How Neethan Shan voted at council

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1. 2026.MM39.42ADOPTED

   Evaluating Changes to Mute Swan Management in Etobicoke-Lakeshore

   The City of Toronto contracts the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority to operate a Mute Swan Management Program, which is a non-mandatory program under the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. This population control program involves coating mute swan eggs with oil in the nest, which cuts off oxygen to the cygnets inside preventing them from developing so the eggs do not hatch. Female swans will remain on the nest for longer than the typical incubation period, subjecting them to increased physical stress before they give up on a clutch of eggs. The rationale for managing the mute swan population in Ontario is based on concerns that mute swans displace other water birds and overgraze aquatic vegetation. However, there is a growing body of scientific research which challenges those concerns and provides evidence that mute swans do not outcompete other waterbirds and do not damage wetland ecosystems by overgrazing. The most recent Midsummer Mute Swan Survey found that the mute swan population from Humber Bay to Hamilton Harbour has decreased by 81 percent since 2011 (413 total birds in 2011 to 80 total birds in 2024). Many…

   City Council · 2026-03-26 14:53 PM

   Adopt Item

   Neethan Shan's vote: Yes

   Majority required - MM39.42 - Adopt the item

   Motion result

   Carried

   Recorded tally

   20-4

   Source outcome