City Council · 2024-10-10 19:38 PM
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Toronto is facing housing and homelessness crises - one where rising rents are creating unaffordable conditions for middle-income earners to live and work in the city; while a second crisis is due to a lack of deeply affordable and supportive homes for those with low-incomes, or who are experiencing homelessness, and often physical, mental health and/or addiction challenges. These crises are being driven by factors that range from inadequate housing supply, low wages and social assistance rates that have not kept pace with the rising cost of living, and structural inequities that disproportionately impact Indigenous, Black, and other racialized groups. As noted in the Perspective on the Rental Housing Roundtable report, these intersecting but separate crises require different policy solutions. The City of Toronto and its partners are taking a range of actions across the housing continuum that are guided by the HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan ("HousingTO Plan") and the Housing Action Plan (2022-2026). Together, these plans provide a blueprint for comprehensive action that is rooted in the Toronto Housing Charter - Opportunity for All which recognizes that all orders of government,…
City Council · 2024-10-10 19:38 PM
Majority required - PH15.5 - Adopt the item
There is a humanitarian crisis unfolding on streets in our cities, large and small, urban and rural, across Ontario. The time for words is over, we need immediate action at all levels of government, starting with the Province. The homelessness, mental health and addictions crisis continues to grow with 3,432 drug related deaths in Ontario in 2023 as well as with an estimated 234,000 Ontarians experiencing homelessness and over 1,400 homeless encampments across Ontario communities in 2023. While the province has provided additional funding for mental health, addictions and homelessness programs, it does not adequately address the growing crisis and the financial and social impact on municipalities and regions across the province. Municipalities and regions are stepping up and working with community partners to put in place community-specific solutions to address this crisis, but municipalities and regions lack the expertise, capacity, or resources to address these increasingly complex health care and housing issues alone. This is primarily a health issue that falls under provincial jurisdiction and municipalities and regions should not be using the property tax base to fund these p…
City Council · 2024-10-10 19:27 PM
Majority required - MM22.14 - Adopt the item
Proposed Changes by the Government of Ontario to Supervised Consumption and Consumption and Treatment Services Sites in Toronto On August 20, 2024, the Ontario government announced changes to supervised consumption and harm reduction services in Ontario. These changes will result in the closure of five supervised consumption sites and consumption and treatment services in Toronto by March 31, 2025, including the supervised consumption sites at The Works, which is operated by Toronto Public Health and currently located at 277 Victoria Street. While the province also announced a $378 million investment for 19 new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hubs across Ontario, these hubs will not be permitted to offer safer supply, supervised consumption or needle exchange programs. These changes can be expected to have a detrimental impact on the health and well-being of all Torontonians, including: - Increased deaths from overdose – Last year alone, Toronto Public Health’s supervised consumption services supported over 19,000 client visits and responded to approximately 500 overdoses. - Fewer pathways to treatment – While increased investment in treatment are w…
City Council · 2024-10-10 19:22 PM
Majority required - MM22.9 - Adopt the item as amended
City Council · 2024-10-10 19:21 PM
Majority required - MM22.9 - McKelvie - motion 1
This report recommends that Council adopt Official Plan Amendment 528 (OPA 528), which amends the City's Official Plan policies to specify limited exemptions when the sale or disposal of City-owned lands in Parks and Open Space Areas, within or outside of the Green Space System, may be permitted without the requirement of an Official Plan Amendment (OPA). The purpose and intent of Official Plan Amendment 528 is to facilitate conservation projects and essential public works and utilities that support Toronto's development and growth, provided certain criteria are met. An associated amendment to Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 213 is also recommended. As recommended, Official Plan Amendment 528 will not revoke Council's current disposal framework contained in the City's Municipal Code, but rather will prescribe narrow circumstances under which a site-specific Official Plan Amendment is not needed. Lands in the Parks and Open Space Areas of the Official Plan, within or outside of the Green Space System, accommodate natural habitat areas, important ecological services and many of the City's recreational opportunities. They are essential to health, prosperity, and quality of life in our…
City Council · 2024-10-10 18:26 PM
Majority required - PH15.1 - Adopt the item
City Council · 2024-10-10 18:24 PM
Majority required - PH15.1 - Holyday - Refer the item
The Canadian Code of Advertising Standards provides: 8. Advertisements must not distort the true meaning of statements made by professionals or scientific authorities. Advertising claims must not imply that they have a scientific basis that they do not truly possess. Any scientific, professional or authoritative claims or statements must be applicable to the Canadian context, unless otherwise clearly stated. Climate change is an unprecedented threat to people in Toronto and worldwide, with overwhelming consequences, especially for the most vulnerable. In Toronto, climate change is already causing serious impacts, including increases in average heat, and in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events. In turn, these adversely affect the Toronto Transit Commission and those we serve. The Government of Canada has made international climate commitments to drastically reduce fossil fuel consumption and to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. The City of Toronto, through TransformTO, and an annual carbon budget, has committed to achieve Net Zero climate pollution by 2040. Fossil fuel companies have a well-documented history of using their immense wealth for advocacy advertising to…
City Council · 2024-10-10 18:11 PM
Majority required - IE16.8 - Adopt the item
City Council · 2024-10-10 18:09 PM
Two-Thirds required - IE16.8 - Carroll - End the debate
Infrastructure and Environment Committee · 2024-09-27
Majority required
Decarbonizing the transportation sector to meet the ambitious goals outlined in Toronto’s TransformTO Net Zero Strategy (TTO NZS) will require a robust, convenient, and reliable public electric vehicle (EV) charging network that supports other established city-wide sustainable transportation initiatives. The Approach to Public Electric Vehicle Charging presented in this report responds to the TransformTO Net Zero Strategy Short-term Implementation Plan (2022-2025) action: "The City will develop a strategy and plans to meet the 2025 targets in the Electric Vehicle Strategy for public charging infrastructure, and to ensure that sufficient public charging infrastructure will be in place to accommodate growth in Electric Vehicle ownership to 30 per cent of registered personal vehicles by 2030." Toronto has started laying a foundation for its network by establishing zoning rules, parking regulations, and by-laws that help define the appropriate use of public space in relation to Electric Vehicle charging. Additionally, Toronto has installed Electric Vehicle charging stations at on-street parking spaces, in Green P parking lots, and at City facilities. The City also provides finan…
City Council · 2024-10-10 18:01 PM
Majority required - IE16.5 - Adopt the item
City Council · 2024-10-10 17:59 PM
Majority required - IE16.5 - Holyday - motion 1