How Jon Burnside voted at council

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1. 2026.MM40.46AMENDED

   Opposing the Provincial Land Grab at Bathurst Quay and the Island

   The Provincial Government has introduced legislation to take City of Toronto land on Toronto Island and at Bathurst and Queen’s Quay. At the March Council Meeting, City Council overwhelmingly voted to oppose any unilateral expropriation of City land by the Government of Ontario. Further, we voted to include Toronto residents and their democratically elected municipal government in all significant decisions impacting Toronto, including decisions about the uses and future of the Toronto waterfront. Through their legislation today, the Government of Ontario has chosen to ignore the decisions of Toronto’s government. Worse, the Provincial Government is going to take parkland and pave it at Little Norway Park, in a neighbourhood that needs more precious green space and public space, not less. We need to send a clear message to the Provincial Government that this is not acceptable to us as a municipal government. Nor is it acceptable to the residents of waterfront neighbourhoods, or any resident of Toronto, as they learn there is nothing stopping the Provincial Government from taking parks, roads, public spaces or anything they decide they want. To date, no one has seen conc…

   City Council · 2026-04-23 16:41 PM

   Adopt Item as Amended

   Jon Burnside's vote: Yes

   Majority required - MM40.46 - Adoption of Recommendation 14 only

   Motion result

   Carried

   Recorded tally

   25-0

   Source outcome