How Stephen Holyday voted at council

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1. 2023.CC8.2AMENDED

   Declaring Gender-Based Violence and Intimate Partner Violence an Epidemic in the City of Toronto

   Many years ago, in the middle of the night, I received a call from my mother. It was a call I dreaded – she was crying and screaming. My dad had beaten her savagely. After I convinced her to go to the hospital, she lived with me in my small apartment, me on a mattress on the floor, my mother in bed. She was able to rebuild and start the next chapter of her life because she had me to support her. A safe and affordable place made all the difference for me and my mom. So many women in our city don't have that. In Canada, Women and Gender Equality Canada reported that 6.2 million women and girls aged 15 and over have reported experiencing abuse in the context of an intimate relationship. In addition to experiencing significant life disruptions such as the loss of community and financial strain, survivors of intimate partner and domestic violence risk housing instability and homelessness, risks of which are compounded by the lack of affordable market housing, discriminatory financial assistance policies, and insufficient shelter spaces across Canada. Women, girls and gender diverse people living with disabilities, precarious immigration status, Indigenous women and girls, raciali…

   City Council · 2023-07-20 10:19 AM

   Adopt Item as Amended

   Stephen Holyday's vote: Yes

   Majority required - CC8.2 - Adopt the item as amended

   Motion result

   Carried

   Recorded tally

   24-0

   Source outcome