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City Council, meeting 41, May 23, 2018 - Part 3 of 3
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B
I
Certainly
councilor,
as
is
usual
for
the
majors,
we
had
a
peer
panel
put
together
to
advise
staff.
They
met,
they
reviewed
all
the
applications.
Staff
also
met
with
the
organization's
and
reviewed
their
business
plans
and
their
submissions
and,
on
the
basis
of
those
two
inputs,
the
staff
made
the
recommendations
that
you
see
in
the
report
in
front
of
you.
Okay,.
B
Thank
You
councillor
D
Channel,
okay,
please
can
you
speak
it
because
a
big
part
of
the
process
is
a
peer
review
process
where
we're
actually
the
peers
within
the
I.
Guess
the
arts
community
actually
review
all
of
this.
So
can
you
talk
about
the
peer
review
process
outside
of
the
city
process
that
came
up
with
these
allocations
and
and
the
importance
of
how
they
prioritize
things
so.
B
I
Of
major
cultural
institutions
in
Toronto
that
aren't
part
of
this
program,
obviously
so
there's
no
conflict
of
interest.
They
were
given
three
different:
are
they
as
they
with
staff,
devised
three
main
criteria
on
which
to
evaluate
the
the
grants,
and
one
of
those
has
moved
towards
diversity
and
inclusion,
which
is
a
large
priority
for
this
city?
Second,
one
is
the
financial
and
governance
stability
and
the
financial
results
of
the
organization
of
the
third
one
is
the
impacts
the
organization
has
in
Toronto.
So.
B
Based
on
that
peer
review
based
on
and
you
any
recommendations,
some
of
the
organization's
went
up.
Some
of
the
organization's
didn't
go
down.
His
counselor
Kelly
had
mentioned
that's
correct,
correct
so,
and
he'd
also
mentioned
too.
So
if
we
look
at
trying
to
add
back
that
150,000
dollars
to
the
organization's,
we're
really
probably
gonna
have
to
take
away
from
somebody
else,
because
there's
no
opportunity
through
reserves
or
anywhere
else
to
do
that.
B
Now,
from
your
perspective
as
staff,
do
you
think
that's
fair
when,
when
we
went
through
such
a
process
to
get
to
this
decision
that,
if
all
of
a
sudden
we
on
the
council
floor,
decide
to
just
remove
money
from
one
organization
addict
to
another?
Probably
doesn't
it
probably
undermines
the
process,
but
you
were.
I
B
I
guess
my
last
question
so
over
the
last
number
of
years
we
have
actually
had
increases
to
the
arts
and
the
major
organizations
that
have
actually
benefited
over
the
last
number
of
years.
So
when
you're,
looking
at
the
majors
on
a
whole,
I
won't
get
into
individuals.
Cuz
I
can't
recall
some
of
them,
but
we've
actually
increased
the
investments
to
these
organizations,
probably
some
of
the
ones
who
have
been
recommended
to
have
a
decrease.
But
in
fact,
in
the
years
past,
we've
increased
the
the
benefits
that
we
have
given
them
through
the
Arts
increase.
J
Madam
Speaker
I
just
had
one
question
for
mr.
Williams
and
as
opposed
to
undermining
the
process
which
we
were
just
discussing,
is
it
possible
that
some
of
these
organizations
could
earn
back
as
it
were?
Some
you
know,
subject
to
the
peer
review,
earn
back
some
of
this
money
if
they
demonstrate
a
real
interest
in
working
with
us
and
working
on
their
own
to
to
address
some
of
the
things
that
are
important
criteria,
including
equity,
related
matters
in
the
coming
period
of
time.
Exactly.
I
I
We
will
sit
down
on
one-on-one
with
these
organizations,
to
explain
the
scores
and
to
explain
the
feedback
and
to
give
them
as
much
advice
as
we
can.
They
obviously
know
their
business
better
than
we
do,
but
to
give
them
as
much
advice
as
we
can
on
what
they
can
do
to
reverse
in
the
cases
of
the
cuts.
I
I
K
I
Of
these
go
back
decades
in
decades,
so
the
city
would
be
for
Metro
or
Metro.
Metro
would
do
some
of
the
funding,
as
well
as
the
city
after
amalgamation.
Most
of
these,
in
fact,
have
been
on
the
list
for
that
TIF
and
others.
There
are
a
couple
of
new
additions,
but
most
of
them
have
been
in
in
some
form
of
a
program.
It
wasn't
called
this
20
years
ago,
but
this
some.
K
Of
these
are
more
directly
equity
seeking
programs
such
as
Pride
Toronto
or
the
eternal
Caribbean
Carnival.
Some
of
the
other
ones
like
TIF,
have
made
a
bit
of
improvement
in
terms
of
diversity
related
engagement,
but
the
other
ones
still
struggle.
That's
my
understanding
is
that
your
understanding
with
respect
to
reaching
out
to
the
diversity
of
our
city,
it's.
I
K
I
heard
that
the
you
would
consider
favorably
if
there
were
improvements
on
certain
things
that
you're
looking
for
including
diversity,
but
on
the
flip
side.
My
question
also
is:
if
you
don't
see
enough
progress,
would
there
be
some
form
of
an
accountability
for
even
the
money?
That's
being
given
right
now
in
terms
of
the.
K
I
We're
working
on
that
specific
as
we
speak,
and
the
metrics
and
they're
not
easily
assembled
by
some
of
these
organizations.
They
are
more
easily
by
others.
We're
working
with
them
on
that.
I
would
say
that
that
if
they
don't
continue
to
improve
or
start
to
improve,
then
the
grant
adjustments
next
year
that
we
would
recommend
to
council
would
be
reflective
of
that
pattern.
Now.
K
There
this
is
there's
a
wide
variety,
even
within
the
arts
forum
within
here,
particularly
festivals,
being
included
with
and
the
festivals
are
the
ones
that
are
more
directed
to
diversity,
related
things
like
Pride
and
Caribbean.
So
how
do
you?
How
do
you
can
isn't
apples
and
oranges
in
some
ways
to
kind
of
try
to
evaluate
programs
or
are
you
are
you
looking
at
a
festival
strategy
that
can
look
at
some
of
these
things
separately
because
of
the
economic
impact
and
the
kind
of
level
of
engagement
that
happens?
Doing
that
so.
I
Each
of
these
organizations
is
very
different
and
the
businesses
they
run
the
cultural
pursuits
that
they
celebrate
and
train
the
excellence
they
show
are
all
very
different
and
therefore
the
panel
has
to
take
that
variety
into
consideration,
which
is
why
the
panel
itself
is
quite
different
and
has
a
variety
of
different
disciplines
involved.
They
respect
that
and
they
work
hard
at
that.
But
it
is
a
challenge
now.
K
There
is,
there
are
major
festivals
like
this,
and
then
you
have
festivals
that
are
supported
by
City
of
Toronto
SDF
a
there
are
8,000
or
10,000,
but
there
are.
There
are
a
number
of
middle
sized
festivals
like
in
our
middle
size.
They
bring
enormous
amount
of
contribution
like
taste
of
Danforth
or
Thomas
fest,
in
other
places
like
that,
if
the
test
of
Manila
is
there
is
there
kind
of
a
strategy
to
look
at
because
there
seems
to
be
a
big
middle
gap
in
terms
of
how
we
support
cultural
activities
within
the
city.
So.
I
There
are
a
number
of
organizations
that
help
those
particular
festivals,
the
province
being
a
notable
one.
I
would
welcome
a
recommendation
that
asked
us
to
look
at
that.
We
do
have
internal
policy,
but
if
you
wanted
to
put
a
recommendation
to
that,
that
would
staff
would
be
happy
to
fulfill
that.
Thank.
K
C
You
very
much
Pam
speaker,
mr.
Williams,
through
you
speaker,
you
have
three
areas
in
which
evaluation
were
made
with
respect
to
all
eleven
of
these
majors.
Is
that
correct?
Yes,
is
correct,
all
right,
and
so,
as
part
of
the
evaluation
process,
what
we?
What
was
the
objective?
What
was
a
goal?
What
were
you
trying
to
achieve.
I
C
And
so
there
are
two
specific
organizations
that
we're
looking
at
the
Canadian
Opera
Company
and
the
Toronto
Symphony
Orchestra.
Is
that
correct?
That's
correct
both
have
seen
a
decrease
with
respect
to
their
funding.
Correct
and
they've
had
a
ongoing
I
guess
a
historical
element
in
terms
of
where
specific
funding
was
I,
guess,
guaranteed
and/or
assumed.
I
C
It
then
be
accurate
for
me
to
say
that
there
had
been
a
consistent
funding
formula
in
place
where
they
consistently
received
said
amounts
of
funds
which
was
on
an
annualized
basis
where
they
essentially
expected,
or
there
was
a
guarantee
that
there
would
be
a
certain
amount
of
fun
coming
to
them.
So.
I
C
The
cultural
merits,
the
community
service,
public
impact,
organizational
resiliency
and
financial
management.
What
was
it
that
you
and
your
staff
expected
from
specifically
these
two
organization,
because,
based
on
the
information
I
have
looking
at
others,
others
have
actually
met
or
exceeded.
The
expectation
is
that
correct?
That's
correct!
What
did
you
expect
from
these
two?
We.
I
I
C
C
And
at
that
time,
were
they
amenable
to
with
respect
to
this
process
that
they
or
perhaps
say
to
you,
you
know
I,
don't
think
we
can
achieve
those
particular
objectives.
We
don't
want
to
participate.
We
just
want
to
I.
Don't
know,
maybe
just
continue
to
receive
the
funds
without
any
sort
of
restrictions.
I.
C
I
C
As
part
of
this
participation
process,
the
peer
review
has
identified
specifically
two
organizations
that
have
not
complied
and,
as
a
result,
there
has
been
effort
to
I,
don't
say
remarkably,
but
Mays,
maybe
marginally
reduce
the
funding
elements
that
have
been
traditionally
been
I
guess
accepted
as
a
guaranteed
funding
from
the
city.
Alright,.
I
You
used
the
phrase
did
not
comply.
I
think
all
organizations
espouse
some
of
these
merits
and
some
of
these
goals,
oh
I,
wouldn't
be
prepared
to
say
that
they
flat
out
don't
do
anything
on
this
respect,
but
in
the
peer
review
panel's
eyes,
and
that
was
consistent
with
staffs.
Not
enough
was
done.
Thank.
E
E
Institutions
that
have
performed
admirably
over
the
decades
and
have
added
to
the
attractiveness
of
the
city
as
a
result-
and
you
know
they're
they're,
just
they're
two
groups
of
are
two
boards.
That
I
really
think
help
make
this
city
one
of
the
premier
cities
of
the
world
and
if
it
just
didn't,
seem
appropriate
that,
at
first
glance
that
their
grants
would
be
reduced
from
the
previous
year,
because
there's
been
no
decline
in
the
quality
of
their
performances.
If
you
go
to
the
Opera
or
if
you
go
to
Roy,
Thompson
Hall,
listen
to
the
symphony.
E
Thank
I
thank
our
staff
and
my
colleagues
for
increasing
the
support
for
the
backup
support
for
the
Toronto
Symphony
Orchestra's
bank
loans.
I
think
we
increased
it
by
about
two
million
dollars
and
they
were
most
grateful
for
that,
and
I
would
hope
that
going
forward
that
everyone
would
appreciate
the
excellence
that
these
two
organizations
bring
to
their
artistic
forms.
Symphonic,
music
and.
E
Not
as
you
can
see,
I
didn't
move
any
motion,
because
there
was
just
no
way
that
we
could
give
them
that
we
could
restore
their
grants
without
taking
from
others
and
I.
Think.
Frankly,
speaker
that
would
be
unfair
to
the
others.
So,
let's
see
what
happens
next
year
and
I
wish
I
hope
that
these
two
organizations
will
meet
the
standards
that
we
set
for
them.
Thank.
C
A
B
You
counts
I'm
speaking
as
brief
as
I
can
the
major
cultural
organizations,
the
eleven
of
them
veterans
report,
contribute
an
incredible
amount
to
the
culture
in
the
arts
culture
of
this
city.
Undoubtedly,
what
they
do
is
incredible
and
and
I
think
you
see
that
in
in
you
know
the
two
plus
million
dollars
that
we
provide
every
year
and
we
have
over
the
last
eight
years.
This
council
has
done
historic
increases
to
arts
funding.
B
These
organizations,
plus
many
others
across
the
city,
have
benefited
from
the
increase
of
arts
to
all
funding
to
all
of
these
arts,
which
is
incredibly
important.
We
can't
we
need
to
recognize
that,
but
there
was
a
very
specific
process
that
we
went
through,
as
was
discussed
to
the
questions
they
even
councillor.
B
Kelly
mentioned
that
this
was
a
peer-review
process
that
the
esteemed
leaders
in
the
arts
or
culture
of
the
city
peer
reviewed
this
and
what
they
found
was
there
were
some
when
you're
looking
at
the
I
guess,
the
the
challenges
with
diversity
and
equity
were
not
improve.
This
said
that
we
provide
we're
writing
the
checks
to
these
organizations.
There
are
certain
policies,
expectations
that
have
to
happen,
and
this
peer
review
process
determined
that
some
of
these
organizations
may
not
have
been
meeting
them,
not
that
they
won't
in
the
future.
B
B
B
It
had
to
meet
certain
diversity
and
equity
goals
and
we
met
those,
and
we
have
an
incredibly
strong
board
right
now
that
when
I
look
at
that
board-
and
then
council
fillion
is
on
that
board
with
me
as
his
counselor
Fletcher,
incredible
board,
and
but
we've
met
those
targets
and
I
think
even
though
they
haven't
met
them
in
this
round.
I
think
there's
that
opportunity.
B
The
next
round,
as
we
look
at
what
we're
going
to
be
doing
next
year,
to
actually
increase
the
funding
and
and
support
these
organizations
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we
do
need
to
support
these
organizations.
We
do
support
them
incredibly
well
and
I
do
support
the
staff
recommendations.
That
was
a
difficult
decision,
I
think,
but
the
peer
review
process
that
they
had
to
do
and
we
have
to
accept
that
process
to
do
anything.
Other
really
impedes
that
kind
of
a
process.
A
K
A
motion
I'll
come
to
the
motion
in
a
bit.
I
just
wanted
to
thank
our
economic
development
and
culture
staff,
as
well
as
the
peer
review
team
for
continuing
to
push
equity
and
diversity
as
part
of
the
criteria
for
continued
arts
related
finding
these
organizations
do
fabulous
job,
but
they
can
do
better
in
terms
of
diversifying
their
board
in
terms
of
making
their
attendants
better.
In
terms
of
diversity,
diverse
individuals,
young
people,
from
diverse
background
being
able
to
access.
K
Even
the
arts
say
it
doesn't
mean
the
artists
have
to
change
as
a
whole,
but
attendance
could
change.
The
staffing
could
change
the
the
access
to
some
of
the
spaces
that
they
have
could
be
made
available.
So
there
are
multiple
ways
to
do:
equity,
work
and
and
I
think
there
needs
to
be
a
lot
more
emphasis
and
I'm
glad
that
as
a
city
who
says
equity
and
diversity
is
our
primary
focus
continue
to
put
that
criteria
into
this.
K
My
reason
for
the
motion
that
came
out
and
I'm
glad
I
had
a
bit
of
support
from
our
manager
for
economic
development
and
culture,
for
this
idea
is
to
start
to
explore
a
way
to
support
medium-sized
festivals
by
that
I've
kind
of
put
that
directly
in
there
between
hundred
thousand
to
five
hundred
thousand
attendees,
and
this
would
be
a
handful
of
festival
that
happens
across
the
city.
We
have
to
find
better
ways
to
support
these
festivals.
K
They
may
be
more
Geographic,
Bay,
based
or
at
no
specific
based,
but
these
festivals
draw
huge
strength
through
our
city
in
terms
of
economic
development.
They
celebrate
major
parts
of
our
community,
so
I
hope
that
folks
councillors
would
support
this
so
that
we
can
start
exploring
ways
to
do
that.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
N
Is
who
establishes
the
attendance
numbers?
The
festival
I
mean
that
that's
the
problem,
that's
the
challenge.
You
you've
cited
I.
Think
a
hundred
thousand
to
five
hundred
thousand
again
I,
don't
see
the
motion.
It
was
up
there
very
for
a
very
short
period
of
time,
but
that's
a
very
challenging
thing
to
identify
the
actual
number
of
attendees
and
then
those
submitting
may
who
knows
where
they're
getting
their
numbers
from.
So
that's
my
question
to
you.
Well.
K
I
think
I
think
you
know
generally.
This
is
to
give
a
rough
idea
of
the
type
of
festivals
we
are
talking
about.
I
could
say
medium
sized
festival,
which
doesn't
really
mean
much
when
we
say
this.
You
know
police
usually
say
what
kind
of
attendance
has
been
in
the
past
years,
because
they
determine
how
many
officer
their
City
of
Toronto
staff,
actually
kind
of
guess
the
number
so
that
they
ask
what
type
of
parking
is
required.
So
we
do
have
some
ways
in
which
we
can
have
an
approximation
of
it.
K
K
You
know
festivals
such
as
a
taste
of
Manila,
for
example,
taste
of
Manila,
and
you
know
they
estimate
between
hundred
one
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
people
Tamil
Fest
about
one
hundred
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
people
taste
Afghan
forth
much
more
than
this,
but
they
don't.
There
are
many
first
much
yeah
much
much
smaller
than
that.
What
is
it
million
yeah,
so
taste
of
Lawrence,
so
I
think
I.
K
Think
the
festivals
that
draw
strength
both
geographically
and
ethno-cultural
II
have
been
struggling
to
get
the
city
to
formally
support
those
festivals
and
it's
important
for
us
to
have
structural
ways
in
which
we
can
say
we'll
give
you
this
this
and
this
it
doesn't
even
have
to
be
money.
But
in
lieu
of
your
contribution
we
are
going
to
be
able
to
support
those
festival.
There
has
to
be
a
way
to
look
at
that.
M
A
O
You
speaker,
I
just
rise
to
give
my
strong
support
to
councillor
Schanz
motion
for
economic
development
to
investigate
ways
to
support
festivals
that
draw
a
hundred
to
five
hundred
thousand
attendees
in
various
parts
of
the
city.
Let
me
tell
you,
as
the
former
chair
of
Toronto
Ribfest
food
music
festival,
one
of
the
largest
outdoor
fundraisers,
the
amount
of
time
and
energy
that
community
groups
go
through
to
put
these
festivals
on,
and
the
economic
benefit
that
it
brings
to
our
city
is
tremendous
and
our
process
couldn't
be
poor
at
this
point.
O
Really,
what
we're
doing
is
just
picking
certain
festivals
here
and
there
to
to
give
money
to
and
there's
so
many
worthy
festivals.
You
look
at
all
the
root
fests
across
the
city
that
are
run
by
service
clubs,
Rotary
clubs,
every
single
dollar
going
back
to
nothing
but
charitable
organizations
across
the
city.
Why
shouldn't
we
be
supporting
them
in
any
which
way
we
can?
O
If
it's
I
can't
tell
you
what
it
would
what
it
would
mean
to
a
Rotary
Club
to
perhaps
waive
a
park
fee
when
it
comes
time
to
putting
out
eight
nine
hundred
thousand
dollars
before
they
even
receive
a
dollar
from
from
attendants
that
come
to
the
events.
So
I
want
to
thank
councillor
Shan
for
bringing
this
motion
forward
and
I
look
forward
to
seeing
ways
in
which
we
can
support
these
festivals
because
really
they're
their
job
creators
in
the
city.
They
bring
tourism
like
crazy
and
it's
it's.
A
C
You
speaker
I'd,
like
to
move
the
staff
recommendations
like
to
ask
you
not
to
support
council
holidays
motion.
I.
Don't
really
think
I
have
to
get
too
much
into
that.
I
think
that
the
staff
has
actually
made
wise
decisions
with
respect
to
who
we're
funding
and
how
we're
funding
them.
I
also
want
to
support
councillor
Chan's
motion,
I
think
the
Canadian
Opera
Company
and
the
Toronto
Symphony
Orchestra
are
two
great
institutions
in
our
city:
I've
gone
to
both
of
their
shows
and
so
on
and
I
will
continue
to
go
to
their
shows.
C
I
want
to
thank
the
general
manager
of
economic
development
and
his
staff
for
bringing
the
recommendations.
Here.
We've
heard
from
the
general
manager
of
ABC
that
they've
gone
through
a
process.
They
want
to
ensure
that
the
city's
motto
is.
We
always
want
to
purport
that
we
support
diversity
is
our
strength.
They
want
these
organizations
to
obviously
reflect
culturally.
C
The
essence,
which
is
the
city
quite
frankly
and
I,
realize
that
some
change
does
take
some
time
and
change
is
difficult
and
so
on,
but
I
do
believe
that
these
two
organizations
actually
will
comply
and
will
come
forward
with
respect
to
the
necessary
changes
in
Swan.
Madam
Speaker,
what
we
were
hearing
is
that
there
has
been
a
peer
review.
C
It
hasn't
been
councilors
making
this
decision,
or
has
it
been
our
own
staff,
but
a
jury
or
body
of
peers
that
have
reviewed
the
process
with
respect
to
the
criteria
that
has
been
outlined
by
our
staff
here,
I
won't
bother
reading
them
just
in
the
interest
of
time,
but
in
the
sense
of
the
details,
but
one
looks
at
cultural
merits.
The
other
looks
at
community
service
and
public
impact.
C
The
other
element
of
the
criteria
of
the
evaluation
looks
at
the
organizational
resiliency
in
the
financial
management
so
on
and
so
I'm
happy
that
councillor
Kelly
has
actually
spoken
eloquently
and
no
spoke
eloquently
about
this.
Since
one
we've
had
discussions,
councillor,
Kelly
and
I
are
both
on
the
economic
development
committee.
I
chair,
it
and
counsel.
Kelly
is
a
valued
member
of
this.
He's
also
an
esteemed
member
of
this
council
and
has
been
involved
with
the
city
for
a
very
long
time
and
so
I
appreciate
that
he
has
been
also
on
the
board.
C
I
think
the
symphony
of
a
symphony,
and
so
he's
quite
aware
and
I'm
sure
that
the
leaders
of
the
symphony
and
obviously
the
opera
company
are
watching
and
are
aware
as
to
what
our
desire
and
intentions
are.
The
only
way
that
we
could,
you
know,
impact
what
changes
the
necessity
of
bringing
forward
a
new
dimension
in
terms
of
how
they
do
things
is
to
reduce
the
component
portions
of
the
funding.
In
the
case
of
the
the
symphony,
it
is
a
3.9
percent
or
$50,000.
C
They
are
still
realizing
an
amount
of
1
million
two
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
dollars
in
the
opera
company.
It
is
a
reduction
of
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
They
received
1.6
million
dollars
last
year,
they'll
be
receiving
1.5
million
or
reduction
of
6.25%
I
didn't
ask
the
general
manager
about
the
economic
impact.
It's
one
I
believe
that
there
are
many
other
organizations
who
have
vastly
more
significant
economic
impact
than
both
these
two
organisation.
In
fact,
combined.
But
we're
not
suggesting
that
for
a
moment
that
they
not
be
funded
by
the
city.
C
We
are
suggesting
that
they
are
funded.
However,
we
want
to
see
that
they're
more
inclusive,
more
reflective
with
respect
to
the
way
that
this
city
is
actually
moving
forward
and
so
on
and
I
suspect
that
this
decision
today
will
help
to
influence
their
ability
to
foster
that
element
as
quickly
as
possible,
as
it
relates
to
pride
funding,
there's
so
much
pride
in
the
community
of
Toronto.
As
we
celebrate
pride
last
week,
madam
chair
I
was
in
chandu
China
and
I
spoke
about
the
amazing
things
that
are
taking
place.
C
Pride
was
one
of
the
things
that
I
featured
with
respect
to
my
introductory
remark.
Later
I
had
a
half
an
hour
discussion
that,
through
a
TED
talk
to
talk
about
Toronto,
to
talk
about
investment,
to
talk
about
our
diversity,
to
talk
about
the
things
that
we're
doing,
we
need
to
ensure
that
we
celebrate
and
embrace
our
diversity,
not
just
in
words,
but
in
fact
deeds.
So
I
asked
you
not
to
some
more
accounts
or
holidays
motion
and
to
support
counts
of
Shands
motion
and
also
the
staff
recommendation.
I
want
to
thank
mr.
C
F
L
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
Speaker
and
I
rise
to
largely
to
speak
in
favor
of
councillors,
Schanz
motion
and
also
to
urge
councillors,
members
of
council
to
vote
against
councilor
holidays,
very
unproductive
and
very
unhelpful
motion
at
this
particular
point
in
time.
Councillor
shams,
motion,
I,
think,
is
it's
it's
largely
overdue.
There
are
a
number
of
fantastic
cultural
events
that
take
place
across
our
city,
that
oftentimes
go
unrecognized
and
perhaps
it's
because
there's
small
grassroots
initiatives
that
have
grown
over
a
period
of
time
and
they
serve
a
particular
population.
L
That's
not
necessarily
in
the
downtown
core,
but
nevertheless
they
draw
enormous
numbers
and
they
end
up
being
huge.
Catalytic
cultural
activation
zones
in
many
different
communities
and
and
and
often
times
is
a
demonstration
of
that
cultural
community
strength
which
I,
which
I
love
to
explore
and
I,
think
that's
what
makes
us
very
keen
to
explore
the
other
parts
of
the
city,
whether
it's
actually
an
event,
that's
taking
place
in
Scarborough
or
North
York
or
perhaps
in
Etobicoke.
It's
those
cultural
events
that
actually
draws
us
out
there.
L
So
I
would
like
to
see
madam
Speaker
more
support
for
those
oftentimes
unrecognized
cultural
gems
that
are
oftentimes
more
than
hitting
above
its
weight.
They
have
the
ability
to
stretch
a
diamond
to
a
dollar
and
I
would
love
to
see
what
a
little
bit
of
support
from
this
order
government
can
do
for
those
organizations
and
those
very
worthy
initiatives
and
madam
Speaker,
with
respect
to
a
councillor
holidays
motion,
the
LGBT
2's
community
has
the
head
of
very
extremely
difficult
year.
L
I
think
you'd
have
to
be
living
under
a
rock
or
perhaps
not
ever
having
picked
up
a
newspaper
or
perhaps
not
even
turn
on
the
radio
to
understand
that
this
is
a
community
that
has
been
devastated
by
the
murder
and
missing
that
have
taken
place
related
to
those
in
the
village
and
those
around
the
village
and
to
have
the
one
cultural
institution
and
the
one
cultural
organization
now
once
again
held
hostage.
Madam
Speaker
every
year
is
that
often
times
is
held
hostage
by
this
chamber.
L
L
They
should
not
be
punitive
Lee
punished,
simply
because
somebody
wants
to
take
their
funding
and
put
into
reserve
account
until
the
police
decide
can
March,
which
they've
already
decided
that
they're
not
going
to
March
so
you're
asking
them
to
take
you're
asking
staff
to
withhold
funding
that
they
already
rely
upon
performances
have
been
booked,
stages
have
been
reserved.
Deposits
need
to
be
made,
venues
need
to
be
paid.
There
are
all
sorts
of
things
in
motion
for
a
multi-million
dollar
cultural
festival
biggest
one
in
the
city
biggest
one.
L
No
other
comes
even
close
to
the
numbers
that
pride
produces,
and
you
once
again
want
to
hold
this
organization
hostage.
It's
grossly
unfair
and
I
think
it's
rather
punitive
for
all
sorts
of
reasons.
That
I
just
can't
even
imagine
why
anyone
anyone
would
want
to
take
a
run
at
this
community.
In
this
year,
thank
you
very
much.
M
You,
madam
Speaker
I,
notwithstanding
my
feelings
towards
wanting
to
support
the
police
and
I
feel
it's
very
important.
I
have
consulted
a
number
of
members
of
council
and
there
is
absolutely
no
support
for
my
motion.
A
number
of
urged
me
to
withdraw
it,
and
so
I
will
do
that
for
the
peace
of
this
chamber
and
for
the
peace
of
this
philo
going
forward.
I
am
very
upset,
though,
that
the
this
matter
hasn't
been
resolved
and
I
hope.
That's
a
signal
that
that
this
needs
to
get
sorted
out.
M
A
D
O
O
J
Madam
Speaker
I
would
like
to
move
a
motion
concerning
the
allocation
of
funds
from
the
Toronto
Community
Foundation,
and
it's
urgent,
because
it
relates
to
the
ability
that
the
city
and
the
foundation
have
I
can
explain
when
we
discuss
it
to
actually
get
the
money
to
the
families
affected
by
the
Yonge
Street
to
tragedy.
I'm.
G
J
Is,
oh
yes,
I'm
sorry
didn't
I
saw
the
title
of
it.
Madam
Speaker,
in
order
for
us
to
have
a
support
of
support
of
motion
to
have
the
FCM
support
an
initiative
to
allow
a
broader
range
of
private
contributions
to
be
made
to
charities.
We
have
to
pass
a
resolution
here
at
the
council
supporting
that
so
that
it
can
then
go
on
to
the
FCM,
and
this
will
facilitate
that.
A
A
A
A
H
As
it's
late,
I
can
I
can
speak
quickly.
I
have
a
series
of
all
first
of
all,
I'll
move
the
supplementary
report,
which
is
there
as
well
as
I,
have
a
technical
amendment
from
staff
and
an
amendment
if
until
there's
a
series
of
them
with
the
supplementary
report,
the
technical
amendments,
an
amendment
for
my
Safa,
those
can
be
put
on
the
screen.
I'll
say
a
few
brief
words,
because
it
is
a
big
report,
but
it's
late,
so
I
will
keep
it
short.
H
H
It's
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
and
it's
work
that
staff
have
led,
but
I
also
should
note
that
the
councillors
for
downtown
Toronto,
councillor,
wong-tam,
counselor,
troi,
see
and
before
then
deputy
mayor,
Councillor
McConnell
worked
so
hard
on
I
I'll,
just
tell
you.
The
the
population
in
downtown
Toronto
15
years
ago
was
a
hundred
and
thirteen
thousand
people.
Today,
it's
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
people
based
on
projections.
It
will
be
five
hundred
thousand
people
in
25
years.
H
It
will
have
doubled
in
population
in
15
years
in
doubled
again
in
the
next
25,
but
the
real
story
of
downtown-
and
this
is
something
that
economic
development
and
our
chair,
Michael
Thompson,
know
all
too
well-
is
that
when
downtown
does
well,
Toronto
does
well
that
a
prosperous
downtown
makes
for
a
prosperous
City.
In
that
we
are
all
truly
in
this
together.
H
The
fact
that
one
third
of
all
the
jobs
in
the
city
are
located
downtown
that
it
produces
51%
of
the
GDP,
that's
a
sign
of
success
and
that's
a
sign
that
it's
incumbent
on
all
of
us
to
ensure
that
downtown
remains
and
continues
to
remain,
vibrant.
But
what
tío
core?
Really
speaks
to
is
not
just
the
importance
of
downtown,
remaining
vibrant
and
prosperous,
but
livable.
H
L
L
I
know
that
councillor
Krusty
says
it
started
in
2014,
but
I
feel
like
it
started
even
before
then,
and
I
know
that
city
staff
had
struggle
on
how
to
begin
this
work
because
it
was
largely
so
much
but
really
in
a
nutshell.
We
are
asking.
Can
you
overlay
urban
planning
with
a
social
planning
lens,
so
therefore
make
sure
we
have
the
human
quality
infrastructure
and
social
services
around
it?
L
So
this
new
downtown
plan
represents
all
of
that,
including
41
various
different
documents,
10
secondary
plans
in
64
special
area
policy,
specific
policies
that
was
an
incredible
amount
of
work
and
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
city
staff,
because
it's
a
because
of
the
visionary
leadership
of
Greg
Linton
and
his
predecessor
before
then,
but
also.
This
is
a
very
technical
document
and
I
can't
think
of
another
process
that
revolved
that
involved.
L
They
went
out
and
spoke
to
the
communities
in
the
many
different
ways
that
they
could
either
through
social
media
channels
through
videos
through
live
presentations
and
streaming's,
and
they
salute
they
were
able
to
sort
of
make
sense
of
probably
hundreds,
if
not
thousands,
I'm
sure.
Thousands
at
this
point
of
different
communications
and
and
I'm
so
grateful
that
they
actually
heard
all
the
comments
that
came
back
and
they
actually
carefully
considered.
Every
single
Thank.
A
D
D
L
L
So
the
the
first
motion
is
largely
speaking
to
cite
an
area
specific
policy
211
which
deals
with
the
York
Yorkville
Midtown
North
Midtown
planning
framework.
It's
to
ensure
that
this
particular
that
that
particular
document
is
going
to
be
part
of
the
evaluation
of
every
application
moving
forward.
So
it
just
makes
it
much
more
clear.
So
it's
not
just
that
it
steel
core,
but
steel
core
with
that
specific
document.
And
then
the
subsequent
motion
immediately
after
that
is
to
is
to
really
direct
how
we
read
the
documents
together.
D
L
L
A
P
P
Okay,
great
and
then
the
second
one,
okay,
I
just
wanted
to
start
by
thanking
staff
across
all
the
divisions
that
have
worked
on
this
comprehensive
report.
It
is
so
important
that
the
future
of
our
downtown
be
planned
in
a
collaborative
in
collaboration
with
staff
from
many
sectors
to
address
the
complex
needs
of
our
city.
Toronto's
downtown
has
seen
unprecedented
growth
for
more
than
a
decade
that
growth
has
made
Toronto's
downtown
a
wonderful
livable
place
that
gives
people
the
opportunity
to
make
their
homes
find
fulfilling
work
and
enjoy
tremendous
local
culture
in
the
core.
P
It
is
also
insured
tens
of
thousands
visit
each
day
for
work
or
play
I'm
particularly
excited
about
the
plan,
because
it
includes
a
lot
of
recreation
facilities
where
we
are
building
communities
from
the
ground
up
like
in
the
East
Waterfront,
and
understanding
how
to
revitalize
older
sites
like
the
Parliament
Street
library,
we're
also
carefully
planning
childcare
through
growth,
related
development,
so
very
happy
in
terms
of
what's
happening,
especially
in
about6
developments
in
the
waterfront.
The
only
thing
I
just
wanted
to
add
in
terms
of
a
technical
correction,
just
because
I
like
to
bring
st.
P
A
D
I'm,
okay
speaking
now,
I
just
wanted
to
stand
in
and
rise
because
having
the
privilege
to
serve
as
a
chair
of
the
planning
and
growth
committee.
I
have
seen
such
a
substantial
change
in
the
last
eight
months
in
the
way
that
staff
have
taken
the
tasks
that
they
have
to
do
and
get
them
done.
Since
last,
October
they've
gone
out
with
substantially
more
communication
and
working
with
people.
They
are
listening
to
residents.
They
are
listening
to
the
industry,
they
are
listening
to
councillors
and
they
are
coming
forward
with
documents
that
are
extremely
important.
D
This
particular
document
is
one
is
an
official
plan
amendment.
It's
providing
the
guidance
that
I
think
we
have
been
looking
for
as
a
downtown
of
the
City
of
Toronto
continues
to
redevelop.
What's
been
happening
in
our
downtown.
Is
phenomenal
I,
don't
know
any
other
city
in
Canada?
That's
have
this
type
of
growth
when
some
people
talk
sometimes
about
what
happens
in
Vancouver.
I
think
this
is
the
size
of
Vancouver.
D
This
small
amendment
for
our
downtown
core
is
the
size
of
Vancouver
and
we
have
a
whole
city
around
it
and
we
work
collectively
on
that
and,
as
my
colleagues
said,
the
population
has
gone
to
250,000
and
we'll
go
to
500,000
with
this
plan
living
in
the
downtown
core.
But
it's
also
going
to
go
from
500,000
working
to
8.
It's
our
living,
I'm,
sorry
working
to
850,000
people
working
in
the
core.
That's
this
planet!
D
It
is
phenomenal
and
the
work
that
it
is
taken
and
the
undertaking
collectively
between
all
of
our
staff,
the
public
meetings
and
the
councillors
is
phenomenal.
To
get
a
plan
like
this
in
place
to
provide
the
guidance
for
the
where
development
should
go,
the
type
of
development,
our
Parks
and
Recreation
needs
our
community
facilities,
the
infrastructure,
that's
needed
public
transportation.
D
All
those
things
that
are
needed
to
let
this
city
grow
properly
are
now
in
this
document,
and
I
really
did
want
to
take
my
hat
off
and
give
really
sincere
congratulations
to
all
of
the
staff
within
the
planning
and
growth,
the
Department
of
Planning
Department
in
particular
mr.
Lynn
turn
for
you
and
your
staffs
great
leadership.
All
this
I
know
that
you
have
wonderful
staff
that
work
with
you.
It's
not
one
alone,
they're
sitting
right
next
to
you
now
and
they're,
begging
that
this
gets
finished
tonight,
they'd
really
like
to
see
it
done.
D
Look
at
the
clock.
We
extended
to
finish
it,
so
it
was
really
a
sincere
thanks
to
all
of
you
and
your
staff
and
all
the
divisions
that
were
able
and
all
the
people
that
are
over
in
the
crowd
there.
That's
an
idea
of
folks
to
my
colleagues
how
much
work
this
has
taken
the
tremendous
effort
that
is
taken
to
get
this
here
and
hopefully
to
get
this
approved.
M
For
that,
I
will
be
brief,
but
unfortunately,
I
will
not
support
the
plan
and
I
will
explain
why
I
will
say.
Yes,
there
are
fantastic
elements
in
here
a
number
of
tremendous
work,
but
there
are
some
elements
that
I
disagree
with,
and
it
should
be
no
surprise
because
they
are
files.
They
speak
to
files
that
I've
struggled
with
with
counsel
here
on
a
number
of
occasions.
M
I
would
say
that
the
plan
does
a
lot
if
you
live
within
the
boundaries
or
spend
most
of
your
time
here,
but
the
concern
I
have
is
it
doesn't
fully
connect
to
outside
of
here
and
what
I
mean
by
that
is.
If
you
are
traveling
in
by
car,
which
some
people
will
do,
I
think
you'll
find
over
time
the
constraints
that
the
plan
offers
and
it
does.
It
does
speak
to
narrowing
roadways.
It
does
speak
to
converting
lanes
and
I
understand
the
rationale
for
that.
M
But
I
do
worry
about
the
connectivity
to
the
overall
city
within
these
borders,
and
you
know
the
fear
I
have
is
that
one
day
you
know
you
really
will
only
be
able
to
visit
this
area
if
you
come
by
transit,
which
for
many
is
a
great
way
to
go,
I
mean
I.
I
use
transit
regularly
myself,
but
not
everybody
can
and
I
think
what
will
happen?
Is
people
will
get
put
off
from
visiting
this
great
part
of
the
city
and
what
that
does
is
it
begins
to
divide
us
as
a
single
city
and
I?
M
Q
You
speaker,
I
hadn't,
intended
to
say
anything,
but
I
thought
it
was
important.
We
end
on
a
positive
note,
I
just
when
this
came
to
planning
and
growth.
I
noticed
something
about
it,
which
is
that
if
this
had
been
a
plan
for
any
other
municipality
in
Ontario,
this
would
be
their
entire
official
plan.
That's
the
scope
of
work
that
we're
dealing
with
here.
Q
That's
the
the
level
of
complexity,
the
the
depth
of
thought,
the
amount
of
consultation
and
the
tremendous
brainpower
that
went
into
what
I
think
is
going
to
be
the
plan
that
takes
us
from
the
very
ambitious
city
that
we
are
in
to
being
a
truly
global
city
and
to
be
a
truly
global
city
and
I
have
to
disagree
with
the
deputy
mayor.
Here
you
have
to
recognize
that,
like
London
or
Paris
or
any
of
the
great
cities
in
the
world,
it's
a
it's
not
a
place
that
you
drive
through
it's
a
place
where
you
live.
Q
Q
So
I
respectfully
have
to
disagree
with
the
comments
from
councillor
Holliday
and
instead
ask
you
to
support
the
comments
made
by
councillor
Cressy
councillor,
Troisi,
councillor,
wang
tam
and
the
chair
of
our
planning
and
growth
net
committee
councillor
shiner,
and
to
acknowledge
the
fantastic
work
that
the
people
who
live
in
this
community
have
done
to
get
this
plan
to
fruition
and
that
our
staff
and
these
great
leaders
on
city
council
have
done
to
get
this
plan
to
fruition.
I'm
thrilled
to
be
able
to
vote
for
it.
Thank.