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City Council, meeting 38, March 26, 2018 - Part 1 of 3
Agenda and background materials:
http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/decisionBodyProfile.do?function=doPrepare&meetingId=13090
Part 2 of 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO3MUQl1UAY#t=3m39s
Part 3 of 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE9lCzFVAb8#t=7m57s
Meeting Navigation:
0:06:22 - Call to order
A
A
D
A
We
acknowledge
that
we
are
meeting
today
on
the
traditional,
the
territory
of
the
Mississauga's
of
new
credit
first
nation,
the
hood
nashoni
in
the
huron
when
that
and
home
to
many
diverse
indigenous
peoples,
for
the
benefit
of
those
who
are
connected
to
the
internet.
The
city
clerk
has
posted
all
of
the
agenda
materials
for
today's
meeting
at
toronto:
dot
CA
/,
council
members.
We
have
a
presentation
this
morning
to
recognize
deputy
city
manager.
E
Thank
you
and
the
quality
of
my
voice
will
ensure
I'm
brief.
Today,
John
I
wanted
to
say
four
quick,
but
I
think
important
things.
The
first
is
a
very
profound
thanks
on
my
behalf
and
on
the
behalf
of
your
team
for
your
leadership.
You
have
been
a
stalwart
for
the
City
of
Toronto.
You
have
worked
incredibly
hard,
but
you
have
actually
contributed
your
time.
E
Energy
creativity
to
helping
all
of
us
to
an
enormous
extent
and
if
I
look
around
the
room
and
I
see
that
executives
from
cluster
the
I
see
the
folks
from
the
other
clusters
and
I
realize
that
you
have
been
involved
in
all
of
their
careers.
You
have
been
constructive,
creative,
extraordinarily
helpful
to
our
IT
folks,
to
our
financial
folks
to
your
own
people
and,
of
course,
to
the
team
from
cluster
a
as
as
well
you've
had
a
citywide
impact
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for,
for
that.
E
E
You
have
had
an
astonishing
impact
on
the
city
because
of
your
tireless
capacity
to
get
stuff
done,
and
just
every
single
day
I've
been
privileged
to
work
with
you
and
evolve
in
privilege
to
work
with
you,
you
solve
problems,
you
come
to
work,
you
find
the
problems
you
solved
them.
You
work
with
councillors,
you
work
with
staff.
You
work
across
divisions,
you
work
with
other
governments,
you
work
with
developers,
you
work
with
the
private
sector
and
you
actually
every
single
day
get
stuff
done.
It's
just
been
absolutely
magnificent
to
work
with
you.
E
You
bring
up
a
human
quality
to
the
leadership
that
that
we
should
never
underestimate
and
that
that
human
quality
is
maybe
best
understood
or
best
exemplified
in
your.
Your
leadership
in
the
United
Way
and
the
City
of
Toronto
runs
one
of
the
the
best,
if
not
the
very
best,
leadership
campaigns
in
the
entire
country
and
it's
a
campaign
that
is
unique
in
terms
of
our
contribution
of
both
management
and
labor.
It's
a
corporate
culture
that
comes
together
in
the
civic
run
that
comes
together
in
our
in
our
Civic
gala
John.
E
You
have
been
the
leader
of
that.
The
entire
time,
you've
just
simply
been
a
fantastic,
fantastic
contributor
and
I
got,
speaks
volume
to
your
your
capacity,
and
we
know
we
know
absolutely
that
Danielle
E
and
the
team
are
going
to
miss
you
profoundly
in
terms
of
those
we're
not
actually
I.
Don't
think
saying
goodbye,
I
think.
The
truth
is
that
that
this
is
a
different
direction
for
you.
E
You
will
take
some
time
off,
I'm
sure
you'll
do
some
fishing
I'm
sure
you'll
play
some
golf
I'm
sure
you'll
do
some
other
things,
but
I
expect
fully
to
see
you
back
in
in
the
world
and
continued
continuing
to
contribute
to
the
the
economy,
and
one
of
the
reasons
that
I
know
that's
going
to
happen
is
we
have
a
little
slide
that
we
want
to
put
up
here
and
John
you've
seen
this
before.
But
it
is
it's
a
little
bit
hokey,
but
I
was
trying
to
struggle
off
to
try
and
capture.
E
Basically,
you
know
how
do
we
actually
understand
what
John
has
done
and-
and
we
can
talk
about
all
the
people
he's
developed?
We
can
talk
about
all
the
United
Way
stuff
and
all
of
those
other
things,
but
John
is
first
and
foremost
a
planner,
and
you
could
actually
see
his
legacy.
You
can
actually
see
his
legacy,
especially
the
future
legacy
in
the
fabric
of
the
City
of
Toronto.
And
if
you
look
in
almost
every
corner
of
this
amazing
place,
you
will
see
projects
that
John
has
conceived
driven,
found
the
funding
for
made
into
reality.
E
Not
all
of
them
are
reality
yet,
but
they
all
become
reality.
There's
a
profoundly
important
contribution
and
I
think
the
best
way,
at
least
for
me
to
understand
John,
is
to
look
at
basically
project
ourselves
into
a
future
call.
It
2031
call
it
some
other
time,
but
look
and
imagine
the
city
back
at
that
time.
At
that
time,
look
back
from
there
it's
going
to
be
a
profoundly
different,
profoundly
better
place,
because
the
reality
is
there's
going
to
be
a
tremendous
amount,
more
infrastructure,
more
parks,
more
transit,
the
waterfront,
every
corner
of
the
city,
John.
F
That
said
get
things
done.
Person
and
I
made
humorous
for
a
passing
reference
that
the
tribute
the
other
day,
which
I
should
say,
as
some
of
you
were,
there
was
attended
by
hundreds
of
people,
which
is
in
of
itself
itself
a
testament
to
a
career
very
well
spent
in
in
public
service,
but
there
were
occasionally
collateral
consequences,
but
John
recognized,
as
many
of
us
do,
and
certainly
I
do.
F
Having
spent
a
bit
of
time
here
now
that
a
failure
to
get
things
done,
doesn't
you
know,
doesn't
serve
this
government
well
in
terms
of
all
the
things
we
can
do
and
are
capable
of
doing,
and
he
helped
us
to
get
things
done
and
so
I
think
the
Libby's
legacy,
with
all
the
projects
that
it
showed
I
made
mention
of
one
the
other
day.
It's
recent,
it's
not
the
biggest,
but
the
bentway
project.
F
I
can
tell
you
just
because
I
had
personal
involvement
that
the
this
great
iconic
Park
yet
to
be
finished,
but
certainly
got
open.
It
wouldn't
have
happened
if
it
wasn't
for
John
Olivia
just
wouldn't
have
happened,
I
mean
it
certainly
wouldn't
be
open.
Yet
it
might
have
opened
some
other
time
down.
The
road,
but
it
wouldn't
have
happened,
I
made
mention
the
other
day
and
I-
think
it's
very
important
and
Peter
again
made
passing
reference
to
this.
F
You
know,
John's
passion
for
music
is
passion
for
scuba
diving
for
fishing
I
mean
this
is
a
multi-dimensional
man
and
I
think
that
that
often
you
know
leads
to
greater
contributions
at
work,
because
you
have
all
these
dimensions
in
your
life
and
I
just
want
to
focus
on
the
one
that
Peter
mentioned
as
well,
because
it
was
so
it's
so
important
to
me
as
someone
who's
had
a
lifelong
literally,
a
career,
long
involvement
with
the
United
Way,
but
so
has
John.
It
isn't
his
involvement
here.
It
is
and
Daniela's
in
yachty.
F
The
CEO
of
the
United
Way
spoke
so
well
of
this
the
other
day
and
said
things
that
I
hadn't
heard
before
in
in
as
much
kind
of
detail,
which
was
when
the
York
Region
United
Way
was
foundering
and
oftentimes.
It's
more
difficult
than
for
the
ones
in
the
really
big
cities.
You
know
the
where
all
the
financial
industries
and
so
on
are
concentrated.
Who
did
he
call
when
he
was
the
CEO
of
that
organization
to
kind
of
help
them
get
themselves
out
of
their
doldrums?
F
John,
Livie
and
John
has
not
only
had
that
involvement,
it
wasn't
a
one-time
rescue
mission,
but
he
stayed
involved
to
the
point
where,
as
we
all
know
here,
he
has
headed
up
in
partnership
with
the
labor
movement
of
successful
campaigns
here
and
really.
The
model
of
labor-management
cooperation
on
raising
money
for
United
Way
here
is
one
that
is
admired
and
replicated
across
the
country
and
I.
Think
that's
something
that
tells
you
a
lot
about
him
as
well.
F
It
isn't
about
the
campaign
structure
or
the
process
or
labor-management
cooperation,
but
it's
about
a
commitment
that
goes
back
decades
and
has
been
continued
year
after
year
in
favor
of
helping
other
people
in
our
great
city
to
get
a
bit
of
a
hand
up,
they
sometimes
need
so
John
I
want
to
say,
congratulations,
I
want
to
say
thank
you,
I
want
to
say
that
we
will
miss.
You,
because
you
are
a
rare,
come
from
a
rare
breed
of
people
who
just
know
how
to
get
things
done
and
have
a
such
a
wide
area
of
expertise.
F
You've
got
a
lot
of
public
service
left
in
you
one
way
or
another
and
I
think
you've
got
a
lot
of
community
service
left
in
you
too,
and
so
I
suspect
in
any
or
all
of
those
fronts
and
I
could
add
fishing
and
scuba
diving
and
all
they
got
the
golfing.
We
will
see
lots
of
you
and
I
hope
we
will,
but
thank
you
for
a
job
very
well
done
for
the
people
of
the
City
of
Toronto
and
for
the
members
of
this
council
on
those
who
preceded
them.
Thank
you.
F
F
Plaque
but
you
get
a
plaque
or
a
t-shirt
and
then
the
City
of
Toronto
no
different,
but
I
hope
you
know
that,
regardless
of
what
else
might
come
from
some
other
kind
of
organization,
this
comes
with
all
the
sincerity
and
gratitude
that
it
possibly
can
and
I
hope.
This
will
find
a
place
of
pride
in
your
home
so
that
you
can
remember
your
years
of
service
as
we
will
for
sure.
Thanks.
G
G
Thank
you.
Everybody
all
members
of
council,
all
members
of
staff,
the
public
for
your
support,
encouragement
and
best
wishes.
I
especially
want
to
thank
Peter,
my
deputy
city
managers,
Joe
frag,
Wendy
Wahlberg,
and
especially
all
the
staff
in
cluster
B
and
throughout
the
organization
for
their
support
and
hard
work.
Otherwise,
someone
couldn't
have
have
succeeded
when
I
joined
the
city
staff
in
the
middle
of
the
core
services
review
in
2011
I
had
only
a
rough
idea
of
what
was
involved
as
a
deputy
city
manager.
G
How
much
work
was
involved,
no
matter
what
experience
you've
had
elsewhere
in
government
or
business.
How
much
homework
you
do.
How
studious
you
aren't
trying
to
anticipate
demands
are
working
in
this
city.
No
one
can
really
appreciate
what
we
go
through
here
at
City
Hall.
It's
a
special
place,
often
described
as
drinking
from
a
firehose.
The
huge
volume
of
information,
history,
personalities,
issues,
large
and
small
local
complaints,
big
policy
issues
exceedingly
complex,
difficult
files.
That's
what
the
plight
places
like
in
day
in
and
day
out
to
succeed.
G
You
have
to
accept
the
messiness,
the
political
to-and-fro
and,
at
the
same
time,
see
the
possibilities
to
solve
problems
and
get
good
outcomes.
Part
of
this
volume
and
chaos
can
be
attributed
the
size
of
the
city
in
the
shared
growth.
We're
experiencing
I
always
like
to
remind
people
that
the
whole
of
the
Greater
Toronto
area
prior
to
the
second
world
war
was
only
a
million
people.
G
They
are
true
opportunities:
how
staff
at
City
Council
respond
to
this
firehose
of
unrelenting
supply
of
challenges
and
opportunities
that
vital
to
our
futures
prospects-
and
this
is
the
last
time
I-
have
an
opportunity
direct
to
address,
address
us
DCM
and
to
suggest
some
ways
of
doing
how
it
is
that
we
can
do
things
in
a
much
more
useful
way.
So,
first,
my
observations,
I
hope,
you're
ready
for
this
first
I
have
to
say
that
this
is
the
most
democratic
place
in
which
I've
ever
worked.
G
You
as
a
council
have
a
strong
tradition
of
working
with
your
communities,
engaging
the
public,
encouraging
debate,
providing
access
to
decision
making
through
committees.
Advisory
groups
goes
on
community
councils,
whatever,
like
you
guys,
do
a
great
job
engaging
your
public.
You
should
be
proud
of
this
and
you
should
build
on
that
tradition.
I
want
to
give
you
some
observation
on
the
way
we
work,
things
that
hold
us
back
and
I
just
have
to
say.
These
are
my
thoughts,
my
thoughts
alone,
I'm,
fully
accountable
for
the
comments
that
I'm
going
to
make.
G
First
off
we
try
to
do
too
many
things
all
at
the
same
time.
There
are
too
many
disparate
efforts
too
much
piling
on
too
often
we
focus
we
lack
focus
and
where
we
do
focus,
we
do
not
organize
our
work
effectively
enough
to
get
timely
results.
You
have
great
staff,
they're
committed,
talented,
but
they're,
sent
on
too
many
errands.
Our
energies
not
focused
on
the
most
important
things
here
are
some
suggestions
first,
follow
through
on
the
idea
of
creating
a
permanent
rapid
transit
expansion.
G
G
First
reform
the
budget
from
a
control
tool
to
more
strategic
document,
simplify
it,
eliminate
the
repetition
and
the
excruciating
detail
and
make
it
easier
to
publish
and
distribute
the
budget
well
in
advance
of
budget
committee
meetings
to
expect
the
city
manager
and
this
chief
transformation
to
deliver
long
standing,
modernization
initiatives,
each
time,
shared
services,
IT
projects
and
expect
a
quarterly
progress
report.
General
management
committee
government
management
committee
have
a
customer
centric
focus
at
the
heart
of
all.
We
do
and
support
with
mandatory
customer
service
training
for
everyone.
G
All
staff
see
tie
the
performance
management
system
for
all
staff
to
clear
expectations
for
modernization
across
the
organization.
Until
you
do
that
modernization
will
remain
on
the
side
of
everyone's
desk
and,
above
all
else,
the
new
city
manager
will
have
to
address
a
multitude
of
overlapping
controls
and
cumbersome
program
processes.
As
Peter
Drucker,
the
management
guru
says
culture
eats
strategy
for
breakfast.
G
Unfortunately,
control
is
our
default
culture.
Rarely
do
we
reward
risk-taking
or
new
ideas,
the
essential
skills
in
building
great
organizations.
Everyone
should
work
hard
to
change
this.
If
you
want
the
city
to
reach
its
full
potential
now
for
everybody
over
40
you'll,
remember
Gulliver's,
Travels,
Jonathan,
Swift's,
novel
I
want
you
to
just
think
of
gulp,
relying
on
that
Beach
State
down
tied
down
by
strings
I.
Want
you
to
cut
those
strings
and
let
Gulliver
stand
up
and
see
the
potential
that
this
city
can
realize.
G
G
Save
everyone
time
at
council
committees
by
reaching
out
to
staff,
to
ask
questions
and
motions
in
advance.
Last
week,
Peter
Wallace
and
the
DCMS
presented
the
long-term
financial
plan
to
Executive
Committee.
There
are
numerous
key
actions
and
commentary
on
the
fit
the
city's
financial
prospects.
It
is
worth
reading
and
and
taking
heat
of
it.
For
me,
the
debate
really
isn't
about
whether
or
not
we
can
better
manage
costs
raise
revenues
beyond
inflation
to
grow
the
city.
G
The
debate
should
be,
how
do
we
manage
costs
and
raise
revenues
in
a
way
that
will
see
all
the
city's
residents
in
all
parts
of
the
city
prosper
from
these
investments
to
many
parks?
The
city
have
not
benefited
from
the
city's
growth,
and
should
we
should
renew
efforts
to
address
this
deliberately
cautiously.
G
Well,
you've
done
that
at
budget
time
every
year
since
I've
been
here,
you
do
well
not
to
have
to
pass
this
test.
Next
year
or
subsequent
years,
your
intellectual
energy
should
focus
relentlessly
on
building
the
city.
This
city
is
growing
because
people
from
across
the
world
choose
to
invest
and
create
their
futures.
Here
they
recognize
that
this
city
is
a
special
place
and
will
support
your
efforts.
I
hope
you
find
these
comments.
G
Helpful,
not
critical
and,
in
conclusion,
I
want
to
thank
you
for
all
the
support
and
encouragement
these
last
seven
years
as
members
of
the
Toronto
City
Council's.
Yours
is
not
an
easy
job
and
I
hope
I've
been
able
to
help
you
in
serving
the
people
of
this
great
city.
You
deserve
a
large
photo
thanks
to
your
community
leadership
and
the
incredible
hours
of
service
that
you
all
provide.
It's
been
my
privilege
to
work
with
each
and
every
one
you
and
I
look
forward.
G
C
Thank
you,
madam
Speaker.
As
you
know,
in
few
days
we'll
be
entering
April
in
every
April,
Ontarians
celebrate
be
at
one
a
month
in
support
of
awareness
and
promotion
of
organ
and
tissue
donation
registration.
So,
with
collaboration
with
the
Trillium
Gift
of
Life
Network
I
would
like
to
invite
all
councillors
to
participate
in
the
creating
of
awareness
there
is.
There
are
some
materials
on
your
desk
at
your
desk,
a
lecture
that
details
about
what
the
campaign
is
asking
and
a
ribbon.
Now.
Last
year
the
mayor
and
six
councillors
participated
through
social
media
in
promotion.
C
We
are
hoping
that
we
can
do
much
better
this
year
with
many
more
councillors
participating
today.
During
lunch
time,
my
office
and
Trillium
Gift
of
Life
network
will
be
offering
to
videotape
you
for
the
video
message
10-15
seconds
to
to
help
you
get
out
of
that
workload
that
you
might
have
in
logistics.
So
please
come
by
during
lunch
time.
C
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
you
know
registration
internal
is
at
22
percent,
10
percent
below
the
provincial
average,
whereas
we
have
one
of
the
phenomenal
transplant
facilities
in
in
the
world
and
and
we
we
hope
that,
with
your
support,
we
can
save
lives.
A
1:1
donor
saves
eight
lives,
one
donor
can
save
eight
lives
and
it
takes
only
two
minutes
to
register.
Thank
you,
madam
Speaker.
Thank.
H
Thank
you
very
much.
Madam
Speaker
I
just
wanted
to
rise
quickly
and
thank
the
men
and
women
of
Toronto
Fire
Services.
We
they
had
a
very
busy
weekend
in
our
neighborhood
with
three
fires,
the
last
being
a
three
alarm
fire
on
DuPont
Street,
a
house
fire.
There
was
reports
of
an
injury
amongst
a
Toronto,
Fire
Service
I'm,
happy
to
say
that
that
individual
is
home
with
his
family
and
and
is
fine,
but
I
just
wanted
to
thank
them.
H
A
I
A
Carrie
members
of
council,
we
have
the
following
administrative
inquiries
from
councilor
Davis
before
us.
Today:
administrative
inquiry
38.1
on
the
status
of
negotiations
on
shared
use
agreements
with
the
Toronto
District
School
Board,
an
administrative
inquiry
38.2
on
the
status
of
the
review
of
current
traffic
control
warrant
measures,
the
general
manager
parks,
forestry
and
Recreation,
and
the
general
manager
transportation
services
have
submitted
answers
to
these
inquiries.
As
part
of
the
supplementary
and
additional
packages,
now
I
have
a
motion
to
receive
the
inquiries
and
answers
for
information.
Councillor,
Davis
Thank.
J
You
speaker
on
item
1
I
would
like
to
move
that
the
item
be
referred
to
the
Community,
Development
and
Recreation
Committee
for
consideration.
It
has
to
do
with
the
agreements
that
have
been
expired
since
amalgamation
and
we
need
to
discuss
this
and
I'd
like
to
refer
it
to
the
community
and
Oakland
Recreation
Committee.
On
the
second
item,
I'm
happy
with
having
it
received
for
information
and
look
forward
to
the
report.
That's
coming
in
May,
okay,.
A
So
we'll
vote
on
the
administrative
inquiry
38.1
first
on
favor,
carried
on
38.2
on
favor
carried
I,
will
now
call
upon
the
committee
chairs
to
introduce
their
reports
of
the
chairs
can
speak
about
the
reports
for
up
to
5
minutes
merit
or
you
have
a
motion
to
introduce
executive
committee
report.
I
do.
F
F
It
I
think
they
appreciated
it.
The
fact
that
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
make
sure
people
don't
always
have
to
sort
of
be
here
or
come
here
and
that
we
are
one
city
and
so
I
would
hope,
we'll
be
able
to
do
it
again,
perhaps
in
the
new
term
of
council,
and
set
up
some
kind
of
a
standard
whereby
we
do
that
perhaps
once
a
year
in
different
parts
of
the
city
and
I'll
draw
only
attention.
F
Madam
Speaker,
to
just
the
one
series
of
items,
that's
included
in
the
executive
committee
agenda
to
do
with
affordable
housing
and
pointed
out
that,
when
you
add
them
up
some
division
as
between
ownership
and
rental.
These
measures
that
are
before
you
today
from
the
executive
committee
with
their
recommendation,
are
three
hundred
and
twenty-four
units
of
Housing.
And
you
know
it's
frustrating
in
one
respect,
because
we
know,
of
course,
the
lists
that
exist
for
people
to
have
access
to
those
home
ownership
and
home
rent
to
those
rent.
F
Affordable
rental
opportunities
are
far
in
excess
of
that,
but
we
just
have
to
keep
moving
forward
to
meet
our
own
targets
and
trying
to
find
ways.
We
can
do
things
on
a
much
scaled
up
version,
but
I
think
these
are
positive
steps
forward
today,
albeit
that
they're
modest
relative
pardon
me
to
the
size
of
the
challenge
and
so
I
commend
the
report
of
the
executive
committee
to
you
and
in
particular
these
items
that
will
again
make
a
contribution
to
our
affordable
housing
challenge.
Thank
you,
madam
Speaker.
Thank.
A
K
Good
morning
to
you,
madam
Speaker,
and
to
the
members
of
council
that
the
report
from
meeting
11
of
the
Audit
Committee
listed
on
the
agenda
Council
be
presented
for
consideration.
I'll
take
a
moment
to
highlight
that
there
are
five
items
before
us
from
the
audit
committee.
Some
of
those
are
periodic
and
familiar
to
this
council.
Often
they
occur
every
year
and
some
are
unique.
But
I
will
remind
members
that
all
were
reviewed
in
detail.
And/Or
debated
at
the
committee,
for
example,
demonstrating
value
of
the
Auditor
General's
Office.
K
We
are
reminded
in
that
report
that
over
the
last
five
years,
the
Auditor
General
has
produced
72
audits,
745
recommendations
leading
to
a
cost
savings
of
203
million
dollars,
and
that
is
for
the
bargain
price
of
twenty
three
point:
nine
million
dollars
to
run
the
Auditor
General's
Office
over
the
last
five
years.
Also,
though,
and
and
the
auditor
quantify
as
many
of
these
audits.
But
there
are
the
non
quantifiable
benefits
and
I'll
remind
members
of
council
of
some
of
the
recent
things
that
we've
heard
about.
K
For
instance,
the
report
from
the
Auditor
General
and
MLS
focusing
on
eating
establishments
and
nightclubs,
and,
of
course,
how
could
we
forget
about
the
holistic
centers?
There
was
also
reports
and
employee
health
and
dental
benefits
that
the
council
talked
about
and
a
report
on
Union
Station.
So
those
benefits
may
not
be
quantifiable,
but
they're
very,
very
important,
because
many
of
them
produced
new
processes.
They
allow
management
to
enact
change
in
their
divisions,
the
increase,
transparency
and,
most
importantly,
they
increase
public
confidence
in
this
government.
I
also
talked
about
the
fraud
and
waste
hotline
report.
A
A
L
A
A
M
M
My
only
word
of
caution
is
when
I
look
back
to
December
of
2017,
our
committee
brought
to
Council
six
motions
to
try
and
fix
and
repair
our
shelter
and
respite
system,
many
of
which
have
missed
their
deadline,
have
not
been
responded
to
these
number
of
motions
are
just
piling
up
and
we're
falling
further
and
further
behind
and
creating
a
framework
that
really
reforms
and
improves
our
shelter
and
homelessness
strategy.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
A
C
A
A
C
C
I
call
you
Yoda
and
you
have
you
solve
every
problem
that
exists
and
we
will
sorely
miss
you
so
that
the
report
from
meeting
25
of
the
parks
and
Environment
Committee
listed
on
the
agenda
of
council
be
presented
for
consideration,
and
we
had
a
robust
debate
about
PE
25.1
tree
protection
through
the
committee
of
adjustment,
which
I
know
you
all
love
trees
in
this
chamber,
and
you
never
want
to
remove
them,
and
it
was
very
interesting
and
enlightening,
and
I
noticed
that
council
affiliate
has
held
the
items,
so
we
will
continue
it
here.
I
guess!
C
Do
madam
Speaker,
that
the
report
from
meeting
27
for
the
planning
and
growth
matter
Committee
listed
on
the
agenda
of
council
be
presented
for
consideration
and
my
ongoing
information
session
about
portable
housing?
There
were
only
a
hundred
and
sixty
seven
units
that
we
approved,
or
our
proving
and
in
this
current
agenda,
there's
no
affordable
housing
units
in
there
at
all.
So
when
we
talked
about
inclusionary
zoning,
we
should
be
sure
if
we
really
believe
in
it.
We
should
be
including
it
in
the
applications
as
it
go
through.
C
In
regards
to
the
item
on
the
committee,
there
is
one
item:
PG
27.5,
townhouse
and
low-rise
apartment
guidelines
which
I've
held.
It
is
very
difficult
work
that
has
gone
on
between
the
Planning
Division
and
any
members
of
the
industry
that
came
to
an
accommodation
and
guidelines
that
both
sides
thought
they
were
very
comfortable
with
I
know.
My
colleague,
councillor
perks,
has
an
issue
in
regards
to
the
location
of
front
doors
which
might
work
in
and
does
work
in
his
community
to
be
different
than
what
is
in
the
staff
report.
C
But
this
is
a
citywide
one
and
I
hope
we
get
to
the
debate
well
understand
that
we
have
to
look
at
these
from
a
citywide
basis
and
there
were
some
amendments
that
were
made
there.
That
I
don't
support.
I,
think
that
the
staff
report
was
a
great
accommodation
or
an
awful
lot
of
hard
work
between
the
staff
and
the
industry,
and
it
isn't
guidelines
that
everyone
could
work
by
and
I
will
be
asking
you
when
we
get
to
it
to
support
the
staff
recommendations.
A
J
A
N
New
members
Peter
and
thank
you
very
much
I'd
like
to
introduce
that
the
report
from
meeting
30
of
the
Toronto
and
East
Shore
Community
Council,
listed
an
agenda
of
council
be
presented
for
consideration
and
with
that
to
also
thank
our
city
clerks,
who
did
a
great
job
of
shepherding
93
items
through
our
agenda,
and
we
recognize
that
that
is
significantly
more
than
Scarborough
Community
Council
with
12
items,
North
York,
Community,
Council
of
27
items
and
tobiko
your
community
council
of
34
items.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
A
M
N
Sorry
I
just
lost
the
pager
with
my
apologies.
Oh
yes,
it's
on
page
6,
G
and
25.6
termination
of
the
offer
to
donate
land
from
Mount
Pleasant
group
of
cemeteries
to
the
City
of
Toronto
I,
initiated
legal
proceedings
along
with
Friends
of
Toronto,
public
cemeteries
against
and
the
name.
Appellants
are
the
Queen,
sir
Her
Majesty,
the
Queen
in
right
of
Ontario,
the
public
Guardian
and
the
trustee
and
Mount
Pleasant
group
of
cemeteries.
C
A
A
Members
I
will
not
review
the
order
paper.
We
have
to
deferred
items
on
this
agenda:
ey
23.73;
a
draft
approve
of
condominium,
25
20
to
25,
42,
Keele,
Street,
integrity,
transparency
and
accountability
and
fairness
in
the
planning
process
and
ey
25.40
a
status
report
on
25
22,
42,
keel
street
plan
of
standard
condominium
application.
The
mayor
has
designated
the
following
items
as
his
key
matters
for
this
meeting.
A
The
first
key
matter
would
be
item
CD.
Twenty
six
point:
five
headed
emergency
shelter,
service
update
the
second
key
matter
will
be
item
CC
thirty,
eight
point:
three
headed
Ombudsman
Toronto
report
inquiry
into
City
of
Toronto
went
arrest,
bite
services
in
2017
and
eighteen
season.
These
will
be
our
first
and
second
item
of
business
today.
A
I
also
propose
that
the
following
items
be
considered
together:
item
ey,
twenty
three:
seventy
three
on
draft
approve
of
condominium:
twenty
five:
twenty
two:
forty
two
appeal:
Street
and
ey
25.40
on
status
report
of
twenty
five,
twenty,
two,
forty
to
kill,
Street
and
item
ey.
Twenty
eight
point:
three:
on
Drive
plan
of
staff
standard
condominium
application
for
twenty
five,
twenty
two
and
twenty
five.
Forty
two
kills
tree
with
prospective
direction
that
these
items
be
dealt
with.
At
the
same
time,
members
of
notices,
emotions
are
scheduled
to
be
dealt
with
at
2:00
p.m.
tomorrow.
A
So
members
of
council,
before
I,
take
additional
hold
I
wish
to
advise
Council
on
a
matter
that
should
be
withdrawn
from
the
agenda.
The
city
solicitor
has
advised
the
North
York
Community
Council
item
28
point
26
on
representation
that
the
Toronto
local
appeal
body
hearing
for
12
Catherine
Road,
has
already
been
dealt
with
under
delegated
authority
granted
by
City
Council
at
its
January
2018
meeting.
That
meeting.
That
item
is
now
redundant
and
will
be
withdrawn
from
the
agenda.
A
The
city
clerk
has
noted
the
items
that
members
wish
to
hold.
I
will
not
go
through
the
items
listed
on
the
order
paper
to
take
additional
holds
and
I
will
recognize,
requests
to
make
matters
or
Janet
I'm
specific
after
I
go
through
the
items
for
additional
holds
once
the
order
paper
has
been
approved
by
council
and
each
change
for
need
a
two-thirds
vote
page
three
councillor
DiGiorgio
thank.
P
You,
madam
Speaker
I,
have
no
problem
in
dealing
with
the
the
items
as
you
proposed
altogether
so
I'm,
holding
EUI
23.73
and
ey
25.4
o,
along
with
the
item
that
you
at
the
at
Etobicoke,
our
community
councils,
that
they
can
all
be
dealt
at
the
same
time,
I'm
just
getting
some
motions
ready,
so
I'm
holding
those
items.
Yes,.
B
R
R
R
D
G
C
A
D
Q
B
A
C
A
Q
A
D
A
F
At
efika
I
apologize
to
council.
Do
you
I
forgot
to
declare
an
interest?
I
just
didn't
care
to
go
Baha'I
and
an
item
CCE
38.9.
I
deal
with
these
on
a
case-by-case
basis,
but
I
have
an
abundance
across.
My
mother
resides
in
a
condominium,
that's
close
by
the
area,
that's
affected
by
this
item
and
so
all
declare
an
interest
in
that
regard.
Hey.
Q
B
C
A
R
Thank
You
speaker
I,
have
a
procedural
motion.
I
would
like
to
move
that
in
accordance
with
section
27
60
of
council
procedures,
City
Council,
remove
item
IX,
32.1,
headed
City
of
Toronto
long
term
financial
plan
from
the
executive
committee
and
bring
the
item
forward
to
City
Council
for
consideration.
I
would
also
like
to
speak
to
that
motion.
Speaker.
J
R
Essentially,
the
city
manager
has
said
that
the
city
of
Toronto
has
a
choice
as
a
choice
about
which
future
we
want
to
live
in.
Do
we
want
to
live
in
a
future
where
we,
as
a
government,
provide
only
bare-bones
services
to
properties,
whether
we
continue
with
the
suite
of
services
that
we
currently
have
and
increase
our
tax
revenue
or
whether
we
implement
many
of
the
city
building
initiatives?
R
R
The
report
points
out
that
the
Const
quints
up
trying
to
do
this
is
that
over
the
next
five
years
we
have
one
point:
four
billion
dollars,
difference
between
the
revenues
that
we
raise
annually
and
the
amount
that
we
will
be
spending
annually.
In
other
words,
the
next
term
of
council
has
to
find
something
pretty
close
to
a
billion
dollars
in
new
revenues.
And/Or
cuts
to
the
services
that
we
deliver
for
the
City
of
Toronto
to
be
on
a
healthy
financial
footing.
R
It's
the
fundamental
conversation
of
the
city
and
I
believe
that
each
of
us,
who
four
years
ago,
went
to
the
voters
in
the
City
of
Toronto
and
said.
I
would
like
you
to
support
me
so
that
I
can
go
and
be
a
leader
on
your
behalf
at
Toronto,
City,
Council
I.
Think
if
each
of
us
made
a
promise
to
have
the
courage
to
have
that
kind
of
a
conversation.
R
If
you
ask
people
to
vote
for
you
and
we're
not
prepared
to
face
hard
truths,
you
made
an
error,
but
many
of
us
are
going
to
be
seeking
re-election
and
I
think
it's
incumbent
on
all
of
us
who
will
be
seeking
re-election
to
make
it
absolutely
known
which
side
of
that
debate
we
stand
on
and
make
no
mistake.
There
is
nothing
that
you're
on
Tony
ins
are
more
interested
in
than
this
fundamental
question
about
what
kind
of
a
city
we
live
in,
one
we
invest
in
or
one
we
do
not.
R
For
those
of
you
who
weren't
on
council
in
the
previous
term,
you
might
recall
that
we
actually
have
debates
that
went
our
deputation
days
that
went
24
hours
long
when
we
did
the
core
service
review.
There
is
no
more
never
in
the
history
of
the
City
of
Toronto
have
I
seen
Torontonians
come
out
with
such
passion
for
this
city,
such
concern
for
its
future
and
such
a
willingness
to
give
their
time
their
thoughts
and
their
their
ideas
for
the
future
of
the
City
of
Toronto.
R
As
when
we
had
a
conversation
about
whether
we
should
cut
services
or
maintain
them,
it
is
the
single
thing
Toronto
Neos
have
shown
the
greatest
interest
in,
and
yet,
despite
repeated
motions
by
this
council
to
have
a
long
term
financial
plan
debated
at
this
council,
we,
our
executive
committee
nevertheless
chose
not
to
send
that
here
for
a
debate.
How
can
any
of
us
claim
to
be
doing
the
thing
we
offered
four
years
ago
to
do,
which
is
to
lead
this
city?
R
If
we
are
not
willing
to
have
that
debate
and
it's
consequential
the
instructions
we
give
to
city
staff
on
what
to
prepare
for
the
new
government
coming
in
a
year
from
now-
and
it
will
be
a
year
from
now
before
they're
able
to
debate
a
long
term
financial
plan
will
be
rudderless
for
an
entire
year.
The
instructions
we
give
can
shape
the
kind
of
work
they
give
us.
Do
they
tell
us
how
to
build
a
city
or
they
tell
us
how
to
shrink
a
city.
R
H
R
Yes,
there
have
been
numerous
reports
and
when
each
time
one
of
two
things
has
happened
in
some
instances,
we
have
directed
staff
to
go
back
and
do
the
work
in
the
most
recent
direction.
We
as
a
council
gave
them
was
to
bring
that
work
back
prior
to
the
budget
we
just
debated
in
other
instances
when
those
reports
are
those
two
baits
have
happened.
A
majority
of
the
members
of
council
said
we
don't
want
to
make
up
our
mind
about
revenue
tools
right
now.
Why
don't
we
wait
until
we
have
the
long-term
financial
plan
for
context?
R
H
R
City
manager
outlines
a
number
of
challenges.
One
of
them
is
that
incredible
volatility
and
I
know.
Councillor
Campbell
and
others
have
repeatedly
asked
questions
on
the
floor
of
this
council
saying
what
do
we
do
in
the
event
of
that
volatility
and
here's
the
scenario
that
concerns
me
if
the
real
estate
market
goes
soft
in
the
next
couple
of
months
and
they're
having
some
indications
that
it
could
do
that
and
this
council
because
of
a
motion
that
councillor
de
bear
maker
made
and
the
majority
of
councillors
decided
we'll
have
no
meeting
in
the
fall
we
are.
R
We
are
leaving
city
staff
in
a
position
where
council
is
no
longer
meeting
for
nine
months
and
they
have
no
sounding
from
council
about
whether
we
value
a
continued
investment
in
city
building
or
whether
we
believe
we
should
shrink
services.
We
could,
during
the
long
term,
financial
debate
recognizing
that
that
potential
risk
with
the
land
transfer
tax
give
some
direction
to
staff.
But
no,
the
executive
committee
does
not
want
us
to
have
that
conversation
so.
H
The
core
service
review
didn't
identify
the
hundreds
of
millions
in
a
structural
operating
deficit
that
we
have.
The
the
time
it
would
take
to
implement
a
new
revenue
stream
would
be
rather
significant.
Your
reason
for
trying
to
seize
this
item
is
we
can't
wait
another
year
to
start
addressing
the
urgent
needs.
We
have
right
now,
I.
R
Have
I
have
two
fundamental
reasons
for
doing
it.
One
is
because
we
have
this
structural
deficit,
which
is
self-imposed
because
of
eight
years
of
this
council
freezing
or
cutting
taxes,
while
still
piling
on
new
services
that
structural
deficit
and
our
reliance
on
the
land
transfer
tax
means
that
there's
significant
risk
to
our
ability
to
deliver
the
services
Torontonians
rely
on
and
want
thank.
A
N
Thank
you
very
much,
mem
speaker
to
you
and
through
you
to
to
the
councillor
with
respect
to
the
comments
from
the
city
manager
at
the
executive
committee.
Was
it
your
recollection
as
well
that
the
city
manager
said
that
that
this
report
that
the
executive
committee
deferred
out
could
have
actually
gone
directly
to
City
Council?
Yes,.
R
The
city
manager
repeatedly
in
response
to
questions
said
he
would
be
absolutely
fine
with
this
report
coming
to
City
Council
at
one
point,
although
I
will
not
remember
all
the
qualifications
and
the
but
fors
and
the
various
ways
of
wrapping
it
up
and
uncertainty
that
he
used.
He
did
say
that
if
we
had
the
benefit
of
councils
direction
and
advice
that
it
would
send
a
clear
message
to
city
staff
and.
N
Is
your
recollection
as
well
that
in
a
2006
report
that
actually
what
have
setup
the
particular
this
particular
report
going
to
the
executive?
Is
that
in
that
report
that
this
this
particular
item
should
have
been
going
straight
to
City
Council?
So
the
City
Council
can
debate
it
as
part
of
the
2017
and
18
budget
process.
So.
R
My
recollection
is
slightly
different,
I,
don't
believe
it
said,
come
directly
to
Council
I
think
it
did
say
report
through
executive
committee,
but
I'm
not
certain
about
that.
But
what
it
most
certainly
did
say
was
that
it
should
be
before
this
council
prior
to
the
debate
on
the
2018
budget,
which
unfortunately
did
not
happen.
Sorry.
N
So
then
I
should
just
rephrase
a
night
and
I.
Think
I
made
a
mistake
in
saying
that
is
that
it
would
go
through
the
executive
committee
in
2018
I'm,
sorry
in
2016.
The
next
steps
I
outlined
is
that
would
go
straight
to
the
executive
committee
and
then
to
City
Council
for
a
final
decision.
Yes,
that's.
R
A
N
R
A
Q
Q
R
R
Acknowledging
my
deep
affection
for
this,
this
particular
city
manager,
I,
would
like
to
ask
him
questions,
but
worse
than
that,
if
we
don't
bring
this
to
item
this
item
before
us,
we
can't
ask
any
city
manager
or
any
chief
financial
officer,
any
deputy
city
manager
or
any
staff
member.
Any
questions
about
the
future.
Q
Of
the
city,
but
this
city
manager,
his
mandate,
was
to
bring
in
a
financial
directions.
Report
I
think
you'd
agree
with
me.
That's
very
clear.
The
mayor's
mentioned
that
a
number
of
times
that
that
was
his
mandate
when
we
brought
him
here
and
so
now,
we're
shortchanging
our
own
process
by
not
allowing
this
council
to
ask
questions
of
a
man
whose
mandate
was
to
provide
us
with
a
financial
blueprint.
Would
you
agree
with
that
statement?
Absolutely.
R
J
J
R
And
that's
our
should
the
crucial
point
and
and
that
to
understand
the
purpose
of
my
motion.
I
would
really
like
members
of
council
to
focus
on
this
point.
We
could
have
a
debate
on
the
three
possible
futures
city
manager
has
laid
out
in
the
City
of
Toronto
shrink
services,
increased
taxes
just
to
keep
things
the
same,
increased
taxes
slightly
more
so
that
we
can
actually
do
things
like
build
smart
track
or
invest
in
housing
or
all
of
the
other
things
that
this
council
has
promised
to
do.
R
R
Could
you
please
reelect
me
I'll,
be
able
to
say
that
I
stand
for
building
the
city
or,
if
I
vote
differently,
I
stand
for
cutting
services.
I!
Think
each
of
us
has
a
duty
to
go
to
voters
and
tell
us
what
we
have
stood
for
and
what
kind
of
city
we
want
and
refusing
to
debate.
That
is
fundamentally
ducking
the
job
that
an
elected
official
has
and.
J
You
want
this
report
to
be
brought
forward
to
Council,
because
it
gives
directions
and
very
specific
recommendations
for
changes
to
the
budget
process
and
other
practices
for
the
next
term.
Wouldn't
it
be
useful
for
this
council
to
give
some
endorsement
of
the
recommendations
that
are
contained
in
this
room.
A
I
Certification,
yes,
well,
it's
a
procedural
clarification.
I
just
want
to
clarify
what
you
anticipate
to
be
the
procedural
path
of
your
motion
in
coming.
Here.
It's
a
word
with
a
number
of
action
items.
Some
of
them
are
to
direct
staff
to
go
back
and
do
a
significant
amount
of
work.
Your
motion
isn't
trying
to
derail.
That
is
it
no.
R
Absolutely
not
the
effect
of
bringing
it
here
to
Council
allows
us
to
do
two
things.
Procedurally,
first
of
all,
as
was
said,
an
answer
to
a
question
of
the
executive
committee
having
the
imprimatur
of
the
entire
council
instead
of
a
subset
of
council,
makes
the
the
action
items
in
the
report
bulletproof.
It
means
that
they're
fully
endorsed.
Secondly,
it
may
be
that
some
of
us
look
at
that
report
and
say
there's
more.
We
need
to
do
here.
We
need
even
stronger
direction
to
city
staff
on
what
kind
of
work
they
want
to
do.
I
Just
to
be
clear,
you
you,
you
anticipate
that
that,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
right
now
it
is
directed
to
staff
at
the
end
of
the
day,
to
clarify
you
want
here
to
refine
certain
points,
but
the
path
you
anticipate
is
it
may
then
just
go
to
staff
as
it
is
now,
but
with
more
input,
that's
all
you're
trying
to
achieve
here,
you're
not
trying
to
achieve
any
other
nefarious
thing.
Oh
counselor,.
R
I
never
do
anything
nefarious,
but
no
you're,
quite
right.
The
the
purpose
of
this
is
is
to
send
a
similar
set
of
instructions
to
what
staff
have
asked
us
to
approve
to
them
so
that
the
next
council,
that's
elected,
can
start
hit
the
ground
running
with
an
item.
I
know
this
is
important
if
we
debate
it
as
a
council
and
vote
on
it
as
a
council,
then
the
public
as
they
did
during
the
KPMG
report.
The
public
has
the
opportunity
to
know
when
they're
voting
if
they
want
to
go
along
with
that
direction
from
Council.
R
M
R
Repeat
what
I
said
earlier,
the
city
manager
said
during
questions.
He
was
asked
at
executive
committee
that
it
would
be
absolutely
fine
for
this
to
come
to
Council
and
further
that
if
it
has
the
stamp
of
approval
from
the
entire
Council,
that
gives
it
more
weight.
Second
point
that
I
want
to
make
a
net
to
clarify.
What's
going
on
here,
as
with
all
of
our
financial
planning,
as
with
all
of
our
transit
planning,
we
bring
reports
in
stages.
R
Should
we
go
to
the
next
stage
of
work,
you're
familiar
with
this
counselor,
so,
for
example,
prior
to
the
previous
two
budget,
this
council
had
a
debate
on
what
instructions
we
should
send
to
staff
in
preparation
of
the
budget.
This
is
almost
identical
to
that
and
it
represents
good
planning,
good
leadership
on
the
part
of
this
council
and
good
public
process.
Clearly.
M
R
That
that
was
your
opinion
counselor,
it's
not
mine,
and
that's
why
I
want
to
remove
it
from
committee.
I.
Think,
unlike
you,
that
we
have
a
duty
to
the
people
who
elect
us
to
have
the
debate
here
at
Council
and
to
show
people
where
we
stand.
Do
you
want
to
have
a
government
with
fewer
services,
or
do
you
want
to
have
a
government
where
we
actually
build
the
city
I'd
like
to
know
how
you
count.
A
I
R
Commits
us
to
debating
the
item,
if
a
majority
of
us
feel
that
we
should
take
some
action,
we
can
do
that.
That's
what
council
is
for,
but
voting
YES
on
my
motion
doesn't
presuppose
that
thing
like
that
will
happen.
We'll
have
the
report
before
us,
just
as
we
would
in
the
normal
course
of
doing
business
here,
just
as
we
as
council
directed
should
happen
prior
to
the
2018
budget.
So.
I
R
Means
that
only
those
of
us
who
were
at
the
Scarborough,
Executive
Committee
will
be
able
to
have
asked
questions
and
I
also
want
to
note
I
had
further
questions
that
I
wanted
to
ask
at
that
time.
I
asked
for
a
second
round
of
questions,
and
the
executive
committee
overruled
that
I
think
there's
some
very
important
things
that
we
as
council
and
that
the
Toronto
public
need
to
know
about
our
finances
and
I
want
to
ask
our
staff
those
questions
on
the
public
record.
Okay,.
D
Madam
Speaker
I
strongly
encourage
council
to
listen
to
councillor
perks,
advice
only
only
executive
committee,
madam
Speaker,
had
an
opportunity
to
review
and
debate
the
city,
manager's
reports
and
the
mayor's
excuse
and
I
heard
it
from
health
care.
Pasternak
today
is
that
the
report
wasn't
at
a
point
that
it
was
fully
fleshed
out
and
ready
to
be
considered.
D
Both
of
these
are
interim
reports
both
of
these
sought
a
council
a
direction
and
both
were
considered
both
by
executive
committee
and
then
to
council,
and
this
is
just
an
example
of
many
more
that
have
been
interim
reports
that
have
been
then
reviewed
by
executive
then
brought
to
Council
for
our
direction.
This
is
the
point
where
we
provide
guidance
and
direction
to
staff
so
that
it
makes
one
I
think
a
reasonable
person.
Wonder
then,
why?
Why
would
the
mayor
an
executive
committee
just
want
to
bury
this
report?
D
Why
is
it
not
coming
to
council,
especially
before
an
election?
Well,
the
city
manager
made
very
clear
recommendations
that
there
should
be
value
for
money
assessments
on
major
capital
projects.
He
also
said
that
council
should
be
ranking
capital
projects
based
on
evidence
based
on
good
urban
planning
principles.
Well,
I,
along
with
the
minority
of
this
council,
have
requested
several
times
that
this
council
support
just
those
two
principals
actions
and
this
Mayor
in
this
council
continues
to
vote
against
it.
D
D
Well,
some
people
have
criticized
this
mayor
for
kicking
the
can
down
the
road.
I
respectfully
disagree
with
that
accusation.
I
think
what
this
mayor
is
done
is
far
worse.
No
other
city
is
spending
over
three
billion
dollars
on
one
subway.
Stop
no
other
city
in
the
world
is
rebuilding
elevated
expressways.
D
He
keeps
showing
us
pictures
of
icebergs
saying
this
is
where
we're
heading
we
are
about
to
hit
it,
but
rather
than
look
out
the
window
and
see
that
iceberg
and
avoid
it
and
actually
steer
us
in
the
right
direction.
This
mayor
and
sadly
the
majority
of
Council,
has
decided
to
head
right
towards
it
and
bury
any
evidence
and
bury
any
advice
that
suggests
that
we
shouldn't
go
in
that
way.
Well,
it's
time
to
turn
that
ship
around
it's
time
to
actually
have
vision
for
this
city.
D
It's
time
to
actually
invest
in
real
priorities,
accept
facts
to
guide
us
rather
than
political
pursuits
or
other
interests
serve
people
with
every
dollar
that
we
have
use
other
people's
dollars
wisely
rather
than
for
our
own
interests,
and
do
something
important
for
the
city
to
reimagine
Toronto
to
return
the
city
to
the
people
rather
than
just
keep
adding
our
own
backs.
So,
madam
Speaker,
we
need
to
have
this
report
before
us.
Councillor
perks
is
correct
that
it
should
be
seized
from
executive
committee
and
the
next
executive
committee
should
remember.
You
serve
the
rest
of
us.
D
You
serve
the
majority.
You
serve
the
population
of
Toronto,
don't
just
bury
things
because
it
doesn't
fit
into
the
narrative
that
you'd
like
bring
the
information
forward.
So
we
can
have
a
debate.
I
represent
roughly
70,000
people
in
Midtown
Toronto,
who
don't
have
an
opportunity
to
actually
consider
that
report
from
the
city
manager,
I,
hope
the
city
manager.
A
J
We
have
been
waiting
for
this
report
because
this
report
sets
out
for
us
our
challenges
and
it
sets
out
for
us
some
proposed
solutions
and
steps
to
move
us
forward.
I
represent
this
group
of
residents.
These
young
people,
these
young
people
here
who
want
to
have
a
new
playground
who
want
to
have
new
investments
in
their
community
who
value
the
Taylor
Creek
Park,
which
runs
beside
that
community.
J
Our
communities
were
consulted
on
the
long-term
fiscal
plan
and
they
spoke
clearly,
and
if
you
read
the
report,
you
will
see
that
they
support
building
a
city
and
this
reports
that's
out
three
visions
for
the
future:
a
stark
bare-bones
government
that
does
only
those
core
services
at
low
levels.
It
talks
as
well
about
a
model
of
status
quo,
but
even
status
quo.
J
We
have
always
struggled
with
the
budget
process
in
order
to
set
service
levels
and
match
it
with
the
resources
to
make
these
things
happen
on
the
very
same
agenda
of
the
Executive
Committee
was
a
report
that
I
moved
to
go
there
at
the
same
time,
which
is
about
our
service
plans,
1.8
billion
dollars
to
fund
all
of
those
services
and
service
plans
that
this
council
approved
probably
almost
unanimously
every
one
of
them,
because
I
know
that
you
do
want
to
build
a
city.
I
know
in
your
communities.
J
You
want
to
see
new
investment,
but
every
time
we
discuss
it
at
budget
time,
we've
locked
ourselves
in
to
a
budget
target
that
was
set
months
and
months
in
advance
and
driven
by
an
election
and
a
mayor,
and
we
have
not
been
able
to
respond
to
the
needs
and
the
interests
of
our
community.
Every
single
person
at
that
committee
who
came
and
spoke
to
the
executive
committee
they
said,
take
this
report
to
Council.
You
have
a
responsibility
to
take
this
report
to
Council.
J
You
know
recently
I
had
a
meeting
on
the
Taylor
Creek,
the
Taylor,
Creek
Park
and
ravine,
and
we've
just
approved
a
ravine
strategy,
and
there
was
a
woman
who
stood
up
and
said.
Janet
I
want
this
to
happen
and
you
go
down
and
tell
them
I'm
prepared
to
pay
more
in
taxes,
because
this
is
something
I
want
to
happen.
And
while
the
mayor
often
denies
that
these
voices
are
out
there,
they
were
at
every
consultation.
We've
had
in
East,
York,
East,
York
and
I.
I
Madam
Speaker
I
have
great
respect
for
my
colleague
who
spoke
last,
but
I'm
I'm
really
not
prepared
to
presuppose
what
a
discussion
and
counsel
might
end
up
with
I.
Don't
know,
I,
don't
know
if
we're
all
prepared
to
talk
about
whether
or
not
people
are
prepared
to
pay
more
taxes
or
not,
but
I
do
know
one
thing:
if
you
look
at
page
10
on
this
report,
if
you've
looked
at
it
at
all,
because
if
you're,
not
an
executive,
you
haven't
had
to
up
until
now.
I
I
Some
work
may
require
investment,
including
dedicated
staff,
resources,
technology,
external
expertise
and
financial
resources.
Those
are
all
the
things
that
your
constituents
think
you
have
oversight
over.
They
think
you've
got
your
finger
on
the
pulse.
They
think
you're
watching
that,
and
they
think
you
have
input
into
that
every
day
that
you
come
down
here,
but
all
of
those
things
are
contained
in
what
is
our
financial
future
for
the
next
10
20
30
years
and
we're
actually
saying
that's:
ok,
I'll
think
about
it
another
day
and
what
is
that?
I
Other
day,
you're
gonna
go
through
your
election,
not
here
really
being
able
to
tell
them
what
your
long-term
vision
for
the
city
is,
because
you
haven't
been
willing
to
discuss
it
with
your
colleagues
and
you
are
cutting
off
any
new
member
of
council
that
might
be
coming
in
here
and
having
any
say
into
that.
Because,
let's
face
it,
we
know
every
incumbent
sitting.
Here
knows
how
the
first
few
months
of
council
go.
There's
the
post-election
budget
and
it
passes
in
the
blink
of
an
eye.
I
We
set
a
certain
amount
of
direction
before
we
leave,
which
is
why
our
folks,
out
in
our
communities,
are
often
frustrated
that
the
very
first
budget
they
didn't
have
a
lot
of
input
into,
because
it
was
so
rushed
and
only
after
then
will
we
get
a
look
at
this
and
even
one
discussion
of
this
report,
I,
don't
think
that's
what
your
residents
think
is
happening
in
this
chamber.
I
think
they
think
you
are
actually
directing
what's
happening,
but
you're
not
going
to
direct
this.
I
But
if
you
stood
up
and
applauded
deputy
city
manager,
Olivia
speech,
then
I
asked
were
you
listening,
because
all
of
the
things
he
talked
about
are
really
a
lot
about
what's
in
this
plan,
and
yet
you
don't
want
to
talk
about
it,
so
I
asked.
Why
did
you
stand?
Why
did
you
apply
if
you
have
anything
in
here
that
made
you
think
we
could
have
gone
a
little
further
there
if
staff
are
gonna,
go
away
and
work
on
this
until
after
the
first
budget
cycle
in
the
next
term?
I
There's
a
couple
of
points
I'd
like
to
make
clear
to
them.
There's
some
things
I'd
like
to
have
in
the
report:
that's
coming
back,
I
need
some
input.
If
you
read
the
plan,
III
would
have
to
ask
what
were
you
on
while
you're
reading
it?
If
you
don't
have
one
single
comment,
you'd
like
to
make
to
staff
in
a
report
of
this
much
depth,
but
this
would
be
your
opportunity
to
have
that
input
and
then
staff
would
go
away.
I
Having
had
as
it
asks
on
sit
on
on
page
ten
to
get
some
City
Council
direction,
you
counsel
not
executive,
where
no
one's
allowed
to
move
a
motion
and
no
one
ever
sponsors
your
motion,
but
here
in
Council,
where,
as
deputy
city
manager
pointed
out,
this
is
a
very
democratic
place.
The
most
democratic
place
he's
ever
worked
and,
yes,
you
have
to
embrace
the
messiness
and
messiness
is.
We
would
like
to
have
a
little
more
input
into
a
report.
That's
gonna
determine
the
future
of
this
city
for
decades
to
come.
I
I,
don't
think,
that's
a
lot
to
ask
I,
don't
think
our
time
is
so
valuable
that
we
can't
spend
a
little
time
to
determine
the
future
of
the
city
and
all
the
work
that
staff
will
be
doing
all
the
time
you're
out
in
the
hustings.
I
really
think
your
residents
expected
of
you.
Those
are
my
comments,
madam
speaker.
N
The
conversations
are
actually
quite
frank,
they're
saying
that
they're
just
some
things
that
that
are
not
to
be
brought
forward
simply
because
there
are
certain
individuals
that
don't
necessarily
want
that
debate
and
nothing
of
controversy.
So
I've
now
learned
that
there
is
this
thing
called
delay
in
duck,
and-
and
this
seems
to
me,
madam
Speaker-
to
be
one
of
those
examples
of
when
the
trout
public
service
perhaps
is
is-
is
biting
by
the
will
of
the
political
masters
to
exercise
delaying
duck.
What
does
that
look
like
well
in
2016?
N
The
city
manager
clearly
outlined
in
his
report
leading
up
to
this
particular
item.
That's
not
before
us
that
a
long
term
financial
plan
will
be
presented
to
the
executive
committee
and
council
in
2017
q2.
So
the
report
that
is
not
no
longer
before
us
that
was
deferred
by
the
executive
committee
was
already
late.
We
were
supposed
to
debate
that
in
2017,
I
was
going
to
feed
into
the
process
of
budget
decision-making
in
2018,
and
why
was
that
the
case?
N
Because
it
was
said
that
reaching
financial
sustainability
is
a
challenge
to
achieve
it
will
require
difficult
and
painful
decisions.
These
are
words
from
the
city
manager's
report.
The
city
is
past
the
point
where
it
can
defer
solving
a
structural
financial
challenge
being
unable
to
reasonably
kick
the
can
down.
N
It
was
very
clearly
communicated
to
us
that
procedural
protocol
means
that
the
current
council
deals
with
a
curtain
business
and
should
it
be
deferred
into
the
new
term.
It
may
not
necessarily
come
back
so
all
that
work
that
was
that
had
gone
into
creating
this
next
phase
of
the
long
term
financial
plan.
It
seems
uncertain
whether
or
not
that
is
going
to
come
back,
and
so
madam
Speaker
I'm
quite
concerned,
because
we
do
have
a
number
of
options
before
us
and
actually
I
should
say
those
options
may
have
been
taken
away
from
us.
N
We
have
a
number
of
strategies
that
are
very
good
programs
and
policies
that
this
council
has
adopted,
and
it
was
often
done
in
in
consultation,
broad
citywide
consultation
with
our
residents,
whether
it's
the
ravine
strategy,
the
poverty
reduction
strategy
or
even
vision,
zero.
All
that
remains
largely
unfunded.
They
become
aspirations
that
the
city
will
want
to
do
one
day,
but
we
don't
have
the
money
to
do,
and
yet
we
ask
residents
to
come
out
and
give
us
their
advice.
N
Give
us
their
best
best
advice
and
help
us
make
decisions
and
build
new
programs
and
policies
that
will
in
you
improve
the
quality
of
their
lives,
and
then
we
say
to
them
now
we're
not
going
to
fund
it.
We
have
an
opiate
crisis
in
Toronto,
we're
in
the
middle
of
a
shelter
crisis.
We
have
a
housing
crisis,
we
have
a
transit
crisis
and
anybody
who
has
been
on
the
run
on
line
one
will
know
that
you
have
to
wait
three
to
four
to
five
to
six
trains
before
they
can
get
on.
N
There
is
just
simply
no
relief.
We
are
also
according
to
the
city
manager,
perhaps
on
the
verge
of
a
financial
crisis,
despite
the
fact
that
we
have
good
credit
rating,
but
we
can
simply
not
punt
this
item
down
the
road
anymore,
but
unfortunately,
that's
exactly
what
the
Executive
Committee
has
done.
So,
madam
Speaker.
This
is
why
this
term
of
council,
we
need
to
be
able
to
bring
this
item
back
to
this
floor
of
City
Council
and
have
a
truly
honest
and
meaningful
debate
about
how
we're
gonna
set
the
financial
path
of
the
city
forward.
A
D
C
T
T
First,
is
it
right
to
have
this
debate
at
this
time?
I
think
it
is
right
to
have
this
debate
at
this
time
when
I
look
at
the
city
and
the
big
issues
facing
it,
I
would
say
there
are
three
one:
is
public
transit
how
we're
going
to
fund
it?
What
we're
going
to
fund
how
we're
going
to
pay
for
it,
how
we
cooperate
with
other
words
of
government?
The
second
issue,
I
think,
is
housing
and
social
inequity.
T
If
we
don't
deal
with
that
in
the
next
generation,
I
think
this
great
city
will
not
be
as
great
and
the
third
one
is
municipal
financing.
Municipal
financing
has
risen
to
the
top
of
the
agenda
and
I
think
this
this
frankly,
this
council
owes
it
to
our
residents
to
support
to
support
a
full
conversation
on
it.
Secondly,
we
were
promised
that
we
would
have
this
debate
on
this
issue.
T
There
have
been
more
motions
talking
about
new
revenue
tools,
long
term
financial
planning,
frankly
and
respectfully
I-
think
the
city
managers
CEOs
a
report
week
I
had
thought
I
had
thought
that
there
was
a
commitment
to
advance
the
argument
to
say
these
are
the
areas
where
we
can
move.
These
are
the
areas
where
we
can't
move
either
in
either
with
our
existing
tax
base
or
with
other
revenue
tools.
T
We
were
promised
a
full
conversation.
We
are
not
having
that
full
conversation.
Thirdly,
it
is
very
interesting
the
goodbye
comments
of
our
deputy,
a
city
manager,
John
Livy.
It
echoes
virtually
every
previous
CEO
that
was
here
has
been
here
and
every
chief
financial
officer
that
was
here.
They
are
telling
us
the
wise
owls
that
we
hired
that
we
pay
big
bucks
to
tell
us
that
we
should
have
this
conversation,
and
the
urgency
is
that
it
is
urgent
before
us.
T
Fourth
reason
why
I
support
this
I
do
think
that
our
public
are
asking
us
to
have
some
political
courage,
I
think
this
council
had
political
courage
when
we
had
the
conversation
and
debate,
and
we
made
some
good
recommendations
around
the
around
road
pricing
of
our
QEW
or
saw
our
garden
expressway
and
Dawn
Valley.
That
was
courage.
That
is
something
that
frankly,
I
stood
up
in
public
gathers
and
said.
You
know
what
we
all
all
of
us
are
on
this
table.
T
Mayor
included,
of
course,
deserve
our
kudos
for
having
the
courage
to
talk
to
our
people
and
say
we
need
this
right
now
in
the
city
of
Toronto,
so
it
is
time
for
political
courage.
Secondly,
we
have
had
in
virtually
every
previous
council
at
least
that
I've
been
a
part
of
a
discussion
on
revenue
tools.
There
is
a
host
of
revenue
tools
out
there
that
can
help
us
sort
out
the
challenges
that
are
before
us,
not
all
of
them,
are
rest
on
the
property
tax
base.
T
In
fact,
if
we
want
the
1.4
billion
dollars
in
the
property
tax
base,
I
think
that's
going
to
be
a
hard
hard
sell.
For.
Frankly,
most
of
us,
the
vast
majority
of
us,
however,
there
are
other
tools
that
are
out
there.
It
would
be
good
for
us
to
signal
to
the
province.
These
are
the
kinds
of
things
that
we
are
looking
at
and
it's
good
for
us
to
signal
to
political
parties,
the
kinds
of
things
we
are
looking
at
in
terms
of
getting
new
revenue.
T
When
we
don't
know,
we
can't
even
afford
what
we
are
spending,
what
we
are,
what
we
are
committed
to
now.
So,
madam
Speaker,
for
all
those
reasons,
I
think
the
right
thing
to
do.
Really
is
to
have
this
conversation
now
and
give
staff
additional
direction
so
that
we
can
go
into
the
summer
and,
frankly,
into
our
election
of
mode
with
some
some
information
and
perspectives
before
that
Toronto's
public.
Thank
you
very
much.
T
Q
Colleagues,
I
very
much
support
having
this
debate
and
discussion
here
in
the
chambers,
particularly
for
the
point
that
councilor
perks
raised
and
said
that
as
a
council,
we
had
actually
instructed
staff
and
city
manager
to
get
ready
and
bring
us
this
report,
and
this
has
been
a
number
of
years
that
has
been
in
the
making
during
that
time.
As
you
know,
we've
had
30,000
people
a
year
are
moving
in
to
the
City
of
Toronto.
That's
part
of
the
provincial
growth
plan,
but
it's
also
just
heavy
growth,
so
I
kind
of
figure.
Q
Since
we
started
talking
about
this,
that's
close
to
a
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
new
residents
in
generally
new
developments
and
there
in
particular
growth
zones,
Mimico
is
a
big
growth
zone.
The
corridor
along
the
waterfront
central
waterfront
is
a
growth
zone
councillor
by
Lao
and
myself
and
McMahon
have
a
shoulder
growth
zone
and
then
there's
the
Yonge
Street
corridor,
which
is
an
amazing
growth
zone.
As
councillor
Matt
Lowe
and
councillor
Fillion,
councillor
shiner
will
tell
you
along
the
transit
corridor.
It's
an
amazing
growth
zone.
Q
So
here
we
are
with
a
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
new
residents.
On
top
of
our
existing
residents
and
our
revenue
is
not
keeping
pace
with
the
growth
in
the
city,
our
services
aren't
keeping
pace
with
the
growth
in
the
city.
I
think
we
know
that
so
we're
just
banking
on
people
moving
in
and
perhaps
using
their
gym
in
their
condo.
But
where
are
the
parks?
Where
are
the
recreation
centres?
How
do
we
plan
the
childcare?
Where
are
the
libraries?
Where
are
those
city
services
that
we
know
are
so
important?
Q
So
here
we
have
more
people
less
revenue,
a
report
that
we've
been
waiting
for
for
years
by
a
city
manager
who,
as
we
were
told,
was
brought
here
for
this
very
purpose
wasn't
brought
here
because
he
had
knew
the
city
he
was
brought
here
because
he
knew
money
and
he
was
going
to
give
us
some
ideas
about
what
we
had
to
do
and
at
the
11th
hour,
what's
happening
that
discussion
that
we've
been
waiting
for
has
been
taken
away.
The
rug
has
been
pulled
out
from
our
feet
now.
Q
I,
don't
think
that
the
executive,
when
it
deliberated
on
this,
took
all
those
things
into
account,
I
just
don't
think
they
thought
about
their
role.
As
far
as
ensuring
that
council
gets
to
debate
things
that
council,
particularly
those
folks
from
the
growth
area,
have
something
to
say
that
we
really
need
to
be
respectful
of
our
city
manager.
His
last
meeting.
This
is
his
big
moment.
Q
It's
his
big
report
and
the
rug
got
pulled
out
from
under
his
feet
to
and
from
Council
I
think
it's
profoundly
unfair
I,
don't
think
it's
on
I,
don't
think
it's
wise
and
it's
not
how
I
want
to
go
in
to
an
election
I'd
like
to
have
some
idea
of
what
we're
doing.
We
had
great
vote
on
road
tolls
and
then
had
that
rub
pulled
out
from
under
our
feet.
What
are
we
going
to
do?
Everybody
wants
to
spend
money
here,
put
your
hand
up
counselor.
Q
If
you
didn't
don't
want
to
spend
money
in
your
ward
to
improve
services,
I'd
like
to
see
those
hands
because
I
know
every
one
of
you
wants
to
do
that.
So
I
really
believe
that
we
should
have
this
conversation.
We
don't
need
to
have
it
today.
It
can
be
a
special
meeting
about
money
before
we
lose
our
city
manager
to
another
money
job
at
the
federal
level.
So
I
urge
you
to
support
councilor
purchases
motion.
T
You
next
time,
you're
with
a
group
of
constituents,
try
asking
them
the
question:
what
has
your
municipal
government?
How
is
your
municipal
government
failed
you
over
the
last
five
10
25
years
and
you
will
get
almost
to
a
person,
some
version
of
lack
of
planning,
lack
of
foresight,
lack
of
vision
and
that
they
may
give
you
a
symptom,
they
may
say
well
lack
of
transit
planning,
but
it
will
always
come
up
of
you.
Don't
think
long
term.
You
just
think
till
the
next
election.
You
just
guys
just
want
to
get
yourselves
reelected.
T
You
don't
think
about
the
future
and
plan
for
it
and
I
think
you
know.
Certainly
the
staff
have
been
doing
their
job.
Mr.
Wallace
has
made
it
painfully
clear
to
us,
since
he
got
here
that
we're
living
beyond
our
means
and
and
keep
leveraging
that
with
with
every
budget,
and
we
have
to
come
to
grips
with
that.
How
we
come
to
grips
with
it
is
going
to
be
it's
not
going
to
be
a
one-day
debate
here
at
Council.
T
We
need
to
set
up
a
process
to
develop
the
the
long
term
plan
and
how
we're
going
to
pay
for
it,
but
right
now
we're
just
we're
just
living
inside
a
house
of
cards
and
when
it
comes
collapsing
down-
and
it
will
maybe
as
soon
as
this
year
we're
you
know,
we're
gonna,
say
Oh,
whose
fault
is
that?
What's
not
our
fault,
not
our
fault,
it's
somebody
else's
fault.
So
we
really
need
today
at
least
put
this
on
the
agenda.
T
L
L
I
support
the
big
city
perspective
on
the
growth
of
the
City
of
Toronto.
But
having
said
that,
Speaker
I
don't
think
that
by
not
a
ceding
to
councilor
perks,
request
that
we
will
be
shutting
down
debate.
In
fact
we're
going
to
be
moving
into
an
election,
and
hopefully
there
will
be
a
very
healthy
debate
on
this
very
issue.
But
I
would
I
would
say
to
my
colleagues
Speaker
that
one
of
the
fundamental
principles
or
understandings
of
government
is
that
an
outgoing
administration
does
not
set
the
agenda
for
an
incoming
administration.
L
So
you
can
say
all
you
want
right
now,
but
the
bottom
line
will
be
that
this
issue
will
be
decided
by
the
council.
That's
elected
for
the
next
term
and
I
would
hope
that
that
council
speaker
would
adopt
the
big
city
approach,
that
it
will
ask
for
more
autonomous
authority
to
make
decisions
that
it
would
ask
for
more
autonomy
in
raising
revenues,
but
for
us
to
make
that
decision
on
their
behalf.
I
think
speaker
is
premature.
So
that's
why
I
will
not
be
supporting
this
request.
B
Thank
you,
speaker,
and
I
will
be
supporting
the
motion
by
councillor
perks,
I
would
just
begin.
This
is
my
first
term
on
council
and
it
is
as
it
is
for
all
of
us.
It
is
rapidly
coming
to
an
end
in
my
very
first
speech
on
the
council
floor
in
this
term.
I
spoke
about
what
I
believe
is
our
revenue
problem.
B
B
Make
no
mistake.
The
decision
to
punt
this
item
to
the
next
term
is
about
politics,
seizing
it
is
about
public
policy
and
I
would
say
a
year
and
a
half
ago,
in
the
winter
of
2016
and
I,
will
give
full
credit
to
the
mayor
that
he
does.
He
initiated
the
conversation
on
his
own
regarding
road
tolls
and
the
future.
B
That
was
the
right
thing
to
do,
and
I
believe
that
this
council,
not
that
it
was
the
solution,
but
I,
believe
that
this
council
also
did
the
right
thing
when
we
in
our
articulating
and
did
recognizing
the
need
for
new
revenue,
endorsed
road
tolls
and
all
three
levels
of
government
provincially
led
us
down,
but
our
response
to
that
and
the
mayor's
response
to
that.
Rather
than
rolling
up
our
sleeves
and
saying
okay,
we
know
we
needed
revenue
and
road
tolls
was
a
solution,
but
now
that
we
don't
have
road
tolls,
let's
not
address
the
need.
B
B
That's
politics
folks,
and
so
if
the
role
of
government
is-
and
this
is
the
role
and
function
of
government
to
tax
and
spend
and
regulate,
that
is
the
role
of
government,
how
we
use
resonance
money
and
to
what
purpose,
if
that
is
the
role
of
government
than
the
role
of
us
as
elected
officials,
is
to
discuss
it
today
we
have
no
plan
for
the
future,
and
so
we
do
have
tough
choices
and
that's
the
point
of
the
discussion.
As
councilor
perc
said,
we
can
do
less
and
collect
less.
B
That
is
an
option
we
can
take
and
for
those
around
this
chamber
who
say
we
can
do
less
and
collect
less.
They
should
stand
up
and
make
that
case
and
to
those
like
myself,
who
believe
we
as
a
shitty
city,
should
do
more
and
collect
more
than
we
two
must
stand
up
and
debate
it.
Whatever
your
point
of
view,
is
you
every
single
one
of
you,
as
members
of
council,
were
elected
to
articulate
that
and
to
councillor
Burnside
I'm?
Sorry,
but
if
you
have
an
opinion
on
revenue
tools,
you
don't
have
to
run
for
mayor.
B
If
you
are
an
elected
representative,
you
have
an
obligation
to
stand
up
and
articulate
your
view,
and
so
I
will
just
a
close
by
saying
that
we
were
elected
to
govern
every
single
one
of
us
were
elected
to
govern
and
by
punting
this
hard
discussion
to
the
next
term.
We
are
abdicating
our
responsibilities
and
we
are
harming
the
future
for
the
residents
of
this
city
and
again,
I
will
conclude.
Seizing
this
item
is
not
about
politics.
It's
about
governing
punting.
This
item
is
about
politic
in
front
of
an
election.
Thank
you
very
much.
H
Thank
you
very
much.
Madam
Speaker
I
just
want
to
try
to
highlight
one
particular
thing
in
the
time
that
I
have
to
speak
today,
which
is
speaking
directly
to
why
I
think
that
it
is
important
for
us
to
have
this
debate
now.
Any
delay
puts
the
city
in
a
worse
position.
Any
delay
I
want
to
tell
you
a
little
story.
Friday
night,
my
daughter
came
home
from
from
child
care,
wasn't
exactly
eating
as
much
as
she
should
not
really
in
a
great
mood
started
cupping
at
her
ears.
H
Now
this
is
the
third
time
we've
had
these
similar
symptoms.
First,
two
times
we're
new
parents
didn't
really
know
what
to
do,
but
I
identified
immediately
with
the
problem
was
so
I
packed
her
up
in
her
stroller.
We
hopped
on
the
subway
when
actually
over
to
councilor
Fletcher's
word
to
the
drop-in
on
on
Danforth
by
the
way
fantastic
service,
but
the
children's
dropping
on
Danforth.
They
immediately
set
all
this
linear
infection
early
signs
of
an
ear
infection.
Here's
amoxicillin
boom
the
next
morning,
Phoebe
wakes
up
she's
in
a
great
mood
she's
in
a
great
place.
H
If
we
ignore
the
symptoms
that
might
cause
further
damage
later
on,
are
we
not
in
fact
just
just
giving
up
our
responsibilities
and
doing
the
exact
opposite
of
what
we
were
all
here
to
do?
The
additional
pain
and
I
can
tell
you
from
experience.
If
you
wait
a
couple
days
and
let
the
fever
come
in
and
let
the
and
more
whining
that
comes
with
it,
then
you're
actually
paying
for
it
more
and
that's
a
lot
like
the
debate.
H
I,
think
that
we're
having
here
today
or
the
lack
of
debate
that
we're
having
here
today
I've
waited
three
and
a
half
years
now
to
see
this
report
in
2016.
We
debated
this
item
three
times
and
if
the
pain
of
my
of
my
daughter's
ear
infections
were
bad
enough,
I
spent
a
little
time
over
the
weekend
reviewing
some
of
our
old
debates
reviewing
them.
What
some
of
us
said
about
this?
H
H
We
recognized
it
in
2016.
We
needed
to
do
something
better,
which
is
why
we
put
it
in
front
of
the
of
the
city
manager
and
the
mayor
was
right
to
help
bring
this
plan.
For
then
the
problem
is
he's
wrong
now,
because
what
we're
essentially
doing
is
saying
we
don't
want
to
have
the
difficult
discussion,
the
pre-emptive
discussion,
the
discussion,
that's
gonna,
set
us
back
on
a
right
course,
and
we
don't
want
to
leave
that
for
the
next
City
Council.
Well,
we
want
to
leave
them.
H
Now
the
reason
why
it's
so
critical
that
we
have
it
now
is
not
only
do
we
have
this
budget
shortfall
coming.
It
takes
time
it
actually
takes
quite
a
bit
of
time
to
gear
up
and
I
read
the
November
6
2016
city
manager
report,
and
let
me
just
let
me
just
put
it
in
some
perspective
about
the
amount
of
time
property
taxes,
that's
something
we
can
do
immediately
repeatedly.
This
council
has
failed
to
increase
them
to
the
level
that
has
been
required
to
achieve
some
financial
stability.
An
MLT
t
increase
will
take
six
months.
H
So
if
we
debate
this
next
year,
then
it
won't
be
available
for
2018
might
not
even
be
able
be
available
for
2019.
Similarly
reinstated
the
via
reinstating
the
vehicle
registration
tax
would
take
six
months
to
get
to
two
gira,
that's
again
something
that
this
council
and
the
previous
one
have
chosen
not
to
do,
but
it
would
still
take
us
well
into
2018,
maybe
2019,
dedicating
capital
levy,
hey,
that's
something
I!
H
Think
a
lot
of
us
can
get
behind
a
dedicating
capital
levy,
I
believe
that's
technically
how
how
the
mayor
has
proposed
to
fund
a
lot
of
the
transit
expansion,
including
the
Scarborough,
subway
and
and
and
the
the
provinces
re,
our
expansion
that
will
take
a
multi
year,
phasing
up
to
five
year.
Phasing
now
we're
talking
six
seven
years
out
tolls
the
one
that
we
all
got
behind
three
to
seven
years
to
actually
start
seeing
revenue
from.
H
So,
if
you
think
about
it,
if
we
decide
to
go
the
route
of
tolls
next
January,
even
it's
going
to
put
us
to
the
end
of
that
term
and
finally,
the
sales
and
income
tax
that
we
have
supported,
at
least
the
sales
portion
of,
but
as
a
good
tool
for
this.
They
don't
even
have
the
number
of
years
for
because
we
will
have
to
have
a
steady
and
strong
advocacy
campaign
to
the
other
levels
of
government.
I
D
D
S
You,
madam
Speaker
I,
will
not
be
supporting
the
motion
to
bring
this
into
the
hands
of
counsel
I'm,
rather
surprised
that
there
are
counselors
standing
up
today.
It's
a
you
know,
I
guess
to
me
triggers
may
be
the
beginning
of
some
elections,
both
provincially
and
locally,
because
in
2003,
when
I
got
elected,
I
was
invited
by
Mayor
David
Miller
to
a
session
that
many
some
of
the
commitment
members
of
this
council
attended
down
it
in
Fort,
York,
armories
and
and
2003.
When
I
was
elected.
S
Councilor
perks
knows
where
I
was
in
2003,
but
I
I
was
invited
by
the
mayor
of
the
day
too.
We
also
did
in
2006
sorry
man
yeah,
so
madam
Speaker
in
2003
I
was
invited
by
the
mayor
to
go
down
and
talk
about
the
future
of
the
finance,
our
finances
in
the
city
and
the
slides
that
I
saw
the
information
that
I
saw
the
philosophical
decisions
and
directions
that
I
saw
were
basically
the
same
as
a
current
city
manager,
who's
showing
us
some
15
years
later.
You
can
reduce
the
size
of
government.
S
You
can
keep
it
the
way
it
is
or
the
status
quo,
or
try
to
keep
it
the
same,
or
you
can
try
to
grow
your
city
government
and
extend
your
services.
Those
are
rather
simple
decisions
that
we've
been
facing
for
me
for
15
years
for
some
councillors
who
have
been
on
council
for
30
years.
It's
probably
the
same
philosophical
discussions
so
for
councillors
to
come
here
today
and
say
this
is
the
most
important
issue
me.
We
may
deal
with
this
in
the
entire
term
and
we
want
to
speak
about
it
today.
S
My
question
to
you
is:
if
it
really
is
that
important,
why
didn't
you
show
up
to
the
executive
committee
meeting
some
councillors
to
their
credit?
Did
where
was
councillor
Matt
loud
that
morning
we
published
the
agenda.
The
agenda
was
published
on
these
important
issues.
Was
he
out
playing
ping-pong
councillor,
mer
havoc
says
that
these
are
very
important
items
that
we
should
be
discussing.
Where
was
he
at
executive?
He
had
the
right
in
the
obligation
to
come
to
the
executive
committee
to
give
his
views
to
ask
his
questions
to
do
that.
C
Believe,
madam
Speaker,
that
it's
inappropriate
for
us
to
name
where
other
counselors,
where
it's
not
it
is
not
something
that
we
should
exercise
and
it's
not
something
that
we
should
be
partaking
in
count.
The
the
counselors
are
speaking
right
now
does
not
know
if
the
counselor
he's
referring
to
might
have
had
a
personal
appointment
might
have
been
somewhere
and
I.
Don't
think
those
are
remarks,
I
think
the
counselor
might
want
it
with
rather
well.
A
S
I
will
use
my
colleague
as
a
role
model
in
terms
of
my
behavior.
So,
madam
chair,
we
have
budget
debates
every
single
year,
I've
been
here
now.
This
is
coming
in
my
15
year
every
single
year,
I
think
people
know
where
I
stand,
but
again,
I'm
rather
surprised
that
some
members
of
council
and
say
I
want
to
have
a
debate
today,
because
I
want
my
residents
to
know
where
I
stand.
S
Well,
aren't
you
on
Twitter
you
have
10,000
20,000
30,000
followers
tweet
out
you're.
Truly
doubt
your
position.
Aren't
you
on
Facebook?
Don't
you
have
a
website?
Don't
you
have
the
ability,
as
a
counselor,
to
actually
send
out
a
flyer
to
every
single
resident
in
your
award
and
tell
them
exactly
how
many
taxes
you
want
to
raise
and
by
what
percent
you
have
that
right
as
a
counselor
to
try
to
blame
the
executive
committee
or
this
council
for
following
the
advice
of
our
city
manager
is
simply
wrong.
A
I
A
S
You,
madam
Speaker,
oh
I,
believe
that
any
member
of
this
council
who
wants
their
views,
know
on
where
they
stand
on.
Taxes,
has
lots
of
opportunities
to
do
it
and
there
was
an
opportunity
at
executive
committee.
People
could
have
come
and
spoke,
they
could
have
come
and
asked
questions,
but
they
didn't
bother
to
show
up
is
Scarbro
too
far
away
for
them.
Is
that
why
they
didn't
show
up,
were
they
playing
ping-pong?
S
R
A
S
L
Hopefully,
my
comments
will
be
a
little
lesson,
cinder
airy
than
my
my
seat
mates
here
and
contribute
to
this
not
contribute
to
the
gongshow
atmosphere.
I
will
not
be
supporting.
Councilor
perks
is
motion
because,
in
my
view,
this
this
is.
This
is
not
an
adequate
report.
Now
councillors
talk
about
the
need
for
fact-based
decision
making,
but
there's
no
facts
in
here
or
direction
from
which
we
can
move
forward.
There's
nothing,
there's
nothing
really
to
debate
in
here.
There's
no
recommendations,
there's
no
recommendation
on
property
taxes
or
property
tax
increases
or
property
taxing
increase
implications.
L
There's
nothing
here
on
sales,
tax
and
sales
tax
implications.
We've
had
that
before,
but
it's
not
in
here
the
city
manager
said
that
there's
still
critical
work
to
be
done
in
order
for
us
to
make
the
proper
decisions.
There's
nothing
here
on
structural
train
changes
that
we
can
make
as
a
city
to
make
the
city
more
efficient
and
more
effective.
So
how
are
we
to
make
decisions
on
raising
revenue?
If
we
don't
know
that
part
of
the
equation?
L
As
a
percentage
of
household
income-
and
it
shows
Toronto
as
being
lower
than
all
of
the
other
municipalities
or
some
of
the
neighboring
municipalities,
but
of
course,
that
discounts
and
and
and
doesn't
take
into
the
consideration
the
800
million
dollar
bite
that
we
take
out
of
residents
every
year
in
the
MLT
t
now
the
report
says
right
here:
the
city
manager
will
40
executive
committee
as
required
regarding
potential
future
financial
impacts
resulting
from
the
implementation
of
strategies
and
actions
contained
in
the
long
term
plan.
This
is
this
was
a
contextual
report.
L
This
was
not
a
report
for
calling
for
direction.
It
illustrates
that
we
may
need
900
million
dollars
in
investments
over
the
next
five
years
to
maintain
existing
existing
levels
of
service.
Some
councillors
mentioned
councillors,
majimak,
Fletcher
and
Cressy
mentioned
the
road
tolls.
I
was
the
one
that
moved
the
road
tolls
I
recognize
the
city
needs
more
money,
but
I
recognize
that
the
city
not
only
needs
more
money,
it
needs
to
become
more
efficient
and
we
can
do
that.
I've
never
been
one
to
say.
There
was
a
gravy
train
here
and
I.
L
Never
will
but
I
know
that
the
city
can
be
a
more
effective
and
efficient
the
way.
The
way
that
we
manage
our
business,
it
was
you
know,
Kelso
Cressy
said
our
job
is
to
is
to
tax,
spend
and
regulate,
but
we
just
had
a
budget
session
where
we
did
that
we
decided
what
the
what
the
increase
is
going
to
be
on
the
property
tax.
L
We
thought
we
went
through
rounds
of
public
conscience
consultations
during
the
budget
process.
I
sat
in
on
many
of
them
and,
and
it
sounds
it
from
all
intensive
purposes
there
was
there
was
no
overwhelming
urge
or
push
for
us
to
reform
and
change
our
method
of
taxing
taxing
the
public,
so
I
mean,
although
I
appreciate
the
desire
to
have
a
debate
on
where
we're
going
in
terms
of
taxes
and
what
we're
going
to
do.
That
debate
is
about
to
occur.
Where
there's
an
election
coming,
we
had
an
election
four
years
ago.
L
Some
people
didn't
like
the
outcome
of
the
election,
but
basically
the
two
lead
lead
contenders
in
that
election.
They
ran
on
platforms
of
keeping
taxes
at
or
below
the
rate
of
inflation,
and
we,
as
a
council,
have
done
that
councillor
Davis
said
decisions
driven
by
an
election,
we're
making
decisions
driven
by
election.
Well,
that's
what
democracy
is
we
get
elected?
We
make
our
platforms
in
each
of
our
wards.
L
The
mayor
makes
his
platform
where
the
mayoral
candidates
will
make
their
their
respective
platforms,
and
then
we
come
together
as
a
council
based
on
the
way
that
the
electorate
decides,
and
in
fact
that
is
the
way
that
the
council
should
operate.
It
should
operate
on
the
basis
of
what
the
electorate
has
decided
and
that's
what
this
council
has
done.
Thank
you,
madam
Speaker.
Thank.
A
P
You,
madam
Speaker
I,
will
be
very
brief,
just
to
reiterate
the
position
that
I
had
at
the
Executive
Committee
and
that
was
to
not
support
the
motion
that
was
proposed
by
councilor
perks.
It's
a
it's
really
interesting
because
those
of
us
that
sat
there
and
listened
to
the
general
manager
go
through
and
make
comments
about.
His
report
heard
different
things.
For
example,
I
heard
that
the
city
was
very
well
managed
and
we're
in
good
financial
shape,
and
there
really
was
no
immediate
reason
for
doom
and
gloom
and
no
immediate
reason
for
alarm.
P
Those
are
the
things
that
I
heard
from
the
general
manager.
Yes,
there
might
be
some
problems
on
the
horizon.
For
example,
the
municipal
land
transfer
tax
revenue
may
go
down
if
the
real
estate
market
goes
down,
but
what's
missing
there
is
that,
if
the,
if
there's
a
downturn
in
the
economy,
typically,
typically
the
costs
of
government
operating
ie,
doing
all
the
road
and
everything
else
the
costs
go
down.
So,
while
the
revenues
go
down,
the
costs
go
down.
Why?
Because
a
lot
of
people
will
just
watch
the
competition
that
occurs.
I
remember
anyway.
P
I
won't
go
into
great
detail,
but
there
are
more
competitive
bids
brought
forward.
Why?
Because
there
are
some
people
out
of
work,
it's
not
an
economy
where
people
can
bid
and
how
a
bid
high
simply
because
they
don't
really
need
the
contract.
They
currently
got
work.
They
don't
really
need
it,
so
they
bid
high.
But
when
you
need
to
work
trust
me,
you
tend
to
bid
low
or
lower.
So
those
are
the
kinds
of
things
that
happen
in
a
down
market
and
then
I
hear
comments.
P
We
live
in
a
world
where
people
apparently
are
willing
to
pay
more
in
taxes,
and
yes,
every
every
one
of
us
can
go
to
our
communities
and
bring
forward
a
project,
and
the
residents
in
our
community
can
say
we
are
willing
to
pay
more
taxes.
If
you
can
do
this
for
my
community,
but
the
reality
is,
if
you
lump
it
all
together-
and
you
say
these
are
the
projects
that
need
to
be
done
to
make
all
of
the
communities
happy
next
year.
P
I
urge
you
to
try
and
do
that
I
urge
you
to
try
and
do
that.
Yes,
there's
somebody
that's
interested
in
protecting
their
ravine
and
they're
willing
to
pay
more
taxes,
but
my
community's
not
wanting
to
pay
more
taxes
for
a
ravine
protected
somewhere
in
Scarborough.
What
we
need
to
do
to
govern
as
councillor
cressie
says,
is
to
basically
persuade
all
Torontonians
that
we
need
this
kind
of
a
tax
increase
to
accomplish
the
city
building
initiatives
and
by
the
way
city
building
is
not
done.
P
It's
sequential.
You
can
only
do
a
little
bit
at
a
time.
You
can't
accomplish
all
city
building
goals
all
at
once.
So
that's
what
I
heard
implicitly
what
the
city
manager
said
and
the
city
manager
also
said.
Look
I,
don't
have
any
problem
in
this
report
being
brought
forward
to
Council
for
a
discussion,
but
he
didn't
say
what
he
didn't
say
was,
but
I
anticipate
that
at
the
end
of
discussion,
we're
not
going
to
be
any
further
ahead
in
terms
of
arriving
collectively
at
what
needs
to
be
done.
That's
what
he
didn't
say.
Thank
you.
P
A
I
Carol,
yes,
madam
Speaker
I'm
rushing
to
find
the
page
sorry
about
this.
Yes,
it
is
page
six
item,
PG
27,
point
to
consumers
next
planning
to
people
in
business
at
Sheppard
and
Victoria
Park
I'm
wondering
if
I
could
make
that
time
specific
for
after
notices
of
motion
tomorrow,
there's
a
significant
amount
of
the
community.
That's
been
involved
in
the
consultation
on
it.
They
would
like
to
attend.
C
C
A
C
A
A
Thank
you,
members
of
council
I,
want
to
stress
the
importance
of
preparing
your
motions
and
events.
The
clerk
staff
are
here
to
help
you
prepare
your
motions
in
particular.
If
you
intend
to
move
a
motion
during
the
release
of
holes,
I
will
insist
that
your
motion
be
prepared
in
advance
and
given
to
the
clerk.
If
you
do
not
have
a
motion
ready,
I
will
not
recognize
you
I'm
also
reminding
members,
then
you
must
state
your
motion.
First
before
you
speak
to
it.
A
Remember,
city
council
follows
a
routine
for
the
processing
and
adding
up
any
motions
without
notice
during
the
meeting.
Please
remember
emotion
that
emotion
without
notice
must
include
a
reason
for
urgency.
If
you
have
an
urgent
motion
without
notice,
you
wish
to
bring
forward
at
this
meeting.
Please
give
your
motion
to
the
city
clerk
staff.
They
will
prepare
the
nests
necessary
procedure
of
motion
for
my
review.
Along
with
your
motion,
the
chair
must
agree.
The
motion
is
urgent.
A
Before
you
can
seek
leave
to
introduce
it
at
this
meeting,
it
will
require
30
votes
data
motion
without
notice
to
the
agenda.
During
this
meeting.
Motions
added
to
the
agenda
in
this
way
are
not
subject
to
a
vote
to
waive
referral
to
a
committee
or
agency
and
I
will
be
reviewing
all
motions
carefully
and
will
advise
Council
after
each
recess,
which
motions
need
a
motion
to
add
to
the
agenda.
A
O
Chair
so
last
night
we
had
6,500
shelter
beds
within
the
emergency
shelter
system.
In
our
plan
for
the
coming
three
years,
we
have
the
five
that
we're
in
the
existing
plan,
which
was
291
shelter
beds
coming
into
the
system
this
year.
There's
an
additional
three
that
council
has
asked
us
to
include
in
2018
for
another
240
beds,
and
then
there
is
an
additional
240
beds
in
2019,
an
additional
300
beds
in
2020.
O
Q
Q
O
Q
O
Q
O
O
O
The
chair
that's
correct,
although
the
math
is
a
little
bit
complicated
because
we
have
actually
800
or
so
housing
opportunities
set
aside
for
Seton
House.
So
we
have
a
combination
of
there's,
400,
permit
or
shelter
beds
that
we
are
going
to
use
and
there's
400
other
housing
opportunities
through
habitat
services
through
housing
allowances.
Those
types
of
things
sorry.
B
You
speaker
and
I'm
gonna
orient
my
questions
toward
supportive
housing,
which
are
was
a
part
of
this
report,
maybe
just
to
get
the
context
how
many
people,
how
many
homeless
individuals
are
in
our
city.
If
we
were
to
look
at
our
shelter
system,
respite
drop-ins
does
activist
engage
how
many
homeless
in
our
city
through.
O
B
T
B
Chair
close
to
4,000
loads
to
4,000
okay.
So
if,
if
we're
seeking
here
shelters
to
provide
an
emergency
response,
but
then
supportive
housing
to
help
people
transition
out
of
shelters
and
into
permanent
housing,
the
chronic
homeless
number
of
4,000
being
an
indicator
of
need
how
many
people
are
on
the
the
supportive
housing
waiting
list
which
I
know
this?
The
province
administers
not
the
city.
Surely.
O
B
So
there
are
14,000.
That's
is
that
the
access
point
system
really
chair,
that's
correct.
Okay,
so
there
are
14,000
people
who
are
on
a
registered
waiting
list,
which
I
think
would
be
demonstrative
of
need,
but
but
not
and
if
not
an
exact
number
these
others
wouldn't
be
on
the
list.
Is
there
another
measurement
for
what
the?
What
the
assumed
need
in
the
city
is
for
supportive
housing
through.
O
B
O
The
chair,
I,
don't
have
that
information,
although
the
the
province
has
focused
on
the
homes
for
good
funding,
which
the
City
of
Toronto
is
receiving
90
million
dollars
across
the
coming
three
years.
Thirty
five
million
of
that
would
be
for
capital
about
54
million
would
be
for
operating,
would
assist
2,000
individuals,
okay,.
B
O
B
Now
that's
on
the
provincial
side,
not
on
the
federal
side.
There
has
been
a
large
announcement
of
forty
billion
dollars
towards
a
new
national
housing
strategy
of
that
forty
Oh
should
I
I'll
go
to
our
ahead
of
the
affordable
housing
office,
mister
garden
of
that
forty
billion
dollars.
How
much
of
that
has
been
allocated
to
the
City
of
Toronto
for
supportive
housing
through.