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City Council, meeting 4, March 7, 2019 - Part 1 of 2
Agenda and background materials:
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Part 2 of 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf0n81Jrx4c#t=9m53s
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0:08:08 - Call to order
A
We
acknowledge
the
land
we
are
meeting
on
is
the
traditional
territory
of
many
nations,
including
the
Mississauga's
of
the
credit
beyond
nation
Ave,
the
Chippewa,
the
HOD
nashoni
in
the
wind
up
peoples
and
is
now
home
to
many
diverse
First,
Nations,
Inuit
and
maytee
peoples.
We
also
acknowledge
that
Toronto
is
covered
by
3:13,
with
the
Mississauga's
of
the
credit
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,
a
Toronto
dossier,
/
council.
A
This
special
meeting
the
council
scheduled
for
the
following
purposes
to
consider
the
executive
committee
report
from
its
meeting
on
March
4th
to
introduce
and
enact
general
bills
and
to
introduce
and
enact
a
confirming
bill
for
the
special
meeting
members
of
council.
This
is
a
special
meeting
and
under
council
procedures,
no
new
business
items
such
as
notices,
emotions
may
be
introduced.
This
rule
cannot
be
waived.
Our
next
regular
meeting
is
scheduled
to
begin
on.
March
27th
members
may
submit
notices,
emotions
to
that
meeting,
I.
A
B
Thank
you,
madam
Speaker
I
move
that
the
report
from
meeting
to
the
executive
committee
listed
on
the
agenda
of
council
be
presented
for
consideration
and
I
want
to
begin
as
I've
done
a
number
of
times,
but
I
think
it
bears
repeating
to
thank,
in
particular,
the
city
staff.
The
city
staff,
as
you
know,
operate
in
particularly
challenging
circumstances
in
an
election
year
with
respect
to
the
preparation
of
the
budget,
perhaps
to
their
relief.
They
don't
have
the
availability
of
us
as
elected
representatives
to
to
assist
them.
B
I'll
use
that
in
quotation
marks
and,
of
course,
the
period
then
after
the
election
is
truncated,
with
respect
to
the
approval
and
consideration
of
the
budget
and
I
think
they've
as
always
worked
terribly
hard,
and
we
have
a
new
chief
financial
officer
and
a
new
city
manager
and
I
think
they
both
got
themselves
up
to
speed
on
what
is
I.
Think
we'd
all
acknowledged
an
incredibly
complex
undertaking
that
that
we
have
put
in
front
of
them
and
done
their
very
best
to
now
put
us
in
a
position
where
we
can
deliberate
on
this
budget
today.
B
The
task
itself,
a
madam
Speaker,
is
the
same
as
it
is
every
year
and
I
think,
regardless
of
sort
of
where
we
come
from.
In
terms
of
our
perspective
on
the
budget.
I
think
we
all
acknowledge
that
somewhere
and
and
that
the
challenge
in
this
chamber
and
with
the
public
is
to
find
a
balance.
I
think
we'd
all
agree.
B
B
Nor
are
they
faced
with
service
shock.
In
fact,
there
is
no
service
shock,
because
this
budget
does
maintain
every
single
city
service
without
a
copy
and
invests
in
some
of
those
city.
Services
like
transit,
Community,
Safety,
libraries
and
and
Toronto
Community,
Housing
and
I.
Think
that
is
if
the
people
were
given
the
chance
to
write
the
budget
themselves.
I
think
the
vast
majority
is
anoying
that
even
as
I
go
out,
is
we
all
around
the
city
you're?
Never
gonna
find
unanimity
on
what
you
should
be
doing.
B
That's
the
challenging
part
of
our
jobs,
but
I
think
the
vast
majority
of
them
would
form
a
consensus
around
this
kind
of
balanced,
responsible
budget
and
so
and
I'm
guided
by
what
they
say.
I
know
what
a
great
softn,
sometimes
fellow
councilors,
and
it's
certainly
sometimes
aggravates
some
members
of
the
media.
When
I
talk
about
the
real
life
encounters
that
I
have
with
with
citizens
of
Toronto,
as
we
all
do
and
I
think
that
that
is
the
message
that
they
give
me.
B
Yes,
please
keep
investing
as
well
as
you
can
in
the
services
that
are
the
most
important
to
us,
including
transit
housing,
libraries
and
the
like,
and
and
helping
people
who
are
struggling.
But
at
the
same
time
please
be
mindful
of
the
fact
that
we
we
are
ourselves
finding
a
challenging
to
live
in
a
growing
and
very
successful
city,
but
one
which
is
expensive
to
live
in
and
so
I
I.
Look
forward
to
today.
I've
now
been
through
enough
of
these.
B
But
the
only
thing
I
would
say
in
conclusion
is
this:
is
the
culmination
of
weeks
of
consideration,
weeks
of
listening
to
people,
weeks
of
our
staff,
months
of
our
staff,
considering
what
we
should
do
and
what
we
can
do
within
the
context
of
the
resources
that
are
available
and
that
that
we
have
arrived
at
this
point
with
what
I
believe
is
a
balanced,
responsible
document
that
neither
imposes
sticker
shock.
Nor
does
it
impose
service
shock
on
people
and
I
think
in
this
challenging
year,
when
we
had
an
80
million
dollar
shortfall
on
land
transfer
tax.
B
We
all
know
that
that
is
quite
an
achievement
to
be
able
to
present
a
budget
that
doesn't
cut
services
and
give
service
shock.
Nor
does
it
dramatically
increase
taxes
and
give
sticker
shock
to
people
and
I
in
particular,
wanted
just
as
I
conclude
command
the
the
budget.
Chief,
this
this
is
a
as
we
all
know.
B
All
the
jobs
you
take
on
around
here
beyond
just
being
elected
and
serving
your
constituents
are
an
extra
challenge
that
we're
given
as
part
of
the
job
that
one
that
the
budget
chief
takes
on
is
a
the
owner
is
one
and
it's
even
more
onerous
in
election
year
and
I.
Think
working
together
with
our
staff,
who
I
believe
had
done
an
excellent
job.
B
I
commend
them
for
that
and
let's
get
on
with
what
I
hope
will
be
a
constructive
debate
and
I
hope
it's
constructive
in
the
context
that
people
are
looking
at
all
the
places
where
a
government
is
going
on
in
Canada
and
I,
decide
right
now
and
they're,
seeing
a
lot
of
things
they
don't
like
and
I
just
hope
we
can
in
this
new
council,
set
an
example
of
how
we
can
have
a
discussion.
We
can
have
differences
of
opinion.
B
A
Before
I
call
for
declarations
of
interest,
I
wish
to
remind
members
of
council
that
changes
to
the
municipal
conflict
of
interest
Act
took
effect
on
March
1st,
in
addition
to
making
a
verbal
declaration
of
interest
at
meetings.
Members
are
now
also
required
to
follow
a
written
declaration
of
interest
for
the
city
clerk
and
the
city
is
required
to
make
a
registry
of
these
declared
interests
available
for
public
inspection.
The
city
clerk
has
posted
the
registry
of
declared
interest
on
line
at
wwlp.com.
A
D
B
Yes,
thank
you,
madam
Speaker
I
have
four
here
that
all
relate
to
the
same.
They
relate
to
different
items,
but
the
same
interest
because
of
my
involvement
with
the
Roger's
family
trusts
that
previously
disclosed
many
times.
The
Rogers
Communications
provides
telephone
and
cellular
services,
wireless
devices,
internet
and
Wi-Fi
services
to
the
City
of
Toronto
and
so
across
the
items
to
point
to
the
waste
water
budget.
B
Two
point:
three:
the
solid
waste
management
services
and
solid
waste
rates
budget,
two
point:
four,
the
rate:
supportive
budgets
for
the
parking
authority
and
two
point:
five:
the
capital
operating
budgets
I,
will
declare
an
interest
in
that
regard
and
as
well,
there's
a
smaller
item
in
the
latter.
Two
point:
five
that
relates
to
news
summary
services
that
are
provided
by
Canada
newswire.
In
addition
to
the
previously
mentioned
services
provided
by
Rogers,
Communications
and
I
have
the
appropriate
forms
here.
Thank.
B
E
A
We
will
not
review
and
confirm
the
order
paper
once
yard.
The
order
paper
has
been
approved
by
council
any
change.
We
need
a
two-thirds
vote.
The
mayor
has
identified
item
e
x,
2.1
on
the
2019
property
tax
rates
and
related
matters,
as
this
first
key
item
item
e
x,
2.5
on
the
2019
capital
and
operating
budgets
as
the
mayor's
second
key
matter.
These
will
be
our
first
items
of
business.
Today
we
are
scheduled
to
meet
until
6
p.m.
tonight.
We
will
take
a
scheduled
recess
between
12:30
and
2:00
p.m.
A
Council
will
reconvene
tomorrow
at
9:30,
if
necessary.
The
city
manager
and
the
chief
financial
officer
and
treasurer
are
prepared
to
give
a
presentation
on
the
2019
budget.
Members
will
have
an
opportunity
to
ask
questions
on
each
of
the
executive
committee
items.
When
the
items
come
up
for
debate.
There
will
be
no
separate
round
of
questions
on
the
staff
presentations
members.
We
have
six
items
before
us
items,
one
to
five
will
be
debated,
but
does
anyone
wish
to
hold
item
six.
A
You
members
I
am
expecting.
There
will
be
a
number
of
motions
today
and
to
ensure
that
members
in
the
public
understand
the
motions
that
are
placed
members
are
reminded
to
work
with
the
clerk
staff
to
prepare
your
motions.
This
will
enable
the
clerk
staff
to
display
them.
Members
are
also
reminded
to
state
their
motions
before
they
speak.
So
before
we
go
to
the
presentation
of
the
budget,
councillor
mallow
you
wanted
to
make
a
brief
announcement.
Thank.
G
You
thank
you,
madam
Speaker.
Mr.
mayor
members,
before
you,
you
will
see
the
recently
published
Toronto
senior
strategy
2.0,
you
may
remember
several
years
ago,
we
as
a
council
initiated
the
first
Toronto
senior
strategy,
which
is
a
proactive
strategy
to
address
the
reality
that
our
society
in
our
city
is
rapidly
changing
and
aging
2041,
roughly
20
of
us,
20
percent
of
us
rather
are
going
to
be
seniors
and
seniors,
have
challenges
whether
it
be
regarding
health,
transportation,
housing
and
so
many
other
priorities
that
that
we
want
to
focus
on
through
a
well
thought
out
strategy.
G
G
We
don't
always
read
everything
before
us,
but
I
encourage
you
to
read
it
part
of
me.
Look
over
look
at
the
pictures,
however.
However,
however,
however
you're
able
to
digest
it,
but
it
really
is
an
incredibly
important
I'll,
read
I'll.
Just
conclude
by
saying
that
I
believe
that
if
we
build
a
truly
seniors
friendly
city,
we
build
an
age-friendly
Toronto,
whether
you
are
a
young
parent
or
somebody
middle
aged
with
mobility
challenges
or
somebody
in
your
80s.
G
A
H
Madam
Speaker,
this
petition
is
coming
from
the
neighborhood
information
posts.
An
organization
is
located
in
Moss
Park
in
the
Downtown
East
and
I
would
like
to
present
this
petition
to
members
of
council.
It
reads
dear
merit
or
en
councilor
long
time
as
your
constituents.
We
are
asking
city
council
to
invest
in
more
community
resources
in
Toronto,
downtown
East,
particularly
in
homelessness
prevention,
programs
and
services.
Homelessness
is
a
crisis
in
Toronto
and
we
have
a
record
number
of
people
using
the
shelter
system.
H
The
lack
of
affordable
social
housing
units
rapidly
rising,
rent
and
low
vacancy
rate
have
led
to
a
high
number
of
our
community
members
being
homeless
or
precariously
housed.
It
is
vital
for
council
to
increase
funding
to
divert
vulnerable
individuals
and
families
from
shelters
into
housing,
to
keep
vulnerable
individuals
and
families
in
stable
housing
and
avert
eviction
and
three
to
increase
available
shelter
space
with
the
overflowing
shelter
system.
It
is
urgent
for
the
City
of
Toronto
to
take
immediate
actions
to
prevent
homelessness
and
housing
crisis.
H
They
are
a
Regent
Park
local
community
group
that
has
been
advocating
for
equitable,
fair
access
to
recreation
services
in
the
city,
they're
behind
me
right
now
wearing
white
t-shirts
with
their
name
of
the
group.
On
that
two
nights
ago,
parents
slept
outside
literally,
they
slept
outside
of
community
centers
in
minus
21
degrees,
Celsius
weather.
It
demonstrates
the
ability
and
the
passion
of
parents
to
go
that
extra
distance
to
protecting
their
children.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
them
for
joining
us
today.
Thank
you.
I
Thank
you,
madam
Speaker
mera
Torre
members
of
council
and
I
just
want
to
echo
the
the
mayor's
comments
about
the
men
and
women
of
the
Toronto
Public
Service
that
are
here
today
that
contributed
significantly
to
this
budget,
so
I'm
very
proud
to
do
this.
This
presentation,
you
have
seen-
or
many
of
you
have
seen
a
couple
of
times
now
so
we're
going
to
try
and
abbreviate
it
a
bit
get
to
the
point
as
before.
I
I
There
is
direction
that
you
give
us
and,
of
course
we
manage
that
direction,
and
together
we
create
a
strategy
for
delivery
of
services
each
and
every
day,
and,
of
course,
between
the
public
service
and
our
citizens.
They
provide
us
money
in
the
form
of
taxes
and
rates
and
fees
and,
of
course,
we
in
response
provide
them
services.
In
this
case,
we
provide
over
150
services
and
they
expect
for
their
money,
of
course,
value.
So
that's
an
essence,
the
relationship
and,
of
course,
what's
at
the
center
of
all.
I
This
is
the
way
that
the
public
service
is
expected
to
do
its
work.
It's
to
each
and
every
day
earn
people's
trust
and
confidence
next
slide
and,
as
the
mayor
pointed
out,
the
we
did
not
have
a
specific
direction
provided
to
us,
because
you
were
busy
campaigning
and
and
finding
yourself
back
here.
So
we
did
reflect
on
the
last
term
of
council
some
of
the
priorities
that
we
saw
and
some
of
the
direction
that
occurred
through
the
budget
process
and
so
just
to
highlight
very
quickly
for
you.
I
Obviously,
housing
has
been
a
key
consideration
of
this
council
as
well
as
mobility.
By
that
we
mean
transit,
cycling,
walking
people
in
neighborhoods
the
issues
that
we
have
in
our
community
and
I'm
going
to
speak
to
that.
In
a
moment,
modernization
every
government
across
this
globe
is
looking
at
better
ways
of
delivering
services
and,
of
course,
some
of
that
is
done
through
technology.
And,
of
course,
all
of
us
are
wrestling
with
the
challenge
of
sustaining
our
services
and
in
healthy
financial,
healthy
manner.
I
All
of
you
know
that
the
middle
class
is
shrinking
and
that
we're
seeing
more
and
more
people
fall
into
poverty
and
as
we
age
as
a
community,
we
know
as
well
that
people
don't
all
have
pensions
and
have
the
kinds
of
benefits
that
many
of
us
in
this
room
are
able
to
enjoy.
And
so
all
of
this
is
becoming
a
challenge.
So
is
the
job
market.
I
Many
of
the
people
that
are
coming
up
entering
the
job
market
don't
find
as
many
permanent
jobs
and
find
that
a
lot
of
the
opportunities
that
present
them
are
precarious,
and
so
this
is
all
creating
a
dynamic
that
I
think
is
concerning
to
say
the
least,
and
is
going
to
continue.
Certainly
for
some
time,
I
don't
have
to
tell
anyone
in
this
room
about
the
significance
of
climate
change.
This
council
has
been
investing
in
mitigation
measures
for
a
number
of
years.
Climate
change,
as
we
all
know,
is
real.
I
The
good
news
is
that
there
is
a
resiliency
strategy
coming
back
this
term
of
this
year.
In
fact,
I
think
in
the
next
quarter.
That
is
going
to
speak
to
how
it
is
that
we
can
adapt
our
services
and
ensure
that
we
address
the
reality
of
climate
change.
Aging
infrastructure,
an
organization
like
Toronto,
obviously
has
a
wide
expanse
of
infrastructure,
not
just
what
we
look
after
directly
by
also
those
of
our
agencies,
and,
as
we
learned
just
recently
how
infrastructure
costs
can
rise
and
TTC
brought
forward
to
report.
I
As
many
of
you
know,
that
demonstrates
that
the
state
of
good
repair
for
its
assets
have
grown
considerably
to
the
point
now
that
we
are
looking
at
in
the
next
15
years
somewhere
in
the
order,
thirty
three
billion
dollars
of
challenge,
and
so
that
I
think,
along
with
other
aspects
of
our
infrastructure,
it
does
raise
concern.
I
know
for
all
of
you,
and
certainly
for
us
in
management
and
our
frontline,
so
aging
infrastructure
and,
of
course,
with
that.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
our
ass
management
program
as
mature
as
possible
housing.
I
Another
area
where
we
understand
the
price
of
housing
here
in
Toronto
has
grown
rapidly
and
that
there's
a
need
to
ensure
that
we
have
more
rental,
affordable
rental
housing,
as
well
as
opportunities
for
those
that
find
themselves
in
poor
situations
to
be
able
to
still
be
given
shelter
and
looked
after.
So
we
know
that
housing
has
become
an
incredibly
important
commodity
here
in
Toronto,
and
that
is
something
that
this
council
has
and
will
continue
to
address.
I
Mobility,
we're
growing
by
a
million
people
in
the
next
20
years
and
it's
impossible
to
think
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
accomplish
all
of
that
through
the
automobile
and
for
that
reason,
we're
looking
to
make
heavy
investments
in
transit
and
so
certainly
whether
it
be
subways
or
LRT
s
or
street
cars
or
buses.
All
of
that
is
going
to
be
key,
plus
the
health
of
our
citizens
through
cycling
and
through
walking
another
way
in
which
we
can
benefit
the
people
that
live
here
and,
of
course,
last,
but
certainly
not
least.
I
How
do
you
pay
for
all
of
it,
and
certainly
the
Toronto
act
does
give
us
some
some
tools
that
we
can
utilize
and
have
been
utilizing.
But
clearly
you
know
as
late
as
we
seen
with
the
land
transfer
tax,
where
we
had
for
years
have
been
projecting
increases.
We
finally
experienced
something
that
some
had
predicted
where
there
was
in
fact
a
decrease
in
the
order
of
about
83
million
dollars,
or
so
I
mean
this.
I
This
all
speaks
the
fact
that
we
need
to
bring
back
and
we
will
be
bringing
back
this
this
this
year,
a
long-term
financial
sustainability
report.
That's
going
to
give
you
some
ideas
as
how
it
is
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
maintain
150
services
that
we
provide
next
slide.
So,
of
course,
we
did
hear
from
the
public
we
heard
from
the
committees,
both
the
budget
and
executive
committee.
We
had
167
deputations,
we
also
had
somewhere
in
the
order
of
about
995
written
submissions.
I
That's
not
including
what
you
heard
in
your
offices
and
additionally,
we
had
over
10,000
hits
on
our
website
accessing
our
budget
information.
So
when
you
take
all
of
that-
and
you
put
it
into
a
word
cloud-
there's
certain
themes
that
tend
to
materialize
and
those
teams
are
in
front
of
you.
So
if
I
get
to
the
budget
itself,
the
next
slide.
I
We
thirteen
point
four
seven
billion
dollar
operating
tax
and
rate
supportive
budget
to
present,
as
well
as
a
forty
million
six
hundred
and
seventy
million
six
hundred
seventy
million
ten
year
capital
tax
and
rate
supportive
budget,
and
so
you
notice
at
the
very
top.
It
says
the
executive
committee
recommended
balanced
budget,
there's
an
asterisks
and
I'm
going
to
speak
to
that
in
one
second,
we
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
I
Certainly
the
question
is:
is
how
is
it
that
we
are
able
to
recommend
that
what
we
have
is
a
balanced
budget,
so
this
slide
you're
going
to
see
again
in
a
few
minutes
when
Heather
gets
up
to
speak
to
the
details
of
this.
But
you
know,
of
course
we
were
trying
to
achieve
an
increase
in
the
order
of
of
inflation
and,
of
course,
there
is
some
impact
to
the
water
rates.
I
Solid
waste
rates,
TTC
fare
increase,
which
hasn't
occurred
in
a
few
years
and,
of
course,
is
being
recommended
here
then
the
matter
of
the
federal
government
refugee
contribution.
So
we
have
obviously
seen
a
spike
in
refugees
in
this
community,
and
this
spike
does
not
seem
to
be
going
away.
In
fact,
I
met
with
the
Deputy
Minister
of
immigration
federally
to
talk
about
this,
and
so
we
have
a
what
amounts
to
a
forty
five
million
dollar
pressure.
I
Where,
like
last
year,
we
did
see
a
twenty
five
million
dollar
commitment
by
the
federal
government
to
the
City
of
Toronto
in
2018.
We
believe-
and
there
are
negotiations
going
on
between
the
mayors,
the
prime
minister
and
the
minister
regarding
another
payment
that
we
are
asking
for
in
the
order,
forty
five
million
dollars.
So
we
do
expect
that
that
will
produce
a
positive
result.
I
But
if,
in
the
event
that
it
doesn't,
we
would
then,
if
it
falls
short,
we
would
then
be
in
a
position
to
come
back
to
you
with
a
report
identifying
very
possibly
a
reserve
that
we
could
utilize
to
address
this
concern.
So
I
just
want
to
make
that
point
to
you,
of
course,
the
the
solid
waste
rebate
reduction
year,
one
it's
a
multi-year
program,
I'm
not
going
to
speak
in
detail
because
Heather
will
of
thirty
five
million
dollars
and
then
the
capital
contribution
reduction
of
thirteen
million
over
what
was
committed
to
in
2018.
I
So
I
want
to
just
very
quickly
speak
to
that.
The
reason
why
we
are
suggesting
the
the
13
million
dollar
decrease
is
because,
first
and
foremost,
there
may
be
concerns
that
from
a
capital
programming
perspective
in
2019,
whether
or
not
there's
going
to
be
concern
as
to
we're
going
to
get
all
those
projects
out.
So
we
do
not
operate
at
a
hundred
percent
expenditure.
We
are
in
fact
somewhere
around
the
seventy
percent
figure
when
it
comes
to
the
amount
of
work
that
we
get
we're
able
to
complete.
I
So
we
don't
believe
that
the
13
million
dollar
reduction
is
going
to
any
appreciable
way
affect
the
amount
of
capital
works,
we'll
get
out
the
door.
But
then
there
was
another
point
that
I
want
to
raise
in
that
year
after
year,
we've
increased
this
commitment
by
ten
percent
and
so
we're
holding
that
commitment
this
year
and
that
commitment
would
be
worth
in
the
order
of
thirty
five
million
dollars.
I
So
we
are
not
putting
forward
an
additional
commitment
in
that
regard
and
then,
finally,
a
savings
target,
which
is
something
that
myself
and
our
senior
leadership
team
have
looked
at
it's.
What
we
believe
is
a
reasonable
target
that
we
can
address
through
the
course
of
2019
through
vacancies,
some
restructuring
of
our
organization
and
as
well
as
looking
at
some
of
the
contract
work
that
we
have
and
to
see
whether
or
not
we
can
achieve
the
10
million
we're
quite
confident.
Otherwise
we
wouldn't
put
it
in
front
of
you
next
slide.
I
J
Through
you,
madam
speaker,
I'd
also
like
to
take
the
opportunity
to
thank
the
budget
chair,
the
mayor,
the
Budget
Committee,
the
Executive
Committee
and,
of
course,
the
staff
who
have
worked
tirelessly.
The
staff
are
at
all
levels
of
this
organization
in
all
our
service
areas
to
help
partner
in
developing
this
year's
budget,
the
2019
budget
has
been
developed
on
a
set
of
assumptions,
and
these
assumptions
have
been
influenced
by
priorities
and
recommendations
from
the
public
service,
elected
officials
and
the
public.
The
2019
budget
was
developed
around
five
guiding
principles.
J
J
Secondly,
due
to
the
election
and
in
the
absence
of
council
direction,
we
adopted
the
principle
of
introducing
a
cost-of-living
increase
that
just
has
been
consistent
with
practice
over
the
last
four
years.
Thirdly,
the
budget
was
created
with
the
goal
to
preserve
service
levels,
existing
service
levels
that
were
provided
in
2018.
The
budget
also
reflects
the
continued
investment
in
strategies
that
were
adopted
in
2018
and,
finally,
the
2019
budget
considers
ways
to
realize
savings
made
possible
via
recommendations
from
the
Auditor
General
in
years
post,
an
election.
J
The
city
combines
both
its
tax
and
rate
based
budgets
processes
together.
When
you
break
down
the
thirteen
point,
four
seven
bill
operating
budget,
you
get
the
tax-supported
budget
of
eleven
point:
five
nine
billion.
This
is
the
portion
funded
primarily
from
property
taxes.
The
rate
supported
budget
is
1.9
billion
and
it
is
the
portion
for
solid
waste
management,
the
toronto
parking
authority
and
toronto
water,
all
of
which
are
funded
by
their
respective
user
fees
for
the
rate
budget.
J
In
this
combined
process,
the
key
rate
changes
are
as
follows:
council
is
considering
a
water
rate
increase
of
3%
for
the
average
toronto
household
using
240
cubic
meters
of
water.
This
will
result
in
an
annual
increase
of
$27.
The
projected
daily
cost
is
two
dollars
and
fifty
eight
cents.
The
projected
total
annual
cost
is
nine
hundred
and
forty
dollars.
On
the
solid
waste
side,
council
is
considering
a
2.2,
blended
rate
increase
for
all
the
different
types
of
customers,
as
recommended
by
executive
and
budget
committees.
J
J
On
this
slide,
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
just
highlight
categories
from
where
the
city's
revenue
is
generated
and
where
funds
are
spent.
So
on
the
left,
you
can
see
that
the
top
the
top
amount
is
your
property
tax
for
2019,
the
property
tax
revenues,
total
4.3
billion,
and
it
reflects
a
residential
property
tax
increase
of
2.5
5%.
J
The
recommended
cost-of-living
increase
results
in
additional
138
million,
including
assessment
growth
of
61
million.
The
next
bucket
of
funding
comes
from
other
levels
of
government.
This
comprises
twenty
two
point:
seven
percent
of
the
city's
overall
revenue.
This
revenue
reflects
grains
and
subsidies
of
2.6
billion
from
other
orders
of
government,
which
has
helped
to
offset
legislative
programs
such
as
social
assistance,
child
care,
public
health
and
social
housing.
To
name
a
few
99.9%
of
the
funding
that
is
in
the
budget
is
based
on
signed
agreements.
J
The
city
has
requested
45
million
in
federal
funding
to
offset
shelter
costs
for
Refugees,
the
continuation
of,
and
it
represents
the
continuation
of
federal
funding
of
8
million
for
social
housing.
In
addition,
a
request
of
ten
million
in
funding
from
the
province
to
assist
with
policing
effectiveness
and
modernization.
J
J
Fares
fund
approximately
67%
of
the
TTC
s
operating
funding.
Now,
where
does
the
money
go?
As
you
can
see,
the
top
line
is
cost
cost
shared
social
programs.
These
include,
but
are
not
limited
to
children's
services,
which
is
the
Toronto's
licensed
childcare
system
that
includes
approximately
72,000
spaces
for
children,
from
birth
to
12
years
and
long-term
care
homes.
The
TTC,
who
provides
transit
service,
24
hours
a
day
and
7
days
a
week
and
emergency
services,
including
police
services,
Fire
Services
and
paramedics,
as
I
mentioned
earlier.
J
One
of
the
guiding
principles
is
that
we
would
in
actual
fact
continue
on
with
strategies
and
investments
made
in
2018.
This
year's
budget
reflects
317
million
in
funding
for
programs,
reflecting
strategies
approved
by
council
and
directional
direction
from
Council
to
implement.
The
blue
bars
represents
the
investment
that
was
made
in
2018
that
continues
on
in
2019.
J
Major
themes
for
these
strategies
are
in
the
area
of
poverty
reduction
in
well-being,
187
point
7
million.
This
includes
seventy
three
and
a
half
million
for
childcare
representing
210
subsidies,
shelter
costs
of
45
million
Rep
zhen
ting
represents
adding
for
additional
shelter
sites
and
to
provide
24/7
respite
care.
J
Transit
fare
equity
represents
ten
point:
six
million
in
2018
phase
one
was
to
provide
transit
access
for
clients
on
ODSP
and
o/w
in
2019
phase
two
will
provide
a
subsidy
to
clients
on
with
the
childcare
subsidy
in
the
area
of
city
building
and
mobility.
There's
70
point
nine
million,
which
includes
the
two-hour
transfers,
as
I
previously
mentioned.
J
What
I'm
going
to
share
a
little
bit
more
information
on
is
how
we're
balancing.
So,
as
the
city
manager
mentioned,
we
have
identified
strategies
to
balance
expenditures
and
revenues
for
the
2019
budget,
I'm
going
to
go
into
detail
in
a
few
specific
areas,
but
the
highlights
are
the
residential
property
tax
increase
of
two
point:
five:
five
percent
on
a
blended
basis.
J
With
regards
to
shelters,
the
city
has
experienced
a
year-over-year
increase
of
a
hundred
percent
in
refugee
accommodation
to
offset
the
cost.
The
city
has
requested
ongoing
and
stable
funding
of
forty
five
million
dollars
a
year
from
the
federal
government.
This
assumption
is
included
in
the
2019
budget,
since
the
city
has
received
26
million
in
federal
fund
and
three
million
in
provincial
funding
towards
the
cost.
The
city
incurred
in
2018,
the
City
of
Toronto,
continues
to
request
from
both
governments
establish
an
effective
regional
strategy
for
Ontario
that
would
improve
intergovernmental
collaboration
and
help
manage
increased
volumes.
J
With
regards
to
ml
TT,
in
prior
years
there
have
been
discussions
surrounding
the
unpredictability
of
ml
TT
revenue
and
the
reliance
on
funding
recurring
operating
expenses.
In
2018,
we
experienced
a
reduction
of
eighty
three
million
dollars
over
2017.
The
experience
in
2019
for
January
and
February
thus
far
has
mirrored
our
2018
experience.
J
We
do
need
a
strategy
to
wean
ml
TT
funding
from
funding
city
operations
to
ml
TT
funding
capital
projects.
There
will
always
be
a
portion
of
ML
TT
that
is
reliable,
but
anything
beyond
that
can
be
dedicated
to
building
capital
infrastructure.
So
for
2019
we
have
reduced
our
annual
contribution
from
our
annual
capital
from
current
contribution
by
13
million
compared
to
2018.
J
This
approach
is
based
on
evidence
based
on
our
historical
spending
in
the
capital
budget.
We've
identified
that
our
capital
plan
is
mentioned
in
the
beginning
of
this
process
is
an
area
of
improvement.
Josie
will
be
elaborating
on
this
shortly.
The
2018
capital
spend
was
67
percent
across
all
capital
projects
and,
as
directed
by
the
budget
committee,
staff,
will
endeavour
to
reassess
the
capital
plan
based
on
evidence
such
as
historical
spending.
J
With
regards
to
long
term,
waste
council
adopted
the
city's
long
term
waste
management
strategy
in
2016,
which
recommends
that
solid
waste
management
services
become
a
fully
self-sufficient
and
sustainable
utility,
meaning
the
costs
for
garbage
services
are
funded
exclusively
from
garbage
fees.
The
strategy
from
20
sixteen
also
set
a
goal
of
diverting
70%
of
Toronto's
waste
away
from
landfill
by
2026,
most
solid
waste
management
services,
single-family
and
multi-residential.
Ratepayers
currently
receive
a
rebate
or
credit
on
each
utility
bill.
This
is
funded
from
the
property
taxes.
J
The
proposed
reductions
to
the
single-family
residential
rape
rebate
in
2019
will
provide
an
additional
thirty
five
million
dollars
to
the
property
tax
budget
and
help
achieve
the
city's
diversion
targets
which,
in
2017
our
residential
diversion
rate,
was
only
53%
to
minimize
the
impact
of
reductions
to
the
solid
waste
rebate.
On
low-income,
ratepayers,
solid
waste
management
services
is
recommending
a
single-family
residential,
low-income
relief
program
which
will
be
incorporated
into
the
existing
water
rebate
program.
J
With
regards
to
the
property
tax,
Police,
TTC
and
Det
charges
are
the
top
three
components
of
the
property
tax
bill.
The
average
tax
bill
in
2019
will
be
three
thousand
and
twenty
dollars
an
increase
of
104
annually
and,
as
you
can
see,
two
thirds
of
your
tax
bill
is
dedicated
to
keeping
the
city
safe,
keeping
the
city
moving,
investing
in
building
maintaining
and
enhancing
the
city's
infrastructure.
J
J
There
is
also
a
point:
five
percent
city
building
fund
levy
that
started
in
2017
to
fund
priority
transit
and
housing
capital
at
projects,
as
approved
by
City
Council
Council
approved
a
point:
five
percent
dedicated
tax,
beginning
in
2017
for
five
years
to
create
1
billion
in
debt
room
for
additional
investment
opportunities.
The
top
portion
of
the
bar
is
the
current
value
assessment
impact
property
values.
Reassessments
are
conducted
on
a
four
year
cycle,
with
CVA
increases
being
phased
in
in
equal
increments.
In
each
year
of
the
four
year,
phase-in
period.
J
The
city's
forty
point-
seven
billion
ten
year
capital
budget
and
plan,
will
guidance
on
what
events
investments
will
be
made
for
Toronto's
future.
In
order
to
reduce
the
city's
reliance
on
ML
TT
staff
have
been
directed
to
reassess
the
ten-year
capital
budget
and
plan
to
develop
strategies
to
increase
funding
for
the
capital
budget
that
include
developing
an
approach
to
reducing
the
city's
reliance
on
AML
TT
revenue
for
operating
expenses
and
redirect
ML
TT
funds
to
capital
projects.
Also,
a
review
of
the
10
year,
capital
plan,
cash
flows,
project
timelines
and
consideration
for
historical
spending
rates.
J
The
city
and
industries
capacity
to
deliver
project
will
enable
the
city
to
absorb
the
13
million
dollar
secrecy
reduction
for
2019.
The
budget
committee
has
also
directed
the
CFO
and
treasurer
to
increase
funding
for
the
capital
budget
by
developing
strategies
to
maximize
the
use
of
development
charges,
reinvest
proceeds
from
the
sale
of
city
assets
and
partner
with
other
levels
of
governments
and
the
private
sector,
as
required
by
provincial
legislation.
The
city
will
also
update
its
asset
management
policies,
standards
and
practices
and
report
back
with
an
asset
management
policy
for
council
approval
in
july
2019.
J
K
Thank
You
Heather
through
the
chair,
mr.
mayor
Torrey,
members
of
council
good
morning
so
I'm
here,
to
provide
you
with
a
bit
of
a
top-line
overview
on
the
container
capital
plan.
That's
before
you,
okay,
next
slide
great
okay,
so
this
10
year
capital
plans
just
over
40
and
a
half
billion
dollars,
that's
for
both
tax
and
rate.
When
you
look
at
your
left
hand,
side
of
the
of
the
slide,
we've
got
our
rate
programs
worth
about
14,
almost
14
and
a
half
billion
dollars.
K
That's
for
Toronto
water,
solid
waste,
Toronto
parking
authority
and
for
our
tax
support.
It
is
26.2
billion
dollars
very
similar
to
last
year's
10
year.
Capital
plan
next
slide,
so
let's
just
spend
a
moment
on
the
rate
program.
So
what
we
have
here
is,
though,
is
a
is
a
slide
that
provides
the
ten-year
program
by
the
different
project
categories
that
we
have
14
a
half
billion.
It's
fully
funded
from
the
rates
that
we
generate
the
funds
that
we
generate
from
the
fees.
Unlike
other
municipalities,
there
is
no
debt
associated
with
these
programs.
K
So
by
project
category
you
can
see
the
four
bar
charts
I'm
just
going
to
take
a
moment
on
two
of
them.
Second,
one
is
a
state
of
good
repair.
That's
worth
about
seven
billion
in
the
lion's
share
of
that,
of
course,
is
Toronto
water,
with
fairly
significant
investments
being
made
in
the
rehabilitation
and
replacement
of
our
water
mains
or
treatment
plants,
and
our
sewer
systems,
as
well
as
solid
waste,
management's
transfer
stations
and
yards
and
facilities
on
the
service
improvement
side,
which
is
the
next
bar.
K
So
now
we're
going
to
spend
the
rest
of
our
time
talking
about
the
tax
capital
plan,
and
so
I'd
like
to
draw
your
attention
to
that.
So
it's
twenty
six
point,
two
billion
dollars
and,
as
you
can
see
from
this
chart
that
about
seventy
percent
of
it
or
eighteen
billion
dollars
has
been
dedicated
to
our
mobility
program.
That's
the
combination
of
our
transit
expansion,
funding,
TTC
based
funding
and,
of
course,
transportation
services,
so
what's
built
into
there.
K
So
of
course
we
have
funding
in
there
in
our
transit
expansion
program
to
continue
with
our
smart
track
project,
our
sorry,
our
Scarborough
subway.
Of
course
we
have
relief
line,
accelerated
planning
money-
that's
in
there,
so
we
can
move
forward
on
that
project
and
there's
a
planning
work
for
the
waterfront,
LRT
and,
of
course,
the
closeout
of
the
Toronto
York
Spadina
extension
project.
K
When
we
talk
about
the
TTC,
this
is
the
base
program
and
a
lot
of
it
is
going
to
buildings
and
structures,
the
purchase
of
vehicles
and,
of
course,
are
easier
access
program
to
ensure
that
we're
compliant
with
a
Oda
requirements
by
2025,
but
also,
and
then
in
transportation.
We've
got
the
gardener,
that's
being
funded
out
of
there
and
fairly
significant
investments
being
made
in
our
local
road
or
major
roads.
Our
city,
bridges
are
vision,
zero
and
City
cycling
plans
so
well.
K
We
have
identified
those
particular
programs
just
want
to
draw
your
attention
to
two
other
areas,
so
in
parks,
forestry
and
recreation,
1.9
billion
and
built
into
that
is
about
five
hundred
million
dollars
in
in
funding
so
that
we
can
continue
and
start
work
on
the
master
facilities
plan
that
parks,
forestry
and
recreation
brought
in.
So
that's
the
growth
program,
so
that's
been
built
in
in
our
shelter
and
support
and
housing.
K
The
almost
1
billion
dollars
in
that
capital
plan
is
to
continue
acquiring
the
thousand
beds
that
council
approved
last
year,
George
Street
revitalization
project
and,
of
course,
our
commitment
to
funding
for
the
TCH,
see
of
173
million.
So
on
the
right
side
of
this
slide
is
our
funding
sources,
but
I'm
gonna
focus
on
that
in
a
different
slide.
So
if
we
can
move
to
the
next
slide,
please
so
our
10
year
capital
plan
very
similar
to
last
year.
K
It's
about
800
million
dollars
differently
different,
and
most
of
that
is
coming
from
these
new
investments
that
we
were
able
to
bring
in
to
this
program.
So
through
efforts
that
we
did
during
the
budget
process,
we
looked
at
how
we
can
align
our
project
funding
and
our
timelines
and
looked
at
some
other
ways
of
dealing
with
our
funding
sources.
It
gave
us
some
capacity
to
add
785
million
dollars.
The
funding
that
that
we
did
provide
the
capacity
that
we
did
provide
allowed
us
to
include
these
very
critical
projects.
K
K
Transportation
has
done
some
work
there,
and
so
we're
able
to
provide
additional
investment,
build
PI,
some
more
bridges
sources
buy
some
more
buses
and
deal
with
some
revitalization
projects,
whether
it's
in
public
spaces
or
in
our
facilities,
and
continue
our
modernization
program
and
then,
finally,
at
the
bottom.
There
is
funding
there
to
continue
to
ensure
that
we
are
compliant
with
a
Oda
legislation
and
to
deal
with
the
high
lake
effect,
flooding
damage
and
wind
storm
damage
experienced
in
the
last
couple
of
years
next
slide.
K
So
what
this
slide
does
is
it
provides
us
with
the
annual
planned
expenditures
by
year.
So,
if
we
look
to
the
left,
what
you
can
see
is
the
2019
capital
budget-
that's
2.9
billion,
so
that
is
actually
what
you're
approving
for
funding
this
year
and
the
work
that
people
will
be
undertaking
and
when
we
add
the
carry
for
funding
that
from
unspent
projects
last
year,
that's
over
four
billion
dollars
and
then
the
next
point
that
I'd
like
to
just
to
focus
on,
is
really
how
do
we?
K
How
are
we
doing
in
our
state
of
good
repair
funding,
because
that
has
been
a
priority
for
council?
So,
as
you
can
see
in
the
circled
area,
it's
a
twelve
and
point
eight
billion
dollars
or
49
percent.
That
is
a
priority
and
it
represents
about
half
of
the
funding
in
the
overall
capital
plan.
When
you
then
compare
that
and
look
at
what
we
did
back
in
2011
a
total
ten
year,
capital
plan
at
that
point
was
twelve
point,
eight
billion
dollars,
and
that
is
exactly
what
we're
funding.
K
So
a
hundred
percent
of
what
we
did
in
2011
is
just
going
to
state
of
good
repair
in
2019
when
you
then
take
really
the
Health
and
Safety
legislature
in
the
state
of
good
repair
together,
because
in
some
way
they
are
all
state
of
good
repair,
just
two
different
levels
of
severity
or
compliance.
It's
almost
fifty
five
percent
and
then,
when
you
look
at
our
service
improvement
and
growth
combined,
that's
worth
eleven
point,
eight
billion
or
forty
five
percent.
So
what
is
this
telling
us?
Essentially,
what
we've
tried
to
do
in
this
ten
year?
K
Capital
plan
is
balance
about
half
of
it
towards
ensuring
that
our
current
assets
are
maintained
in
a
state
of
good
repair.
So
we
can
assure
the
reliability
of
our
current
service
delivery,
but
also
help
the
city
plan
for
the
future
to
deal
with
service
improvements
and
growth
in
the
city
next
slide.
K
So
one
of
the
key
issues,
as
I
mentioned,
is
the
state
of
good
repair.
Backlogs
I'd
like
to
spend
a
minute
on
how
well
we're
doing
so
annually
as
as
a
city.
What
we
try
to
do
is
track
the
extent
to
which
our
capital
funding
is
actually
having
an
impact
on
our
state
of
good
repair.
It
is
a
priority
with
12
billion,
but
what
we
can
see
is
that,
in
fact
you
know
we
continue
to
be
challenged
as
Chris
mentioned.
K
So
when
you
look
at
this
at
this,
and
it
represents
both
our
tax
and
rate
supported
program,
what
you
see
is
a
red
line,
which
is
the
actual
value
that
state
of
good
repair
backlog
and
it's
increasing
from
seven
point:
eight
billion
to
up
to
nine
point
five
billion,
but
as
a
percentage
of
our
asset
value,
which
is
about
96
billion.
It's
going
from
8.2
percent.
Eight
point
eight,
so
you
think
okay,
this
is
contained,
we're
managing
it.
K
But
when
you
pull
back
two
significant
investments
that
the
city
has
made
one
in
our
Toronto
water
program,
which
is
the
the
funding
of
our
VAR
cysts,
our
serious
infrastructure
and
the
revitalization
of
our
Gardiner
Expressway.
What
you're
seeing
is
a
slightly
different
picture
that
red
line
is
now
much
steeper
and
in
fact
it's
much
deeper
than
it
was
in
2018,
and
there
are
some
reasons
for
that.
What
we
have
done
this
year
is
we've
added
the
backlog,
values
first
for
our
Toronto
Community
Housing
Corporation,
which
we've
never
had
built
into
these
estimates.
K
Things
are
where
we
are
having
the
greatest
amount
of
growth,
so
in
transportation
I
mean
all
of
these
have
red
red
arrows
going
up.
You
can
see
what's
happening
there,
but
for
transportation.
We
now
have
additional
bridges
that
we're
having
to
deal
with
the
TTC
estimates
here.
Do
not
include
the
capital,
invest
investment
plan
that
they've
just
identified.
We
will
be
working
with
them
and
updating
those
that
information
for
next
year.
K
Toronto
parks,
forestry,
recreation
and
Toronto
Public
Library
continue
to
be
areas
that
we're
focusing
and
we
were
able
to
give
a
bit
more
money
to
the
library
this
year
and
the
Toronto
Community
Housing.
Estimates
that
are
built
in
here
are
the
raw
data,
information
and
I.
Just
want
to
be
clear
that
this
information
is
here
showing
what
the
impact
would
be
in
the
absence
of
any
additional
funding
from
the
city
or
other
orders
of
government.
K
We
are
working
on
a
strategy
and
we've
been
working
with
the
federal
government
on
an
application
that
allows
us
some
eligibility
for
funding,
so
we'll
be
coming
back
during
the
2019
and
in
time
for
the
2020
budget,
with
a
funding
strategy
for
that
next
slide.
So
here
are
the
funding
sources
also
provided
over
a
10-year
period.
So
I
just
really
want
to
draw
your
attention
to
the
very
last
row,
which
shows
the
ten-year
total
and
percentage.
So
when
you
combine
the
federal
provincial
amounts,
it's
really
represents
about
31
percent.
K
Our
development
charges
at
8%
much
higher
at
than
prior
years.
In
fact,
back
in
2011
on
that
chart
that
you're
seeing
it
below
that
we're
at
both
4%.
So
a
we
have
more
projects
in
the
pipeline
that
are
growth
that
are
for
growth
purposes,
but
also
we
have.
We
have
higher
values
that
we're
now
able
to
contribute
to
the
program.
Our
reserve
and
reserve
funds
at
2.8
billion
is
fairly
significant
as
well,
and
what
that's
reflecting
is
funding
of
almost
900
million
for
our
capital
financing
Reserve.
K
Our
recoverable
debt,
which
is
8
percent
or
2.1
billion,
that
represents
the
use
of
our
city
building
fund
money
that
is
being
levied
and
we're
treating
that
as
the
repayment
of
debt,
and
that,
in
fact,
is
helping
us
fund
our
smart
track
program
and
then,
finally,
when
you
combine
our
capital
from
current
and
debt
funding
together,
they
represent
39%
next
slide.
So
what's
the
impact
on
the
debt
that's
being
planned
in
this
program
on
our
debt
servicing?
K
So
much
like
an
individual
who
goes
to
the
bank
to
try
to
borrow
mortgage,
you
know,
there's
an
assessment
of
what
level
of
income
can
actually
support
the
repayment
of
the
principal
and
the
interest
amounts.
So
our
debt
servicing,
which
is
the
repayment
of
both
those,
are
guided
by
our
ability
to
pay
for
that,
and
so
the
policy
that
counsel
has
is
that
no
more
than
15%
of
our
property
tax
income
should
go
towards
our
debt
servicing.
K
So
this
this
guideline
that
we
use
is
the
one
that
helps
us
guide
our
debt,
affordability
for
2019
and
this
10-year
plan.
Well,
our
debt
service
ratio
has
been
contained
to
fourteen
point-
nine
three
percent.
But
if
you
look
at
this
graph
and
its
profile,
you
can
see
that
it's
quite
low
in
year,
one
and
it's
quite
low
in
the
Oder,
not
two
years
and
that's
what's
allowed
us
to
stay
with
under
the
fifteen
percent,
because
we
are
peeking
up
towards
sixteen
percent
through
the
mid
part
of
this,
given
the
various
investments
that
we
have.
K
So
in
addition
to
what
else
we
are
funding,
we
also
have
a
list
of
things
that
are
not
funded,
and
so
we've
talked
about
through
this
process.
The
unmet
capital
needs
they
are
growing
and
we
do
need
additional
funding
strategies,
and
this
slide
just
gives
you
a
sense
of
the
scope
of
things
that
we're
looking
at
so
every
year
we
ask
Taft
to
highlight
them
and
identify
they've
been
to
the
extent
that
we
have
funding
capacity
we
bring
in
what
we
can.
There
was
a
briefing
note
that
we
did
through
for
the
budget
committee.
K
How
we
deliver
how
we
think,
how
we
manage
our
assets
and
how
we
then
plan
and
budget
and
execute
are
really
integral
to
ensuring
that
we
are
allocating
the
money
in
our
best
ways,
so
that
we
can
actually
complete
what
we're
doing.
Secondly,
when
we
think
about
all
the
plans
that
we
have,
whether
it's
through
official
planning,
whether
it's
through
service
planning
and,
of
course,
through
capital
planning,
we
need
the
ability
to
really
integrate
that.
K
So
we
can
start
thinking
about
what's
first,
second
and
third
and
then
setting
up
all
the
many
priorities
in
some
kind
of
a
sense
for
council.
So
we
can
set
up
those
citywide
priorities
and
then
build
the
various
funding
strategies
that
are
outlined
on
this
slide.
So
as
a
result,
this
is
work
that
we
will
be
doing
given
the
direction.
If
council
approves
these
directions
today-
and
we
will
be
coming
back
starting
to
2020
budget
process
to
do
that,
and
with
that,
madam
chair
I'd,
like
to
conclude
our
presentation.
K
C
B
C
F
K
F
F
Okay
for
the
people
who
do
own
property,
though
the
any
increase
in
property
taxes
is
proportionate
directly
to
the
value
of
the
house.
That's
correct
in
terms
of
the
services
people
consume
many
of
the
services
that
we
deliver.
Our
ineligible
people
are
ineligible
if
they
have
high
incomes.
Our
transit,
low
income
Pass
are
welcome
policy
and
Recreation
fee
subsidy
for
childcare,
cetera
right.
We
have
many
programs
like
that.
That.
F
F
F
F
A
scorecard-
and
you
know
we
ticked
off-
we
got
the
land
transfer
tax
and
we
ticked
off
that
we
got
the
GST
got
excluded
from
GST
for
chip
TTC,
we
ticked
off
the
vehicle
registration
I
believe
there
was
something
in
there
also
about
keeping
property
taxes
current
with
our
spending
program.
So
that's
my
memory.
F
F
D
Thank
you
very
much
I
I
guess
this
is
to
the
CFO
I'm
really
encouraged
to
see
that
the
that
the
recoverable
debt
line
is
starting
to
appear
in
our
documents
and
grow
first.
My
question
is:
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we're
using
it
correctly,
because
we
had
the
hard
fight
to
prove
that
we
could
start
demonstrating
that
recoverable
of
debt
shouldn't
count
towards
the
debt
ceiling.
This
was
a
hard
fight
a
couple
years
ago.
J
Series,
madam
Speaker,
when
there
is
a
predictable
revenue
stream
that
is
associated
with
a
specific
project,
that
revenue
in
actual
fact
can
be
the
funding
source
for
the
debt
repayment.
Therefore,
with
regards
to
the
debt,
it
is
not
included
in
the
in
the
debt
service
cost
its
included
in
our
recoverable
debt,
so.
D
D
I
and
and
mr.
mayor
I'm,
not
trying
to
criticize
its
use
I
just
want
to
make
sure
when
we
come
up
with
other
projects
that
we're
using
it
correctly,
because
this
was
supposed
to
be
stuff
like
energy
efficiency,
which
was
a
predictable
thing.
That
would
return
on
that.
Investment
and
I
would
actually
argue
that
transit
fares,
mage
and
and
should
contribute
and
and
cause
our
transit
projects
to.
C
D
D
Okay,
very
interesting,
so
so
still
on
the
recoverable
at
that
point,
because
now
we've
changed
the
definition
as
of
2019,
have
we
gone
back
and
sort
of
retrospectively
looked
at
the
investments
we
debt-related
investments
for
the
past
decade,
for
instance
for
things
like
energy
efficiency
projects?
Is
it
possible
for
us
to
look
backwards
and
take
some
of
that
debt
funded
work,
that's
sitting
on
our
books
and
slide
it
over
to
recover
all
debt
and
free
up
some
room
within
the
debt
ceiling?
Do
you
understand
like
it?
Does
that
make
any
sense
so.
K
Through
madam
chair,
in
fact,
we
continue
with
that
that
same
practice.
So
if
you
look
at
the
transform
tÃo
capital
program,
it
is
a
recoverable
debt
program,
and
so
we
were
actually
issuing.
You
know
debt
on
their
behalf,
because
there's
a
recovery
through
the
energy
efficiency,
so
that
still
is
going
on.
So
we
have
feet
abroad
and
a
lot
more
clarity
around
the
definition
of
what
is
recoverable
debt
and
it
has
to
be
predictable
by
virtue
of
demonstration
of
a
stream
of
revenue.
K
K
K
D
So
one
last
question:
this
is
on
how
much
of
the
transfer
of
the
solid
waste
rebate
this
year
next
year
and
the
following
year?
Would
that
represent
as
a
proportion
of
property
taxes?
So
if
we
were
to
instead
Institute
a
property
tax
increase,
then
remove
the
the
solid
waste
rebate?
What
would
that
equal
in
the
next
three
years.
J
L
Thank
You
chair
whether
this
goes
to
the
director
of
budget
or
whether
it
goes
to
the
chief
financial
officer.
My
question
is
in
terms
of
the
capital
investments
in
infrastructure.
Could
you
put
that
up
on
the
board?
For
me,
the
different
areas
where
we're
investing
in
our
infrastructure
in
our
road
sewers.
L
Anyway,
so,
while
you're
putting
that
up,
what
I'm
trying
to
find
out
is
that
I
don't
see
a
place
where
we
look
at
investments
in
our
natural
infrastructure.
Like
we
look
at
investments
in
our
sewer
system
and
our
roads
and
our
public
transit,
how
do
we
find
out
how
much
money
we
are
putting
into
enhancing
expanding
sustaining
our
natural
infrastructure?
Like
our
ravine
system,
our
natural.
A
A
L
F
F
C
The
speaker
last
year,
council
adopted
a
revenue
generating
tool
to
help
offset
and
fun
smart
track,
the
smart
track
initiative
and
that
included
allocating
a
portion
of
the
future
streams
from
future
development
along
this
marked
track
corridor
to
fund
the
debt
service
associated
with
our
sheriff
of
the
smart
track
program.
Thank.
B
Okay,
thank
you
very
much
on
the
tax
rate.
So
I've
got
some
letters
here
that
I
guess
constituents
have
forwarded
people
in
enormous
distress.
It's
a
notice
of
issuance
to
bailiff
people
who
are
on
the
verge
of
losing
their
homes.
I
guess
these
are
letters
from
our
Revenue
Services
to
homeowners,
who
can't
pay
their
their
current
taxes
they
falling
further
and
further
behind.
Are
we
getting
an
increasing
number
of
these
letters
or
or
maybe
it's
just
awards,
six
thing.
C
B
C
C
In
in
taxes
outstanding,
so
people
are
in
fact
paying
their
property
taxes
through
our
collection
efforts
through
the
efforts
of
the
bailiffs.
So
we
are,
in
fact,
following
Council
approved
procedures
to
send
these
to
the
bailiff
for
coal,
affection
and
that
collection,
our
collection
efforts
have
been
successful.
Okay,.
B
I
C
You,
madam
chair
this
year,
for
the
first
year,
we
have
not
included
a
buck
slip
for
voluntary
contributions,
because
the
voluntary
contribution
program
is
now
completely
online.
So
we
don't
need
people
to
send
in
checks,
they
can
donate
online
and
that
information
is
contained
on
the
tax
bill
and
in
their
tax
bill
brochure
about
making
a
voluntary
contribution.
C
B
C
E
I'm
looking
through
the
report
that
there
are
a
number
of
charts
here
that
that
show
us
how
we've
broken
down
the
classes,
but
what
I
don't
see
is
an
update
on
the
enhancing
Toronto's
business
climate
shift.
Where
are
we
at
because
we
extended
it
I've
lost
track
of
where
we
are
in
achieving
that
shift.
Can
someone
give
me
an
idea
of
the
ratio
between
commercial
and
single-family
dwelling
residential
now.
E
E
We're
at
a
point
now
we're
very
close
to
that.
If
we
were
looking
to
adjust
the
rates
and
I
you
know,
I
am
a
realist.
We've
adopted
the
ordered
paper,
we're
gonna,
adopt
this
item
and
then
we're
gonna
go
on
to
do
the
budget
after
it
was
ever
thus,
but
what
I
want
to
ask
is
if
we,
if
we,
if
we
took
the
feedback,
we
got
this
here
and
we
agreed
that
we've
got
to
start
to
look
at
this.
E
Is
there
a
flexibility
here,
given
that
we
have
been
in
the
city
building
levy
building
the
shift
in
we
add
a
point
5
to
to
the
residential.
We
only
had
a
point
3
5
to
business.
If
we
wanted
now
to
capture
some
more
revenue-
and
we
agree
that
we
have
a
pretty
healthy
business
climate,
could
we
stretch
out
that
last
point
too?
Could
we
could
we
stretch
out
that
shift
across
the
tax
rates
capture
the
revenue
that
we
might
need
to
fill
the
gap?
E
H
H
Towards
the
lower
end,
and
so
therefore
we
we
technically
have
one
of
the
lowest
residential
tax
rates
in
all
of
the
GTA.
Is
that
correct?
That
is
correct
and
with
respect
to
Toronto's
competitiveness
and
attracting
residents
to
the
city?
Is
that
often
times
referred,
as
perhaps
the
city
property
taxes
are
too
high,
and
that's
why
people
don't
move
to
the
City
of
Toronto
or
is
it
because
transit
is
lacking,
or
perhaps
the
cost
of
overall
housing
is
too
high?
H
H
We
do
hear
about
the
difficulties
of
living
in
a
city,
that's
increasingly
unaffordable
and
oftentimes.
It's
quoted
to
the
cost
of
of
food,
the
cost
of
transportation.
Is
that
correct?
Yes,
and
so,
if
we
are,
if
we
have
the
ability
to
to
raise
some
of
to
raise
our
property
tax,
so
we
can
actually
gap
some
of
the
components
that
people
will
consider.
J
You,
madam
Speaker,
as
we
presented
or
launched
the
budget
approximately
a
month
ago,
one
of
the
guiding
principles
was
ensuring
that
strategies
that
were
implemented
in
2018
were
carried
into
2019
and
became
part
of
the
base
budget.
In
addition
to
that,
there
were
very
limited
new
and
enhanced,
because
the
focus
wasn't
looking
at
new
and
enhanced
services,
so
my
understanding
is
that
we
have
actually
continued
on
with
programs
that
existed
in
2018
and
continued
on
with
the
service
levels
from
2018.
Thank
you.
H
For
that,
for
that
reply,
I
think
that
we
have
also
I
think
there's
also
put
some
identification
in
the
budget
that
perhaps
not
in
everything,
is
entirely
funded.
All
those
strategies
have
been
announced
at
press
conferences
have
been
held
so,
for
example,
the
youth
equity
strategy,
I
know
it's
there's
been
lots
of
talk
about
whether
or
not
we
can
adequately
fund
that
to
meet
the
criterias
of
the
community.
That
is
not
entirely
funded
in
this
2019
budget.
Is
that
correct?
Actually.
H
C
H
A
J
Through
you,
madam
Speaker,
an
increase
in
interest
rates
would
impact
our
calculation
of
our
15%
debt
ceiling,
expensive.
So
the
as
mentioned
by
Josie,
the
15%
is
calculated
on
a
ten-year
average.
So
if
there
was
an
increase
in
interest
rates,
our
cost
to
service
that
particular
debt
would
go
up
and
impact
our
15%,
which.
J
C
If
I
could
just
supplement,
we
have
a
debt
syndicate
that
acts
on
our
behalf
in
the
issuance
of
debt
and
we
on
an
annual
basis,
pull
them
as
well
as
their
economists
for
interest
rate
predictions
over
the
short
and
longer
term,
and
that
is
the
feedback
that
we
take
into
our
modelling
for
debt
service,
as
well
as
the
debt
guidelines.
So
it's
possible,
we
could
be
surprised,
but
it's
relatively
unlikely.
C
C
C
The
through
the
through
the
speaker,
there
are
a
variety
of
reasons.
It
could
be
that
the
services
that
are
provided
by
those
municipalities,
for
whatever
reason,
cost
more
than
our
jurisdiction.
It
could
be
that
they
have
a
lower
commercial
industrial
tax
base
than
the
City
of
Toronto
that
often
subsidizes
the
residential.
So
it's
it's,
for
a
variety
of
reasons
would
be
safe
to
say
that
in
the
city
China
our
pools
and
our
arenas,
our
libraries
have
probably
been
paid
over
ten
twenty
times
over
right,
so
you've
got
Milton
Whitby
building
on
farmland.
C
They
don't
have
these
service
so
to
build
these
libraries.
These
pools
these
new
arenas,
that's
the
reason
they'd
be
higher
tax.
Would
that
be
a
safe
assumption?
So
again,
there
are
a
number
of
factors.
I
mean
these.
These
jurisdictions
have
access
to
development
charges
what's
chopped
fund,
some
of
those
growth
related
capital
costs,
but.
F
I
want
to
start
with
something
to
Mayor
said
the
mayor
said
today
and
on
many
other
occasions
that
keeping
property
taxes
low,
makes
Toronto
more
affordable
and
I.
Take
issue
with
that.
I
actually
think
that
the
facts
support
exactly
the
opposite
view.
You
heard
me
ask
questions
of
city
staff
and
we
heard
that
when
property
taxes
increase
tenants
living
in
apartment
buildings
do
not
pay
more.
You
heard
also
that
the
property
tax
rate
is
linear.
That
is
perfectly
related
to
the
value
of
the
property.
You
own,
the
more
wealth
you
have,
the
more
you
pay.
F
You
also
heard
that
services,
that's
what
property
taxes
pay
for
services
tend
to
help
people
with
lower
incomes
and
less
wealth.
Slightly
more,
then
they
help
people
with
lots
of
wealth.
That's
because
we
offer
programs
that
are
tailored
specifically
to
people
with
low
incomes.
Things
like
the
the
transit
pass
for
people
with
low
incomes,
things
like
fee
subsidies
at
daycare,
things
like
the
Welcome
policy
and
our
recreation
services.
F
You
also
heard
that
if
you
pay
twice
as
much
property
tax,
you
don't
get
twice
as
much
Fire
Service
you
don't
get
twice
as
much
to
access
to
public
transit,
the
if
property
taxes
grow
faster
than
inflation,
the
services
grow
and
that
helps
low
income
people.
If
property
taxes
grow
faster
than
inflation,
the
people
who
benefit
are
the
people
who
are
struggling
to
live
in
Toronto
to
afford
living
in
Toronto
the
most.
If
property
taxes
are
below
inflation,
the
people
who
benefit
the
most
are
the
people
who
own
the
most
wealth.
F
It
is
actually
the
case
that
if
you
keep
property
taxes
going
down
on
a
per
capita
basis,
as
this
council
has
done
in
the
last
eight
budgets
and
will
do
in
this
one,
you
are
helping
wealthy
people
and
hurting
people
with
low
incomes.
If,
instead,
you
do,
as
the
City
Council
decided
to
do
the
last
time,
we
actually
had
a
long
term
financial
plan
which
was
2005
and
invest
in
the
services
that
help
people
with
low
incomes
the
most
and
invest
in
building
the
infrastructure
necessary
for
our
growing
population.
You
make
Toronto
more
affordable.
F
The
mayor
is
exactly
wrong
when
he
says
keeping
property
taxes
low,
makes
the
city
affordable.
What
it
does
is
make
the
city
unaffordable
for
people
who
don't
have
wealth
and
let
those
people
who
do
have
wealth
hang
on
to
it.
It's
exactly
the
opposite
of
what
a
progressive
City
should
be
doing
to
invest
in
its
future.
That's
the
first
thing
I
want
in
our
minds
as
we
vote
on
the
property
tax
rate.
F
If
we
were
going
to
keep
a
suite
of
services
that
we
had
intact
and
if
we
were
going
to
build
the
city
for
a
growing
population,
we
were
told
that
14
years
ago,
the
last
time
we
ever
debated
it
and
that
and
the
decision
was
by
council
that
we
needed
to
increase
our
revenues
to
get
there.
We
did
that,
to
a
certain
extent
we
put
in
the
land,
transfer,
tax
and
I'm
sure
everybody
here
thanks
their
lucky
stars.
F
Every
day
they
come
to
work,
that
we
did,
that
we
put
in
the
vehicle
registration
fee
and
we
started
pursuing
the
sales
tax
in
the
last
nine
years,
we've
gone
the
other
way
we
took
out
the
vehicle
registration
fee
and
we've
stopped
the
campaign
that
we
had
to
bring
in
the
sales
tax.
What
that
means
is,
as
was
presented
by
Ms
Lavina,
when
looking
at
the
council,
the
capital
budget,
we
continue
to
fall
behind
our
future
ability
to
deliver
the
services.
We
need
our
roads,
our
libraries,
our
recreation
services,
our
community
housing.
F
We
are
falling
behind
on
those
and
we're
falling
behind,
because
this
council
keeps
insisting
that
protecting
the
wealthiest
Torontonians
is
the
most
important
thing
to
do
and
providing
for
the
future
of
the
City
of
Toronto
is
not
so
I
plead
with
you.
Help
make
this
a
fairer
and
more
sustainable
City,
invest
in
the
City
of
Toronto
support
the
property
tax
motion.
I.
Thank.
C
F
F
Yes,
and
and
what
I
was
saying
is
that
when
we
provide
services,
it
is
natural
that
there
is
a
redistributive
effect
of
that
the
two
are
inextricably
linked.
That's
what
governments
do
when
you
provide
your
services
that
people
universally
have
access
to
sidewalks
there
is
a
there
is,
depending
on
your
revenue
source.
There
is
a
natural
redistributed
effect,
so
part
of
the
decision
we
make
when
we
keep
property
taxes
below
inflation
is
that
we
help
the
people
who
have
wealth
and
fail
to
deliver
to
the
services
to
everybody
else.
So.
G
C
G
C
F
F
I
would
be
at
a
different
order
of
government
proposing
different
kinds
of
measures,
but
I
want
us
to
understand
that
a
consequence,
a
consequence
of
squeezing
the
budget
that
we
have
year
after
year,
that
provides
services
and
keeping
it
at
inflation
or
below,
is
that
we
hurt
the
people
in
the
most
need,
and
I
wanted
to
say
that,
specifically,
because
the
mayor
keeps
insisting
that
keeping
property
taxes
below
inflation
makes
the
city
affordable
when
in
fact
the
opposite
is
the
case.
Now.
F
G
F
Municipal
government
has
a
great
many
diff
rules
and
services
that
it
provides.
Some
of
them,
which
I
believe
you
have
voted
for
are
specifically
about
helping
people
who
are
in
poverty
or
in
low-income
circumstances,
providing
affordable
housing,
providing
shelter,
space,
providing
access
to
recreation
through
the
welcome
policy.
Many
of
those
things
are
built
into
the
budget.
Council
does
for
some
of
the
programs
deliberately
say
you
know
what,
if
you've
fallen
behind,
for
whatever
reason
we
believe
as
a
society,
we
should
be
helping
you
wait.
I
am
making.
F
H
C
H
F
I
think
our
mind
should
be
very
clear
on
this
point.
First
of
all,
you
know
I.
Clearly
the
day
I
went
and
voted.
There
was
no
referendum
on
this
question
or
any
other
where
we
got
specific
instructions
from
the
City
of
Toronto.
I
also
think
we
should
turn
our
minds
back
to
one
of
the
early
council
meetings
at
the
beginning
of
last
term.
F
Every
single
one
of
those
things
is
not
happening,
and
the
mayor
actually
had
the
good
grace
to
stand
and
say.
I
know
I,
campaigned
on
this,
but
I
got
bad
advice
from
my
advisors
and
I've
since
learned
that
it's
important
that
we
not
build
the
Western
leg,
because
we
it's
not
technically
possible
and
we
can't
do
the
22
stations
and
I
think
governing
properly
is
more
important
than
tying
yourself
to
a
campaign
promise
that
was
wrong.
Thank.
H
F
What
I
have
done
is
put
out
a
number
for
the
tax
rate
by
itself.
Unfortunately,
despite
my
request,
the
mayor
continues
to
insist
that
we
debate
the
revenue
and
expenditure
apart
from
each
other,
which
means
I'm,
I,
don't
allocate
where
the
60
million
dollars
or
so
that
my
motion
would
bring
in,
would
go,
but
instead
it
would
come
over
into
the
next
debate
and
then
we
could
debate
where
to
put
it.
Okay,.
F
C
E
E
D
First
I'd
like
to
take
the
opportunity
to
thank
the
budget
chief,
the
the
committee
members,
as
well
as
city
staff,
for
their
work
on
the
file.
I
know
I've
been
on
the
the
budget
committee
for
seven
years.
It's
not
easy.
I
also
know
that
I
don't
make
it
any
easier
and
and
I
think
that's
my
role
and
I
thank
the
mayor
for
for
now
another
term.
Putting
some
confidence
in
having
an
oppositional
voice
on
the
committee.
D
I
hope
a
respectful
one
most
of
the
time
which
are
most
but
trying
to
contribute
in
a
way
to
give
some
to
provide
a
breadth
of
opinion
about
these
matters.
I'm
going
to
take
a
bit
of
a
different
tack
than
my
colleague,
councillor,
perks
and
I,
actually
think
that,
like
many
of
you
or
many
of
you
are
like
me
trying
to
fight
for
what
you
believe
in
and
trying
to
do
so
in
a
down
financially
and
compassionate
way.
I
just
think
we
have
different
beliefs
and
that's
fine.
D
D
Over
the
past
10
years
we
have
seen
a
roughly
$400
a
year
increase
in
our
transit
fares,
$400
a
year
per
person.
Now
imagine
if
you're,
a
household
struggling
to
pay
the
bills,
you
don't
own
a
car
and
you
take
public
transit.
How
is
that
affordable
for
us
to
add
another
$50
on
this
year?
How
is
that
affordable?
D
If
we
think
it's
a
public
good,
it
should
be
funded
publicly.
That's
what
we
would
be
able
to
do
on
the
property.
Taxes
in
this
case
distribute
that
affordability
to
everyone
now,
in
that
way,
as
councillor
perks
pointed
out,
you're
actually
helping
those
that
have
that
affordability
would
impact
the
most
I'll
be
showing
a
graph
that
just
demonstrates
this
just
how
much
and
how
many
low-income
Torontonians
depend
on
public
transit.
We
all
know
it's
a
spectrum
they
did
across
the
spectrum
right
on
public
transit,
but
that
10-cent
fare
increase.
D
D
That
is
what
you're
doing
by
passing
that
ten
cent
fare,
increase
and
I'm,
not
saying
that
transit
fare
should
never
go
up,
but
four
hundred
dollars
over
a
decade
is
a
lot
of
money.
That's
a
lot
to
swallow
when
you're,
when
you're
there
being
crammed
in
on
the
on
the
subways
that
are
already
full
Thank
You
council.
A
B
Pasternak,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Madam
Speaker.
High
taxes
hurt
people,
they
hurt
seniors,
they
heard
young
families,
they
hurt.
People
who
have
a
dream
of
owning
a
home
I
think
counts.
Your
mat
low
for
handing
out
Toronto
senior
strategy
and
I
hope.
All
of
you
have
read
it.
I
will
read.
I
will
read
a
section
for
you.
In
recent
years,
the
rapid
increase
in
housing
prices
have
been
reflected
on
everyone's
tax
bills,
putting
a
growing
number
of
retired
homeowners
in
a
difficult
financial
position.
B
The
value
of
their
principal
resident
is
increasing
far
more
quickly
than
their
incomes,
particularly
if
they
were
dependent
on
pensions
or
financial
assets
affected
by
the
2008
recession.
High
taxes
hurt
seniors
the
people
who
fought
in
Foreign
Wars
the
people
who
raise
families
who
started
businesses
who
helped
build
this
country
and
build
this
great
city.
The
other
warning
sign
is
the
leading
number
of
foreclosures
in
the
city.
Toronto
real
estate
board
has
estimated
that
number
of
foreclosures
mortgage
foreclosures
in
this
city
has
increased
by
24%
from
2017
to
2018.
B
Now,
city
staff
may
say
no
we're
doing
really
well
on
collection
of
tax
arrears.
Well,
that's
that
doesn't
mean
people
aren't
suffering.
That
doesn't
mean
people
can't
pay
their
bills.
That
doesn't
mean
people
can
can
afford
high
taxes.
We
have
received
many
letters
at
our
office
of
people
who
are
in
enormous
distress.
These
are
letters
issued
by
the
city
of
Toronto,
a
notice
of
issue
n't
to
bailiff.
Can
you
imagine
receiving
this?
B
If
you
imagine
more
people
suffering
because
they
can't
pay
their
tax
bills,
Sheriff's
Office,
I
didn't
know
we
had
a
sheriff's
office,
so
I
started
receiving
these
these
letters
and
finally,
I
would
say
that
the
good
people
of
Toronto
do
have
an
opportunity
to
pay
higher
taxes
if
they
so
wish.
Traditionally
we
had
you
heard
during
questions.
There's
a
slip
inside
the
tax
bill.
The
people
can
make
a
voluntary
increased
tax
contribution
to
the
City
of
Toronto,
and
that
has
gone
out
for
many
years.
I
understand
now.
B
It
is
an
electronic
opportunity
this
this
opportunity,
this
this
vehicle
for
for
collecting
taxes
as
raised
twenty-five
to
thirty
thousand
dollars
a
year
on
average
and
I
think
one
year
in
hit
forty
thousand
according
to
councillor
Carroll.
Well,
the
people
of
Toronto
do
not
want
higher
taxes,
they
cannot
hire
how
afford
higher
taxes,
and
certainly
when
they're,
given
the
opportunity
to
pay
higher
taxes,
they
say
no
and
I
think
we
should
respect
them.
Thank
you
very
much.
G
G
What
that
would
equate
to
is
about
a
dollar
80
cents
for
household
for
an
entire
year
that
equates
to
in
in
some
coffee
shops
about
the
price
and
not
lower
in
some
cases,
than
one
single
cup
of
coffee
for
an
entire
year
to
pay
for
youth
spaces.
The
tenants,
Defense,
Fund
and
in-home
share
now
the
reason
I'm
doing
this
is
because
one
way
or
another
I,
like
most
of
you,
deeply
care
about
these
initiatives.
G
We're
here,
because
we
want
to
change
lives
and
we
want
to
improve
our
city
and
we
want
to
leave
Toronto
better
than
we
found
it.
I
also
recognize
whether
or
not
this
passes
that
I
have
a
responsibility
to
work
positively,
to
find
reasonable
and
responsible
offsets
to
be
able
to
achieve
these
goals.
G
I'm,
not
a
member
of
Executive,
Committee,
I
I'm.
Just
doing
my
work
on
my
own
I'm
really
doing
my
best
to
figure
out
one
way
or
another
to
be
able
to
fund
initiatives
that
I
have
become
convinced,
based
on
the
evidence
in
front
of
me
really
help.
People
I'll
give
you
an
example:
I
was
at
Ryoka
library,
up
a
Defen
Eglinton
recently
and
I.
Had
a
group
of
youth
come
up
to
me
and
they
were.
They
were
thinking
us
for
caring
about
their
lives.
This
supports
both
the
poverty
reduction
and
youth
equity
strategies.
G
These
are
places
where
kids
can
go
and
be
safe.
These
are
places
where
single
parents
can
know
that
their
kids
are
safe
after
school.
This
is
about
rolling
out
a
program
where
we
have
safe
and
caring
youth
spaces
within
two
kilometres
of
every
neighborhood
of
every
of
every
family
in
our
city.
That's
that's
something
that
we
can
do
to
change
lives.
I
know
the
mayor
believes
in
it
I
believe
in
it.
G
G
Just
like
you
care
about
many
of
you
have
there's
a
list
of
these
proposed
to
youth
spaces.
Many
of
them
would
be
in
your
wards
and
I
hope.
You
look
at
that
because
you
could
be.
You
could
be
responsible
for
changing
lives
in
a
real
way
and
then,
last
but
not
least,
home
share
and
I've
had
a
good
conversation
again
with
mayor
and
many
of
you
about
the
the
the
the
import
of
this
and
and
and
how
innovative
and
intuitive
it
is.
G
We
have
so
many
young
people
in
this
city
who
can't
afford
to
live
in
Toronto
and
are
looking
for
below
market
rent,
and
then
we
have
many
seniors
who
are
who
are
financially
poor,
but
house
rich
and
are
looking
for
ways
to
make
ends
meet.
Many
of
these
seniors
are
isolated
as
well
and
are
lonely
which
affects
their
longevity
and
their
quality
of
life
in
their
health.
You've
got
young
people
are
also
looking
for
companionship
and
have
the
ability
to
do
errands
and
do
shopping
and
helping
that
senior.
G
What
if
we
have
a
program
that
we
could
incubate
here,
which
doesn't
have
funding
anymore
from
the
seniors
ministry
that
maybe
can
be
taken
on
by
somebody
else
eventually?
But
this
is
a
way
for
us
to
support
seniors
young
people
who
are
struggling
to
afford
Toronto
and
a
really
really
cost-effective
way.
90
grand
to
create
hundreds
of
affordable
housing
opportunities
for
people
which
our
commitment
as
a
city
to
to
champion
that
I
ask
you
to
consider
this,
but
I,
also
in
the
next
round
and
the
next
item.
G
N
N
First
of
all,
I
like
to
thank
this
city
manager
and
the
budget
chief
and
all
the
people
in
the
budget
committee
to
do
a
good
job
in
doing
taking
the
where
we
are
here
and
I
know
that
there's
a
property
reduction
and
there's
you
strategy
and
today,
I've
been
brought
up.
You
know
with
this
very
very
nice
seniors
strategy
here
and
I
know
all
the
good
things
that
the
city
has
been
doing
and
with
reduction
of
poverty
I've
been
there.
N
I
know
how
it
is,
but
you
know
it's
never
gonna
be
enough,
that
we
can
help
the
more
the
most
vulnerable
people
and,
in
my
ward,
there's
a
lot
of
seniors
that
are
very,
very
vulnerable
and
they
just
cannot
pay
the
property
tax
and
I
echo
with
councilor
passionate
about
you
know
how
we
have
to
care
about,
and
I
heard
worse
about
fairness
and
unfairness.
You
know
you
strategy,
we've
done
quite
a
bit
on
youth
strategy
and
I'm
happy
to
have
this
senior
strategy.
Hopefully
we
can
invest
more
on
our
senior
I'll.
N
Maybe
we
can.
We
can
talk
about
and
work
more
and
get
more
provincial
funding
and,
as
a
counsellor
I
think
we
should
probably
like
what
I
just
did
on
my
community
in
my
community.
I
have
encouraged
more
people
to
come
to
become
auxiliary
police
officers
so
that
we
can
relieve
some
of
those
police
budget.
It's
not
easy
to
balance
and
I'm
sure
the
mayor
has
heard
all
the
comments
here
today
and
going
forward.
N
I
think
we
can
consider
maybe
raising
some
of
the
property
tax,
but
the
mayor
has
made
a
campaign
promise
of
just
raising
at
the
rate
of
inflation
I.
Think
at
this
hour,
I
think
we
should
go
for
this
and
we
should
maybe
in
the
years
to
come.
Maybe
we
can
actually
consider
doing
and
increasing
the
property
tax,
so
I'm
just
want
to
speak
and
support
the
mayor.
The
mayor
motion
of
two
point:
two:
five:
five,
the
rate
of
inflation.
Thank
you
thank.
A
M
Well,
thank
you
speaker
and,
like
many
of
my
colleagues,
let
me
begin
by
thanking
our
city
staff,
certainly
for
shepherding
this
budget
through,
especially
in
an
election
year,
but
in
particular
our
budget
chief,
counselor,
Crawford
and
members
of
the
Budget
Committee
for
a
long
and
diligence
and
I
would
argue
at
all
times.
Respectful
process
and
I
want
to
commend
councillor
Crawford
and
his
fifth
year
for
that,
and
certainly
to
our
residents,
who
have
written
emails
come
out
to
budget
town
halls
and
the
like.
This
is
like
a
number
of
you
in
the
chamber.
M
My
fifth
budget
here
at
the
city
and
I
will
acknowledge
I
think
in
my
second
term
and
at
the
fifth
budget
and
I'd
like
to
generally
like
to
think
of
myself
as
a
hopeful
person.
But
the
cynicism
starts
to
set
in
a
little
bit
and
I.
Think
if
I'm
being
completely
honest,
I
think
part
of
this
is
cynicism
is
around
for
all
of
us.
The
political
theater
that
comes
with
the
budget
process.
M
We
have
a
waiting
list
of
181
thousand
people,
supportive
housing,
15,000
people
homeless.
There
are
9,000
people
there
and
we
have
become
according
to
United
Way
the
inequality
capital
of
Canada.
So,
as
we
debate
the
tax
rate
here,
is
it
on
the
city
alone
to
address
all
of
those
issues.
Of
course
it's
not
absolutely
not
the
province
and
the
feds
have
to
be
there,
but
are
we
when
we
consider
our
own
investment
doing
our
parts?
I?
M
I
think
we
need
ambition
and
I
think
it
is
time
for
us
to
step
up
and
invest
in
this
city
once
again
and
if
you
don't
believe
that
move
a
cut,
but
the
status
quo
isn't
working
anymore
and
our
residents
are
feeling
it
and
for
that
reason,
I
will
be
voting
for
the
motions
in
front
of
us
to
increase
taxes
to
ensure
we
have
a
more
livable
city
for
all.
Thank
you.
L
You,
madam
Speaker
I,
will
not
be
voting
for
any
tax
increases
above
what
the
mayor
is
recommending
and
the
reason
I
won't
be
doing.
That
is
because
it
basically
adds
to
the
notion
that's
been
expressed
here
in
this
chamber,
which
I'm
really
upset
about
is
about
that
the
people
of
Toronto
don't
pay
enough
taxes
and
when
you
say
that
you're,
basically
giving
in
to
that
notion
that
exists
throughout
Ontario
throughout
the
GTA
that
says.
Oh
yeah,
people
in
Toronto,
essentially
I've
got
it
easy,
and
that
is
the
direct
opposite
of
the
truth.
L
You
know
it's
not
just
property
taxes.
If
you
look
at
what
the
people
are
trying
to
pay
in
car
insurance,
if
you
look
at
what
they
pay
in
rent,
if
you
look
what
they
paid
to
park
their
car
compared
to
these
other
places,
if
you
add
all
these
things
up
what
they
pay
for
child
care,
what
they
pay
to
rent
a
basement
apartment
in
Toronto,
they
could
rent
a
whole
house
in
Timmins.
L
For
instance,
that's
what
you
have
to
take
into
account,
not
just
the
property
tax
and,
if
you
think,
magically
by
increasing
property
taxes,
you're
gonna
solve
all
the
social
ills,
all
the
housing
shortfalls
we
have
dealing
with
settling
newcomers,
you're
dreaming
in
Technicolor,
because
these
are
much
bigger
issues
that
we
can
control
by
adjusting
property
tax
rates,
and
also
you
know
what's
depressing
about
it-
is
we
know
full
well
that
we're
not
going
to
get
any
help
from
the
provincial
government
and
they're
the
last
ones.
That'll
say:
increase
property
taxes
because
they
wanted
both
ways.
L
So
we
are
in
a
real
difficult
situation
and
then
we've
got
a
federal
government,
which
has
been
traditional
in
the
past.
Is
that
the
federal
government,
along
with
other
the
rest
of
Canada,
never
recognises
the
fact
that
Toronto
welcomes
everybody
as
immigrants
as
newcomers
as
refugee
applicants?
We
welcome
them,
then
we
find
out.
We've
got
all
we
shortfalls
that
fall
on
the
back
of
our
property
tax
payers
weekend
this
year,
another
45
million
that
hasn't
been
paid,
because
we
welcome
refugees
that
we
should
still
be
doing
because
they
want
to
come
to
Toronto.
L
So
those
are
the
bigger
issues
that
a
property
tax
increase
isn't
going
to
solve
here
and
what
we're
forgetting
is
that
there
are
a
lot
of
silent
people
living
throughout
Toronto
who
may
be
property,
tax
or
property
rich,
but
pocket
poor.
They
may
be
living
in
a
house,
that's
worth
a
million
bucks,
but
they
live
paycheck
to
paycheck
they're,
the
people
that
don't
email,
they
don't
come
the
meetings,
but
they
cannot
even
afford
again
sometimes
to
pay
for
food.
Every
week
they
go
to
the
food
bank
they
shop
at
no
frills
they
buy
in
bulk.
L
They
don't
even
have
a
waist
that
they
dispose
of
because
they
shop
daily.
So
these
are
the
quiet
people
that
are
not
going
to
be
able
to
handle
another
cost
increase,
because
the
other
cost
are
always
increasing
in
Toronto.
Because
of
the
fact
is
that
Toronto,
as
someone
said,
is
two
realities:
there's
the
reality
of
people
that
pay
or
have
good-paying
jobs
and
live
in
great
accommodation,
etc.
But
then
there's
the
half
of
Toronto
that
really
cannot
afford,
whether
it
be
a
$60
fee
for
their
car
or
another.
L
A
couple
hundred
bucks
on
their
taxes-
they
really
cannot
afford
it
so
by
us
saying
yeah,
let's
increase
taxes
and
we
all
agree
all
these
programs
are
mentioned
by
the
councilor
spoken.
We
all
support
those
programs
and
we
all
have
programs
we
would
want
enhance,
but
to
think
we're
going
to
really
make
an
impact
by
keep
increasing
property
taxes.
We
are
not.
L
We
have
to
find
alternative
ways
of
doing
it
and
I
don't
really
have
a
magic
bullet
to
do
that,
but
by
falling
back
on
the
property
tax
increase,
it's
a
lazy
way
of
doing
it,
because
then
we're
basically
building
up
a
tax
system
that
basically
has
no
appreciation
of
a
person's
real
state
of
affairs.
Financially,
it's
a
regressive
tax.
L
It
doesn't
relate
to
your
income
at
all,
because
Toronto
is
a
very
different
kind
of
place
in
Scarborough
and
North
York
as
it
is
in
downtown
Toronto
and
Etobicoke
they're,
all
different
than
to
sort
of
say
all
everybody
can
afford.
A
tax
increase
is
really
short-sighted
and
you're.
Giving
in
to
the
people
who
like
beating
up
on
Toronto
and
saying
how.
E
But
when
I
take
councilor,
Matt
Lowen
councillor
Layton's
motion
I
come
up
to
just
a
little
over
1%
and
that's
that's
exactly
what
I
set
out
to
find
out
for
my
residents.
Here's
the
budget
here
are
the
things
within
it.
The
trouble
me
and,
in
my
view,
if
we
were
each
of
us,
because
we
all
paid
the
bills,
we're
most
of
us
owners
sitting
around
this
table.
E
Here's
what
happens
to
the
overall
envelope
and
here's
the
the
kind
of
change
you'll
see
and
the
gaps
that
might
be
filled
and
in
the
main,
madam
Speaker,
in
the
main,
the
answer
back,
I
will
paraphrase
when
I
say:
do
it
sent
it
out
to
4,000
residents
and
I,
didn't
ask
them
for
a
20
percent
increase
or
a
30
percent
increase?
That's
not
what
I
asked
them.
So
what
about
1
percent
a
year
for
three
years
just
to
build
the
base
and
stop
this
haggling
and
the
answer
back
was:
do
it?
E
E
What
is
it
you
need
just
tell
us,
they
want
we're,
not
getting
the
money
from
the
federal
government,
and
yet
we
house
two
refugee
hotels
and
are
in
our
ward
of
Don
Valley
North
and
they
want
them
funded,
and
if
there
is
no
funding
coming
from
anywhere
else,
something's
got
to
be
done
in
the
mean
time
so
do
it.
They
want
to
know
that
they
don't
have
to
worry.
E
The
10
years
from
now
will
be
three
billion
dollars
in
the
hole
with
our
roads,
5,000
kilometres
of
roads,
we'll
all
be
in
a
disastrous
state
of
repair.
They
don't
want
that.
So
they
told
me
what
they
did
want
go
ahead
and
do
it.
Those
are
the
contents
of
the
emails.
They
don't
want
me
to
keep
haggling
over.
How
do
you
fit
one
more
teenager
into
a
community
center
and
make
sure
that
the
death
toll
of
teenagers
goes
down
a
little,
and
so
the
answer
was:
do
it
just
do
it?
E
I
don't
want
to
haggle
about
children's
lives
anymore?
Do
it
because
what
I
was
asking
them
was
reasonable.
It
was
that
tiny
amount
of
increase
your
property
tax
bill
is
already
five
hundred
and
forty-five
dollars
a
month,
because
really
people
see
that
bill.
It's
that
monthly
bill
they
think
about,
and
what
we're
talking
about
is
instead
of
raising
it
to
five
hundred
fifty
five
a
month.
You're
saying,
could
it
be
five
hundred
and
sixty
five
a
month
and
we
can
maybe
feed
some
people?
Save
some
lives
fix
some
roads.
E
The
answer
was:
do
it
please
just
do
it
and
so
I
can
support
these
I
can't
I,
don't
have
a
mandate
to
support
councilor
purchases
motion
deck
apologized
to
my
colleague,
but
I.
Didn't
ask
him
about
2%,
because
gradually
increasing
the
base
envelope
was
what
I
proposed
and
that
seemed
very,
very
reasonable
to
the
field
that
I
pulled
and
so
I
can
take
the
motions
of
councilor,
Matt,
Lowen
councilor
lady,
and
meet
that
local
mandate
that
I
received
a
month
ago.
Thank
you,
madam
Speaker.
Thank
you.
H
You
very
much
madam
Speaker
and
I
do
have
two
motions.
The
clerk's
can
please
put
that
on
the
screen.
The
first
one
is
to
raise
the
$160,000
to
fund
the
Regent
Park
aquatic
program
pilot
project
in
partnership
with
the
TDS
Bay
schools.
Motion
number
two
is
to
draw
$70,000
to
provide
funding
for
the
expansion
of
the
rent
bank
and
trustee
ship
program
administered
by
the
neighborhood
information
post.
That
is
the
organization
of
the
petition
who
I
submitted
this
morning.
Madam
Speaker,
there
has
been
much
talk
about.
H
How
do
we
build
a
city
and
and
and
how
do
we
fund
these
expenditures
that
are
required
and
I
would
think
that
it's
important,
madam
Speaker,
for
us
to
also
point
out
to
to
many
in
the
audience
and
those
who
are
listening
today,
who
are
who
are
using
seniors
as
this
political
shield,
a
reason
to
never
raise
property
taxes,
as
if
we
have
no
programs
to
provide
support
for
seniors
who
own
homes?
That
is
not
true.
H
Madam
Speaker,
the
City
of
Toronto,
has
program
in
in
built-in
that
provides
cancellation
of
tax
increases
as
well
as
deferral
of
tax
increases
for
low-income
seniors
who
are
owned
homes.
It
also
does
the
same
for
low-income
individuals
who
are
living
with
disabilities,
so
that
discussion
about
needing
to
choose
between
the
food
bank
or
perhaps
any
other
expenditures,
is
just
simply
not
true.
The
City
of
Toronto
already
has
these
programs
in
place
and
seniors
who
are
low-income,
who
still
are
living
living
in
large
homes.
H
After
their
children
have
lived
left
who
are
on
fixed
incomes,
they
can
apply
for
an
entire
tax
cancellation
program
or
tax
increase
deferral
program,
and
we
offer
the
same
program
for
those
who
are
struggling
to
pay
their
water
bills.
Madam
Speaker,
it's
a
critically
important
I
think
to
for
us
to
to
consider
who
gets
left
behind
in
a
budget
that
doesn't
address
some
of
the
structural
capital
deficits
that
are
contained
in
this
budget.
3.2
billion
dollars
is
the
TCH
see
capital
backlog
right
now
by
not
increasing
the
property
taxes
just
by
a
modest
amount.
H
H
Madam
Speaker,
at
some
point
in
time
by
deferring
the
state
of
good
repair
in
this
TC
HC
properties,
they
will
start
to
fall
and
crumble,
just
like
the
community
and
fir
Grove
who
got
a
rude
awakening
when
they
property
when
their
properties
were
inspected
them
and
then
condemned
to
demolition
very
quickly.
That
end
up
being
a
much
more
dramatic
intervention
in
their
lives
and
not
to
mention
the
fact
that
it
costs
us
a
lot
more
by
deferring
these
constant
capital
repair
costs,
the
TCC
is
2.7
billion
dollars
over
the
next
10
years.
H
Behind
there
are
more
and
more
people
trying
to
get
on
the
TTC
and
we're
making
it
harder
and
harder
for
them
to
use
this
particular
service.
I,
don't
necessarily
see
drivers
as
well
as
cyclists
and
everyone
else
paying
they're
viewing
the
vehicle
registration
tax.
The
only
people
were
asking
in
this
budget.
H
You
know
tighten
their
belts
and
pay
a
little
bit
more
are
again
TTC
riders
and
I
think
that's
just
grossly
unfair,
especially
when
you
take
a
look
at
who
are
these
TTC
riders
with,
according
to
the
various
different
surveys
57
to
64
percent
of
these
riders
happen
to
be
women.
They
also
happen
to
be
a
low-income
and
oftentimes
living
in
the
far
reaches
of
the
suburbs.
H
That
means
that
they
get
penalized
more
than
anybody
else,
because
they're,
it's
gonna,
cost
them
more
to
get
on
to
transit,
not
to
mention
the
fact
they're,
also
probably
providing
primary
care
for
the
children
and
oftentimes
for
the
seniors.
There's
been
a
lot
of
talk,
madam
Speaker,
about
election
promises
and
campaign
pledges.
H
Let's
just
explore
that
for
one
minute,
with
my
time
that
I
have
left,
the
mayor
has
made
a
commitment
that
he
has
to
and
he's
repeated
at
several
times
that
that
the
tax
rate
in
the
City
of
Toronto
must
be
kept
to
the
rate
of
inflation
or
there
abouts.
But
his
election
promises
did
not
stop
there.
He
also
made
a
campaign
pledge
to
make
sure
that
we
would
have
40,000
brand-new
recreation
spaces
across
the
city.
The
recreational
weightless,
madam
Speaker,
is
60
thousand
persons
deep.
H
He
also
made
a
commitment
to
build
7,200
new
supportive
housing
units
which
I
fully
support.
We
desperately
need
these
units
in
order
to
give
people
a
pathway
out
of
the
shelters.
There
is
also
a
commitment
to
build
5,000
brand-new
childcare
subsidies.
You
heard
at
madam
speaker,
the
staff
said
they
only
have
200
today.
O
Yes,
this
has
been
an
election
year
and
they
take
on
a
bigger
I
guess,
burden
of
pulling
together
so
I
want
to
thank
them
and,
of
course,
my
Budget
Committee
members
who
you
know
as
councillor
Layton
said
we
do
have
our
differences
of
opinions
and
we
express
them
differently
at
times,
but
I
think
there's
an
element
of
respect
there
that
I
try
to
do
as
the
budget,
chair
and
and
I
think
it's
generally
there.
We
have
disagreements,
and
you
know
that's
healthy,
there's
nothing
wrong
with
having
those
disagreements.
O
O
I
think,
with
the
decisions
we've
made
over
the
last
number
years,
have
been
good
decisions
and
we
move
forward,
but
what
we
have
done
every
year-
and
this
is
the
fifth
budget
I've
been
involved
in
and
leading,
of
course,
with
the
mayor
keeping
property
taxes
at
the
rate
of
inflation.
We
have
done
this
for
five
years,
we've
been
successful
at
keeping
the
property
tax
rates
at
inflation
across
the
city
and
I.
Think
that's
a
good
thing
from
my
perspective.
Oh
it's
affordable!
O
It's
reasonable
and
it's
balanced
what
we
sometimes
and
we
hear
on
the
one
side
of
what
we're
not
doing.
What
more
can
we
do,
and
you
know
what?
Yes,
there
is
more
that
we
can
do
and
I
think
we,
as
a
council
continually
do
that
when
I
look
at
the
five
last
five
years,
when
we're
looking
at
the
poverty
reduction,
160
million
dollars
in
there
and
we're
looking
at
the
different
strategies,
we
have
the
youth
that
gives
equity
strategy
transform
to
yo.
We
are
adding
and
we
are
building
into
this
city.
O
Leighton
moved
council,
the
krusty
councillor
matt,
lo
a
lot
of
those
initiatives
and
I'm
not
going
to
comment
on
those
initiatives.
They're
great
initiatives,
absolutely
great
initiatives
but
where
they
belong,
is
next
year's
process
putting
them
into
the
process
and
you
know,
go
you
know
what
we
can
achieve
these
as
we
have
done,
but
to
come
onto
the
floor
in
such
a
manner.
To
put
them
here.
I
don't
think
is
responsible.
O
People
would
disagree
with
me
on
that,
but
again
what
I'm
looking
at
those
I'm,
not
when
I'm
saying
I'm
not
supporting
the
tax
increase
that
to
potentially
do
those,
it
doesn't
mean
I,
don't
want
to
do
those
of
course.
I
want
to
do
those,
and
when
we
look
at
you
know
again,
I
want
to
just
go
back
to
what
we
have
done
over
the
last
five
years,
the
accomplishments
that
we
have
done,
because
I
sick
think
sometimes
during
a
budget
process.
We
don't
look
at
that.
O
We
don't
really
pay
attention
to
what
we've
done
so
just
and
and
we've
we've
been
talking
about
them
when
you're.
Looking
at
the
historic
increases
to
the
TTC
we've
increased
by
31
percent,
our
funding,
our
capital
contributions,
having
increased,
we
have,
we
have
again
we
have
transformed
here.
We
look
at
child
care,
poverty
reduction.
Yes,
we
can
debate
that
it's
not
enough,
but
we
have
continually
added
year
after
year
and
we've
been
doing
that
keeping
property
taxes
low,
so
I
will
not
be
supporting.
I
will
be
supporting.
O
C
B
A
Okay,
remember
the
council:
I
just
want
to
comment
before
we
take
the
boat
so
before
we
vote
on
these
motions.
I
want
to
remind
members
of
council
that
this
item
concerns
deciding
the
tax
rates
to
be
levy
sever.
The
motions
mention
examples
of
things
that
could
be
funded
by
the
proposed
increases
to
taxes.
Why
these
lists
are
interesting.
They
are
not
the
matters
before
us
on
this
on
this
item
should
any
of
the
motions
containing
lists
of
suggested
programs
pass.
That
does
not
mean
those
programs
are
funded.
A
A
E
K
C
F
You
speaker,
I'm,
I'm,
uncertain
about
how
to
proceed
here.
I
have
some
questions
about
the
dollar
value
of
the
settlement
with
the
Toronto
Police
Union
and
the
nope
wrote
the
non
program
amount
that
was
allocated
there
and
I'm,
not
certain.
If
you
know,
I've
asked
the
clerk
to
consider
it
in
the
city
manager
to
consider
it
I'm,
not
certain.
If
these
are
public
questions
or
or
what
they
are.
I
was
wondering
if
we
could
get
some
advice
on
that
which.
H
A
Okay,
it's.