City Council · 2026-03-26 16:17 PM
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Majority required - GG27.14 - Morley - motion 1
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The purpose of this report is to obtain Council authority to enter into renewals of existing lease and sublease agreements for up to 20-years between the City of Toronto (the “City”) and twenty-four individual boat clubs listed in Appendix B to the report (referred to collectively as the "Tenants"), in respect of certain properties located across Toronto’s waterfront, for the purpose of the Tenants’ continued operation of boat clubs. The long-term boat club lease portfolio consisting of 28 non-profit, volunteer-run sailing, boating and rowing clubs, has supported a thriving sailing, boating and rowing community in the City’s waterfront and shoreline parklands. Boat clubs have contributed and invested in infrastructure that help facilitate programs and services for the community and waterfront and shoreline upkeep, and have contributed to the local economy through operating expenditures, employment, and tourism-related activity. The recommended renewals of the City’s boat club leases is a continuation of decades of the City’s support for affordable access to waterfront programming, community activation, environmental stewardship and associa…
City Council · 2026-03-26 16:17 PM
Majority required - GG27.14 - Morley - motion 1
On February 5, 1981, 309 people were arrested in the Bathhouse Raids, a landmark moment in Canada’s 2SLGBTQ+ civil rights movement. 200 police officers — some with crowbars and sledgehammers — raided the Barracks, the Club, Richmond Street Health Emporium, and Romans II Health and Recreation Spa, arresting owners, staff, and guests. Officers used violence and homophobic insults during the raids, which were the largest mass arrest in the city’s history at the time. The men who were arrested were criminally charged with operating or visiting a “bawdy house”, a place defined by law as housing “acts of indecency.” At the time, gay people faced prejudice and discrimination in Canada. Being publicly outed could mean loss of employment, damage to personal relationships, or other serious consequences. In response, the gay community — with allies including feminist and Black activists, labour organizations, and civil liberties groups — rallied protests. On February 6, 1981, 3,000 people marched on Toronto Police 52 Division and Queen’s Park. Former Toronto mayor John Sewell and community leaders like George Hislop (who was a…
City Council · 2026-03-26 15:16 PM
Majority required - MM39.57 - Adopt the item
Toronto is getting new, faster, higher capacity, electric ferries to make the trip to Toronto Island Park even better. A naming process for the two new ferries entering service in 2027 is underway. A shortlist of names is being put to a public vote, with a decision coming in May 2026. This process is considering non-commemorative names. This motion requests staff to report back on a commemorative naming process for future ferries purchased by the City of Toronto.
City Council · 2026-03-26 15:13 PM
Majority required - MM39.54 - Adopt the item
City Council · 2026-03-26 15:12 PM
Two-Thirds required - MM39.54 - Waive the referral
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
Majority required - MM39.53 - Adoption of Recommendations 1, 2 and 3 only
City Council · 2026-03-26 15:09 PM
Two-Thirds required - MM39.53 - Waive the referral
The Rebuilding Ontario Place Act (ROPA) will have significant implications for Toronto, and we have one last opportunity to fight it at the Supreme Court. This is not just about saving our waterfront. It’s about protecting the rule of law in our city and province. This legislation is a direct threat to our democracy – stripping away the public’s rights, eliminating transparency, and shielding government decisions from legal accountability. The Rebuilding Ontario Place Act immunizes the government from any “remedy in contract, restitution, tort, misfeasance, bad faith, trust or fiduciary obligation, any equitable remedy or any remedy under any statute”. This is part of a larger pattern of the Ford government protecting itself from accountability for the decisions that they make which benefit themselves and their friends contrary to the public interest. The Rebuilding Ontario Place Ac also exempts the government from any responsibilities under the Environmental Assessment Act, which many suspect would reveal catastrophic impacts not only on the natural environment but also on infrastructure and traffic. For years, Doug Ford has been testing the boundari…
City Council · 2026-03-26 15:08 PM
Majority required - MM39.51 - Adopt the item
City Council · 2026-03-26 15:06 PM
Two-Thirds required - MM39.51 - Waive the referral
Approximately 15,000 recycling receptacles (Blue Bins) are located in public spaces across the City of Toronto. Under the terms of the provincial takeover of Ontario’s Blue Bin (paper and packaging recycling system), the materials deposited in these bins are no longer collected or processed as part of the Blue Bin recycling program. Instead, the contents are collected as solid waste and combined with garbage for disposal in landfill sites. Toronto also has high contamination rates in these receptacles, which means recycling rates in public bins have long been reduced in our city. This disconnects between public perception and operational reality undermines trust and transparency. Many residents reasonably believe that putting their recyclables into Blue Bins and receptacles labelled as recycling in public spaces contributes to waste diversion and environmental protection. If those materials are instead disposed of as garbage, the continued presence of recycling infrastructure in these spaces may mislead the public and may undermine support for recycling and the circular economy more generally. In addition, substantial quantities of valuable and genuinely recyclable materials…
City Council · 2026-03-26 15:00 PM
Majority required - MM39.45 - Adoption of Recommendations 1 and 2 only
City Council · 2026-03-26 14:58 PM
Two-Thirds required - MM39.45 - Waive the referral