
our
commercial
property
owners
are
concerned.
Will
my
tenants
return
in
a
recent
survey
conducted
by
krp.
E
They
have
identified
that
a
large
majority
of
tenants
see
between
25
and
70
percent
of
their
tenants
returning
to
the
workplace,
whether
that's
in
a
hybrid
capacity
or
a
full-time
capacity,
but
60
of
them
have
yet
to
develop
their
back-to-work
plans.
So
it's
ever
more
important
that,
together
as
a
community
as
an
ecosystem
and
as
a
city,
we
support
them
in
guiding
that
return
to
the
workplace
return
to
the
community
as
we
emerge
from
coven.
E
So
what's
next
next
slide,
please,
together
we
believe
we
can
transform
the
technology
park
from
a
1970s
industrial
business
park
to
a
complete
and
connected
living
lab
community
with
mixed
uses,
next
generation
technology
solutions
and
a
vibrant
culture
of
collaboration
across
the
tech
park.
What
will
distinguish
this
district
from
the
office
park
of
today?
A
series
of
compact
nodes
that
support
the
critical
mass
of
live,
work,
play,
learn
and
innovate
activities
by
promoting
creative
collisions
of
people
that
power
new
ideas
next
slide.
Please.
E
The
canada
north
special
economic
district
will
be
linked
by
cutting
edge
mobility
as
well
as
a
rich
public
realm
and
network
of
lively
walkable
and
public
spaces.
As
a
special
economic
district,
canada
north
will
benefit
from
regulatory
flexibility
to
enable
the
district
to
adapt
to
rapidly
changing
technologies
and
business
models.
E
The
future
vision
recommended
as
a
next
phase
of
work
through
an
inclusive
process,
will
be
to
establish
canada
north
as
a
connected
innovation,
community
and
a
living
lab.
This
community
of
the
future
will
attract
and
retain
talent
from
around
the
globe
and
provide
significant
long-term
economic
benefits
to
ottawa,
ontario
and,
of
course,
canada.
E
Next
slide,
please,
following
a
highly
successful
launch
of
hub
350,
the
new
year
term
presents
opportunities
to
continue
to
build
the
profile
and
facilitate
continued
collaboration
amongst
our
stakeholders
here
in
the
park
and
our
anchor
partners
of
hub
350.,
telus,
rbc,
salesforce
and
world
leading
post-secondary
institutions
such
as
the
university
of
ottawa,
carleton,
algonquin
and
queens
have
all
selected
the
technology
park
as
a
place
to
collaborate
with
our
member
companies.
Hub
350
will
serve
as
that
physical
gateway
to
canada's
largest
tech
hub,
where
talent
can
explore
opportunities
to
connect
and
collaborate
next
slide.
Please.
E
At
the
heart
of
hub
350
is
our
telus
5g
innovation
innovation
zone
as
you're
going
to
hear
from
mr
matthews
5g
represents
one
of
the
most
significant
new
advances
in
communications
technologies
to
date.
In
the
short
term,
hub
350
will
accelerate
customer
adoption
and
real-world
deployment
of
next
generation
tech
solutions
on
live
city
streets
in
the
park.
The
association
will
place
a
continued
focus
on
reinforcing
ottawa
as
canada's
connected
autonomous
vehicle
capital
through
continued
collaboration
with
our
partners
at
invest.
E
As
such,
we
are
continuing
as
an
organization
and
as
a
community
to
focus
on
supporting
our
post-secondary
institutions
in
connecting
their
talent
to
experiential
learning
opportunities
here
in
the
park.
We're
continuing
to
focus
on
developing
canada
north
as
that
complete
and
connected
living
lab
community
and
on
integrating
all
infrastructure
and
technology
related
to
smart
cities.
In
this
future,
mixed-use
living
lab
environment
next
slide.
Please.
E
In
consideration
of
the
opportunities
that
the
new
official
plan
present
for
canada,
north
we'd
like
to
express
our
need
for
further
investment
in
infrastructure
and
development,
specifically
to
further
unleash
the
potential
for
the
tech
park
over
the
next
20
years.
Our
greatest
challenge
today,
and
it
will
be
moving
forward-
is
an
inadequate
infrastructure
to
support
our
current
and
future
levels
of
growth.
E
Next
slide,
please,
so
our
ask
today
is
for
you
to
prioritize
lrt
phase
3
and
brt
in
the
city
of
ottawa's
next
transportation
master
plan
with
nokia's
recent
announcement
of
over
2
800
residential
units
in
the
park.
This
infrastructure
investment
is
now
just
a
necessary
and
critical
need
in
order
to
support
the
continued
momentum
in
the
park.
E
Nokia's
plans
are
really
just
the
beginning,
as
I've
shared
today
of
this
forthcoming
transformation
across
the
canada
north
tech
park,
we're
at
a
critical
point
in
time
where
we
can
and
well.
If
we
work
together,
determine
the
future
potential
for
growth
and
economic
prosperity
in
canada's
largest
tech
hub,
and
with
that,
as
I
mentioned,
I'm
joined
today
by
our
chair,
amy
macleod,
as
well
as
chairman
of
west
clover
international
sir
terry
matthews.
E
G
G
G
I
am
a
resident
a
light,
a
long
resident
of
sittsville
and
council
grower
your
communications
to
keep
us
informed
and
on
top
of
things
and
to
know
where
things
were
leading
was
invaluable,
so
just
wanted
to
take
an
opportunity
in
front
of
the
audience
to
say.
Thank
you
for
that.
Jamie
has
asked
me
to
speak
specifically
about
talent,
acquisition
and
retention
in
the
park.
I
am
in
addition
to
the
chair
of
canada,
north
I'm.
G
The
vice
president
of
corporate
communications
for
mda
mda
is
canada's
premier
space
company,
well
known
for
as
the
builder
of
the
canada
arm
and
the
radar
sat
family
of
earth
observation
satellites
that
are
heavily
used
by
the
governments
of
canada
and
others
intensely
high-tech
developments
happening
in
canada
north
that
support
a
global
industry
that
is
increasingly
and
rapidly
expanding
our
largest
challenge
as
a
business,
and,
I
believe,
reflective
of
most
of
the
member
companies
in
canada.
North
is
talent.
It
is
the
raw
resource
that
powers
our
industries.
G
We
fight
every
single
day
to
hire
those
people.
My
own
company,
in
2021
the
year
just
ended.
I
heard
670
new
staff.
We
will
not
grow
or
succeed
without
them
today,
this
year,
it's
january
first
or
shortly
after
you've
hired
another
400..
That
is
not
an
anomaly
to
my
company,
that
is
a
reflection
of
the
intense
shift
to
tech,
intensive
business
and
the
fact
that
almost
every
business,
including
council,
as
I
sit
here-
and
I
look
at
at
the
screen
today-
has
tech
requirements
we're
all
competing
we're
not
competing.
G
Just
in
ottawa
we're
competing
in
ontario
in
canada,
we
go
to
france,
we
go
to
europe,
we
go
to
economies
that
have
highly
educated
skills
that
we
need
to
recruit
and
bring
to
canada.
It
is
a
hand-to-hand
combat
fight
every
day
for
talent
and
the
infrastructure
plan
that
jamie
has
presented
is
so
critical
for
us
to
be
able
to
attract
that
talent
to
create
an
environment
where
we
can
have
people
who
can
root
in
one
company
and
spend
the
next
30
years
having
a
fantastic
world-class
tech
experience
and
career.
G
That's
an
equally
important
consideration
as
we
think
about
what
drives
the
tech
ecosystem,
and
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
brought
that
to
bear
in
this
conversation
as
well
with
that
and
just
recognizing
time.
I
would
turn
it
over
to
sir
terry
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
next
wave
of
technology
that
is
impacting
the
park
and
the
global
tech
infrastructure,
community
and
ecosystem
5g.
A
F
F
F
Okay,
thank
you.
Yes,
it's
actually
50
years
this
week,
since
I
borrowed
three
thousand
dollars
from
td
bank
and
took
half
of
it
and
started
up
my
job.
That's
this
week
I
started
the
company
up
at
39
litecock
way.
Now
today
it's
not
called
the
coffee,
but
nevertheless
that
little
building
there
is
where
I
started
up
my
channel
and
mike
cope
would
join
me
and
boom
up.
The
company
came
because
we
caught
what
I
call
a
tech
wave.
F
F
Well,
that's
because
I
laid
it
out
myself
and
you
say
well
what
the
hell
is
that
gotta
do
with
this
discussion,
because
after
six
months
we
made
this
product
that
was
30
times
smaller
than
anybody
else's
product
and
we
sold
it
for
one
tenth
of
the
price
and
very
quickly
we
controlled
the
global
market
which
kept
growing
for
about
10
years,
and
I
could
go
down
that
track
and
tell
you
a
lot
about
it,
and
then
we
introduced
another
product,
cmos
integrated
circuits,
look
at
that.
We
sold
these
all
over
the
planet.
F
F
F
I
can
give
you
a
long
list,
but
there
are
three
companies
that
were
well
over
a
billion
dollars
and
many
at
hundreds
of
millions.
It's
a
funny
thing
in
life.
If
you've
done
something
once
it's
much
easier,
the
second
time
I
think,
after
about
10
times,
I
really
knew
what
to
do.
So.
If
you
take
a
look
at
canada
north,
you
look
at
this
part
of
ottawa,
it's
now
the
biggest
tech
park
in
canada
and
not
only
that
it's
a
magnet.
F
F
The
things
which
are
taught
in
carlton
are
wii:
u
algonquin
boom
they're
right
on
target,
so
I
I
work
with
these
institutions
all
the
time
because
you
can't
live
without
having
a
next
generation.
That's
well
educated
and
can
join
in.
What's
the
good
news,
the
good
news
is
there's
well
over
500
tech
companies.
The
good
news
is,
most
of
them
are
growing,
and
the
good
news
for
us
is
the
timing.
I
talked
about
timing,
so
what
do
I
mean
by
timing?
There's
another
wave
coming,
which
is
commonly
called
5g?
F
If
you
take
a
look
at
talus,
the
number
three
service
provider
in
canada,
they
will
spend
not
spend,
invest
about
50
billion
dollars
in
the
next
10
years.
That
didn't
include
bail.
Canada
didn't
include
rogers
companies.
I
know
really
well,
it
didn't
include
bt.
It
didn't
include
verizon
and
att
what
an
incredible
wave
of
new
technology
required
around
the
world
and
for
whatever
reason,
ottawa's
got
some
of
the
most
important
companies
in
that
wave.
F
Sometimes
we
call
it
iot
internet
of
things,
I'm
actually
working
now
with
the
federal
government
and
the
provincial
government
to
bring
a
summit
together
in
ottawa
to
talk
about
this
next
generation,
because
lots
of
people
talk
about
it,
but
they
don't
understand
the
bits
and
the
bytes
they
don't
understand
the
in-depth
reason
that
order
was
where
much
of
this
global
growth,
a
much
of
it,
will
actually
come
from
here.
I'd
really
like
an
opportunity
to
meet
everybody
online
here
and
give
them
much
more
in-depth
coverage.
F
I
run
a
thing
every
month
called
tech,
tuesday.
First
tuesday
of
every
month
I
run
a
thing
called
exact
tuesday,
which
is
the
sea
level
people,
and
that
said
hub.
350,
that's
every
month
not
hard
to
know
what
date
it's
the
first
tuesday
of
every
month,
second
tuesday
of
every
month.
So
what's
my
message
to
you?
F
F
A
B
B
What's
going
on
in
the
tech
park,
including
me
as
I'm
still
just
learning
everything
we
do
as
a
city,
everything
we
try
to
do
to
make
ottawa
the
best
city,
it
can
be
whether
it's
roads
and
traffic
lights
or
parks
or
any
of
the
you
know
water
services.
We
have.
We
try
to
make
this
the
best
city
it
can
be,
and
we
created
a
you
all
created.
B
If
any
of
you
have
ever
been
to
boston,
I
listened
to
a
presentation
by
dana
brown
from
carleton
and
kendall
square.
At
mit
is
exactly
where
we
want
to
be
so
if
you've,
if
you
ever
saw
kendall
square
many
years
ago-
and
now
you
see
it
now-
you
can
sort
of
see
what
we
might
get
in
the
future,
but
so
important
for
us
all
to
understand
the
tech
parks
role
and
how
much
we
want
to
attract
people
to
the
tech
park.
B
Canada
north's
a
very
exciting
place,
but
everything
that
happens
there
impacts
everyone
in
the
city.
I
think
I
would
invite
you
all
to
the
public
information
night
tonight
about
nokia
and
what
nokia's
plan.
So
that's
at
six
o'clock,
so
you
could
listen
straight
from
nokia,
what's
happening
there
and
just
so
that
a
summary
of
this
is
that
the
live
work
play
learn
concept
to
have
it
all
in
one
place
is,
is,
I
think,
the
best
summary
of
what
we're
trying
to
do
in
the
tech
park.
B
But
I
really
appreciate
everyone
helping
me
get
up
to
speed
and
I
would
encourage
you
all
to
go
to
the
tech
tuesdays
because
they're
a
wonderful
opportunity
to
learn,
what's
really
going
on
and
what
each
company
is
doing.
But
thanks
so
much
terry
and
jamie
and
amy
for
coming
today.
Sure
there
are
lots
of
questions.
A
D
That's
right
and
thank
you
mayor
for
coming
out
to
sittsville
last
night.
You
know
in
stittsville,
especially
in
the
new
communities,
the
new
homes
that
are
being
built
when
I
visit
residents
there,
it
does
seem
like
every
second
or
third
family
is
here,
because
they
are
working
in
canada,
north
working
in
technology.
So
definitely
we
see
the
impact
in
the
west
end
that
the
the
technology
park
and
and
the
jobs
the
impact
on
the
growth
in
our
community
here.
So
thank
you
for
your
presentations.
D
What
I
wanted
to
ask
is,
from
a
municipal
perspective,
I
mean
there's
all
sorts
of
projects,
all
sorts
of
initiatives,
all
sorts
of
aspects
of
the
municipality
that
can
affect
the
healthy
growth
and
allow
us
to
support
a
district
like
canada
north.
If
we
had
to
focus
on
one
thing
as
a
municipality,
what
is
the
greatest
barrier
or
roadblock
to
growth
that
we
should
be
focusing
on
as
a
council
over
the
next
four
or
five
years.
F
Now
because
I
have
in
canada
north
starting
with
my
tell
and
then
go
through
new
bridge,
and
you
may
recall
that
I
started
up
lots
of
affiliated
companies
so
newbridge
as
an
example
had
about
100
associated
companies,
50
of
which
I
started
up,
because
I
always
realize
that
a
young
company,
if
they
I
mean
they
have
ownership
and
so
on.
Sometimes
they
work
seven
days
a
week
because
they
have
ownership,
they
want
to
grow
it
and
it's
not
r
d
income
on
the
bigger
company.
F
F
F
It
was
actually
a
new
bridge,
startup
called
cambrian,
which
was
acquired
by
nortel.
I
wouldn't
personally
have
sold
it,
but
nevertheless
you
know
there
was
such
an
offer.
The
shareholders
wanted
to
sell
it,
and
so
it
was
sold
to
nortelnorto
when
bankrupt,
sienna
bought
it
it's
the
basis
of
their
metropolitan
area,
optical
network
business,
which
is
global,
and
it's
big.
F
So
I
could
go
down
a
long
long
list.
For
instance,
some
of
you
may
know
the
name
solace.
You
might
say
what
the
hell
are
you
talking
about?
Well,
it's
a
funny
name.
So
you
use
your
fingers
solid
sun
turn
your
hand
and
ace
is
first
first
sunshine
on
the
network,
so
you'll
say
like.
Why
am
I
bringing
this
up?
The
company
does
just
over
100
million
dollars
a
year,
u.s
right
now,
but
growing
very
fast,
probably
about
30
40
percent
a
year
growth
in
revenues.
F
They
are
the
basis
of
almost
every
credit
card
if
you
use
a
credit
card,
all
the
messaging
to
get
the
data
moving
around.
It's
solace,
11
of
the
world's
top
12
banks,
almost
every
other
bank
as
an
example
partnered
with
bosch
partnered
with
boomi
part
of
dell
and
so
on,
like
these
things
are
manifesting
itself
into
high
growth
parts
of
next
generation.
F
F
But
to
do
these
things
you
have
to
be
into
it
every
day
which,
which
I
am
this
is
my
this
is
my
business.
I
don't
if
there's
many
people
within
this
committee
that
I've
ever
met,
and
the
reason
is
because
I
meet
more
with
people
from
germany
and
france
and
the
uk
and
the
us
and
mexico
and
south
america,
because
that's
the
global
business
I'm
in
now.
F
I
still
believe
it's
worth
we
should
get
together
and
we
should
talk
a
little
bit
more
in
detail
as
to
what
this
part
of
ottawa
represents,
at
least
in
the
next
10
to
20
years
as
the
world
goes
through.
This
incredible
change
of
wireless
connectivity,
not
wired
and
not
anything
other
than
oh
it's
wireless.
You
can't
see
it,
you
don't
have
to
dig
up
roads,
and
this
is
global.
A
Terry
yeah,
I
was
just
thinking,
maybe
because
we
have
other
items
on
the
agenda
and
we
appreciate
your
insights.
I
always
feel
like
I've
left
a
master
class
in
technology.
When
I
speak
with
you,
because
you're
so
well,
versed,
obviously
and
so
successful,
I
would
suggest
that
we
get
counselor
curry,
along
with
her
west
end
colleagues,
counselors
gower
and
hubley,
and
el
shantiri
to
coordinate
us
as
many
of
us
that
can
to
go
out
to
one
of
the
tech
tuesdays.
I
think
you
know
I've
been
to
a
couple
of
them.
I
find
them
quite
fascinating.
A
F
A
H
I
don't
have
a
question.
I
just
have
a
thank
you
for
jamie
amy
and
mr
matthew,
because
I
did
meet
in
person
with
terry
and
I
have
to
tell
you
it's
a
it's
a
it's
a
great
and
now.
What
do
you
spend
with
terry
talking
about
this
stuff?
An
hour
is
not
going
to
justify
it,
but
at
least
put
yourself
for
over
an
hour
and
it's
very
valuable
information
we'll
get
from
him.
So
I
want
to
thank
all
the
three
presenters
for
coming
up
this
morning.
A
Nice
eli
so
jamie
and
amy
and
terry.
Thank
you
very
much.
You
know.
One
of
the
things
I've
tried
to
do
is
this
is
finance
and
economic
development,
and
we
need
to
hear
from
our
business
leaders
who
contribute
greatly
in
terms
of
job
creation
and
taxes
and
so
on
and
quality
of
life
in
our
city.
So
thank
you
all
very
much
and
we'll
move
on
to
our
next
item
with
a
presentation.
A
Thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
be
part
of
this
important
work
and
lending
your
knowledge,
expertise
and
experience
to
confronting
anti-racism
in
or
confronting
racism,
rather
in
the
city
of
ottawa,
council
established
the
creation
of
the
secretariat
to
build
an
anti-racist
approach
into
the
way
our
city
government
develops.
Policies,
makes
decisions,
evaluates
programs
and
measures
outcome
over
the
past
18
months.
A
Over
the
past
two
years,
we've
seen
an
increase
in
violence
against
racialized
peoples
and
racial
unrest
across
the
globe.
Ottawa
has
not
been
immune
to
this
occurrence,
with
an
increase
of
extremist
views
and
racist
symbols
on
public
display
in
our
city
earlier
this
year.
The
city
of
ottawa,
of
course
condemns
all
forms
of
racism.
However,
words
are
not
enough,
and
I
acknowledge
that
there
is
work
to
be
done
to
address
the
issues
and
the
strategy
we
are
being
asked
to
consider,
establishes
a
foundation
to
creating
a
safe
and
more
inclusive
city.
A
Municipal
government
plays
a
role
in
identifying
and
challenging
systemic
racism,
and
the
work
of
the
anti-racism
secretary
is
one
step
towards
our
commitment
to
breaking
down
systemic
barriers
to
ensure
full
participation
of
all
residents
of
ottawa.
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
attend
several
of
the
city
of
ottawa's
anti-racism
community
advisory
table
meetings
and
hear
firsthand
the
results,
experiences
and
community
perspectives
of
how
systemic
racism
permeates
throughout
all
of
our
society.
A
The
strategy
development
engaged
more
than
1
000
residents
and
will
continue
to
engage
residents
through
its
implementation.
These
meetings
were
an
important
listening
opportunity
to
receive
the
priorities
and
concerns
of
the
community,
and
I
want
to
thank
the
voices
of
indigenous
black
and
racialized
communities
who
have
courageously
and
generously
contribute
their
time.
Expertise
and
experience.
A
Excuse
me
to
address
these
important
issues.
I
believe
that
the
strategy
that
will
be
presented
today
aligns
with
and
builds
on,
existing
council
approved
equity
work,
including
the
corporate
diversity
inclusion
plan,
and
establishes
another
action
plan
for
anti-racism
work
in
the
city.
Implementing
the
actions
in
the
strategy
will
help
ensure
racialized
communities
in
our
city
have
equitable
access
to
city
programs,
services,
resources
and
opportunities
to
realize
their
full
potential.
I
Thank
you,
mayor
watson,
good
morning.
Everyone
I'm
very
pleased
today
that
we're
here
and
tabling
the
city
of
ottawa's
first
anti-racism
strategy.
This
morning,
a
significant
amount
of
work
has
gone
into
this
strategy,
and
I
want
to
thank
susan
obiara
and
her
team
in
the
gender
race,
equity
inclusion,
indigenous
relations
and
social
development
branch
for
their
hard
work
and
dedication,
we're
so
fortunate
to
have
suzanne
and
our
team.
I
We
were
blessed
to
be
able
to
find
her
and
get
her
to
agree
to
work
with
us
and
she's
done
remarkable
work
since
she's
arrived
and
made
incredible
progress.
I
also
want
to
thank
mayor
watson
and
councillor
wilson,
king,
our
council
liaison
for
anti-racism
and
ethnocultural
relations
initiatives
for
their
outstanding
support.
Councillor
king
was
a
was
a
incredible
leader
in
pushing
us
and
moving
this
forward,
and
I
hope
he's
proud
today
of
the
progress
that
we've
made
as
an
organization.
I
I
So
I
feel
good
because
I
made
the
right
choice
in
the
signing
of
the
donna
on
top
of
all
the
other
work
she
has
and
she's
done
a
remarkable
job
and
bringing
her
vision
to
life.
So
thank
you,
donna
and,
as
mayor
watson
mentioned,
I
agree
that
as
a
municipality
and
the
city
of
ottawa
has
a
prominent
role
in
challenging
racism,
and
our
anti-racism
strategy
is
a
critical
piece
of
this
work.
I
For
our
community
and
to
cultivating
an
equitable
and
inclusive
workforce,
our
work
has
already
begun
and
a
good
example
of
this
is
the
recent
work
of
public
health
on
our
human
resources
team
during
covet
19
pandemic,
which
disproportionately
affected
indigenous
black
and
racialized
communities
in
our
city.
We
saw
that,
and
I
saw
that
firsthand
and
staff
put
significant
emphasis
on
hiring
that
was
reflective
of
the
diversity
in
our
community.
I
They
ensured
that
information
was
available
in
multiple
languages
and
targeted
engagement,
outreach
and
support
through
multiple
mediums
and
platforms
for
our
community,
and
this
is
a
great
example
of
how
intentional
efforts
to
address
systemic
barriers
can
result
in
successful
outcomes
and
positive
change.
The
anti-racism
strategy
looks
to
build
on
these
successes
and
advance
this
work
across
a
corporation.
I
The
strategy
introduces
intersectional,
trauma-focused
and
systems-wide
approach
to
anti-racism
that'll
be
integrated
into
all
of
our
business
plans.
It
will
inform
how
the
city
develops
policy,
how
we
make
decisions,
how
we
allocate
resources,
how
we
engage
community,
how
we
communicate
to
the
people
of
ottawa,
how
we
evaluate
our
programs,
how
we
receive
and
resolve
complaints,
how
we
monitor
and
report
on
our
progress
and
measure
outcomes
of
the
strategy.
We
are
completely
committed
to
this
as
a
senior
leadership
team
as
an
organization.
I
It's
also
important
to
note
that
our
senior
leadership
team
is
committed
to
speaking
out
against
racism,
demonstrating
allyship
and
ensuring
the
behaviors
of
servant,
leadership,
which
is
such
a
central
theme
in
terms
of
the
behaviors.
I'm
expecting
our
leaders
in
this
organization
that
ensuring
the
behaviors
of
server
and
leadership
include
actions
to
advance
the
racial
equity
in
the
workplace.
I
Engaging
directly
with
our
employees
was
another
critical
component
in
the
development
of
the
strategy,
and
we
heard
things
that
we
don't
like
to
hear.
We
heard
through
our
staff
consultations
that
the
city
has
some
issues
with
racialized
staff
have
issues,
but
the
city
can
be
a
leader
in
addressing
systemic
racism
within
the
corporation
and
that
all
employees
at
all
levels
need
to
be
ready
to
support
and
engage
this
work.
And
internally,
as
I
said,
we
have
work
to
do
our
staff
told
us
they
have
experienced
instances
of
racism
in
the
workplace.
I
They
feel
the
burden
of
identifying
and
addressing
racism
when
it
happens,
all
of
which
takes
a
toll
on
their
mental
health
and
their
ability
to
beat
their
best
at
work,
and
we
take
this
seriously
and
it's
troubling
when
I
hear
these
types
of
stories
in
our
workplace
we're
we're.
Unfortunately,
a
reflection
of
our
broader
community
with
17
000
employees,
we're
a
microcosm
of
that,
and
it's
unfortunate
that
we
have
to
hear
these
things.
But
it's
fortunate
that
we're
taking
steps
to
address
them.
I
We
heard
that
management
and
non-racialized
staff,
don't
always
feel
they
have
the
knowledge,
skills
or
tools
to
address
racism
or
safely
engage.
In
these
conversations,
we
need
to
increase
awareness
among
our
staff
through
things
like
training,
education,
increasing
representation
and
leadership
positions
and
have
clear
processes
for
naming
and
addressing
racism
in
the
workplace.
I
We
are
committed
to
taking
action,
and
our
staff
are
seeking
leadership
and
allies
to
promote,
pursue
anti-racism
work
to
ensure
the
safety
of
indigenous
black
and
racialized
staff.
Again,
I
want
to
reiterate
that
the
senior
leadership
team
is
committed
to
this
strategy.
We
will
actively
demonstrate
and
model
the
city's
commitment
to
anti-racism.
I
We
will
show
strength
and
leadership
and
prioritizing
these
actions
and
hold
one
another
accountable
to
the
work
that
is
required
to
implement
this
plan.
I
am
deeply
personally
committed
to
this
plan
and
moving
this
forward
across
this
organization.
I
now
like
to
turn
it
over
to
suzanne
who's.
Our
director
of
gender
race,
equity
inclusion,
indigenous
relations
and
social
development.
We'll
go
over
the
strategy
more
in
more
detail.
Thank
you
for
listening
to
my
opening
comments.
Mr
mayor.
J
J
J
J
We
saw
a
series
of
social
justice
movements
for
black
lives,
anti-asian
racism
and
islamophobia,
and
what
we
saw
was
systemic
racism
exposed
and
on
full
display
in
employment,
housing,
food
security,
technology,
education,
access
to
to
information,
access
to
health
care
and
more
for
decades.
Racial
inequities
have
been
documented
for
nearly
every
economic,
social,
health
and
political
outcome,
and
that
was
validated
two
years
ago.
J
J
All
individuals,
regardless
of
race,
must
have
equal
rights
and
equitable
opportunities
to
thrive
and
prosper,
and
the
strategy
being
proposed
today
seeks
to
accomplish
just
that.
It
provides
a
roadmap
to
achieve
racial
equity
through
a
coordinated,
trauma-informed
systems-wide
approach
to
ensure
that
the
people
of
ottawa,
irrespective
of
their
racial
identities,
have
equitable
access
to
city
programs,
services,
resources
and
opportunities,
and
it
takes
an
inward
look
at
the
workplace,
culture.
In
response
to
the
experiences
of
indigenous
black
and
racialized
staff
within
the
city,
the
anchor
says
propose.
J
In
july
of
2020,
the
social
planning
council
of
wanwa
published
a
summary
report
of
ottawa's
black
community
in
comparison
with
the
general
population
highlighting
higher
rates
of
poverty,
inequitable,
employment
outcomes,
housing
disparities,
despite
comparable
or
in
some
instances,
higher
levels
of
educational
attainment.
In
comparison
to
the
total
ottawa
top
population,
community
members
and
city
employees
have
called
on
the
city
to
name
anti-black
racism
as
part
of
this
strategy
and
to
set
specific
targets
for
members
within
the
black
community.
J
J
In
the
last
18
months,
we
heard
from
ottawa
residents
and
city
staff
through
community
consultation,
action
planning
sessions,
town
halls
and
online
surveys.
We
completed
environmental
scans
of
anti-racism
strategies
across
different
sectors,
varying
levels
of
government
and
industries
to
capture
emerging
and
wise
practices.
J
We
established
a
community
anti-racism
advisory
table
with
17
highly
engaged
leaders
from
ottawa
from
across
ottawa
to
advise
and
guide
our
process,
providing
community
context
and
insights
into
emerging
racial
issues,
and
we
established
an
internal
planning
table
with
representation
of
city
staff
from
every
department
across
the
corporation
to
translate
the
conversations
into
concrete
actions.
The
end
product
is
a
strategy
with
tangible
and
substantive
actions,
which
will
include
continually
bringing
people
together
throughout
its
implementation
and
proactively
communicating
our
commitments
back
out
to
the
community
next
slide.
J
J
How
did
you
feel
and
as
we
reflect
on
very
recently,
the
afzel
family,
who,
one
year
ago
yesterday
were
killed
in
london,
ontario
at
the
hands
of
islamophobia
and
the
many
names
and
many
hashtags
followed
by
organizational
statements
of
thoughts
and
prayers
for
lost
lives?
We
can't
lose
sight
of
the
harm
racism
is
causing
in
our
community.
J
J
J
J
It
will
implement
methods
to
increase
representation
on
our
agencies,
boards
commissions
and
advisories
committees.
By
raising
awareness
of
governance
opportunities
and
updating
our
appointment
policy
and
recruitment
strategy
to
ensure
representation,
it
will
provide
operating
and
or
capital
capital
funding
to
private
and
not-for-profit
sector
stakeholders
for
the
acquisition
of
affordable
housing
assets
for
racialized
groups,
including
the
expansion
of
the
black,
led
family
housing
pilot.
J
It
will
provide
better
support
for
black
and
racialized
owned
businesses
with
information
resources
and
programs
such
as
incubation
and
co-working.
Space
and
entrepreneurship
training
will
provide
targeted
training
to
navigate
the
city's
procurement
processes,
applications
and
deadlines
and
establish
criteria
to
evaluate
community
impact,
so
that
bidders
can
demonstrate
their
commitment
to
social
and
community
impacts
such
as
racial
diversity
within
their
organizations
heard.
J
The
strategy
also
commits
to
further
dialogue
to
address
anti-asian
racism
anti-semitism
islamophobia,
as
well
as
the
unique
experiences
of
those
of
intersecting
identities
such
as
racialized
women
and
gender,
diverse
persons,
members
of
the
2s
lgbtqia
community
people
living
with
disabilities
and
newcomers
next
slide.
Please,
we
are
proposing
a
phased
approach
for
implementation,
we'd
like
to
take
some
time
between
june
and
december,
to
develop
our
implementation
plan
and
evaluation
framework
establish
a
public
communication
strategy,
including
public-facing
materials
and
socialize
the
plan,
the
new
term
of
council
prior
to
our
proposed
launch
in
january.
J
J
Our
collective
success
lies
with
the
implementation
and
execution
of
this
strategy,
and
this
will
be
reliant
on
our
shared
leadership
in
meeting
with
all
fedco
city
councillors,
you
asked
very
relevant
questions
about
youth
engagement,
data
collection,
resources
to
support
the
strategy
and
your
role
to
champion
and
advance
this
work
showing
tremendous
interest
in
meeting
with
each
departmental
leadership
team.
Every
general
manager
expressed
strong
commitments
to
collectively
advance
this
work.
J
J
As
a
black
woman,
mother,
wife,
daughter
of
immigrant
immigrant
parents
and
all
my
social
identities
and
share,
there
is
an
emotional
tax
in
leading
equity
work.
This
work
doesn't
end
at
5
pm
at
the
end
of
each
day.
Nor
are
we
off
on
weekends,
as
the
experiences
of
inequities
is
also
an
incurrence
in
our
daily
lives.
J
We
are
honored
to
have
with
us
today
three
members
of
our
community
anti-racism
advisory
table,
mr
zuhar
al-shir,
mr
papa,
led
zike
and
miss
tina
walter,
who
will
who
would
like
to
share
a
few
words
in
closing,
but
before
I
pass
it
to
them.
I'd
like
to
thank
councillor
wilson,
king
for
his
vision
and
leadership
in
the
establishment
of
the
anti-racism
secretariat
and
I'd
like
to
thank
the
entire
gender
and
race
equity
inclusion,
indigenous
relations
and
social
development
team
past
and
present.
J
L
M
L
M
M
L
M
M
L
L
A
L
M
M
M
K
K
What
I,
what
I've
prepared
on
reflection
is,
is
basically
reinforcing.
I
think
what
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
folks
have
said
already
around
the
table,
and
I
will
say
this
because
this
is
my
first
thought,
as
everybody
has
done
and
recognized,
is
to
thank
the
city
and
all
keenly
involved
in
the
creation
of
this
historic,
urgent
and
important
anti-racism
strategy.
K
K
K
I
think
this
is
an
opportunity
for
the
city
to
become
a
leader
in
canada
to
show
all
that
systemic
and
interpersonal
racism
are
on
unacceptable
state
of
affairs
and,
if
left
untended
will
continue
to
harm
all
our
communities,
regardless
of
the
color
of
your
skin,
your
if
your
your
religious
or
spiritual
beliefs,
your
sex,
your
gender
identity,
your
ethnicity,
your
age,
your
diverse
abilities
who
aspires
to
live
a
life
of
fear,
hate,
suspicion,
trauma
disharmony,
unfair
advantage
and
exclusion.
Who
does
that
reconnaissance?
K
K
K
K
It
is
educational,
evidence-based,
informed
by
broad
community
engagement
with
the
intent
to
continue,
which
is
superb,
covers
key
sectors
for
change,
including
the
city's
workforce
and
organizational
culture,
recognizes
the
need
for
the
continued
collection
of
disaggregated
data
and
taking
an
intersectional
approach
to
analysis
and
the
criticality
of
developing
an
evaluation
strategy
that
would
be
outcomes
focus.
Bravo,
my
last
thought
is
about
the
opportunities
to
make
positive
and
sustainable
change.
K
If
colonization,
including
the
enslavement
system
and
its
legacy
of
exclusionary
practices,
can
can
be
embedded
in
institutions
for
hundreds
of
years,
then
so
can
liberation
repatriation,
reconciliation,
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion
for
the
next
hundreds
of
years.
I
congratulate
you
all
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
continuing
to
be
a
member
of
the
advisory
table.
Merci.
H
Thank
you,
mr
mayor
and
my
question
to
suzanne,
actually
not
to
the
delegation.
If
you
want
me
to
wait
till
after
I
can
ask
after
no
that's
good,
you
can
do
that.
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
mayor,
and
thank
you
suzanne
for
for
laying
out
the
strategy.
We've
seen
the
timeline
you,
you
have
a
sign.
This.
J
Thank
you,
mr
mayor.
What
what
we've
set
out
to
achieve
is
what
we
believe
to
be
doable
in
the
timelines
that
we've
established
I'll
reiterate
by
saying
that
we
are
starting
off
with
establishing
the
foundation
for
this
work,
and
while
the
implementation
of
many
of
these
actions
may
not
reach
completion
in
the
five
years
that
we've
been
laid
out
to
begin
this
work,
we
do
believe
that
we
can
implement
many
of
these
strategies
within
this
time
frame
and
will
likely
require
review
evaluation
course.
H
J
J
And
what
I'll
say
is
this
work
is
foundational
and
builds
upon
all
the
other
strategies
that
take
place
at
the
city
of
ottawa
within
our
strategy.
There
are
concrete
actions
that
have
been
defined
by
the
community
safety
and
well-being
plan
and
really
when
we
look
to
advance
our
equity
work,
whether
it's
our
women
and
gender
equity
strategy,
our
corporate
diversity
and
inclusion
plan.
J
H
Well,
I'd
like
to
hear
from
donovan,
if
I'm
a
because
in
in
discussion
with
suzanne,
I
know
the
focus
was
internally
on
staff
in
the
city
of
ottawa
and
all
and
now
we
see
we
have
broadened
this
to
the
community
as
a
whole.
So
I
just
like
to
make
sure
we
don't.
You
know
we
are
working
together
with
with
the
main
focus
of
the
community.
B
Thank
you,
mr
mayor,
and
and
thank
you
for
the
for
the
question
counselor.
So
you
know
we're
starting
right
now
in
the
selection
of
the
advisory
committee
of
the
community
safety
and
wellbeing
plan.
So
we
have
put
an
equity
lens
on
that
really
focusing
on
ensuring
that
the
guidance
of
the
plan
really
takes
specific
focus
on
racialized
communities
and
indigenous
communities.
So
you'll
start
to
see
the
request
that
went
out
with
specifically
looking
for
people
who
have
lived
experience
or
who
are
providing
services
to
racialize
and
indigenous
organizations.
B
So,
for
example,
the
homelessness
and
housing
pillar,
which
is
a
pillar
of
community
and
safety
and
well-being,
will
take
those
actions
that
this
group
has
proposed
today
and
embed
those
into
the
organizations
and
the
work
that
needs
to
happen
and
we'll
do
that
in
each
pillar,
the
financial
and
the
poverty
reduction.
So
really,
we
are
having
an
emphasis
on
the
preventative
factors
that
really
are
addressing
those
root
causes
of
community
safety
and
well-being,
as
well
as
the
practices.
B
So
how
we
consult
how
we
engage
the
methods
we
engage,
how
we
translate
all
of
that
will
be
built
and
integrated
into
the
community
safety
and
well-being
plan.
So
suzanne's
team
works
very
much
in
partnership
with
each
one
of
those
and
we're
really
excited
about
the
opportunity
to
bring
this
lens
into
the
community.
Work
that
we're
doing
in
partnership
with
the
community.
O
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
mayor,
and
thank
you
suzanne
an
outstanding
report.
I
know
the
how
how
how
big
this
is
and
how
important
it
is,
and
I
really
commend
you
for
this
work
and
it
can't
help
but
feel
personal
to
yourself
and
to
all
of
us
in
terms
of
how
we
deal
with
everything
and
our
our
our
actions
are
our
our
words
etc.
O
J
O
Thank
you
very
much
suzanne.
I
I
very
much
appreciate
all
this
work.
I
think
it's
groundbreaking
and
I
believe
it
just
it's
just
begun
and
I
feel
it's
very
important
not
only
in
our
relationship
with
the
community,
which,
of
course
is
is
important,
but
also
how
how
we
look
at
ourselves
and
what
we
do
within
our
our
corporation
as
a
city.
O
C
Monarch,
please
thank
you
very
much,
mr
mayor.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
presentation
and
the
work
to
date.
There's
obviously
a
lot
that
still
needs
to
happen
in
the
future
and
getting
to
this
point
is
a
huge
pinnacle,
but
obviously
a
lot
more
that
we
need
to
put
actions
into.
You
know
words
into
actions
and
on
that
front
I'm
just
is
there?
J
C
Thank
you
and
thank
you
again
for
for
the
work
I
do
want
to
make
sure
we
refund
this
strategy.
We
often
do
strategies
and
and
don't
necessarily
put
the
funding
behind
it-
that
we
need
to
action.
The
plan
that
you've
put
in
place
here
and
just
appreciate
all
of
your
work
to
get
to
this
point
and
counselor
king
as
a
liaison.
C
P
I
think
we've
heard
that
today
is
a
very
special
day
for
many
of
us
who
share
great
hope
and
aspiration
for
the
city
and
who
have
also
had
a
hand
in
crafting
the
path
that
brought
us
to
this
historic
opportunity
to
each
and
all.
I
I
convey
a
deep
and
abiding
gratitude,
especially
our
guests,
zuhair,
papa
and
tina
from
the
anti-racism
advisory
table
who
addressed
us
today.
P
P
Yes,
it
was
just
last
february
only
months
ago,
organized
by
individuals,
including
some
who
championed
white
nationalism,
racism
and
islamophobia
and
in
our
streets
we
saw
racist,
anti-semitic,
xenophobic
symbols,
the
denigration
of
indigenous
culture,
the
denigration
of
rainbow
flags,
and
we
heard
ignorant
words
spewed
and
we
shared
a
collective
sigh
when
they
left
our
city.
But
we
also
took
away
something
very
important.
We
were
reminded
that
racism,
ignorance
and
hatred
is
not
welcome
in
ottawa.
P
P
It
sparked
concern
amongst
racialized
communities
across
ottawa,
including
organizations
such
as
the
african
canadian
association
of
ottawa,
613
819,
black
hub
ottawa,
local
immigration
partnership,
the
ottawa
muslim
association,
jewish
family
services
of
ottawa,
and
many
many
others
who
wanted
municipal
action.
It
was
this
pivotal
moment
that
led
to
the
community's
proposal
for
the
creation
of
an
anti-racism
secretariat
in
the
city
and
its
approval
by
city,
council,
mayor
watson,
fellow
counselors,
city,
colleagues
and
fellow
ottawa
residents,
as
your
council
liaison
on
anti-racism
and
ethnocultural
initiatives.
P
I'm
here
to
tell
you
something
that
I'm
confident
you
already
know
the
time
to
act
is
now.
Our
anti-racism
strategy
speaks
to
that.
It
is
the
right
thing
at
the
right
time.
It
speaks
to
the
hopes
of
our
city.
As
has
been
pointed
out,
it
has
come
about
through
a
rigorous
direct
consultation
and
engagement
process
that
spanned
more
than
15
months.
It
is
an
authentic
and
durable
representation
of
the
aspirations
of
over
a
thousand
local
residents.
Subject
matter:
experts,
city,
employees
and
city
partners.
P
During
our
engagement
process,
the
residents
of
the
city
told
us
that
they
wanted
ottawa
to
be
a
leader
in
addressing
systemic
racism.
They
told
us
that
they
that
the
community
is
ready
to
support
this
work.
They
want
transparency
from
the
city
and
they
want
to
be
continuously
involved
in
a
process
that
advances,
equity,
employment,
equity
and
economic
development,
equity
and
governance,
equity
and
health,
equity
and
housing
and
equity.
In
investing
in
our
youth,
they
want
to
see
actions
to
validate
that
the
city
is
listening.
We
are
asking
they
are
asking
for
accountability.
P
We
will
meet
that
through
established
metrics
and
indicators
to
assess
our
progress
on
achieving
the
intended
outcomes
the
strategies
meant
to
achieve.
We
will
also
capture,
collect
and
report
on
race
disaggregated
data
as
part
of
our
accountability
framework.
I
want
to
tell
you
that
the
strategy
also
recognizes
that
there
are
different
perspectives
on
how
to
address
racism
against
indigenous
people.
P
We
want
to
approach
this
work
in
a
good
way,
ensuring
we
respectfully
engage
with
the
first
nations
and
urban
indigenous
communities
in
ways
that
foster
sustained
and
strong
relationships
made
up
of
the
views,
voices
and
ideas
of
residents
from
across
ottawa.
This
strategy
reinforces
our
city's
commitment
to
closing
gaps
and
addressing
racial
divides
through
a
coordinated,
trauma-informed
and
systems-wide
approach.
I
must
tell
you
that
allyship
is
very
important.
By
allyship
I
mean
that
this
is
not
just
the
duty
of
black
indigenous
and
racialized
people.
It
is
a
shared
responsibility
for
everyone.
P
We
need
all
hands
on
deck
to
address
these
deeply
entrenched
systemic
barriers
imposed
against
many
by
structural
institutional
power.
Our
strategy
is
appropriately
fitting
for
our
world-class
cosmopolitan
city.
It
helps
us
ensure
that
the
people
of
ottawa
feel
safe
irrespective
of
racial
and
intersectional
identities.
P
P
Everyone
gains
this
plan
is
a
call
for
action
to
all
people
of
ottawa.
It
establishes
the
foundation
to
confront
and
remote
remove
racial
inequity.
It
is
also
an
opportunity
to
better
serve
ottawa
residents,
redress
societal
issues
collectively
heal
and
build
a
better
future
for
all
this
plan
started
with
the
community.
It
will
continue
to
belong
to
the
community.
That
is
why,
in
my
capacity
as
council
liaison,
it
remains
my
commitment
to
keep
our
community
engaged.
We
all
know
it
is
time
to
act.
Words
are
good,
but
actions
vindicate
words.
P
P
This
is
a
time
for
vigorous
and
positive
action.
He
made
that
call
for
racial
and
social
justice
in
1963
at
the
lincoln
memorial
next
year
will
make
it
60
years
since
he
made
that
plea.
So
in
closing,
I
say
to
you
that
in
this
very
important
time
in
the
evolution
of
our
great
city,
this
anti-racism
strategy
helps
us
meet
this
challenge.
I
invite
all
residents
of
ottawa
to
collectively
contribute
to
denouncing
forms
of
hate.
P
P
Thank
you
again
to
everyone
to
all
our
partners,
city
staff
and
community
members
who
are
pivotal
in
shaping
and
bringing
the
anti-racism
strategy
forward,
and
I'd
also
like
to
thank
all
of
my
council
colleagues
for
their
unwavering
support
in
pursuing
greater
equity
and
greater
justice
for
all
in
our
city.
Thank
you.
Your
worship.
A
A
Racism
strategy
is
attached
to
document
one
to
this
report
carried
all
right.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
All
very
much.
Next
item
is
item.
Eight
city
of
ottawa,
municipal
accessibility,
plan,
annual
update.
We
have
a
brief
presentation
from
the
program
manager
lucille
and
I
don't
know
if
miss
lucille
on
the
call
now
just
looking
for
her.
M
Q
Q
Thanks
to
the
commitment
of
council,
the
work
of
staff,
including
the
city's
accessibility
working
group
and
the
devotion
of
the
volunteers
on
the
accessibility
advisory
committee,
including
aac
liaison
counselor
lula,
the
city
of
ottawa
remains
an
accessibility
leader
in
ontario
and
in
canada,
in
accessibility,
with
the
exception
of
section
14,
accessibility,
websites
and
web
content.
The
city
remains
fully
compliant
with
all
applicable
requirements
of
the
accessibility
for
ontarians
with
disabilities
act
in
2021.
Q
Q
Smaller
city
ottawa,
a
city
of
ottawa
websites
and
applications
which
are
owned
and
maintained
by
various
city
departments,
have
also
seen
much
improvement
with
more
than
30
percent
certified,
as
compliant
with
the
web
content.
Accessibility
guidelines,
all
city
websites
and
applications
have
now
been
assessed
and
accessibility
plans
are
being
executed.
Q
Q
In
addition,
the
accessibility
office
continued
to
coordinate
the
ontario
network
of
accessibility
professionals
partner
with
the
canadian
accessibility
network
through
carlton
university,
and
share
resources
and
expertise
with
other
levels
of
government
in
2022
city
staff
are
participating
in
standards,
development
and
standards.
Review
committees,
both
at
the
federal
and
the
provincial
levels,
slide
number
three.
Q
R
Q
Combination
of
simplified
instructions
and
the
enhanced
support
has
resulted
in
more
concise
accessibility,
implication.
Information
for
council
and
the
community's
consumption
slide
number
five
recommendations.
Three
and
four
approve
changes
to
the
accessibility
policy
and
procedures
to
ensure
english
and
french
residents,
who
are
deaf
and
have
other
types
of
disabilities
can
access
emergency
information.
Q
Q
This
included
critical
information
for
residents
on
vaccine
clinic
rollout,
covid19
protocols,
the
downtown
occupation
and
the
2022
information
related
to
the
storm
on
the
may
long
weekend
slide.
Six,
please
recommendation
number
six
also
recognizes
that
council's
communications
with
constituents
with
disabilities
may
have
increased
due
to
the
covet
pandemic.
Q
It
approves
the
extension
of
the
pilot
to
permit
members
of
council
to
access
the
council
administrative
budget
to
enhance
the
accessibility
of
their
communication
products
coordinated
by
the
accessibility
office.
There
is
a
ten
thousand.
There
are
there's.
Ten
thousand
dollars
allocated
on
a
first
come
first
basis
for
the
funds
and
it
can
be
used
for
captioning
and
transcript
sign
language
interpretation,
both
in
english
and
in
french
personal
support
workers
for
live
events,
braille
translation
and
creating
accessible
word,
pdf
or
powerpoint
documents,
including
ward
newsletters.
Q
I
would
encourage
counselors
to
reach
out
to
the
accessibility
office
to
assist
with
requests
for
accessible
formats
and
communication
supports
and
or
if
you
would
like
to
proactively
enhance
the
accessibility
and
inclusion
of
community
products
websites.
We
can
share
tips
and
techniques
with
your
staff.
Q
In
closing,
we
are
aware
that
there's
always
more
to
do
going
forward.
We
are
looking
at
the
intersectionality
of
people
with
disabilities
and
the
needs
associated
with
their
many
social
identities.
We
look
forward
to
collaborating
with
all
departments
in
identifying
reducing
and
reducing
barriers
in
these
new
areas
in
the
years
to
come.
Thank
you.
A
P
Up,
yes,
just
a
brief
question,
I
really
want
to
thank
lucille
for
the
work
at
the
accessibility
office
and
also
previously
the
work
in
councillor's
row,
and
in
that
capacity
I
think
that
you
helped
facilitate
the
installation
of
accessibility
devices
accessibility
door
in
in
terms
of
my
office.
I
was
just
curious.
Q
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
question
councillor
king
through
you,
mr
mayor.
The
intention
is
always
to
add
more
accessibility
when
renovations
are
being
being
done,
that
that
is
in
line
with
the
city's
accessibility
design
standards
and
therefore
all
projects
would
be
looking
at
that
and
if
there's
anything
in
particular
that
you
would
be
looking
for,
we
can
certainly
take
that
offline.
But
thank
you
for
the
question.
S
Thanks,
mr
man,
I
just
wanted
to
take
the
opportunity
to
publicly
thank-
and
I
know
that
we
went
through
accessibility
or
excess
ability
day
last
week
and
made
extensive
comments
about
the
incredible
work
that
our
accessibility
advisory
committee
puts
in.
You
cannot
quantify
the
amount
of
work
that
these
incredible
volunteers
put
in
every
single
day.
S
S
So
I
wanted
to
thank
the
chair,
mr
turcotte,
as
well
as
all
of
our
incredible
committee
members
past
and
present
over
the
course
of
this
term
for
their
work.
They
are
truly
making
ottawa
a
better
place
to
live,
work
and
play
for
everyone,
and,
as
I've
said
in
the
past,
you
know
our
public
spaces
at
the
city
of
ottawa
are
not
truly
public
unless
they're
accessible
to
everyone
and
the
work
that
they're
doing
every
single
day
is
helping
to
get
us
there.
So
thank
you,
mr
mayor.
A
Thank
you
counselor,
so
on
recommendations,
one
to
seven
carried.
Thank
you
advisory
committee
and
lucille,
and
your
staff
very
much
appreciate
it.
Two
items
were
held
by
councillor
menards.
First,
one
is
item
three
finance
lease
agreements
or
I'm
sorry
tax
and
tax
and
rate
operating
budget
q1
status.
Councilman.
You
had
a
question
to
the
treasurer.
C
The
first
one
is
on
the
prudent
investor
status,
I'm
very
happy
to
see
the
city
is
making
progress
on
obtaining
this
status.
It's
important,
I
understand
if
they
do,
the
authority
for
investments
will
be
delegated
to
the
municipal
investment
board,
with
a
with
a
outsourced
chief
investment
officer
for
that
specific
function.
C
How
will
the
board
be
selected
and
then,
in
terms
of
the
investment
priorities
that
fedco
and
environment
committee
have
have
laid
out
previously,
we've
talked
about
aligning
them
with
the
city's
commitments
on
on
climate
change.
So
a
question
around
you
know:
divestment
from
fossil
fuel
investments
and
the
sydney's
prudent
investor
status.
C
B
B
M
Sorry,
I'm
just
trying
to
get
my
camera
here
going.
Thank
you
very
much.
Yes,
the
the
city,
treasurer
is
absolutely
correct.
My
office
will
be
assisting
with
the
appointment
process
with
regards
to
this
matter
and
we
will
be
using
the
council
approved
employment
process
for
that
very
matter.
Thanks.
C
Okay,
thank
you
for
that.
That's
very
that's
very
helpful,
really
appreciate
your
work
on
this
and
getting
us
to
this
point.
Stephenson
on
the
next
item.
It's
the
the
allocation
around
the
climate
change
but
budget,
so
the
commitment
is
to
allocate
a
million
dollars
in
one-time
funding
through
capital
close
for
climate
change
initiatives
directed
by
council.
I
really
appreciate
staff
following
through
on
this:
finding
that
the
means
for
that
for
the
energy
evolution
implementation.
C
C
Is
that
still
the
plan
at
this
point?
And
I
say
that
with
the
the
question
prefacing
that
with
that
the
fact
that
the
other
source
of
funding
for
the
climate
change
team
is
really
the
hydro
ottawa
dividend
surplus
and
that
is
not
secure,
so
it
varies
year
to
year.
It's
been
used
for
dealing
with
the
effects
of
climate
change
in
the
past.
C
B
Yeah
thanks
very
much.
There
will
be
an
update
that
will
come
to
the
june
standing
committee
of
the
environment,
protection,
water
and
wastewater
management,
and
it
will
speak
to,
I
believe,
the
spending
plan
for
this.
So
you'll
get
a
preview
of
that
with
respect
to
the
revolving
fund.
I'm
going
to
ask
my
colleague,
mr
erwile
just
to
speak
to
that,
because
that's
going
to
be
part
of
the
update
that
goes
to
the
standing
committee
as
well.
M
M
B
B
As
I
understand,
hydro
will
be
presenting
to
council
their
annual
report
and
results,
their
financial
results
at
the
late
june
council
meeting,
which
I
believe
is
june
22nd,
and
forgive
me
if
I
have
that
date
wrong.
The
report
will
be
released,
I
believe,
publicly
on
june
17th,
which
is
the
friday
before.
C
C
Okay,
thank
you
for
that,
and
then
just
my
last
question
about
these
reports
is
our
city
debt.
It
appears
that
our
city
debt
in
these
reports
is
just
over
three
billion.
We
just
took
out
another
200
million
dollar
debt
obligation,
and
so
I
just
just
to
clarify
our
city.
Debt
is,
is
now
or
just
over
3.2
billion,
and
it
was
back
10
years
ago
we
were
just
over
a
billion.
Is
that
is
that
accurate
for
where
we
are.
C
T
Great.
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
mayor
and
again,
this
is
just
I
don't
want
to
say
it's
a
belt
and
suspenders
thing,
but
staff
have
been
asked
by
wesley
clover
park.
They
feel
that
there's
new
information,
so
I'll
read
the
inquiry
and
again
there's
no
decisions
being
made,
but
we're
requesting
staff
to
wesley
clover
park
was
established
in
2014
when
the
ncc
granted
wesley
clover
foundation
control
of
the
operations
of
the
former
equestrian
park
at
the
municipal
campground
at
411
corkstown
road
over
the
last
eight
years.
T
Wesley
clover
park
is
focused
on
offering
quality,
equestrian
programming
and
a
variety
of
music
events
on
the
property.
Wcp
is
now
prepared
to
expand
its
facilities
and
increase
sporting
opportunities
offered
on
this
site.
There
has
been
considerable
discussion
on
the
eligibility
of
wesley
clover
park.
Has
a
municipal
capital
facility,
section
110
of
the
miss
black
20
2001
soc
25
permits
municipalities
to
enter
into
the
agreement
of
the
provision
of
municipal
capital
facilities.
Section
110
of
the
municipal
act.
T
2001
also
permits
the
council
of
the
municipality
to
designate
the
lands
with
the
classes
of
lands
described
in
the
ontario
regulations
603-6
as
mcf
that
they
may
be
exempt
facilities
from
taxation
or
municipal
school
purposes.
Wesley
clover
park
has
officially
requested
the
city
of
ottawa
be
designated
as
a
municipal
capital
facility.
A
legal
opinion
provided
by
wesley
clover
foundation
has
determined
that
the
parks
that
the
park
satisfies
the
elevator
requirements
under
the
municipal
act
2001
for
the
city
to
classify
the
park
as
as
a
municipal
capital
facility.
T
In
light
of
the
legal
opinion
and
now
new
information
provided
by
wesley
clover
park
with
respect
to
the
expansion
plans,
can
staff
in
the
rcfs
in
the
finance
finalized
the
review
of
the
wcp
and
requests
to
designate
wesley
clover
park
as
a
municipal
capital
facility
and
share
the
rational
or
outcome
of
their
assessment
with
finance
and
economic
development
committee
and
council
before
the
next
meeting
of
fedco.
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
man.