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City Council, meeting 15, February 19, 2020 - Part 2 of 2
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A
Members
that
counsel
victim,
please
take
your
seats.
This
meeting
is
now
resumed
members
before
we
return
to
the
agenda
and
want
to
make
a
brief
announcement
regarding
the
children's
breakfast
club
acts
of
kindness
challenge.
The
club
has
asked
members
of
council
to
sign
an
apron
which
would
be
used
as
a
price
for
one
of
the
winning
schools
in
the
acts
of
kindness
challenge.
If
you
would
like
to
sign
the
paper-
and
it
is
in
the
back
area
at
the
council
chambers
and
we'd,
like
all
the
men
to
assign
that
apron.
A
B
B
You
good
thank
you
through
you,
madam
Speaker,
so
you
want
to
talked
about
the
transit
expansion
offs.
That
kind
of
runs
for
your
your
your
area,
three,
madam
Speaker.
Yes,
it
does
so
the
TCC
is
involvement
in
some
way,
but
that
goes
for
you.
Yes,
sir
I
want
to
talk
to
about
the
waterfront
transit
reset
that
we
have
on
the
books.
We've
gone
a
30-percent
design,
I.
Believe
three
ma'am.
B
D
C
D
B
B
To
a
certain
level,
okay,
so
we
get
to
a
30%
design,
that's
complete
and
there's
a
wishlist
many
councils
around
here,
whether
it
be
bus
routes,
closing
the
gap
on
the
western
waterfront,
which
is
apartment
for
my
award.
After
that
gets
done,
and
a
council
kind
of
priority
we
go
and
get
that
money
because
we
can't
pay
for
it.
We
got
to
wear
other
our
partners
in
the
federal
provincial
government.
How
does
it
go
from
there.
C
At
and
moving
through
that
stage,
gate
approach
to
a
30%
level
of
design
where
we
can
come
back
to
Council
and
provide
some
high-level
estimates
or
at
least
seek
direction
on
advancing
the
project
and
at
that
time
will
be
a
discussion
around
funding
opportunities,
including
any
programs
that
may
still
be
existing
with
the
provincial
federal
government.
But
absolutely
there's
a
commitment
to
speaking
with
the
other
levels
of
government.
B
So
being
selfish
on
the
waterfront
recent
closing
the
gap,
we
would
say:
here's
what
we
believe
this
is
to
be
council
makes
a
decision,
and
then
we
would
go
to
our
federal
partners
and
our
provincial
part
of
saying
this.
What
is
this
would
like?
This
is
the
councillors
party
list.
We
want
to
move
this
forward
and
an
opportunity
opens
up
we're
ready
to
pounce
on
them.
Correct.
C
Thank
you,
madam
Speaker.
Through
you
got
a
couple
of
questions
regarding
a
fair
pass.
Why
now
we're
supposed
to
have
rolled
out
the
program
providing
discount
fares
on
owu
and
ODSP
recipients
in
phase
one
childcare,
subsidy
and
housing,
subsidy
recipients
in
Phase,
two
and
all
other
low-income
families
in
phase
three,
but
we're
stalled?
Oh,
WOD,
SP
and
childcare.
Subsidy
recipients
have
the
program,
but
people
in
social
housing
do
not,
and
we
don't
have
system
in
place
for
right
in
the
past
low
income.
C
Can
you
tell
us
why,
through
the
speaker,
so
the
plan
had
included
having
housing
allowance,
housing,
subsidy
recipients
to
be
part
of
phase
two,
along
with
those
who
are
received
receiving
child
care
subsidies?
However,
when
staff
went
to
process
the
development
of
phase
two,
we
discovered
that
there
was
not
stored
records
of
income,
verification
for
those
who
are
in
receipt
of
housing
subsidies.
So
we
had
to
make
the
choice
to
rule
that
group
of
eligible
residents
into
the
third
phase,
which
would
be
for
all
low-income
residents.
C
One
of
the
principles
of
the
Fair
Pass
program
is
to
not
add
undue
or
unnecessary
administrative
burden
to
low-income
Torontonians.
All
right
for
just
for
clarity:
what
subs
are
we
taking
to
overcome
the
obstacles
to
delivering
this
program,
as
we
promised
to
low-income
residents
in
our
city
just
for
clarity
purposes?
Please?
Oh
absolutely!
So.
In
this
in
the
staff
recommended
budget
for
2020,
for
my
division
of
Social
Development,
there
includes
resources
to
develop
phase
three.
We
are
on
track
to
deliver
faith.
C
The
beginning
of
Phase,
three
in
April,
May
of
2021
in
our
budget
outlook
for
2021
and
2022,
are
the
is
the
full
cost
for
the
full
implementation
of
the
program.
This
process
is
in
place
to
address
the
obstacles.
Are
you
now
budgeting
for
full
implementation
for
low
income,
social
housing,
tenants
for
other
low
income
residents
in
2021,
or
should
those
people
exert
more
delays?
Can
I
tell
low-income
families
in
my
word
that
the
path
is
coming
or
should
I
tell
them
that
they
might
rate?
We.
C
Through
the
speaker,
you
can
certainly
tell
your
residents
in
your
ward,
as
well
as
other
low-income
residents
across
the
city,
that
the
staff
commitment
and
the
resourcing
in
the
budget
is
to
allow
us
to
be
on
track
for
delivery
for
April
May
of
2021.
Is
there
any
reason
that
staff
commitment
and
or
whatever
else
might
allow
it
might
slow
us
down,
and
we
might
not
be
on
target
on
April
20-21,
so.
C
Any
hiccups
that
you
might
see
forth
in
keeping
with
that
principle
of
no
undue
administrative
burden.
We
are
working
with
the
technology
services
division
as
well
as
Revenue
Services
to
piggyback
on
their
income,
animated
income,
verification
pilot
with
Canada
Revenue
Agency.
That
is
an
important
component
for
us
to
be
able
to
seamlessly
administer
fair
pass
to
all
low-income
Torontonians
who
do
not
receive
subsidy
from
the
city.
Currently,
all.
G
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
Speaker,
a
first
question
to
shelters,
support
and
housing.
We
are
in
a
homeless
emergency
and
there
are
a
lot
of
calls
for
us
to
be
opening
up
more
spaces
and
beds.
Do
you
feel
you
have
the
necessary
resources
in
this
budget
to
address
the
pressure
that
the
city's
being
put
on
under
right
now.
C
C
G
G
Asked
this
question
at
at
committee
and
again
at
executive
about
the
eviction
prevention
program.
A
pick
is
a
program
where
we
make
it
an
investment
in
keeping
people
in
their
homes
can
remember
how
I
asked
this
before,
but
I'm
gonna
try.
What
is
the
return
on
our
investment?
How
much
is
the
return
on
our
investment
when
we
invest
in
eviction
prevention
like
the
advic
program,
so.
C
G
One
return
on
the
investment
when
we
do
eviction
prevention
because
it
gives
people
out
of
shelters,
correct.
Okay,
thank
you
to
our
general
manager
of
transportation.
If
I
could
do
you
think
you
have
the
necessary
resources
in
your
proposed
budget
to
address
the
the
growing
public
safety
issue
we
have
on
city
streets
and
through.
C
The
speaker
I
believe
after
we've
done
our
reorganization
and
tried
to
find
where
we
had
some
capacity
in
within
our
organization.
We've
done
that
and
we've
come
back
to
Council
and
asked
for
quite
specifically
staff
resources
to
advance
vision,
zero
and
we
I
want
to
see
how
those
play
out
so
that
we
can
increase
delivery
and
get
more
more
interventions
out
on
the
street.
And
then,
if
we
don't
find
that's
adequate,
we
would
come
back
in
the
future
budget
here.
So.
G
C
G
H
The
speaker
we,
the
ravine
strategy
report,
recommended
the
implementation
and
the
budget
begin
in
twenty
twenty-one
and
through
this
budget
process
and
through
the
consideration
of
the
reported
committee,
we
were
able
to
advance
that
investment
to
this
year
2020
budget
and
we
feel
there
is
adequate
resources
in
the
budget.
For
that.
G
H
Through
the
speaker,
we
have,
through
this
budget,
implemented
many
of
the
items
on
the
appropriate
track
that
that
have
been
recommended
in
the
plan
and
that
council
is
approved
and
also
in
the
budget
in
the
notes
on
the
capital
plan
and
as
some
of
the
other
discussions
that's
a
place.
There
just
continues
to
be
an
unfunded
state
of
good
repair
item
from
that
plan,
but
my
understanding
is,
it
will
be
part
of
future
discussions
around
any
other
state
of
good
repair
backlogs.
Thank.
G
You
very
much
and
then
finally
to
mr.
Baxter
from
Energy
and
Environment
two-part
question,
because
I'm
running
out
of
time
here,
I
want
to
get
all
the
words
out
about
one.
Do
you
feel
you
have
enough
resources
in
the
presented
operating
and
capital
budget
to
implement
the
third
year
of
transform
tÃo,
as
it
was
previously
conceived,
I
believe
we
do?
C
J
C
So
through
the
speaker,
some
of
the
most
important
elements
of
epic
one,
the
team
is
mobile,
so
it
travels
to
the
family
that
is
in
crisis.
We
provide
support
in
the
form
of
rental
arrears,
mediation
with
the
landlord
layering
on
of
additional
supports
to
stabilize
someone
in
their
current
housing.
If
the
tenancy
can't
be
saved,
we
also
assist
the
person
to
find
new
housing,
and
the
goal
of
the
whole
program
is
to
make
sure
that
that
person
does
not
end
up
in
the
shelter
system.
H
Through
the
chair,
thank
you
for
the
question.
We
do
have
staff
working
on
our
team
right
now.
Part
of
their
work
in
the
immediate
future
is
working
with
a
new
renters
Advisory
Committee,
and
that
includes
housing
advocates
and
also
people
would
lived-experience
and
renters
who
are
providing
advice
to
staff
about
some
of
the
issues
that
renters
are
facing.
H
J
J
J
Well,
well,
I'm
waiting
for
that.
Perhaps
I'll
just
ask
city
staff
that,
according
to
something
I've
read
lately
that
there
was
a
drop
of
almost
30
million
dollars
in
2014
due
to
falling
numbers
of
traffic
tickets.
Is
that
you
couldn't
corroborate
that
that
was
a
spokesperson,
Sherelle
st.
Juan,
who
I
believe
is
city
spokesperson?
Who
is
going
to
answer
that.
I
J
B
J
I
understand
that
the
number
of
tickets
and
the
number
of
revenues-
and
we
just
heard
from
the
city
staff
that
that's
a
pretty
significant
drop
30
million
dollars
from
2014
and
over
the
last
10
years.
It
appears
gone
from
60
million
to
only
thirteen
point.
Nine
million
and
a
drop
in
tickets
issued
from
two
hundred
thousand
to
seven
hundred
thousand
I
mean
from
700,000
tickets
to
two
hundred
thousand
and
I'm
just
wondering
if
so,
you'd
like
to
comment
on
those
numbers.
J
C
J
B
K
D
D
Mr.
Elvidge
is
is
advance
notifying,
so
they
were,
they
were
pretty
quick
to
get
into
place.
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
that
the
the
city
building
fund
investments
with
great
fanfare.
We
we
assured
residents
that
they're
going
to
transit
and
housing.
The
transit
piece
I
think
was
made
more
clear.
It's
the
larger
of
the
two
suns
over
three
years,
and
it's
it's
I,
think
widely
known
now
that
will
see
some
purchase
of
vehicles
that
will
see
a
lot
of
fix
of
line.
D
H
D
D
D
There
was
a
motion
last
year
that
the
the
evaluation
report
of
the
participatory
budgeting
pilot
come
back
to
a
regular
business
meeting,
so
that
participants
would
have
a
chance
to
make
a
deputation,
but
whether
or
not
they
agreed
with
or
or
wanted
to
supplement
or
disagreed
with.
The
evaluation
report
is
that
is
that
delayed
and
will
happen
in
2020
or
a
motion
would
be
needed
to
make
that
happen.
H
Through
you,
madam
Speaker
counselor,
as
you
know,
through
the
budget
modernization
piece,
we
are
contemplating
how
to
engage
with
the
public,
and
that
is
part
of
our
four-year
strategy.
Part
that
you're
referencing
is
something
that
has
happened
in
the
past
right
that
we're
happy
to
actually
hear
about
the
successes
and
the
learning
opportunities
from
that
to
help
us
inform
how
we're
going
to
engage
in
with
the
public
going
forward.
So.
D
H
D
M
Long
time,
thank
you
very
much,
madam
Speaker,
and
through
you
to
staff
with
you.
This
is
regarding
a
young,
Dundas
Square,
so
economic
development
staffers,
are
you
here
in
close
to
a
microphone?
Oh,
you
are
great.
Thank
you.
So,
with
respect
to
the
the
budget
that
was
approved
by
the
Board
of
Management,
and
that
is
that
and
the
one
that
is
being
presented
before
us
today,
there's
a
difference
of
a
hundred
and
eighty-seven
thousand
dollars.
Is
that
not
correct
I.
B
M
A
M
Taylor
nice
to
see
you,
this
is
Taylor
Roth.
Everyone
he's
the
GM
of
young
Donetsk,
where
there
was
a
budget
that
was
approved
by
the
Board
of
Management,
which
is
different
than
the
one
that's
proposed
as
a
staff
recommended
budget
before
us
today.
The
difference
is
one
hundred
and
eighty
seven
thousand.
Is
that
correct
that.
M
C
What
we
have
found
in
the
last
couple
of
years
is
that
illicit
activity
has
grown
in
the
square
in
the
immediate
vicinity
and
to
dramatic
dramatic
extent,
and
the
board
had
asked
for
reports
from
Toronto
Police
Services
from
Public
Safety,
Canada
and
from
city
corporate
security,
all
of
which
recommended
that
there
should
be
a
very
basic
minimum
amount
of
security
being
provided
on
the
square
for
the
safety
of
the
people
who
are
on
the
square
and
for
the
people
who
are
provided
providing
security
on
the
square.
That
minimum
being
two
people
on
on
the
square.
M
Would
it
be
reasonable
to
say,
and
or
is
it
accurate
that
all
around
us
in
the
in
the
in
the
downtown
quadrant
we've
seen
increase
requirement
for
security,
for
example,
for
Cadillac
Fairview
for
Ryerson
University
for
410
Dundas,
which
operates
AMC's
theater?
Would
it
be
fair
to
say
that
that
all
those
different
adjacent
neighbors
have
increased
their
their
security
as
well
through.
C
C
We
are
open
24
hours
a
day.
Every
day
of
the
year
we
do
have
washrooms
underground
that
are
used
for
activities.
We
would
wish
we're
not
taking
place
in
our
Washington's,
and
it's
really
kind
of
unsafe
for
us
to
have
one
security
guard
go
down
and
investigate
those
underground
facilities
on
their
own.
Okay,.
M
M
Part,
that's
that's
very
encouraging
to
hear
and
to
do
the
Toronto
Public
Library
staff
need
additional
resources
or
perhaps
training
in
order
for
them
to
create
these
youth
hubs
there.
It's
not
a
quiet,
contemplative
library,
space
anymore.
It
now
becomes
a
dynamic
hangout
space
for
young
people.
Well,
we've.
M
Hubs
as
well,
so
it
sounds
like
you
will
have
everything
you
need
to
roll
this
out
successfully.
Is
that
correct?
That's
correct!
Yes,
hey!
Thank
you
and
then.
My
final
question
is
regarding
a
recreation
and
specifically
about
the
demand
of
recreation.
In
the
year
2019
status,
update
on
the
implementation
of
the
growth
planning,
community
recreation,
I
believe
that
the
wait
list
is
is
sitting
at
a
hundred
and
ninety.
H
Through
the
speaker,
that's
correct:
in
2019
it
was
sitting
at
a
hundred
ninety
six
thousand
individual
wait
list
spots
which
represents
I,
think
around
sixty
or
seventy
thousand
individuals
who
may
be
on
many
different
wait
lists
and
I
get
I
should
say
in
the
year
previous
before
the
growth
plan
was
implemented.
It
was
at
two
hundred
and
fifteen
thousand,
so
we
have
seen
a
significant
drop
in
the
wait
list
as
a
result
of
the
advancement
of
the
growth
plan.
Thank.
K
K
Wonderful,
the
motion-
I'll
read
it
very
quickly:
City
Council
requests
the
city
manager
in
consultation
with
the
CEO
Toronto
Transit
Commission,
to
report
back
to
City
Council
on
a
long-term
strategy
to
reduce
the
share
the
TTC
s
operating
budget
covered
by
fares
to
be
no
more
than
fifty
percent
of
the
overall
cost.
What
is
the
amount
that
is
attributed
to
the
fare
box
right
now?
If
the
the
motion
is
asking
for
a
process
to
get
it
through
there
to
50
percent
so.
C
K
184
million-
and
so
you
know,
you're
you're
in
charge
of
operating
the
TTC.
Do
you
mean?
Do
you
care
if
it
comes
from
the
fare
box
or
for
some
other
source,
need
the
money
either
way
I'm
just
trying
to
understand
what
the
effect
of
this
might
be?
If
there's
a
path
that
says
for
you
to
report
on
a
path
to
get
to
that
in
consultation
with
the
city
manager
to
be
fair
but
I,
don't
know
what
what
you
would
say.
It's
because
you
just
rely
on
the
revenue
it
doesn't
matter
where
it
comes
from.
K
K
C
K
C
K
To
be
fair,
am
I
correct
that
the
the
Ontario
government
is
putting
in
something
like
twenty
nine
billion
dollars
in
capital.
So
you
know
there's
operating
and
then
there's
capital
and
there's
a
whole
bunch
of
sources
of
capital,
which
would
include
the
property
tax
base
and
would
include
other
orders
of
government
right.
C
C
So
even
though
we've
made
great
progress
in
this
budget
towards
stating
and
dealing
with
state
of
good
repair,
we
still
have
a
long
road
head
of
us
so
again,
I
think,
as
you
recall,
back
in
the
90s,
there
was
actually
for
both
capital
and
operating
support
that
came
from
other
people
other
than
the
City
of
Toronto.
So
it's
a
concept
that
was
here
before
it's
a
concept
that
I
think
we
need
to
revisit
and
and
I
see
that
as
part
of
the
responsibility
that's
outlined
in
the
terms
of
reference
which
you
approved
last
fall.
A
I
You
can
appreciate
that
I
do
have
a
motion
that
I'd
like
to
move
that
City
Council
increase
the
2020
operating
budget
for
young
Dundas
Square
by
100
87,000
gross
is
their
own
that,
including
for
a
one-time
187,
draw
from
the
tax
stabilization
reserve
for
enhanced
square
security
as
a
councillor.
Wong-Tam
was
mentioning
it's
here
anyway,
and
then
a
report
do
it
to
follow
on
that.
So,
first
of
all,
I
do
want
to
thank
a
number
of
people,
as
I
have
done
at
budget
and
an
executive.
I
A
lot
of
people
came
together
to
put
this
budget
together.
Of
course
you
have
this
CFO
of
the
city
manager.
You
have
financial
planning,
you
have
all
the
divisions
and
agencies
and
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
them
actually
here
today,
as
we're
asking
questions
work
incredibly
hard
over
the
entire
year
to
pull
this
budget
together.
I
I
want
to
also
thank
the
mayor
in
his
leadership,
not
only
the
mayor
but
his
staff
when
you're
putting
something
like
this
together
over
weeks
and
months
and
months,
a
lot
of
people
involved
in
that
it
was
a
leadership
that
he
has
brought
I.
Think
to
this
whole
table.
Here
that
has
shown
that
we
can
work
together.
Even
we
have
the
differences
we
do
have
the
ability
to
work
together.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
him
for
the
work
that
he's
been
doing
and,
of
course,
my
Budget
Committee
members
who
work
incredibly
hard.
I
One
thing
I
learned
many
many
years
ago.
Is
you
really
get
a
sense
of
how
the
city
works
when
you
see
how
the
dollars
are
spent
and
I?
Think
some
of
the
new
counselors
who
are
on
board
have
realized
that
so
I
wanted
to
thank
them
and,
of
course,
the
public.
This
is
a
very
open
and
transparent
process
has
been
mentioned
before,
and
it
is
something
that
is
incredibly
important
when
you
look
I'm.
I
Thank
the
public
for
coming
out.
Hundreds
of
people
came
out
over
a
number
of
weeks
to
to
de
beauté
to
talk
to
us
to
give
us
their
opinions
and
and
additions
and
what
they
may
have
thought
they
wanted
in
the
budget
and
I
think
you
actually
saw
that
in
motions
that
have
come
forward
through
budget
and
through
executive
and
probably
here
today.
So
I
want
to
thank
the
public
for
the
work
as
budget
chair
has.
I
Budget
chief
I
have
two
main
focuses
that
drives
me
and
I've
been
doing
over
the
last
number
of
years:
number
one:
keeping
taxes
as
low
as
possible
and
keeping
the
city
affordable
for
the
citizens,
making
sure
that
we
manage
the
money,
well,
thirteen
and
a
half
billion
dollars
in
this
budget.
We
need
to
ensure
that
we're
accountable
and
we
manage
the
money
well
for
for
everybody,
looking
for
efficiencies,
modernization,
reorganization,
doing
things
differently,
being
fiscally
responsible
and
fiscally
prudent
and
keeping
our
house
in
order.
I
We
need
to
keep
our
house
in
order
and
we
need
to
show
the
public
that
we
are
keeping
their
house
in
order
and
I
take
pride
in
ensuring
that,
with
all
the
staff
and
everybody
around,
we
do
that
and
we
show
that
day
after
day,
eight
hundred
ninety
million
dollars
as
a
good
example
inefficiency.
We
officially
have
a
chief
dover,
the
last
year,
one
hundred
million
dollars
alone.
In
this
budget.
We
have
healthy
reserves,
we
have
five
billion
dollars
that
are
managed
in
our
reserves
and
through
our
invest
new
investment
board.
I
We
are
managing
that
well
and
will
continue
to
do
that
in
the
future.
We
are
managing
our
capital
plan.
Much
better
and
I.
Think
you'll
see
that
over
the
years
as
we
move
forward,
we
are
modernizing
the
budget
process.
That's
something
that's
not
talked
a
lot
about,
and
probably
a
lot
of
people
don't
want
to
know
much
about
it,
but
we
are
actually
modernizing
the
budget
process
to
make
sure
that
it
works
better.
I
My
second
focus
has
been
to
reinvest
the
savings
that
we
have
been
finding
within
the
city
budget
into
the
back
into
the
city
and
ensuring
that
we
protect
the
services
and,
in
fact,
not
only
protect
them
but
increase
the
investments
that
we've
been
doing
in
this
budget
alone.
I
think
there's
75-77.
We
probably
will
top
out
a
little
under
80
million
dollars
in
new
investments
into
the
into
this
budget.
I
And
when
you
talk
about
some
of
the
investments
that
we're
doing
you
look
at
affordable
housing,
you
look
at
Toronto,
Community
Housing,
the
largest
investment
we
have
made
in
Toronto
Community
Housing
in
the
city's
history.
When
we're
looking
at
the
TTC,
almost
doubling
the
state
of
good
repair
recognizing
that.
Yes,
it
comes
on
with
the
one
and
a
half
percent
city
building
fund,
but
we
are
investing
and
we
will
continue
to
do
that
when
you're
looking
at
poverty
reduction.
I
There's
more
in
this
here
for
the
environment,
there's
more
police
officers,
more
TTC
operators,
more
paramedics,
eleven
point:
nine
billion
dollars,
as
I
mentioned,
for
the
TTC,
almost
double
what
we
did
last
year
and,
yes,
we
have
extended
the
city
building
fund
to
raise
over
five
billion
dollars
for
transit.
You
got
new
subways,
you
got
signal
systems,
you
got
buses,
streetcars
more
is
coming
and
we
need
more
and
I
recognize
that
we
have
to
continue
to
invest
more,
but
we
can't
do
this
alone.
I
We
need
our
federal
partners
and,
as
we
have
said
time
and
time
again,
to
build
the
city
that
we
need
to
build.
We
need
the
partners
with
the
federal
government
and
the
province.
I
know
they
have
stepped
up
to
the
plate
and
and
will
continue
to
do
that.
Madam
Speaker.
This
is
a
good
news
budget
and
I'm
very
pleased
that
we
are
here
today
to
be
able
to
make
a
decision
on
it.
Thank
you
thank.
P
So
this
motion
is
basically
asking
the
TTC
to
make
sure
that
we
include
a
rational
and
consistent
approach
as
part
of
the
fair
review
that
the
board
has
already
approved
and
is
moving
forward
with
I.
Think
that's
the
October
council
meeting.
We
had
a
very
helpful
motion
from
councillor
Layton
and
councillor
wong-tam,
asking
the
TTC
board
to
look
at
the
ways
to
improve
the
student
discount
fares
in
light
of
the
provincial
cuts
to
some
of
the
university
funding
in
OSAP.
P
So
what
we're
doing
here
is
to
make
that
connection
between
the
work-
that's
actually
happening
at
the
TTC
board,
that's
underway
right
now
and
give
us
a
practical
opportunity
to
to
really
evolve
from
sort
of
the
ad
hoc
and
incremental
approach
that
we
take
to
fair
review
where
we
come
at
it
each
year,
budget
cycle
after
budget
cycle
and
try
and
build
a
more
systematic
approach
that
aligns
with
a
lot
of
our
policy
objectives
that
we
set
here
in
council.
So
whether
we're
looking
at
you
know
the
poverty
reduction
strategy,
youth
equity
strategy
transform
tÃo.
P
All
of
these
things
need
to
be
considered
in
their
entirety
and
integrated
into
that
that
conversation
about
fare.
So
if
we're
gonna
move
away
from
that
ad
hoc
decision
making
process
or
doing
fares,
on-the-fly
I'm,
hoping
that
this
is
something
we
can
all
get
behind
and
have
a
consistent
approach
that
we
can
move
forward
with
in
the
2021
budget.
So,
with
respect
to
you,
this
year's
budget
I
do
want
to
thank
everyone.
Who's
been
involved
in
in
working
on
these
budgets.
P
It's
a
lot
of
time
and
energy,
obviously
for
everybody
that
goes
into
kind
of
tweaking
the
budget
at
the
margins.
It's
a
it's
a
very
large
budget
and
what
we
discuss
and
debate
over
is
is
a
small
fraction
of
that.
But,
as
the
mayor
was
alluding
to
earlier
this
morning,
that
hard
work
takes
place
months
in
advance
and
lead
up
to
this
budget
and
staff
really
do
a
tremendous
amount
of
time
working
with
counselors
working
with
the
different
divisions
and
agencies
to
bring
something
forward
that
that
really
works
for
us
here
in
Toronto.
I.
P
Think
it's
it's
exceptional
that
this
year
we
have
the
unique
opportunity
to
expand
our
investments
in
infrastructure
with
the
city
building
fund
and
I
would
like
to
congratulate
the
mayor
and,
of
course,
our
budget
chief
councillor
Crawford
on
the
work
on
championing
that
and
steering
that
through
budget
committee,
in
landing
landing
on
something
that
I
think
is
frankly,
a
generational
investment.
It's
one
of
the
younger
voices
here
on
council,
a
new
addition
to
to
the
chamber.
P
The
road
I
think
that
in
a
city
that's
as
big
and
complex
as
Toronto,
you
know
we're
always
going
to
have
more
needs
than
we
necessarily
have
resources.
That's
a
product
of
our
ambition,
that's
a
product
of
the
city
that
we
asked
for
a
tional
II
want
to
be,
but
it
is.
There
is
also
an
important
recognition
that
those
challenges
are
not
ours
alone
to
face
and
that
those
those
are
challenges
that
we
are
not
going
to
be
able
to
address
entirely
here
on
a
property
tax
base,
and
we
did
a
lot
of
time
doing.
P
They
want
us
moving
forward
on
to
transit
on
affordable
housing
on
climate
change,
on
gun
violence,
but
these
are
issues
that
that
require
collaboration
across
all
levels
of
government
and
the
reality
is
the
City
of
Toronto
does
a
lot
of
heavy
lifting
for
the
region
for
the
province
and
for
the
federal
government.
So
the
money
that
we're
raising
to
that
we're
bringing
forward
sends
a
strong
signal
that
Toronto
is
coming
to
the
table,
that
we
have
ambitions
and
that
we
want
to
get
things
done.
But
we
do
need
that
collaboration.
P
Those
partnerships
with
our
provincial
and
federal
partners
to
really
move
the
needle
on
some
of
these
key
files.
I
think
it's
a
great
budget
I'm
happy
to
support
it,
thankful
for
all
the
work
that
everyone's
put
into
getting
us
where
we
are
today
and
looking
forward
to
moving
forward
thanks
very
much
Thank
You.
M
Wong
Tim,
yes,
thank
you
very
much.
Madam
Speaker
I
have
three
motions
that
I
will
ask
the
clerk's
to
place
before
Council.
The
first
is
regarding
a
cabbage
town
youth
center.
There
should
be
no
surprise
to
my
council,
colleagues
that
this
would
be
coming,
and
this
is
building
on
top
of
the
the
report
that
is
supplemental
to
this
particular
agenda.
That
was
supported
that
was
floated
by
staff.
So
you
can
reference
that.
A
second
item
is
regarding
increasing
the
capital
budget.
Thank
you
for
an
Street
Street
improvement
to
the
st.
Lawrence,
Market
neighborhood.
M
That's
also
before
you
and
then
the
third
motion.
Just
by
by
way
of
this
motion
coming
up
every
single
budget
cycle,
you
can
anticipate
it
and
that
is
to
reintroduce
the
vehicle
registration
tax
and
somebody
had
to
do
it
and
I.
Apparently,
this
is
my
turn
so,
but
madam
Speaker
I
just
want
to
speak
very
very
I
want
to
speak
and
say
thank
you
to
a
number
of
people
and
I
want
to
start
with
with
the
city
staff.
M
I
want
to
thank
them
for
the
incredible
volume
of
work
and
care
that
they
put
into
putting
this
budget
together
and
I
recognize
that
this
is
a
obviously
an
accelerated
process.
I
remember
there
was
a
particular
point
in
time
that
we
would
get
the
budget
out
and
we
would
have
several
months
to
debate
it
and
to
sort
of
roll
it
over.
M
So,
although
there
has
been
conversations
and
language
spoken
about
the
budget
process
being
being
open
and
transparent,
and
certainly
it
is
compared
to
other
orders
of
government,
I
do
recognize
that
how
quickly
things
are
coming
to
a
head
and
I
just
want
to.
Thank
you,
because
it
means
that
you
have
many
long
days
and
long
nights
and
we
need
to
extend
our
gratitude.
M
I
want
to
say
thank
you
for
for
working
with
with
us
and
in
particular,
the
communities
that
I'm
serving
right
now,
which
includes
cabbage
town
as
well
as
Regent,
Park
and
I
know
that
the
mayor
is
going
to
be
standing
up
on
behalf
of
the
residents
of
region
very
shortly
to
make
sure
that
the
social
development
plan
is
funded
and
I
want
to
thank
him
and
in
particular
about
stepping
forward
to
really
lend
some
support
to
the
cabbage
town
community.
A
budget
chief
Crawford
did
exactly
the
same
thing.
M
That's
at
the
budget
committee,
which
is
kind
of
where
we've
landed
on
a
very
good
place.
Does
this
budget
solve
everything?
Well,
certainly
not
I,
don't
think
any
budget
will
solve
every
single
item
that
we
have,
but
I
think
that
this
is
a
as
I
noted
earlier.
We've
come
a
great
distance
to
where
we
started
back
in
2010
and
not
that
that
was
a
high-water
mark.
That
was
a
little
watermark,
but
I
just
want
to
say
that
we're
building,
strength
upon
strength
and
I
think
that's
absolutely
critical.
M
There's
still,
the
growing
backlog
o
state
of
good
repair
that
we
need
to
dig
deeper
on
and
hopefully
we'll
be
able
to
do
that
in
the
in
the
future
years,
ahead:
around
transportation,
around
transit,
around
road
safety,
climate
resiliency,
around
resilience
and
strong
neighborhoods
around
housing,
the
premier's
cuts
to
child
care
and
trial
public
health
cannot
go
unnoticed.
Obviously
we
are
filling
a
7.1
million
dollar
gap
this
year
next
year.
M
This
will
balloon
out
to
almost
30
million
dollars,
which
will
then
put
us
back
into
a
place
of
crisis
around
those
particular
issues,
and
we
need
to
be
able
to
get
to
the
province
and
try
to
reverse
that
we
cannot
necessarily
build
a
world-class
inclusive,
prosperous
or
fair
city
on
the
back
of
property
taxes.
That's
already
been
stated
and
I
know
that
we're
gonna
have
those
tough
conversations
in
the
years
ahead
and
we
want
to
be
able
to
be
ready
for
that.
M
But
this
particular
budget
I
want
to
highlight
a
few
things
and
things
I
believe,
are
very
important,
including
the
fact
that
we
are
going
to
be
funding
and
again
thanks
to
the
mayor's
leadership.
For
the
very
first
time,
a
gender
equality
unit-
that
is
significant,
madam
Speaker,
because
it
hasn't
been
done
before
and
it
is
under
this
leadership
of
this
council.
That
is
it's
going
to
happen.
M
We
also
see
significant
dollars
coming
in
for
the
Downtown
East
action
plan
and
that
rolls
out
an
enhanced
level
of
service
for
us
who
are
representing
and
working
and
studying
and
investing
in
downtown
East,
because
it's
absolutely
critical,
just
as
you
heard
a
young
gun,
death
Square
is
asking
for
a
little
bit
more
money
so
that
they
can
do
their
job
effectively.
We
in
the
downtown
core
need
to
do
the
same,
and
this
particular
budget
responds
to
that.
M
Finally,
it
just
would
be
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
talk
about
the
vehicle
registration
tax
cancelled
and
cancelled
in
2011
forgone
revenues
of
55
million
dollars
every
year,
we're
almost
10
years.
On
the
anniversary
of
that
tax
cancellation,
we
have
lost
and
said
goodbye
to
550
million
dollars.
Think
of
what
type
of
services
we
could
have
invested
in
with
that
additional
funds,
perhaps
not
this
year,
but
I'm
still
holding
out
for
your
vote.
Thank
you.
E
E
Just
simply
wanted
to
also
extend
my
thanks
and
gratitude
to
both
the
mayor,
the
the
budget
chief
and
all
of
those
other
folks
involved
in
this
budget
night
and
I
can
appreciate
the
task
that
that
the
budget
presents,
especially
given
you
know
that
the
footprint
that
the
province
of
Ontario
has
in
in
our
big
city
government
a
set
up.
You
know
they
got
a
big
footprint
on
the
residential
property
tax.
We
talked
about
that
this
morning,
sir
3%.
E
They
got
a
big
footprint
on
the
commercial
industrial
tax
somewhere
in
the
neighborhood
of
50
percent,
of
that
they
got
a
big
footprint
in
terms
of
all
of
the
monies
that
you
know
for
our
budget
by
way
of
transfer
payments
from
the
province
somewhere
in
the
neighborhood
of
you
know
nearly
two
billion
dollars
given
that
straitjacket
to
cobble
together
a
budget
that
a
grows.
The
city
B
finds
consensus,
not
only
in
this
council
chamber
but
with
the
you
know,
within
the
city
at
large
to
grow
the
city
and
move
it
forward.
E
I
think
is
a
feat
in
itself
and
it
should
be.
It
should
be
applauded
and
I
think
that
they
have
done
a
terrific
job
in
doing
that.
I
want
to
just
focus
briefly
on
the
motion
that
I
I
moved
before
you
and
in
extending
for
a
relatively
small
sum
of
money,
adding
some
five
thousand
five
hundred
and
thirty
eight
hours
to
our
library
system
and
in
what
that
means
and
I
know
that
whatever
I
say
on
this
subject
will
never
ever
do
it.
E
The
the
justice
or
the
credit
that
the
library
and
the
lot
in
what
the
library
system
has
represented
represented
to
me
I,
grew
up
in
the
in
the
Jane
Finch
in
the
Jane
Finch
area
and
as
a
young
boy
are
coming
from
a
different
country.
I'm,
not
understanding
the
language.
I
was
somewhere
in
the
neighborhood
of
nine
years
old
I
discovered
the
library
system,
I
discovered
the
library
it
was,
it
was
I.
You
know
it
was,
you
know,
happen
stance.
How
did
I
discover
the
library?
E
Well,
you
know
one
day
I
figured
out
that
in
the
library
at
the
Wood
View
Park
library,
they
had
newspapers,
you
know
career
day
and
they
had
other
newspapers
that
came
from
abroad
and
I
could
follow.
You
know
the
Socrates
in
the
soccer
league
and
the
soccer
teams
in
Italy
there
were
planks.
You
know,
I
could
follow.
My
Rome
I
could
follow.
Intel
and
and
I
started
to
habitually
go
to
the
wood.
E
Would
you
park
library
and
do
that
and
as
a
result
of
that
I
discovered
music
I,
discovered
books,
I
discovered
an
oasis,
a
place
where
I
could
go
to
and
later
I
migrated
to
the
York
woods
library
at
on
Finch
and
Tobermory
a
place
where
I
could
just
go
I
got
I
have
to
tell
you.
I
got
some
of
my
best
sleeps
at
the
York
woods
library
I
did
I
did
it
was
wonderful?
E
It
was
absolutely
wonderful
that
doesn't
mean
that
when
I
was
growing
up
that
the
local
pool
house
didn't
call
to
me
because
they
did
I
learned
to
play
a
great
game
of
snooker
foosball
I
became
you
know
a
regional
champion,
but
but
exactly
but
it
was
the
library.
That's
the
place
where,
where
you
know
every,
whenever
I
said
to
anybody
I'm
going
to
the
library,
everybody
respected
me
for
that,
whether
it
was
my
family,
whether
it
was
my
friends
whether
it
was
the
broader
community,
it
was
the
place.
E
Where
would
that
had
broad
acceptance
that
when
I
went
there,
I
was
going
to
be
doing
well
and
I
have
to
tell
you
it's
because
of
that
library
system
that
I'm
probably
standing
you
standing
here
before
you
semi
semi,
articulate
today,
and
you
know
what
and
I
believe
it's
the
place
where
other
young
people
just
like.
Thank
you
well
the
challenges
today.
Thank.
Q
Q
Do
I
do
move
the
motion
and
I'll
speak
to
it
in
a
moment.
I
just
want
to
thank
first
of
all
the
Budget
Committee
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart
for
moving
moving
forward
with
your
recommendations
for
the
youth
house.
Any
of
us
who
have
visited
youth
hubs
in
our
city
and
have
spoken
to
the
kids
who
who
frequent
them
understand
how
they
can
change
lives
in
in
in
ways
that
aren't
always
immediate,
sometimes
generational.
But
sometimes
you
hear
stories
that
help.
Q
Imagine
they've
said
to
some
of
you
is
we
are
the
ones
who
are
we
don't?
You
know
we
don't
have
as
much
money
as
most
other
categories
or
demographics.
We
we
want
to
be
able
to
get
to
class.
We
want
you
to
help
it,
make
it
easier
for
us
to
get
to
class
not
to
raise
fares
disproportionate
to
to
others,
certainly
far
higher
than
the
rate
of
inflation
that
we
boast
about.
Trying
to
achieve
through
property
tax
raises
and
the
you
know,
there's
too
Oh
SAP
rents
are
going
through
the
roof.
Q
We
all
know
these
stories.
We
all
know
it's
true,
and
we
all
know
that
our
youth
need
our
support.
So
what
this
motion
does
and
by
the
way,
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
councillor
Bradford's
motion,
which
is
the
first
time
that
I've
actually
seen
a
member
of
the
TTC
and
credit,
is
due
to
cancer
Bradford
to
recognizing
formally
that
this
is
unfair,
that
it
does
need
to
be
re-examined
and
what
my
motion
does
is.
It
creates
a
bridge
to
allowing
us
to
subsidize
that
fair
one
time
so
that
the
fair
system
can
be
reviewed.
Q
I
spoke
with
the
Rik
leery
about
this,
and
you
know
what
is
clear
to
me.
Is
that
there's
no
fault
to
anyone
at
the
DD
C's,
but
the
system
is
flawed,
fundamentally
flawed.
First
of
all,
I
understood
from
mr.
Leary
that
that
presto,
actually
locked
in
the
the
fair
before
this
comes
to
Council
for
final
consideration
is
because
we're
gonna
make
a
request.
The
TTC
today,
and
it
takes
about
eight
weeks.
This
wonderful
digital
miracle
of
presto
takes
eight
weeks
to
set
the
fair,
which
is
bizarre
to
me.
So
what
my
motion
does.
Q
Moreover,
what
this
does
is
it
allows
us
to
move
forward
with
a
review
of
our
fair
system
and
making
sure
that
it
is
equitable
and
fair
to
all.
This
is
a
request.
The
TTC
they
I
understand
that
they
do
have
delegated
authority
to
set
the
fares,
but
I
think
it's
important
and
I
hope
that
you
will
support
this
today.
Q
What
might
be
difficult
conversation
and
really
try
to
reflect
those
conversations
in
a
budget
that
would
come
to
council
today.
I
think.
That's
actually
very
good
leadership,
but
I
hope
that
you
will
consider
what
I'm
proposing
you
today
with
the
TTC
is
reflective
of
a
concern
that
wasn't
fully
addressed,
and
if
you
speak
to
the
student
unions
and
students
from
the
universities
and
colleges
across
the
city,
you
will
see
that
this
really
matters
to
them,
they're
struggling
and
they
need
our
support.
Q
Q
Received
at
the
table,
perhaps
you
have
to
be
creative
about
where,
where
you
try
to
offset
what
what
I
arrived
at,
what
I
concluded
was
that
if
I
don't
overly
prescribe
exactly
which
fleets
I
I
borrow
from
the
reserves
room,
we
would
but
I
leave
it
where,
as
a
temporary
bridge
to
next
year,
might
there
be
really
little
to
no
effect?
That's
what
I
would
like
the
city
manager
to
consider
and
remember.
This
is
a
request
of
the
TTC.
K
But
but
we
know
from
the
work
done
at
Audit
Committee
that
the
vehicle
reserve
account
in
particular
is
one
that
is
underfunded
and
one
of
the
outcomes
of
underfunding
the
vehicle
reserve
and
the
vehicle
replacement
state
of
good
repair
is
that
it
actually
costs
us
more
to
run
the
vehicles
so
of
all
the
places
to
curtail
this
actually
cost
more
than
two
point:
five:
seven:
six
million
to
taxpayers.
It's
it's
going
to
have
a
multiplier
effect
because
of
the
source
of
its
I
I.
Just
I
wanted
a
glean.
K
Q
For
example,
there
is
a
reserve
account
XQ,
ten
fifteen
transportation
services
and
there's
one
from
municipal
licensing
that
and
service
in
standards
vehicle
for
higher
reserves.
There's
the
zoo,
there's
Toronto,
Building,
there's
a
whole
bunch
of
different
reserve
accounts
and
what
I'm
asking
for
is
for
the
city
manager,
of
course,
not
to
do
anything
that
would,
you
know
unintentionally
arrive
at
higher
costs,
but
just
in
his
in
his
wisdom
with
his
knowledge.
Q
That's
why
I
don't
feel
comfortable
prescribing
it
to
find
where
those
savings
are
now,
if,
if
that
can't
be,
I
would
accept
that
too,
but
and
that's
why
this
is
in
the
form
of
a
request.
But
if
it
is
possible
to
do
it,
I
think
that
if
there
is
no
no
harm
done
by
borrowing
from
those
reserves
on
a
one-time
basis
and
again,
okay.
A
D
Yes,
I
would
like
to
clarify
I'm
wondering
if
staff
clarified
it
for
them
over
your
motion,
talks
about
doing
this
to
reduce
the
fare
increase
and
that
this
would
start
May.
First,
you
say
you
discuss
this
with
mr.
Leary.
Did
TTC
staff
not
explain
to
you
that
the
reprogramming
of
the
machines
to
accommodate
increases
starts
March
1st,
but
the
technological
work
is
already
underway.
He.
Q
Did
I
spoke
to
that
earlier
in
my
comments,
so
ya
know
mr.
Leary
was
very.
It
was
actually
very
informative
about
the
presto
system
and
how
you
know
I
thought
it
would
actually
be
far.
You
know
this
kind
of
this
digital
system.
I
thought
would
be
far
more.
You
know
fluid,
but
it
clearly
it's
not
so
that's
why
I
recognized
that
until
then
the
fair
would
go
up
and
then
and
the
way
that
I
did
the
cost
breakdown
the
a
grid'.
D
To
be
clear,
you
took
that
into
consideration,
and
this
is
your
math
yes,
but
to
be
clear,
this
motion,
while
you
discuss
with
staff
what
they
told
you
was
the
luminous
information
such
as
that
we
are
addressing
the
the
problem
with
the
children's
card.
We
are
addressing
the
student
pass,
all
of
it
over
a
different
time
frame,
but
but
it
is
already
being
addressed
by
appreciated
by
staff
in
a
way
other
than
your
motion
and
that
that
would
be
a
preferable
path
in
staffs
view.
Q
Q
R
Yes,
thank
you.
Madam
Speaker
I
have
two
motions:
one
is
to
Toronto
Police
Service.
Regarding
the
operating
budget,
the
City
Council
requests
the
Toronto
Police
Services
Board,
to
allocate
some
of
the
extra
officers
approved
under
the
2020
operating
budget
for
Toronto,
Police
Services,
two
for
traffic
safety
and
enforcement,
and,
secondly,
parks
forests
and
recreation
operating
budget
requests
that
the
general
manager
parks,
forestry
or
recreation
to
consider
as
part
of
the
2021
budget
process,
placing
down
zoo
recreation
center
on
the
Recreation
long-term
capital
plan
and
work
with
the
local
councillor
to
leverage
section.
R
37
funds
allocated
this
project
for
design
work
so
that
money
that
work
has
already
funded
it's
in
escrow,
it's
in
a
section
37
count
and
the
downtube
community
center
was
approved
by
council.
It's
part
of
the
Downs
your
secondary
plan
ten
years
ago,
it's
time
to
get
on
with
it.
Firstly,
I'd
like
to
thank
the
budget
chief
and
Mayor
Tory
and
his
staff
and,
of
course,
the
Budget
Committee
for
all
the
work
that
went
into
this
budget.
R
I
sat
on
the
budget
committee
for
four
years,
and
I
can
I
can
certainly
say
that
there's
a
shocking
amount
of
work
that
goes
into
it,
but
it's
also
a
great
education
on
how
the
city
functions
and
we
Hermione's
go,
and
I
want
to
just
pay
tribute
to
them.
I
shouldn't
leave
out
the
city
manager
and,
of
course,
the
finance
team
that
works
with
him.
R
I
think
when
we
look
at
some
of
the
priorities
in
the
city
and
some
of
the
issues
that
come
through
the
committee
that
I
chair
infrastructure,
environment,
I'm,
encouraged
by
what
I
see
here,
I
think
most
people
agree
that
traffic
management,
pedestrian
safety
and
traffic
safety
is
one
of
the
top
issues
that
comes
across
their
desk
all
across
the
city.
So
I'm
happy
to
see
that
the
road
safety
plan
has
gone
up
from
19
million
to
22
million.
R
Automated
enforcement
has
gone
up
from
6
million
to
16
million.
The
school
crossing
guard
program
has
gone
from
14
million
to
24
million,
we're,
adding
a
Toronto
police
services
enforcement
pilot
and,
of
course,
education
is
also
funded.
So
you're,
looking
at
about
a
1,
a
61%
increase
as
we
go
forward
at
the
same
time,
I
think
we
have
to
look
at
some
of
the
work.
R
Clearly,
we're
we're
there
in
in
the
funding
areas
to
make
sure
that
our
roads
are
safe,
that
our
roads
are
paved
and
that
we
reduce
the
damage
to
vehicles
and,
of
course,
we
also
reduce
pedestrian
injuries,
cycling
infrastructure,
we
have
a
new
team
at
cycling.
We
adopt
a
cycling
plan
every
few
years
we
fully
funded.
Yet
many
in
our
communities
don't
see
the
reality
on
the
ground.
I
think
we're.
R
Finally,
at
a
situation
now
we'll
be
able
to
see
the
rollout
of
our
various
cycling
safety
measures
and
our
cycling
trails,
developing
about
a
budget
of
one
of
the
largest
governments
in
in
the
country
is
no
easy
task.
It's
a
balance
of
priorities,
hundreds
of
priorities
to
make
sure
that
we
service
a
diverse
communities,
make
sure
we
service
our
marginalized
communities,
make
sure
people
have
a
safe
place
to
live
a
dignified
place
to
live.
R
At
the
same
time,
we
also
have
to
remember
those
who
helped
build
build
this
country,
our
seniors
and
under
the
Toronto
seniors
strategy.
We
have
to
make
sure
that
they're
protected,
that
they
can
age
in
place
in
their
home
and
that's
why
we're
looking
very
much
forward
to
the
tax
relief
amendments
and
reforms
that
are
coming
to
Executive
Committee
at
the
end
of
the
March.
At
the
same
time,
I
think
this.
R
This
budget
is
reflective
of
the
city
that
we
are
or
meeting
requirements
across
the
city
and
we're
doing
the
best
we
can
to
keep
the
taxes
under
control
make
sure
we
fund
all
their
programs,
make
sure
the
city
is
safe,
healthy
and
that's
why
it
continues
to
be
at
the
top
of
the
list
as
livable
cities
across
across
the
world.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
B
B
Think
three
four
years
ago,
they're
kind
of
taken
back
by
that,
but
the
things
that
are
happening
in
this
city
are
just
unprecedent.
So
you
know
housing,
emergency,
homeless,
emergency
environment.
To
me
that
we
bring
to
these
council
day
in
and
day
out
that
we
weren't
expected.
But
they
all
come
in
here
on
top
of
moving
the
city.
The
densities
were
putting
in
to
the
city
is
unbelievable.
We
have
to
move
these
people.
All
counselors
in
this
chamber
are
looking
for
their
new
bus
route,
or
you
know
my
connection
to
the
waterfront.
B
All
that
to
happen,
there's
only
so
much
funny
to
go
around
vision.
Zero
is
something
that
was
brought
for
by
this
council
to
Barbara
Gray's
division,
which
have
reacted
to
these.
If
things
are
all
piling
on
which
we've
talked
about
with
our
wet
water
flow
of
people,
flooding
basements,
the
needs
are
great
through
the
city,
but
there's
got
to
be
a
balance
and
the
vehicle
registration
tax.
That's
coming
here,
I'm,
not
gonna,
be
supporting
that.
B
You
know
the
City
Building
Fund,
my
friend
counts
are
late
and
calls
them
some
fees,
but
they
all
add
up
and
when
you're
sitting
at
home
trying
to
pay
your
taxes-
and
you
add
them
up
it's
a
lot.
I
can
tell
you
being
a
father
of
five
I'm
kind
of
terrified
for
them
all
to
live
in
the
city.
I
know
grandfathered
now
I'm
kind
of
I,
don't
know
where
they're
gonna
be,
but
I
can
tell
you.
I
can
tell
you
that
this
council
has
reacted.
I've
been
here
a
few
years
and
we've
always
reacted.
B
We've
always
found
a
way
to
do
it
and
there
has
to
be
a
balance.
I
want
to
thank
Gary
crawford,
his
team
and
the
budget
committee.
I.
Don't
think
people
have
any
idea
how
much
time
and
I've
been
here
while
I
don't
know,
but
I
know
it's
it's
a
daunting
task
that
they
go
through
and
it's
a
day
in
day
out
there
there.
So
thank
you.
We
have
an
awesome
staff.
I
think
you'll
agree
here
supporting
this
cast
here.
B
Dana
do
people
do
come
and
go,
but
they
are
trained
by
the
best
and
when
they
do
leave
with
it
were
in
good
hands.
Now
that
being
said,
I
hear
a
lot
around
thanking
our
mayor
today,
John
Tory
and
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor.
The
mayor
he's
getting
thanked
by
people
here
from
all
political
stripes
he's
out
in
their
wards.
I
know
he's
been
up
to
my
ward
on
numerous
occasions.
B
I've
had
great
chats
where
he's
brought
me
into
his
office
to
say
this,
and
what
do
you
think
about
this,
but
I
think
the
mayor?
You
brought
a
lot
of
things
together,
I
think
someone
said
I
forget
who
it
was,
but
this
council
usually
gets
it
right
and
I
got
a
lot
of
faith
in
this
council
and
our
staff
and
I
think
if
you
move
the
city
forward,
we're
in
good
hands
so
with
that
I
should
support
my
three
motions.
Thank
you.
L
D
L
N
L
Maybe
I'll
start
again
that,
in
anticipation
of
the
forthcoming
report
on
the
implementation
of
the
housing
commissioner
model
city
and
council
increased
the
2020
operating
budget
for
housing,
Secretariat
by
0.75
million
gross
and
zero
net
funded
by
the
social
housing
stabilization
reserve
fund.
As
initial
funding
for
the
model
to
ensure
that
the
housing
Commissioner
office
can
launch
in
2020.
L
Now
members,
you
will
remember
that
the
road
to
getting
our
housing
plan
in
place
was
a
rocky
one.
Many
members
of
the
community
felt
that
we
needed
to
do
better.
Many
members
of
the
community
wanted
us
to
act
on
housing
through
a
human
rights
lens
and
the
agreement
we
came
to
with
members
of
civil
civil
society.
Members
of
council
from
different
points
of
view
was
that
we
would
launch
the
program,
but
we
would
do
two
things
immediately.
L
One
was
convening
a
table
of
the
federal
and
provincial
and
municipal
governments
to
deal
to
devise
an
emergency
plan
to
deal
with
homelessness
in
the
City
of
Toronto.
Now
I
understand
from
the
planning
and
growth
committee
meeting
just
this
week
that
that
table
hasn't
happened,
and
you
know
we're
hopeful
that
maybe
something
will
drag
the
province
to
the
table
by
June.
So
we've
disappointed
the
community
who
are
working
on
homelessness
issues
and
housing
issues
in
one
way
already.
L
The
other
thing
that
they
were
absolutely
clear
that
we
needed
to
do
was
to
implement
the
tools
so
that
we
would
have
a
human
rights
framework
for
our
housing
program
and
the
piece
of
work
that
we
as
a
city
committed
to
do
to
deliver
on.
That
was
to
have
an
independent
commissioner
who
would
look
on
across
the
board
basis,
not
a
case-by-case
individual
basis
at
whether
there
were
structural
things.
L
You
heard
during
my
questioning
of
staff
and
the
lead-up
to
this
item
that
that
budget
line
does
not
appear,
and
it's
difficult.
It's
hard
to
know
what
budget
line
to
put
an
office.
We
don't
know
what
department
it
will
be
attached
to.
Maybe
it'll
be
independent.
We
don't
know
those
things,
but
what
we
do
know
is
when
we
approve
a
new
position
in
a
budget,
especially
one
that's
very
senior
level
and
is
going
to
require
some
kind
of
a
hiring
panel.
It
can
take
months
and
months
and
months.
L
L
Let's
put
a
little
earmark
on
seven
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars,
which
will
enable
us
to
launch
that
office
in
this
year.
Is
that
the
exact
amount
of
money?
No,
it
is
not.
Is
that
going
to
affect
the
ongoing
housing?
Stabilization
Reserve
staff
tell
us
no
we're
within
our
rights
to
do
it.
We
can
manage
that.
So
it's
very
simple
proposal,
its
delivering.
Simply
on
the
commitment
that
this
council
made
to
Torontonians
that
we
would
adopt
a
rights-based
approach
to
housing.
Some
others
don't
want
to
put
the
money
in.
L
But
again
you
don't
put
the
money
in
the
risk.
You
run
is
that
you
have
to
do
it
in
the
next
budget
and
then
it's
six
to
seven
months
after
that
before
the
office
is
in
place.
As
a
final
note,
I
do
want
to
thank
councilor
purusa.
It
had
been
my
intention
as
a
member
of
the
library
board
and
councillor
Ainsley
and
I
have
talked
about
this,
to
push
for
council
to
finally
start
to
implement
the
open
hours
program.
Thank
you
to
councilor
Prusa
for
bringing
that
motion
I,
encourage
you
all
to
support
it.
J
You
speaker,
I,
just
have
two
two
motions,
and
this
is
first
one
is
just
leading
on
my
questions
to
our
great
deputy
chief
that
I
asked
earlier,
which
was
about
the
loss
of
revenue.
A
substantial
loss.
I
would
think
when
we
look
year-over-year
at
the
traffic
ticket
of
a
situation
and
with
this
information
I
think
it's
also
quite
important
that
we
would
see
what's
happening
by
division.
We
all
get
a
lot
of
requests
to
have
speeders
stopped
and
have
different
things
happen,
and
we
should
you
have
the
to
up
another:
oh
I'm,
sorry,
first
one.
J
Second,
one
Thank
You,
speaker
you're,
so
good
right.
On
top
of
that.
The
second
one
actually
is
about
the
house
Secretariat
that
the
exact
director,
our
new
great
executive
director
in
our
great
general
manager
of
shelter,
support
and
housing
include
in
the
June
11th
2020
report
to
planning
and
housing
on
the
implementation
plan
for
housing,
tÃo,
appropriate
city
action,
an
identification
of
any
new
resources
or
budget
adjustments
that
may
be
required
in
2021
to
deal
with
renovations,
and
that
would
be
particularly
n,
12
and
13.
J
And
so
you
have
the
right
to
ask
them
to
leave
where
they've
been
renting
for
perhaps
most
of
their
adult
life
and
whether
or
not
you
move
in
nobody's
tracking,
so
many
people
are
being
evicted
will
say
very
unfairly
and
then
there's
n
13
switch
is
also
spiked,
which
is
buying
a
building,
letting
the
tenants
know
you're
going
to
be
renovating
to
the
point
where
they
can't
stay
there
and
your
longer
and
then
low
and
behold
they're
all
gone.
And
then
you
re
rent
that
for
two
and
three
times
the
amount.
J
So
this
is
a
relatively
new
phenomenon
everywhere
and
we
have
a
protection
of
rental
housing
subcommittee,
that's
Mouser,
perks
and
councillor
Bradford
are
on.
We
will
have
some
recommendations,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we're
teed
up
for
next
year,
because
coordination
of
what
the
city
can
bring
to
bear
for
a
hearing
is
rather
important
and
being
able
to
assist
the
tenants,
whether
it's
through
any
assistance
through
legal
aid
or
legal
or
coordination
with
buildings
or
advice,
etc.
J
Revenues
over
looks
like
probably
nine
years
fairly
substantial
revenues
when
we're
looking
well,
when
you
say
one
year
was
twenty
nine
million
another
year
was
a
lot
more
when
we
add
that
all
up,
that's
a
substantial
chunk
of
or
gone
revenue
and
I
think
Torontonians
actually
didn't
know
that
we
were
not
having
traffic
enforcement
in
the
same
waste
and
that
city
didn't
know
that
these
revenues
were
diminishing
and
I
just
want
to
speak
about
the
importance
of
traffic
traffic
enforcement.
We
all
get
a
lot
of
requests.
J
We
get
requests
for
speed,
humps,
we
get
requests
for,
stop
signs.
We
get
requests
to
slow
traffic
down
in
many
different
ways
on
residential
streets
and
on
arterioles.
We
want
crosswalks
three
one.
We
want
automatic
enforcement,
we're
doing
an
awful
lot
and
not
to
have
people
that
are
speeding,
feel
that
they
aren't
going
to
get
caught
by
any
means
is
a
problem
or
turning
on
a
street
that
says
don't
turn
because
they're
schoolchildren,
whatever
the
reasons,
are
having
this
lack
of
enforcement.
K
K
The
purpose
of
this
is
the
vision
to
have
some
sort
of
a
funding
or
a
program
mechanism
which
supports
tenants.
Are
we
talking
about
and
I
think
I
gleaned
from
your
speech
a
little
bit
that
the
city
is
going
to
become
involved
in
the
process
and
I
think
you
talked
about
having
some
supports
or
legal
aid
are
we
are
we
getting
involved
in
the
tribunal
process?
We.
J
There
is
not
a
coordinating
position
for
all
the
various
things
that
would
happen
regarding
Buildings
Department
regarding
our
tenant
services,
many
different
things,
including
epic,
so
epic
right
now
really
is
after
you've
been
evicted.
This
is
event
fiction,
prevention,
counselors,
so
I,
don't
know
what
that
might
be
I'm,
not
putting
a
number
I'm,
not
saying
do
it
I'm
just
saying
we're
going.
We
have
a
great
committee
we're
working
hard.
Is
there
anything
we
identified?
That
would
need
to
be
added
in
any
way
in
2020
one.
That's.
K
Always
is
the
point
of
this,
though,
to
take
a
side,
because
I
realized
that
you
know
there's
a
tribunal
process
between
landlords
and
tenants
right,
if
you
know
two
sides
to
the
equation
on
it
on
one
of
these
discussions
are
we
is
this
motion
advocating
for
us
to
take
the
side
of
tenants
automatically
and
so
some
sort
of
a
support
process.
I
can
understand
what
we're.
J
Going
to
or
supporting
tenants
once
they've
been
evicted,
we're
supporting
tenants
that
they
know
their
rights.
I
got
that
I
may
I
finish,
don't
thank
you.
Many
tenants
that
are
run
evicted
actually
don't
understand
that
they
can
move
back.
They
have
the
right
to
move
back
in.
We
have
so
many
opportunities
in
which
we
speak
to
people
speak
to
tenants,
housing
activists.
J
J
Well,
this
before
you
leave,
you
have
the
right
to
stay
and
if
you
don't
know
you
have
the
right
to
stay,
you're
just
going
to
leave
and
then
find
out
later
you
had
the
right
to
stay,
which
is
really
and
truly
what
happens
to
a
lot
of
people.
So
we
are
in
the
business
of
building
so
much
housing
right
now
we
want
to
build
so
many
units
we
are
committed
to
that,
but
we
can't
build
as
fast
as
people
are
leaving
being
evicted
here.
Evicted
there
run
evicted.
J
Well,
the
Landlord
and
Tenant
board
will
make
that
decision
if
they're
allowing
them
to
take
the
unit
and
but
tenants
are
in
an
unfair
relationship,
is
rather
unbalanced
and
if
they
don't
know
their
rights
and
they
don't
have
assistance,
they
don't
know
where
to
go.
It's
not
in
the
FMT
hotline
and
it's
not
it's
not
coordinated.
Perhaps
you
don't?
Perhaps
it's
not
a
really
big
renovation
councilman?
Perhaps
you
could
stay
in
your
home.
Thank
you.
Therefore.
There's
many
different
things
that
need
to
be
brought
to
the
table:
happy
to
educate,
Thank
You.
S
Thank
you,
Speaker
I
like
to
join
my
colleague
staff
to
first.
You
know
start
off
by
thanking
everybody,
who's
involved
in
this
lengthy
budget
process
and
I
know
everybody
have
put
on
a
lot
of
tireless
efforts
into
it,
especially
the
budget
Eve,
and
also
the
city
staff
that
have
found
millions
of
dollars
of
efficiencies
and
I
know
that
is
and
I
think
I.
S
Just
wanted
to
highlight
a
few
points
that
why
I'm
supporting
this
budget
and
I
hear
from
residents
every
day
that
we
need
to
provide
more
services
to
tackle
different
difficult
issues
in
the
city
and
I'm.
Happy
to
see
that
the
increased
funding
for
the
neighborhood
officer
program-
and
hopefully
we
can
provide
neighborhood
officer
to
the
wards
and
to
the
community
that
don't
have
a
dedicate
one
in
each
Ward-
should
have
a
community
office
neighborhood
officer
to
engage
with
police
and
to
engage
with
our
community
so
that
this
will
provide
benefits.
S
Well
beyond
the
cost
to
the
city
and
with
the
increase
in
the
vehicle,
er
pedestrian
accidents.
The
additional
enforcement
team
will
be
a
positive
start
to
enforcing
traffic
violations
as
well
the
mobile
speeding
enforcement
cameras.
We
need
to
continue
to
keep
our
own
street
safe
and
explore
proactive
measures
to
do
so
and
with
the
additional
TTC
bus
services.
S
I,
look
forward
to
the
express
bus
services
on
Finch
Avenue
because
in
some
parts
of
Toronto
it's
difficult
to
get
to
transit
and
I'm,
really
look
forward
to
the
Finch
East
bus
that
we
can
add
some
more
Express
services
to
there,
because
I've
been
hearing
residents
saying
that
they
are
waiting
for
four
or
five
buses
before
they
can
actually
get
on
the
bus.
And
it's
also
important
to
note
that
we
are
trying
to.
S
Thirteen
percent
of
all
the
trips
on
the
TTC
either
start
or
end
outside
of
Toronto
I,
just
wanted
to
do
a
shout
out
to
the
provincial
and
to
the
federal
government
that
the
economic
engine
of
Canada
Toronto
need
to
be
better
funded
with
all
these
capital
funding,
to
make
sure
that
they
are
all
in
good
state
of
repair
and
also
I
would
like
to
support
this
budget
because
that
they
even
have
we
have
actually
a
mechanism
that
is
serving
the
most
vulnerable
people.
A
lot
of
seniors.
S
That
cannot
afford
to
pay
the
increase
and
I'm
happy
to
say
that
that
we
have
programs
to
serve
those
people.
But
I
just
wanted
to
see
that
maybe
in
our
next
year
perhaps
we
can
actually
open
up
a
little
bit
in
helping
some
of
these
people
for
those
people
who
cannot
afford
to
pay
their
taxes.
So,
having
said
all
that
I'm
glad
to
support
this
year's
budget,
thank
you.
D
Yes,
madam
Speaker
I'm
only
going
to
speak
for
a
minute,
because
I
have
a
video
piece
that
I'd
like
to
show
I've
heard
many
councillors
express
surprise
that
people
accepted
the
the
city
building
fund
levy
so
quickly.
There
were
a
couple
of
days
of
controversy
over
it
and
and
then
there
was
a
general
community
wide
acceptance
and
I.
D
Don't
know
that
that
means
that
the
modernization
of
the
budget
that
the
transparency
were
trying
to
build
in,
it's
actually
achieved
its
goal.
I
think
people
just
know
when
they're
standing
in
the
darkness
of
a
sweaty
stalled
line
to
subway
car
on
a
Monday
morning
that
we
need
to
invest
just
know,
but
I
don't
know
that
they
deeply
understand.
Yet
why
this
city
building
levy
fund
is
going
to
serve
certain
purposes.
D
We're
going
they're
going
to
see
that
that
envelope
growing
over
the
next
three
years,
not
by
a
wind,
fill
fall,
but
by
a
gradual
amount,
and
during
that
time
we
won't
be
introducing.
In
my
crystal
ball.
We
won't
be
introducing
a
lot
of
new
revenue
tools
because
they'll
be
absorbing
that
change.
But
how
do
we
make
sure
they
deeply
understand
that
so
that
they're
ready
to
make
the
next
investment?
Madam
Speaker,
there
is
a
vehicle
we've
used
it
before.
That
gives
a
deep
understanding
to
communities
such
that
globally
around
the
world.
D
C
D
Holy
none
to
them,
so
the
neighborhood
assembly
maybe
starts
with
the
idea
of
we
wish
it
was
easier
to
cook
in
the
park
and
that's
where
that's,
where
parks
comes
in,
if
they
may
have
movies
in
a
catalog,
they
know
they
can
get
these.
If
someone
says
they
want
to
have
that,
you
want
to
have
parks
they're
first,
because
they
can
talk
about
what's
viable
there.
D
D
About
whether
something
goes
on
their
ballot,
whether
it's
viable,
you
set
these
conditions
upfront
and
then,
if
people
know
about
those
things
while
they're
voting
on
it,
then
you
don't
have
any
dispute
afterwards.
It's
become
quite
sophisticated
for
these
guys
because
they
have
done
it
every
year
for
eight
years
and
there's
learning
every
year.
When
you
do
PB
every
year.
What
happens
is
residents
start
to
think
like
counselors?
They
start
to
set
priorities.
I
works.
D
Sometimes
you
want
to
do
those
things,
but
you
end
up
in
a
bit
of
a
debate,
particularly
in
parks
with
the
public
service,
because
it
all
seems
politically
charged.
I
need
to
put
this
nice
thing
in
the
parsha.
It
will
get
me
votes,
but
when
you
hand
it
over
to
the
community
what
your
staff
learn,
what
the
public
service
words
is,
no
hugs
really
do
mean
everything
to
residents,
and
they
want
this
they're
telling
you
they
want
this.
So
now,
let's
just
figure
out
a
way
to
get
it
done.
Gentlemen,
I.
C
I
I
I
C
G
T
C
D
A
K
Thank
you,
I
just
want
to
start
by
saying
thank
you
to
the
budget
chief
to
the
mayor.
The
Budget
Committee
I,
don't
always
agree
with
the
politics
of
this
process,
but
you
know
what
credit
is
due
where
hard
work
was
done,
so
congratulations,
239
recommendations
plus
the
little
tinkering
on
the
floor.
It's
no
small
feat
to
bring
a
budget
before
council
I,
don't
agree
with
all
239
of
those
recommendations.
I
wanted
to
point
out
a
couple
of
them
that
I
think
we
should
be
paying
attention
to
his
council.
K
In
fact,
they're
non-financial
item
number
142
and
I
raised
it.
In
my
questions.
It
just
talks
about
some
policies
around
how
we
split
the
payment
for
transit
between
the
fare
box
and
probably
the
property
tax
base.
I
guess
there's
no
secret
answer
to
where
we
would
get
the
other
half
to
the
50%,
but
I.
Think
council
should
be
very
conscious
in
these
type
of
decisions
and
buried
in
the
middle
of
a
report,
and
sometimes
it
goes
unnoticed,
but
it
has
big
meaning
to
it.
K
I
also
wanted
to
draw
attention
to
item
number
4
and
it
just
talks
about
child
care.
Now
it
talks
about
a
little
bit
about
the
funding
split
of
us,
paying
20%
towards
the
child
care
subsidies
and
in
this
budget,
there's
a
bunch
of
money
baked
in
for
that
and
I
understand
that
and
I
don't
ever
advocate
on
reneging
on
that
money.
We
went
through
that
as
a
council.
There
was
a
change
in
the
financial
circumstances
and
they
caused
a
lot
of
grief
for
us.
K
So
I
am
very
cautious
about
this
because
it
has
to
do
with
what
I
said
earlier
today
about
being
very
deliberate
in
the
things
that
we
involved
ourselves
in
I
do
take
exception
to
us
getting
into
the
business
of
child
care
subsidies
and
the
reason
for
that
is
not
because
I'm
against
them.
I
had
three
kids
go
through
childcare
and
you
know
the
ones
just
sort
of
finishing
his
time
because
he's
getting
older
and
I
realized
it's
expensive
and
it's
prohibitive.
Counselor
cressie
asked
some
great
questions.
K
You
know
how
many
people
on
child
care-
subsidy
is
thirty
thousand
in
the
city
and
if
I
remember
from
the
report,
that's
out
of
eighty
thousand
child
care
spots.
That's
a
high
ratio,
but
I
do
get
worried
when
we
become
the
production
source
for
the
money
to
fund
that
type
of
a
subsidy
program,
and
it's
not
like
running
a
shelter
and
it's
not
like
running
public
health,
because
councilor
cressie
asked
about
that
as
well.
K
That
was
a
service
that
you
might
argue
has
been
downloaded
on
to
the
city,
but
it's
a
service,
whereas
this
is
a
subsidy
program
that
perhaps
is
better
matched
to
an
income
source,
because
that's
what
it's
all
about.
It's
about
income
differences
rather
than
the
property
tax
payer.
But
what
I
get
really
worried
about
is
getting
into
the
business
of
child
care
and
these
Co
subsidy
agreements
when
these
other
orders
of
government
ought
to
be
paying
that
program,
because
that's
where
it
belongs.
K
K
I'm,
not
sure
that
it's
the
right
answer
to
fight
the
political
fight
by
putting
it
onto
the
shoulders
of
taxpayers.
Councillor
Bradford
talked
about
it
a
little
bit
in
his
speech.
It
was
about
ambition,
aspiration.
It's
not
our
journey
alone.
I
agree
with
that,
but
he
turned
around
and
said.
You
know
this
budget
contemplates
heavy
lifting
I
agree,
but
I'm
not
gonna
pop
myself.
K
On
the
back
for
the
heavy
lifting,
the
heavy
lifting
is
done
by
all
the
taxpayers
in
the
city
and
they're,
the
ones
that
we
have
to
face
and
own
up
to,
and
it
is
heavy
lifting
on
these
programs,
especially
when
it
comes
to
transfers
of
wealth
or
income.
It's
not
what
the
property
tax
system
is
designed
for
and
I
just
would
ask
the
counselors
keep
that
in
mind
as
they
go
through
these
budget
decisions.
K
I
understand
the
politics
of
it,
but
please
appreciate
the
mechanisms
before
us
and
the
demands
that
the
public
place
on
us
for
the
services
that
they
need
and
expect
in
the
city
and
the
services
that
are
provided
by
those
other
orders
of
government.
Let's
hold
them
accountable,
not
make
up
for
anything
that
they
fail
to
do.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
N
B
N
Think
that's
a
good
sign
in
and
of
itself
and
I'd
like
to
in
beginning.
My
remarks
acknowledge
four
groups
of
people
with
some
thanks
to
getting
this
to
what
I
believe
is
is
a
good
budget.
The
first
is
the
budget
chief
and
his
committee
for
the
hard
work
and
the
tone
that
they
have
set
in
how
we
approach
this
budget.
N
That,
in
and
of
itself,
is
a
big
deal,
our
city
staff,
of
course,
from
at
the
city,
manager
and
DCM
level
and
our
CFO,
and
it's
her
first
budget,
but
to
all
our
division
heads
for
the
long
and
arduous
work
that
they
put
in
to
our
mayor.
I.
Think
part
of
the
reason
this
has
been
such
a
collaborative
budget
process
is
because
a
big
decision
was
made
around
investing
through
the
city
building
fund
and
I'd
like
to
commend
his
leadership
on
that
and
then
I
think.
N
The
last
group
we
need
to
acknowledge
here
is
this
chamber
and
many
residents
of
our
city,
because,
as
recently
as
April,
the
2020
budget
was
going
to
be
a
extremely
tough
one.
As
recently
as
April,
we
were
facing
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
in
cuts
to
our
budget.
We're
not
today
we're
facing
a
7.1
million
dollar
cut
to
childcare
subsidies
in
public
health
that
were
absorbed
but
a
manageable
cut
because
of
the
work
of
this
chamber
and
residents
in
our
city
and
organizations
who
spoke
out
and
helped
to
secure
a
reversal
of
those
cuts.
N
If
not
for
that,
this
would
be
a
very
different
meeting
and
I
think
that's
a
message
that
when
you
stand
up
for
Toronto,
when
we
collectively
stand
up
for
Toronto,
we
can
win
and
we
did.
There
have
been
some
epic
budget
battles
over
the
years.
I've
been
a
part
of,
and
this
is
not
one
of
them
I.
Is
this
budge
budget
perfect?
It's
not
for
me
and
I
be
hard-pressed
to
find
anybody
who
says
it's
perfect
for
them.
N
It
is
a
good
budget
and
it
will
have
my
support,
and
so
let
me
articulate
a
few
of
the
reasons
why
I
think
it
is
a
good
budget
I.
We
stood
up
collectively
on
public
health,
4.3
million
dollars
in
cuts
by
the
province.
We
have
stood
up
for
our
residents
and
Torontonians
when
the
province,
let
them
down
on
public
health
programs,
childcare
subsidies
for
186
subsidies
when
the
province
decided
to
cut
those.
N
We
again
as
this
city
have
stood
up
to
stand
up
for
those
families
and
those
subsidies,
the
6.1
million
dollars
to
combat
the
roots
of
violence
and
youth
violence
that
the
mayor
and
deputy
mayor
Thompson
announced
a
hundred
and
sixty
million
dollars
in
capital
funding
for
Toronto
Community
Housing
this
year
and
every
year
going
forward.
For
ten
years,
when
I
had
the
privilege
of
sitting
on
the
board
of
TC
HC.
For
many
years,
we
were
collectively
fighting
for
each
level
of
government
to
step
up.
N
We
have
and
that
a
big
credit
goes
to
our
deputy
mayor
and
a
by
Lau
for
that
work
and
the
city
building
fund
billions
of
dollars
to
get
into
the
business
of
state
of
good
repair
in
a
much
bigger
way
and
to
deal
with
housing
right
now.
This
budget
isn't
perfect
and
I
wouldn't
be
doing
my
job
as
a
counselor.
If
I
didn't
acknowledge
some
of
the
omissions
that
I
see
and
forgive
me
mr.
N
mayor
I
know
it
pains,
you
and
I
acknowledge
omissions,
but
we
still
spend
far
too
much
money
on
an
aging
piece
of
elevated
infrastructure
that
I
wish.
We
weren't
the
much-needed
vacant
homes,
tax
and
a
luxury
homes
rate
for
the
ML
TT
has
been
punted
to
next
year.
So
we
will
have
that
great
debate
soon
to
come
and,
of
course,
waiting
lists
still
continue
to
grow
as
we
stood
up
as
a
city
was.
N
It
relates
to
child
care
to
keep
them
stable,
where
they
are,
but
that
old
line
of
show
me
your
budget
and
I'll
tell
you
what
your
priorities
are.
If
there's
a
message
in
this
budget,
it's
that
when
you
invest,
we
can
do
good
things
and
I
believe
that
we
are
investing
and
I
think
we're
gonna
build
a
better
city
as
a
result
of
it,
and
so
you
know.
For
me
this
is
a
case
of
don't
let
perfect
be
the
enemy
of
the
good.
N
A
Thank
you
very
much
and
Knight
I'd
like
to
thank
councillor
Crawford
is
the
chair
of
the
Budget
Committee
and
all
the
committee
members
for
the
past
few
months.
When
we
sat
on
the
budget
and
having
the
deputations
special
thanks
to
the
mayor
in
this
budget,
we
have
increased
funding
for
transit
housing
and
the
additional
six
million
dollars.
So
we
announced
a
couple
weeks
ago
for
Community
Safety.
That's
that's
very
important,
and
it
was
very
important
to
my
community,
in
particular
the
youth
hubs,
additional
youth
hubs
in
in
the
city
and
also
the
community
spaces.
A
We
do
have
a
lot
of
youth
groups
and
my
ward,
where
we
have
agencies
that
are
providing
services
and
programming
for
youth
and
I'm
pleased
to
say
that
we
will
be
funding
some
of
these
agencies
to
expand
the
services
they
are
to.
The
youth
is
very
important
to
me
and
as
well
as
the
funding
for
the
police
for
additional
police
officers,
which
is
a
which
is
a
priority
for
me
and
my
ward.
That
is
because
of
the
number
of
gun
violence
that
we've
had
in.
In
my
ward.
My
constituents
have
been
advocating
for
that.
A
For
quite
a
while,
and
as
well
as
getting
neighborhood
officers
on
the
streets,
what
the
community
wants
to
see
is
more
officers
walking
the
street.
They
feel
a
lot
safer
and
I
believe
that
the
budget
we
have
here
today
that
we're
proving
addresses
them
those
issues
so
I'm.
There
are
a
couple,
but
there
are
a
few
motions
that
I
will
not
be
supporting
the
but
not
presented
the
vehicle
tax
that
keeps
coming
up
every
year.
I
remember
when
it
was
first
implemented.
A
A
If
we're
going
to,
if
we
want
revenue,
then
we
should
be
looking
at
and
I
know
that
I
brought
it
up
a
couple
years
ago
and
I
hope
that
we
compress
you
that,
like
why
not
have
a
City
of
Toronto
lottery?
Why
not
have
a
lottery
use
that
revenue
to
go
to
daycare
parks?
Why
not
people
are
buying
these
lottery
tickets
every
week?
A
If,
if
you,
if
you
have
to
buy
a
lottery
ticket,
if
you
know
what's
going
to
the
City
of
Toronto,
if
you
know
is
going
to
daycare
and
parks,
you
would
go
out
and
spend
your
dollar
rather
than
bottle
Mac's
or
these
other
tickets.
Why
not
do
that?
If
you
want
to
get
revenue,
that's
the
easiest
way
to
get
revenue
because
it
doesn't
target
everyone
that
targets,
people
that
are
buying
these
tickets
weekly
and
are
spending
all
this
money.
My
opinion,
if
that's
what
you
want
to
do,
that's
the
way
we
should
go.
Thank
you.
J
D
J
G
Have
several
points
I'd
like
to
start
with
point
number,
a
that
economic
development
and
culture
capital
and
operating
budget
City
Council
requests
a
general
manager,
economic
development
and
culture
in
consultation
with
the
jur
indigenous
affairs
office,
City
Council
of
Toronto
council
fire
to
report
back
to
City
Council,
nor
later
than
April
2020,
with
a
plan
to
facilitate
completion
of
the
Indian
Residential
school
survivors
legacy
structure,
Nathan,
Phillips
Square.
There
are
some
conditions
up
there,
as
well
as
part
of
that
discussion.
Motion
B.
This
is
a
longer
one.
G
This
is
a
report
request
in
relation
to
implement
the
implementation
of
a
commercial
parking
levy
as
a
dedicated
revenue
stream
for
transit,
climate
initiatives
and
investments
in
resilience
you
can
see
below.
There
are
a
bunch
of
qualifications
for
what
should
be
included
in
such
a
report
request
and
then
motion
C,
which
I
probably
don't
need
on
the
screen,
but
will
anyhow,
which
is
being
received
as
a
as
a
friendly
amendment
to
councillor
Matt
Lowe's
motion
replacing
the
fleet
services
vehicle
rezerve
accounts
with
the
tax
Stabilization
Reserve
I.
G
First
I'd
like
to
to
thank
staff
city
staff
for
undertaking
this
budget
process
with
us.
I
know
it
was
a
new
process
on
all
staff
involved.
I
think
it
was
a
bit
of
a
shift
to
the
budget
chief
and
budget
committee.
We
sat
through
a
lot
of
deputations
a
lot
of
questions,
perhaps
less
because
councillor
Davis
is
NaN
counsel
but
we'll
miss
her
dearly,
hi
councillor
Davis.
G
Thanks
to
that
cuz,
she
is
watching
trust
me
I,
know
I'm,
not
changing,
not
changing
the
mayor's
child
care
motion.
Please
Janet
the
the
mayor,
mr.
mayor
and
his
staff,
who
I
think
demonstrated
two
things
in
this
budget
process.
To
me
personally,
one
is
a
collaborative
approach
and
two
an
open-minded
approach
where
we
I
felt
open
to
bring
stuff
forward
and
at
the
same
time
there
was
an
effort
there
to
try
to
try
to
make
things,
work
and
I.
G
Think
a
lot
of
the
change
that
we
saw
in
this
budget
and
that
we'll
see
today
are
a
result
of
their
efforts.
Sure
there
were
bumps
along
the
way
in
this
new
budget
process.
I'm,
not
saying
that
this
was
all
a
very
Merry
process
where
we're
all
holding
hands
at
every
stage.
But
is
this
a
perfect
budget?
As
my
colleague
councillor
Chris,
he
said.
No,
it's
not
we're
relying
on
on
unconfirmed
money
from
the
federal
government
to
address
a
hole
in
the
budget,
largely
of
their
of
the
creation
of
circumstance,
global
circumstances.
G
We
are
balancing
the
budget,
the
TTC
budget
on
TTC
fares,
I,
don't
think!
That's
a
good
idea!
I
personally,
don't
think
charging
more
for
transit
is
a
good
way
to
balance
the
budget.
Do
I
want
investments
in
transit
that
this
budget
is
also
making
as
a
result
of
some
of
the
work.
Yes,
I
think
it
is
the
positive
investment
that
we're
making
there
and
I'm
prepared
to
to
vote
in
support
of
the
budget.
For
that
reason,
because
we're
advancing
priorities,
perfect,
no,
but
priorities
are
moving
forward.
G
Once
we've
all
agreed
on
Ravine
strategies
moving
forward
in
advance
of
when
we
thought
it
would
we're
hiring
new
EMS
EMS
workers.
Our
library
hours
are
now
being
put
forward
here.
Youth
hubs
are
climate
programs
moving
and
advancing
the
way
that
it
should
be
eviction.
Prevention
is
I,
hope,
gonna
be
put
for
it,
climate
action,
the
the
the
Regent
social
development
plan.
These
are
things
that,
for
the
most
part
weren't
in
the
budget.
At
the
beginning
and
found
their
way
in
the
budget
because
they
were
commitments
the
council
made
together.
G
Yes,
the
budget
advances
things,
but
there
is
still
more.
We
can
do.
Transit
needs
greater
investment.
We
see
that
in
the
state
of
good
repair,
the
purchasing
of
vehicles
and
other
lines
need
to
need
additional
money.
Road
Safety
needs
to
happen
faster
and
more
effectively.
We
need
to
invest
in
that
better
parks,
more
affordable
housing,
more
investments
in
climate
action
and
resilience
better
investments
into
our
small
businesses.
These
are
things
I
believe
we
all
agree
on
I
believe
we
all
agree
on.
So
we
have
to
find
ways
to
pay
for
it.
G
I'm
gonna
tell
you
how
some
is
going
to
come
from
efficiencies
like
we
do
every
year,
hundreds
of
millions
we
find
that
way,
but
we
need
other
tools.
A
sales
tax
has
been
mentioned
repeatedly,
but
a
parking
levy
is
a
tool
we
have
it's
supported
by
a
majority
of
Torontonians
and
raises
stable
and
sustainable
money
up
to
500
million
dollars
evening.
Thank.
T
Thank
you,
madam
Speaker.
I
do
have
three
motions
that
I
would
like
to
put
forward,
and
first
one
should
I
just
start
speaking
on
the
motion.
Okay,
so
the
first
one
is
with
regards
to
the
epic
program,
as
some
of
my
colleagues
during
the
question
period
asked.
This
is
the
program
that
has
shown
success
that
we
can
expand
and
that
we
know
at
actually
the
most
human
and
economic
way
to
deal
with
this
issue.
We
know
that
is,
it
is
cheaper
to
keep
people
housed.
T
T
This
is
with
regards
with
the
much
talked
about
vacant
tax
and
the
reason
why
I'm
actually
amending
some
of
the
motion
that
councillor
Bradford,
who
has
worked
closely
with
me
on
this,
is
I,
wanted
to
make
sure
that
people
understood
that
this
is
not
so
much
about
the
tax.
This
is
actually
a
housing
policy
conversation
that
we
need
to
involve
our
Housing
Secretariat
to
the
executive
director
in
this.
This
needs
this
pot.
T
T
What
we
actually
do
is
to
the
measurements
that
are
that
through
the
last
report
that
we
had
in
front
of
us,
where
it'll
actually
show
that
we
had
between
fifteen
to
twenty
eight
thousand
empty
units
in
the
City
of
Toronto
is
that
we
are
able
to
bring
some
of
that
are
online
and
that
we
bring
it
into
the
market.
The
impacts
of
this
has
in
the
market
that
your
impacts,
that
this
has
on
housing,
happen
yep.
Another
motion.
A
T
T
T
Okay,
bring
the
other
one
and
I'll
continue
to
you
can
show
it
I'll
continue
to
speak
on
this
one.
So
the
idea
of
having
the
housing
Secretariat
having
it
in
April
and
ensure
that
it
is
also
included
in
our
implementation,
housing
plan
is
that
we
understand
that
this
is
a
housing
policy
approach
that,
if
that
we
need
to
bring
these
housing
units
that
today
seat
vacant,
that
we
bring
it
online
as
stock
in
the
housing
stock.
T
So
if
we
can
bring
some
of
those
units
available
to
be
somebody's
home,
we
should
do
it
as
soon
as
possible,
and
we
should
do
it
with
all
the
tools
that
we
have
made
that
to
us,
and
this
might
be
very
well
the
one
of
the
two
that
has
been
proven
in
other
cities
that
has
worked.
It
has
worked
in
other
cities.
T
It
has
been
implemented
in
other
cities,
so
I
am
looking
forward
to
have
staff
coming
forward
and
have
this
included
as
well
as
part
of
our
implementation
plan
for
housing,
2020
2030
when
it
comes
in
June
as
well.
This
should
be
included
in
how
we
implement
our
hasn't
planned.
My
third
motion,
as
well
as
with
regards
to
the
housing
commissioner,
we
have
as
part
of
the
housing
plan,
did
commit
to
look
into
to
have
the
housing
Commissioner
a
function
or
position,
or
you
know
how
it's
gonna
work
is
gonna,
be
reported
in
June
coming
forward.
T
For
next
year,
there
will
be
no
need
to
wait
that
there
will
be
a
adjustment
to
add
in
budget
adjustment
like
it's
done
in
many
many
occasions
in
many
many
reports
that
we
received
throughout
the
year,
so
all
I'm
asking
is
allow
our
staff
to
do
the
work
we
have
committed
council
has
voted
to
have
it
done,
council
has
voted
to
have
it
come
forward?
Allow
our
staff
to
do
the
report
and
come
forward.
T
I
would
like
to
I,
know
I'm
reaching
my
five
minutes,
but
I
would
like
to
thank
staff
and
the
budget
committee
and
the
mayor
for
what
I
think
is
a
very
balanced
budget.
I
kept
hearing,
I'm
I
think
I'm,
one
of
the
last
few
councilors
to
speak,
and
the
word
that
I
heard
the
most
in
this
in
this
council
chamber
today.
It
was
balanced,
balanced,
balanced
and
I.
Think
that
when
we
have,
you
know
a
very
fresh
impression,
pressing
issues
pulling
us
from
all
sides.
T
K
You,
madam
Speaker,
my
questions
on
the
first
motion.
It's
on
the
epoch
fund
I
was
curious
about
the
source
of
the
funding
for
it
not
on
the
program
and
I
wondered
if
the
deputy
mayor
by
law
would
consider
it
a
friendly
amendment.
If
I
found
another
source
worth
1.1
million
dollars
that
has
zero
effect
on
service
levels
and
on
reserve
funds,
would
you
consider
it
a
friendly
amendment,
I.
K
Note
in
the
clerk's
budget
there's
one
point:
1
million
dollars
for
consultation
on
rank
ballots
and
there's
nothing
that
compels
us
to
do
that.
It's
it's
literally
sitting
in
there,
it's
1.1
million
dollars.
We!
If
we,
if
we
allocated
that
funding
it
would
harm
nobody
and
it
would
cost
no-one
anything
other
than
moving
it
from
one
cause
to
another
and
I
think
that's
the
essence
of
what
we
do
in
this
process.
As.
K
T
K
K
Realize
capitalist
and
Curran
has
implications
somewhere
and
we've
got
that
money
sitting
in
the
clerk's
budget.
There's
nothing
that
compels
us
to
move
forward
on
rank
ballots
other
than
just
a
simple
decision
by
Council
and
I.
You
wouldn't
see
that
as
friendly
or
you
know,
taking
that
money
and
using
it
from
one
source
to
another.
That
is,
you
know
a
higher
and
best
use
of
the
money.
Council.
T
Q
Q
T
So,
what
we're
we,
this
council
committed
to
have
a
rights
to
housing
approach
and
by
working
with
experts
in
the
field
and
following
what
the
federal
government
is
doing
also
to
implement
the
right
to
housing.
It
is
advisable
that
we
have
either
a
housing
commissioner
or
a
function,
somebody
that
has
a
complementary
support
work
and
that
assists
us
in
reporting
on
the
implementation
of
our
housing
plan.
Staff
are
looking
into
what
is
the
best
way
to
do
that?
T
Q
This
was
the
source
of
my
confusion,
because
I
was
reading
up
earlier
about
the
mandate
of
the
house
and
Secretariat,
and
one
of
the
items
is
delivering
federal
and
provincial,
affordable
housing
programs,
the
city
programs,
by
working
with
the
private
on
and
on
and
on
etcetera.
So
I,
just
I
inferred
that
by
by
by
how
we've
described
their
their
their
job
description,
that
that
would
be
the
applicable
place.
So
it's.
T
A
this
is
this,
is
this
is
new
we're
the
first
city
to
do
that.
Canada
is
one
of
the
very
first
countries
to
do
that.
They're
putting
the
housing
advocate
office
together
as
well
there.
So
this
is
all
we're
all
working
with
stakeholders
and
through
this
and
that's
why
I
think
staff
to
have
the
time
to
do
that
report
and
then
let
us
know
what
source,
what
resources
they
need
and
once
we
actually
understand
what
would
that
position
entail?
T
Q
T
Don't
want
to
predetermine
battery
with
counsel,
gave
a
pretty
strong
indication
and
direction
that
we
wanted
to
move
into
that
direction,
that
we
wanted
that
we
feel
like
in
order
to
have
a
rights
right
to
house
approach,
that
it
is
important
to
have
somebody
doing
that
overlooking
and
that
accountability
of
our
plan.
So
I
would
be
very
much
looking
forward
to
see
what
the
conversations
with
the
sector
is
going
to
bring
forward
the
opinion
of
our
new
housing
Secretariat.
J
O
O
O
O
When
these
budget
ideas
I
know
they
all
come
at
budget
committees
and
the
town
halls
on
budgets,
but
to
me
every
time
I
walk
into
my
local
grocery
store,
lady
or
if
they're
on
Dufferin
people
approach
me
on
a
regular
basis,
then
they
tell
me
what's
important
to
them
on
a
regular
basis.
They
tell
me
what
they
think.
What
is
good,
better
and
different
if
I
walk
into
my
little
corner
store,
if
I
go
to
the
mechanic,
if
I
go
to
church
or
a
synagogue,
people
come
up
to
you
all
the
time
they
say.
O
I
want
this.
This
is
important.
This
is
not
important.
So
to
me
that
is
part
of
a
budget
process
that
goes
on
365
days
a
year
when
we
have
our
town
halls
and
our
public
meetings
we've
had
in
North
Toronto
with
councillor
Matt
low
and
the
mayor
and
councillor
Crecy.
They
told
us,
you
know
public
health
is
important
and
we
listen
to
them
and
that's
why
we
fought
the
good
fight,
the
good
fight
and
we
ended
up
getting
some
reimbursement
for
those
cuts
that
were
planned
because
people
spoke
out
and
said.
O
Public
health
is
important
and
that's
why
it's
reflected
in
this
budget
because
we
listened
to
people.
So
it's
not
just
about
the
thing
at
budget
time
this
input
and
we
all
receive
it.
You
can't
I
I'm
sure
all
of
us
can't
go
anywhere.
You
know
the
councillor.
Grimes
goes
to
San
Remo
I'm
sure,
and
he
goes
to
pick
up
his
doughnuts.
They
don't
just
talk
about
doughnuts.
They
talk
about
taxes
right.
O
They
talk
about
the
taxes
that
they
have
to
pay:
the
small
business
there
on
Kipling
Royal,
York,
Royal,
York,
okay,
the
best
doughnuts
in
the
City
of
Toronto.
That's
number
one,
no
doubt
about
it:
anyways
I!
Just
think
that
we
all
should
thank
everybody
who
did
all
this
great
work
over
this
while
and
that
we
were
not
going
to
be
able
to
satisfy
all
the
crucial
needs
that
the
city
faces
Thank
You
councillor,
but
we'll
try
thanks.
F
Speaker
and
the
first
of
all
have
motion,
and
the
motion
here
is
really
just
to
say
that
dependent
upon
the
results
of
the
provincial
and
federal
budgets
on
childcare,
that
we
want
to
report
on
the
implications
of
what
they
set
aside
and,
secondly,
to
make
a
commitment
and
I'll
be
the
happiest
guy
in
the
room.
If,
if
they
set
aside
a
lot
more
money
and
I
was
committing
ourselves
to
20
percent,
involves
us
spending
more
money
because
that'll
mean
more
childcare,
so
it
just
says
we're
committing
ourselves
to
the
20
percent.
F
So
it's
very
clear
and
I've
made
that
clear
as
well
to
the
government's
when
I've
been
visiting
with
them.
I
don't
want
to
take
away
from
the
very
very
consensual
spirit
that
has
been
in
the
room,
but
I
will
just
say
on
other
motions:
I
will
not
be
supporting
the
car
tax
motion.
I
will
not
be
supporting
the
motions
that
have
to
do
with
TTC
fares.
F
I
prefer
the
approach
taken
by
councillor
Bradford
in
that
regard
to
have
our
people
at
the
TTC
have
a
look
at
how
we
could
make
sure
we
address
this
particular
issue
going
forward.
I
will
not
support
a
councillor
perks,
motion
with
regard
to
the
housing,
Commissioner
I
think
when
the
position
is
defined
and
when
some
of
the
work
has
been
done.
F
Don't
do
it
often
that
I
so
Sofia,
our
venetus
in
my
own
office,
just
works
all
year
on
the
budget
and
that's
a
partly
in
response
to
the
fact
that
I'm
a
bit
of
a
bear
for
punishment
on
wanting
to
be
involved
in
the
detail
of
the
budget
and
working
with
all
of
you,
and
she
helps
me
to
keep
informed
on
and
I
just
want
to
thank
her
for
her
leadership
in
that
regard.
So
we've
talked
today
in
a
terrific
I
think
constructive
debate
about
the
fact
that
the
budget
achieves
many
different
things.
F
It
maintains
and
approved
services,
especially
for
some
of
the
most
vulnerable
and
at-risk
and
I'm,
really
proud
of
the
additional
investment
we're
making
in
kids
and
families
and
neighborhoods.
It
improves
the
fish
in
many
different
respects.
It
invests
for
the
future
through
the
city
building
fund
and
otherwise
in
when
it
comes
to
transit
and
housing,
it
does
help
to
keep
the
city
affordable.
F
This
is
a
challenge
because,
as
we
invest
and
as
we
you
know,
hire
more
frontline
service
people
and
so
on,
it
becomes
something
somehow
it
has
to
be
paid
for,
but
I
think
we've
taken
a
number
of
measures
and
will
continue
to
do
so
to
keep
the
city,
affordable
and
I
think
it
does
protect
our
success
and,
as
deputy
mayor
a
bylaw
said,
you
know
the
word.
That's
maybe
even
use
most
frequently,
including
by
me,
is
this
word
balance
and,
of
course
the
budget
itself
is
balanced,
which
is
a
requirement
of
the
law.
F
And
you
know
there
are
people
who
wouldn't
hire
the
300
police
officers
and
they
wouldn't
hire
the
hundred
twenty
one
bus
drivers
and
they
wouldn't
hire
the
60
plus
paramedics
and
on
the
list
goes,
and
they
would
go
prefer
to
go
back
to
the
days
of
slashing
bus
routes
and-
and
you
know,
having
things
they
just
not
addressed,
and
there
are
other
people
who
would
raise
taxes
far
higher
than
and
and
expand
the
reach
and
the
role
of
this
government
and
the
biggest
problem
I
have
with.
That.
F
Is
that,
first
of
all,
I
don't
think
people
can
afford
more
than
we're
asking
them
for
a
lot
of
people
can't,
but
secondly,
by
so
doing,
I
honestly
believe
we
are
unconsciously
or
otherwise
allowing
the
downloading
of
things
onto
this
government
and
onto
the
property
taxpayers
of
the
City
of
Toronto
that
are
not
the
proper
responsibility
of
those
groups
of
people,
the
same
group
of
people
and
so
I'm
for
the
art
of
the
possible
with
a
hopefully
an
extra
dose
of
courage
and
ambition.
That
I
think
we've
built
in
to
this
budget.
F
Thanks
to
some
of
the
decisions
we
took
earlier
on.
With
the
city
building
fund
and
whatnot
and
I
think
that
we
have
to
lead
in
this
place,
but
I
think
that
we
have
to
maintain
the
confidence
and
support
Republican,
leading
and
I've
taken
that
approach
with
respect
to
supervised
injection
sites.
Bike
lanes,
which
is
you
you,
you
lead,
but
you
don't
get
too
far
ahead
of
the
public
so
that
you
can
maintain
their
confidence.
F
Third,
out
of
50
in
tech
towns,
six
out
of
sixty
in
safe
cities,
17
out
of
100
best
cities
in
the
world
from
the
residents
economic
development
and
tourism
index
2
out
of
100
in
the
world's
most
reputable
cities,
we've
jumped
20
spots
in
the
world's
most
reputable
cities
in
the
last
two
years.
So
it's
not
perfect.
We
know
that
there's
many
challenges
we
have
we've
discussed
them
here
today.
We're
trying
to
address
them,
but
there's
a
lot
to
be
proud
of.
F
There's
a
lot
to
be
hopeful
about
and
I
think
the
budget
makes
those
investments
and-
and
we
have
moved
forward
in
that
regard-
and
we
need
to
focus
on
a
continuing
basis
on
more
support
for
those
who
are
struggling,
especially
affordable,
housing
and
supportive
housing.
I
mean
that's
a
huge
priority
that
people
told
us
that
neighborhoods
that
need
a
hand
up
we're,
making
some
steps
forward
in
that
regard,
this
time
modernizing
and
making
more
efficient
the
government
itself,
but
in
the
end
I
think
we've
got
to
protect
our
success.
F
You
hear
me
say
this
all
the
time
we've
got
to
move
in
a
measured
way,
keep
the
finances,
stable
and
well
managed
and
respected
by
people.
I
think
we
can
have
at
the
core
of
this
I
believe
and
I'll
finish
on
this
note:
wealth
creation
and
wealth
creation
taking
place
in
the
city,
which
can
only
happen
because
people
invest
here
and
create
businesses
and
create
jobs
here
that
can
continue.
F
If
we
do
all
of
these
things-
and
that
will
be
the
best
thing
we
can
do
to
help
people
to
lift
themselves
up
in
the
city
and
and
to
take
full
advantage
of
the
opportunity.
There's
Toronto
and
I
think
this
budget
does
that
and
I
think
it's
one
that
is
worthy
of
your
support
and
I
thank
everybody
for
the
role
they've
played
in
making
this
budget
to
come
to
to
today's
both.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
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the
budget
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technology
services,
trunk
Toronto,
please
TTC
TC
HC,
as
they
pertain
to
expansion,
a
provision
of
telephone
wireless
internet
and
television
services
and
the
budget
person
32
communications
as
they
pertain
to
new
summary
services
and
the
budgets
for
transportation
services,
as
they
pertain
to
the
Rogers
communication
up.
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project.
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C
O
F
Mara
Tory
Speaker
I
just
want
to
say
cuz
I
wasn't
aware
of
who
was
talking
to
the
councillor
Robinson
and
who
wasn't
and
councillor
Carol
says
she
hadn't
spoken
to
her
for
a
while
I
spoke
to
her
yesterday
and
some
of
you
may
have
but
she's
in
really
good
spirits.
I
mean
she's
been
through
a
lot,
but
she
was
in
great
spirits
and
I
won't
get
into
what's
gonna
happen
next,
but
she's
got
more.
F
You
know
more
trials
to
come,
but
she's
in
great
spirits
going
into
the
next
stage
of
everything,
and
she
really
appreciates
all
the
support
she's
had
from
from
this
building
and
from
all
the
people
here.
But
I
was
just
really
impressed
at
how
good
her
spirits
were
compared
to
you
know
the
last
time
I
spoke
with
her
and
so
she's,
just
she's
fighting
the
good
fight
and
I'm
sure
she
feels
that
support
coming
from
this
room.
So
I
just
wanted
to
report
on.