How Amber Morley voted at council

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1. 2026.MM39.53ADOPTED

   Protecting Chinatown as a Cultural District

   Chinatown is an important part of Toronto's cultural landscape, serving people across Toronto and attracting large numbers of visitors, both tourists and local residents. Toronto’s first Chinatown was largely displaced through expropriation for today’s City Hall. Many displaced residents and businesses moved to what is now Toronto’s West Chinatown, centred on Dundas Street between McCaul and Spadina and on Spadina Avenue between College and Queen. This area is home to the highest concentration of Chinatown societies and legacy businesses that originate from the Canadian Chinese Exclusion Act and head tax era. Chinatown later evolved with major waves of immigration from Southeast Asia, including Indochinese Designated Class refugees. Today, many diasporic East and Southeast Asian Toronto subcultures make their home in Chinatown - creating a distinct Chinatown identity and Asian-Canadian cultural experience found nowhere else. Many local Chinese and Indochinese-owned and -operated businesses in Chinatown are fighting a battle against the potential loss of the character, identity and roots of their neighbourhood. As owners age, commercial and residential rents rise,…

   City Council · 2026-03-26 15:11 PM

   Adopt Item

   Amber Morley's vote: Yes

   Majority required - MM39.53 - Adoption of Recommendations 1, 2 and 3 only

   Motion result

   Carried

   Recorded tally

   23-2

   Source outcome