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Okay everybody, welcome. And we're back in session to start

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our council meeting. First, I want to start with the

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call to order Madam Clerk. Good morning, everyone. Thank you,

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Mr. Chair. We'll note for today's meeting. Councillor Early will

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be absent in Councillor Sheen is attending as the alternate.

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Councillor Mahoney, I indicated that he'll be arriving a bit

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later. And until he rides Councillor Kovac will be his

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proxy. Mayor Parish will also be absent for today's meeting.

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And Councillor, she's appointed councillor DASCO as her proxy due

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to other municipal business. Councillor Hart's also leaving around noon

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is appointed councillor Hornick to be her proxy. Councillor Medeiros

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has indicated that he will be leaving the bitter layer

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this morning and is appointed councillor Fortini as his proxy

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and as well Councillor McFadden will be leaving a bit

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earlier this morning. It has appointed Councillor Butt to be

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her proxy. Otherwise, we do have quorum with members in

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person and virtual. Back over to you, Mr. Chair. Thank

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you for our land acknowledgement. We begin by acknowledging that

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the land on which we gather and which operates, where

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the region appeal operates as part of the treaty lens

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of the Mississaugas of the credit and the traditional territory

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of the Shinabek here on Wendat and Hoednich - Shoni

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nations. For thousands of years, indigenous people inhabited and cared

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for this land and continued to do so today. We

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are grateful to have this opportunity to work on this

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land and by doing so respect its enduring significance. Do

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I have any declarations of conflict of interest, seeing none

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in the chamber or on my screen? Approval of the

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minutes of the June 11, 2026 council meeting. I have

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a motion move by Councillor McFadden, seconded by Councillor Pelesci

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that the Minister of the June 11, 2026 Regional Council

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meeting be approved. Any amendments, seeing none, all those in

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favor, that is carried approval of the agenda, Madam Clerk.

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I have a motion moved by Councillor Vincente, seconded by

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Councillor Rousseau, that the agenda for the June 25, 2025

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regional council meeting include a closed session item regarding information

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explicitly supplied in confidence to the municipality or local board

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by Canada, a province or territory or crown agency or

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any of the above to be dealt with under closed

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session, item 22 - 6. And number two, that the

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agenda for the June 25 - 2026 regional council meeting

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be approved as amended. All those in favor, that is

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carried. Madam Clerk, over to you for our consent agenda.

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Thank you, Mr. Chair. We will deal with the delegations

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and presentations of staff reports at the appropriate time that

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takes us to items related to public works. 9. 1

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2025 annual performance review on the Southeal Water and Wastewater

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Agreement with the Ontario Clean Water Agency. One consent. 9.

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2 red light camera agreement extension. That'll be held, the

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councillor Kovac. 9. 3 peel major office incentives program renewal.

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On consent. 9. 4 engineering services for Winston Churchill Boulevard

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Reconstruction City of Brampton Ward 6. Consent. 9. 5 engineering

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services for Winston Churchill at Old Based Line Town of

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Calden Ward 1. Consent, 9. 6 imposing revised special charges

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for local improvement project 212710 for Cadetta Road City of

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Brampton Ward 10. On consent takes us to the communication

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items, 12. 1 is the letter from Sonic Paceo, legislative

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coordinator, city of Brampton. Data June the 16th, providing a

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copy of a city of Brampton Resolution regarding delegation from

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Nurse Jackie home care incorporated. On consent. Items related to

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human services, 13. 1 Black North Initiative update. That'll be

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held from Councillor Reed. Thank you, 13. 2 Community Investment

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Program 2025 fund update. It'll be also health council read.

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Thank you. It takes us two items related to corporate

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and legislative services, 17. 1 2025 Treasury U report. On

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consent. 17. 2 statement of development charges reserve funds fiscal

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year 2025. One consent, 17. 3 Lakeview Pierre funding request.

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Be held for council DASCO. Thank you. 17. 4 2025

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annual transparency and accountable government report. Be on consent. 17.

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5 Toronto Metropolitan Poland University School of Medicine Partnership with

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PIL region. Held by Mayor Browns. Mirror Brown. Yep. Thank

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you. 17. 6 reported the committee of revision hearing held

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on June the 18th. Consent. Exist communications 18. 1 is

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the letter for Minister Flock dated June the 10th regarding

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a letter from regional chair unique regarding the delegation of

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tax racial setting authority for 2026. On consent. 18. 2

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is a letter from Stephen Crawford, Minister of Public Business

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Services Delivery and Procurement dated June the 10th regarding the

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2026 Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators collaboration award and external

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organisations to service people on tarot integrated service centre. That'll

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be unconcerned. It takes us to 18. 3 letter from

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Victoria Morlado Tidi, director of policy and advocacy building industry

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and land development association dated June the 10th regarding the

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cando Ontero partnership to build development charge reduction program. On

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consent 18. 4 is a letter from Carly Farrow, President

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and Chief Executive Officer Trillian Health Partners dated June the

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17th. Regarding support for Peel Region Investment in TMU. Consent

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18. 5 is a letter from Dr. Frank Martino, President

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and Chief Executive Officer William Osler Health System dated June

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the 12th regarding support for Peel Region Investment in Toronto

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in the TMU. Consent. We will deal with the notices

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of motion at the appropriate time as well as the

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bylaws that takes us to close session items. 22. 1

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at 22. 2 commencement of expropriation proceedings. Water main construction

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along Centre Street and Waterman Construction along Queen Street East

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update from staff 22. 5 letter for the Minister of

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Municipal Fairce and Housing regarding funding allocations. On consent so

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that takes us to the end of the consent agenda.

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Oh sorry and then the 22. 6 which is the

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added item will also be held. As an oral item.

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Thank you. We're going to over to you Mr. Chair.

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So with that we have our consent agenda questions Mayor

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Brown. Um I'm wondering if we could have the discussion

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for TMU and the peer in conjunction. I believe there

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is a consensus motion that will be received positively. Yes.

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And agreed and that is the plan of number two.

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It is my intention colleagues just for the reasons we've

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been over before. I want to listen to the four

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delegations and then I want to go in camera immediately

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after I think it'll be a very brief in camera.

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think a lot of the in - camera information will

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relate to the rest of the day. And I think

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it'll make our day flow much, much more smoothly. So

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with that, that is your consent agenda. All those in

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favor. And he opposed that is carried. Okay. Thank you

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very much. So as we start our council meeting, uh,

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bittersweet and not because Canada lost, but they're still going

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to the next round. It's bittersweet because I'm announcing a

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big day and a sad day in it all relates

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to the same person Aileen Baird. Who our senior director

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of housing services. She is retiring tomorrow. Yeah, no. Yeah.

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No. After 24 years with the PO region, whatever remarkable

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Meyered on, your service to peel as a director of

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corporate services, manager of health performance and accountability. And now

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as senior director of housing services has made a lasting

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impact. We as an organisation, organisation NPL. And as a

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community are far, far better off because of you. I

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am pleased to pass the mic to our commissioner of

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human services, Steve Jakes, to say a few words. Afterwards,

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we'll come together for a photo to commemorate this terrific

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milestone. Steve, over to you. Thank you through you, Mr.

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Chair and to council. It's with de - respect that

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I share that Eileen Barrett, our senior director of housing

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services will be retiring tomorrow. Concluding an exceptional 24 -

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year career with Peel region. Eileen has served as our

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senior director of housing services since April 2017, where she

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led the development and implementation of our 10 - year

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housing and homelessness plan, including championing a system - wide

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human rights approach to homelessness supports and prevention. Her leadership

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has been instrumental in advancing complex initiatives, strengthening partnerships across

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governments and community organisations, and improving outcomes for peels most

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vulnerable residents. Eileen has also been a steady and decisive

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leader during times of crisis. Most notably, her role in

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leading peels response to emerging system pressures, like peels pandemic

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response that saved lives and protected those experiencing homelessness from

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COVID. Especially the work of the asylum claimant response team.

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Demonstrated her ability to mobilise partners quickly, designed responsive solutions,

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and support vulnerable residents when it mattered most. The impact

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of alien's work is significant and lasting. Thousands of residents

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are more stably and affordably housed today because of the

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systems, solutions, she has helped to shape and implement here

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in the region appeal. Her dedication to public service has

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not only improved lives, but is also positioned peel as

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a leader in housing and the homelessness sector. Aileen's contributions

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have been widely recognised most recently she received the Ontario

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Municipal Social Services Associations champion of human services award, well

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- deserved. She and the asylum claimant response team were

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also recognised for the excellence by the Institute of Public

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Administration of Canada. Work that continues to be seen as

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a national model of innovation and partnership. On behalf of

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all of us in human services and here at the

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region appeal, I would like to extend our sincere gratitude

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to Aileen for her outstanding service and her leadership in

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both steady times and moments of crisis. We wish her

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all the best in her well - earned retirement. Eileen,

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thank you very much and please join us in the

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few comments and I'd like to invite you to make

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a few comments before we take a photograph. My list,

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Councillor Fonseca. Thank you, through chair. Good morning, Aileen. What

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are you going to do with all your time? I

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just on behalf of all of the residents of Ward

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3 and also the staff in my office in Ward

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3 in the city of Mississauga and also, uh, on

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behalf of myself, I just wanted to wish you all

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the best in your retirement and to say a huge

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thank you for your leadership as the commissioner was saying

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not only through times of crisis. And having your phone

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availability always on speed dial, but also to be present

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in the community. Um, amongst not only elected officials and

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also staff members, uh, but residents themselves who were under,

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like through the pandemic, uh, you were present, you were

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there. Uh, you have the ability to connect people, uh,

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to think, uh, how we're able to support the most

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vulnerable, uh, not only in moments of crisis, uh, but

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also, uh, and if you think about it into the

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future. So you had a vision, um, and a mission

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connecting with everyone to not only see what is possible

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in the moment of crisis, but then also into, for

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many, many, many years to come. The systems changes that

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you put in place along with many others. Um, and

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helped us all to see are going to be able

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to provide housing and human services and health service supports,

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uh, years to come. So I just wanted to say

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a huge thank you to you for your leadership on

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behalf of all the residents of Ward three. And on

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behalf of myself. Thank you. Thank you. Councillor Dasko. Thank

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you, through the chair. And Aileen just really wanted to

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say a profound thanks on behalf of all the residents

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of Ward 1 and a lot of those folks that,

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uh, that really, really were completely out of options. And

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you've helped a lot of folks along your way. And

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I just wanted to say a big thanks. And also

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just wishing you all the very best in your next

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chapters and make sure that the sun is always shining

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in the wind at your back. Aileen, I'm just going

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to add this. I'll try to be brief for I

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won't get through this. But you know, the secrets you're

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not supposed to tell, but I'm going to tell a

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secret. I think every person that sort of closer to

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the top of an org chart keeps that little list

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under their scratch pad of the five names that are

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matter and you don't want to see go. And I've

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just lost a second one recently and you're the second

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one. So you've always been on that list as just

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a vital cog in the system here at Peel. And

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it is your leadership. Your dignity, your compassion, and how

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you've fulfilled this role for a quarter of a century.

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Again, in the book that I will never write, I

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don't have favourites amongst staff, but let me tell you,

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my frontline service providers hold a very special place for

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one reason only. And I don't know if you ever

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thought about this. Think about the job rule going in

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where I definition, if you are a frontline service provider

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like housing, you know going in in the day you

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retire, you will always have finite resources and infinite demands.

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Think about that. What that means in layman's terms is

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you will bail water for 30 years and 30 years

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later, the water still has to be bailed out. Peel

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housing this morning, we house 7, 8, 000 units. We

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got 18, 000 people on a waiting list. That's more

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than the 7, 000 units we have. So good luck,

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keep bailing. And you take on a role like that

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knowing that tomorrow, you may have helped some people. They'll

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just be more at the door the next day. That

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wears on you. And I lean you have done it

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with grace and dignity. And I just think the world

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of you, and I'm going to stop there. Uh, I'm

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going to stop there and say, we wish you every

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success and why don't you take a moment and just

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express some thoughts to us if you like. So thank

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you very much. It is a bit odd to know

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this will be the last time I'm sitting at this

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table and pushing these buttons. Um, yeah, it's been 24

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years, a very meaningful career for me. And I really

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do feel honoured to have had, uh, the opportunity to

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work for this organisation and to serve our community. And

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I'm really proud of what we've been able to accomplish

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together. And yes, as it's been said, I've, I've worked

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in three different departments. So that's been also really interesting.

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I've seen and experienced a lot of different things. I've

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worked very closely with the CAOs over the years in

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their offices. I've worked in health. And of course, now

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in housing and human services. So that's been amazing for

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me. I think as I reflect, you do a lot

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of reflecting, of course, when you're, when you're going to

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retire. Um, so I think this organisation has had a

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longstanding commitment to excellence. And that's something I enjoyed a

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lot about working here. And there are leading practices nationally

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and internationally across every single program area in this organisation.

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And I think that has a lot to do, of

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course, with the staff and the leadership, but also this

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council, of course. Um, so that's really neat. And something

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I think as an organisation, we shouldn't be taking for

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granted. I think as I reflect working with council, the

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thing that I'm most grateful for is your willingness, or

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maybe it's more your expectation that we find a way

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forward. Right. Um, and that involves accepting some risk. Taking

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risk and informed risk, Gary, informed, well - managed risk.

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But I honestly say that that is the difference, right?

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Between, um, success and failure. And it's the difference between

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excellence and mediocrity. Um, and I've been in many, many

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meetings with federal and provincial counterparts who just cannot find

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a way forward like we do. Um, and they can't

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even comprehend sometimes because they just don't have the culture.

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And that solutions orientation. So again, I'm very grateful for

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your expectation that we are solutions oriented. And I hope

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that that'll continue to be, you know, nurtured and valued

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in this organisation. Whatever form it takes in the future

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for years to come. Um, of course, I want to

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thank the chairman. Thank Gary. Uh, thanks, Steve. And the

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executive leadership team for the support leadership. They've shown to

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me personally. But also for, of course, the support to

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housing and the willingness to find ways again to move

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forward. I'm very grateful for my team. We're here today.

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A tremendous, tremendous group of professionals who worked tirelessly, you

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know, to serve our community. And of course, the broader

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PEAL team, many, many people across many departments, we work

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together on complex problems and teamwork is of paramount importance.

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And finally, the many, many partners in the community, in

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the nonprofit and private sectors, we could not have had

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any success without them. So we all know the importance

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of partnership. It's key. Anyway, with that, I'm very grateful.

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But looking forward to the next chapter, I am leaving

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the public service. My husband and I are transitioning our

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lives into Blue Mountain. And I do hope to continue

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to volunteer in some capacity, but also hope to explore

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some entrepreneurial ideas that I have. So I am looking

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forward to the next chapter. But again, grateful, you know,

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for the years I've had here. So thank you very,

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very much. Thank you very much. And I'm going to

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call the commissioner and the CEO. If we can come

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forward, we have a presentation for you as well.

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And now into my next item, how I propose that

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as one end, one begins, a passing of the church,

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because I'm here to introduce on behalf of regional counsel

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our new medical officer of health. Everybody welcome Alexandre. Welcome.

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This council serves as the board of helpful pre -

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region. And to do so, we are grateful to have

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recruited an MOH with such diversity of experiences and an

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impressive record of community collaboration. Good health is the foundation

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of all we do. Peels MOH leads a talented team

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that is dedicated to supporting the health and wellbeing of

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our diverse population. And in doing so, advancing equity and

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public health innovation. Dr. Cotterey, council looks forward to working

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with you and peels continual efforts to meet the evolving

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needs of our diverse community. Thank you for choosing to

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join us in building a community for life. Councillor, I

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hope you all joined with me in extending a warm

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welcome to Dr. Cottery's first council meeting. And I'm now

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going to ask the commissioner to share a few words

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before I ask our new medical officer of health. To

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greet us as well. Thank you through the chair. It

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is my absolute pleasure to introduce Peel's new medical officer

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of health, Dr. Alexa Caterey. After a comprehensive national search,

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we are very pleased to have recruited an MOH with

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Dr. Caterey's caliber. She's bringing extensive leadership experience from Hastings

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Prince Edward County Windsor Essex and Toronto Public Health. I'm

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confident that Dr. Catere will continue to advance peel regions

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groundbreaking work in areas such as climate change adaptation opioid

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risk management. Place - based immunization, outbreak management, and health

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promotion across the lifespan. She joins our health leadership team.

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As we advance health equity and bring stronger upstream health

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perspectives forward in partnerships with our partners such as Ontario

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Health teams, TMU and other systems and community partners. And

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I just want to give a quick, um, and deep

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shout out and thank you to the public health leadership

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team, the directors and the associate medical offices of health

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who have been supporting staff promoting a positive workplace culture

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and continuing to advance public health planning and services while

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recruitment was underway. And, um, while also keeping council informed

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of public health issues and updates. So we've begun introducing

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Dr. Caterey to our partners across PEAL. And she will

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definitely be building those relationships. I am absolutely confident of

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it. And I am certainly encouraged council members to reach

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out. If you have any comments, questions, um, want to

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chat with the new MOH. Thank you. And Dr. Cotter

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Ailence introduced yourself and welcome. Um, and so through the

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chair, I really appreciate the opportunity to be here and

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to get to meet speak with all of you. Um,

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heal public health reputation precedes it. And I am, you

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know, like delighted to join a really strong and hardworking

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group of people, um, to advance the health needs of

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all of the people who live here. And if I

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think about like what my priorities might be for the

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next little while, you know, they are absolutely service to

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the people who live in the region of peel, um,

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innovation in what peel does and continues to do in

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terms of public health, um, and really excellence in that

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work. Um. The chair and I were speaking earlier this

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morning and I was sharing sort of my philosophy about

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health, which is that, you know, health is a reason

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for is a resource for all of us. It's a

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resource for life. That is a made in Canada definition

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of what health is meant to be. And I think,

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you know, public health really enables, often invisibly or in

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ways that we don't see in our day to day,

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us to live that healthy life the way that we

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want to. And, um, and so my role here is

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very much in service to all of that. And the

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region talks about a philosophy of a community for life.

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And I have been amazed to hear from so many

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people who are effectively lifers in the region of peel.

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And so I am looking forward to one day being

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here with all of you celebrating my retirement 50 to

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70 years from now. It's a real pleasure. Thank you

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so much for having me. And I will look forward

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to working with all of you again and going forward.

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Thank you. Thank you and welcome. And now one last

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item, Bowie, we've had a lot of ups and downs

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and highs and lows at this council meeting. I do

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want to deal with this very important motion first as

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our first motion for the council has moved by Mayor

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Grove seconded by Mayor Brown. Whereas the regional chair members

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of council and staff at PO region are satin to

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learn of the passing of Anya Turner. And whereas on

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the turner, John Peel in 2021 and served as a

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dedicated member of the human services team. And where she

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will be remembered as someone who did everything she could

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to help the most vulnerable people in peel. And we'll

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be deeply missed and survived by her loving family. Now

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therefore be it resolved that sincere condolences be extended to

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the Turner family on behalf of the regional chair, members

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of regional council and the staff of the region of

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the. Addition of this expression of sympathy. I wanted Jabari

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take a moment and say a few words, but I

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also want to acknowledge and extend our direct sympathies to

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some friends that are in the audience. Anya's mother, Dorred

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McNally is here. Her uncle Harun Simpson is here. Her

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brother - in - law Terrence Turner is here. And

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her best friend Amanda Daliwalt is here as well. Welcome.

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And we extend our sincere condolences to you and thank

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you for being here today. Jabari, please.

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I was going to pause anyways. To give a moment

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to shift the energy. Um, before I go to the

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notes, in the country my parents are from in Granita.

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You learn about people that have passed away through the

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newspaper. And people will hear about a name and then

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check to make sure that that's the name that they

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think. So for many folks that have migrated here, the

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record of people passing is in the newspaper. And I

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wanted the family to truly take a moment to recognise

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that the North America and Canada in the region appeal.

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Council is where these things are recorded. So you could

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find histories of things that happened in North America in

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the council records. So now their loved one. The one

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that they cherished on you. Will be amongst the records

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of the region appeal. And I don't think that is

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a small thing to glaze over. So just wanted to

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note of that for the family that this may seem

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brief. But this moment will exist in the records for

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as long as the region appeal exists. So just wanted

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to start with that. And Anya deserved that recognition. So

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as many of you know, I'm Jabar Lindsay. I'm the

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director of income and social supports here appeal, which is

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a division on your work team. It is an honour

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to speak about her today briefly in the presence of

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her family members. And I just wanted to acknowledge her

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team. As many people know on the region, you spend

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more time with your team than you do with your

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loved ones, your family. So briefly, they're just going to

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stand and sit. I just want them to be seen.

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So if you're the team members could stand real quick,

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they were avoiding the camera. They're avoiding their condition because

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they just wanted to be here for Anya. But just

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so that you could see them. Um, and they do

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most of them do work just around the corner. Uh,

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in suite, actually downstairs around the corner in suite eight.

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All I want all the team members and onyas family

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to stand again, please. Everybody in honour of Anya. So

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many of her team members that showed up today as

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well. Jabari, thank you, carry on. No problem. So I

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know as a adult, on you decided that she wanted

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to continue her education and become a social worker. She

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obtained her bachelor degree from the University of Toronto and

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went on to work for peel helping some of our

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most vulnerable members of society navigate through tough town, tough

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times. She joined PLAN 2021. As a housing support worker.

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So it's fitting that many of our housing support folks

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are here to also recognise Anya as well. And then

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she moved over in 2022 to income and social supports

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is a caseworker. She was dedicated to the citizens appeal

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and always did her very best to support her clients

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by removing barriers, helping to live them out of poverty.

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Anya, always supportive and professional. Enjoying her colleagues and helped

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many people to find meaning in the work that they

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did. Her loss has created a great void in the

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lives of those on her team in her life, those

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who had contact with her. She'll be remembered as kind,

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intelligent, caring, graceful, thoughtful, and funny. She had a keen

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sense for fashion. If you ever got a chance to

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see her live and actually was awesome. Uh, she had

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a sharp wit and an even sharper comeback. If you

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ever said something to her that she didn't enjoy, you'd

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00:30:55,094 --> 00:30:57,793
hear about it quickly. Or in my case, if I

473
00:30:57,793 --> 00:31:00,353
couldn't recall her name quickly, she'd point her finger at

474
00:31:00,393 --> 00:31:02,433
me and the team would laugh as she did that.

475
00:31:02,854 --> 00:31:05,233
Uh, you always knew where she's, where you stood with

476
00:31:05,233 --> 00:31:08,739
her. She was truly someone you always knew you can

477
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,459
count on to show up for you and be real

478
00:31:11,499 --> 00:31:17,061
with you no matter the circumstances. To her loved ones,

479
00:31:17,061 --> 00:31:20,421
this is not enough. Um, but it's our way at

480
00:31:20,461 --> 00:31:24,244
the region to recognise her. And we are all so

481
00:31:24,244 --> 00:31:28,559
sorry for your loss. Please know that Anya made her

482
00:31:28,820 --> 00:31:33,210
mark here at Peel. She'll be missed. And forever remembered.

483
00:31:33,872 --> 00:31:39,010
By her work family. Through you to the chair. Jabari,

484
00:31:39,010 --> 00:31:41,490
thank you. Um, and again, our condolences to the family.

485
00:31:41,490 --> 00:31:43,170
I'm going to leave you with this thought. And councils

486
00:31:43,271 --> 00:31:45,730
will know. I shared on this, but I a little

487
00:31:45,730 --> 00:31:48,010
while ago and I have to keep updating it. So

488
00:31:48,010 --> 00:31:50,450
to Anya's friend and loved ones, but to all of

489
00:31:50,450 --> 00:31:52,130
the staff to everybody. But we're going to conduct a

490
00:31:52,130 --> 00:31:55,190
lot of municipal regional very, very important. I hope I'm

491
00:31:55,190 --> 00:31:56,850
going to leave you with your most important thought of

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00:31:56,951 --> 00:31:59,010
the day. So I'm blessed. I know a lot of

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00:31:59,050 --> 00:32:03,170
people with Anya's passing in the recent state of losing

494
00:32:03,351 --> 00:32:07,093
some police officers. I, in the last 10 months, it'll

495
00:32:07,093 --> 00:32:10,853
be 24 funerals. It was 20 a little while ago,

496
00:32:10,853 --> 00:32:12,453
but now with the officers and Anya, the number of

497
00:32:12,453 --> 00:32:16,824
people nearest to us that have passed. My point. 14

498
00:32:16,864 --> 00:32:21,742
of them, like Anya, were younger than me. 10 were

499
00:32:21,763 --> 00:32:25,294
older. Boss, my Godparents, they were both 94. It was

500
00:32:25,334 --> 00:32:28,334
their time. I'd like to think for the 14 behind

501
00:32:28,435 --> 00:32:32,904
me, it wasn't their time. And that makes me reflect

502
00:32:32,944 --> 00:32:37,384
on my life and the loved ones that we all

503
00:32:37,405 --> 00:32:40,504
have, because you're all in the same situation. And maybe

504
00:32:40,504 --> 00:32:43,064
what you do with your time and your loved ones.

505
00:32:43,064 --> 00:32:44,664
So we're going to conduct a lot of business today.

506
00:32:45,302 --> 00:32:48,001
But I hope as you drive home, you think about

507
00:32:48,102 --> 00:32:51,921
this uppermost. Where am I in that continuum? And how

508
00:32:51,921 --> 00:32:54,321
many people behind me might not be here tomorrow. You

509
00:32:54,422 --> 00:32:57,069
never countenance that. You never think that's the case. And

510
00:32:57,170 --> 00:33:00,349
yet it's the majority for me, as a gentleman of

511
00:33:00,610 --> 00:33:03,466
64 years old. I hope you think about that in

512
00:33:03,506 --> 00:33:06,186
Anya's passing remind you of it. Go home and hug

513
00:33:06,186 --> 00:33:09,946
somebody, call somebody you haven't called. Instead of another night

514
00:33:10,047 --> 00:33:12,706
watching a ball game called an old friend out, et

515
00:33:12,706 --> 00:33:15,226
cetera, et cetera, because we will all soon be part

516
00:33:15,226 --> 00:33:19,626
of the 24 and some sooner than you think. All

517
00:33:19,647 --> 00:33:23,671
in honour of on you. Thank you all. Okay. Let's

518
00:33:24,172 --> 00:33:27,431
get back to the day to day. Delegations, first item

519
00:33:27,471 --> 00:33:31,271
up 71, Terry LaRue, chief administrative officer, credit valley conservation

520
00:33:31,372 --> 00:33:35,111
authority CVC. And John McKenzie chief executive officer Toronto and

521
00:33:35,132 --> 00:33:38,871
region conservation authority regarding the TRCA and the CBC annual

522
00:33:38,892 --> 00:33:44,615
mid - year updates. Terry and John, welcome. And let's

523
00:33:44,615 --> 00:33:46,615
just give our friends a minute to make their way.

524
00:34:25,310 --> 00:34:28,569
Good morning, chair. Hi, Nika. If it's okay to proceed

525
00:34:28,670 --> 00:34:31,449
now or this, please thank you. Uh, good morning. My

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00:34:31,489 --> 00:34:35,049
name is John McKenzie, CEO of Toronto Region Conservation Authority.

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00:34:35,049 --> 00:34:37,929
And I'm here today with, uh, my close colleague, Terry

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00:34:37,969 --> 00:34:41,849
LaRue, CAO of the Credit Valley Conservation, uh, we are

529
00:34:41,889 --> 00:34:45,929
also joined by various members of our teams here today,

530
00:34:45,929 --> 00:34:49,289
uh, from a TRCA side to their corporate services side,

531
00:34:49,289 --> 00:34:51,689
uh, and the government relations side and I know Terry

532
00:34:51,689 --> 00:34:54,009
has her team key members of her team here as

533
00:34:54,009 --> 00:34:59,289
well. We are very pleased to join our multi -

534
00:34:59,289 --> 00:35:03,646
year update to regional counsel. On the important work that

535
00:35:03,907 --> 00:35:07,326
conservation authorities do. And we heard so much about community

536
00:35:07,366 --> 00:35:10,366
service today. It was very inspiring. It's a hard act

537
00:35:10,387 --> 00:35:13,246
to follow, sir. We're going to do our very best,

538
00:35:13,246 --> 00:35:18,126
uh, but I want to just say, uh, before we

539
00:35:18,227 --> 00:35:21,886
begin, uh, we are so privileged to be able to,

540
00:35:21,886 --> 00:35:25,326
uh, continue our work to protect and to provide services.

541
00:35:26,483 --> 00:35:30,142
And especially our core mandate of protecting people in property,

542
00:35:30,142 --> 00:35:34,222
uh, and to make communities safe across the region appeal.

543
00:35:34,222 --> 00:35:36,942
And I really want to thank you, uh, chair yinika

544
00:35:37,283 --> 00:35:41,982
and your colleagues on council for being such great steadfast

545
00:35:42,022 --> 00:35:45,662
partners. And as well, Gary, your executive team and all

546
00:35:45,662 --> 00:35:48,782
of the staff in the region appeal for being great

547
00:35:48,822 --> 00:35:52,542
trusted partners as we continue to deliver these vital services

548
00:35:53,283 --> 00:35:59,358
and to be there for our communities. All right. I'm

549
00:35:59,358 --> 00:36:04,259
going to, thanks. So this slide just demonstrates quickly how

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00:36:04,299 --> 00:36:09,379
the region appeal is, uh, geographically split amongst R2 conservation

551
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:13,299
authorities with, uh, both of our CAs taking up 94

552
00:36:13,339 --> 00:36:17,139
percent of the region. You can see, uh, the, the

553
00:36:17,179 --> 00:36:20,419
portions of the region supported by credit valley conservation in

554
00:36:20,459 --> 00:36:24,419
orange and TRCA in green along with some other portions

555
00:36:24,459 --> 00:36:29,059
of, uh, four percent of Mississauga with halt in conservation.

556
00:36:29,059 --> 00:36:33,139
And then two percent up in Caledon by Natawasaga are

557
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:37,619
conservation authorities are organised on a watershed basis. And this

558
00:36:37,659 --> 00:36:40,579
helps us, we're closely together to provide a common level

559
00:36:40,619 --> 00:36:46,174
of service throughout this jurisdiction. As you know, Bill 97

560
00:36:47,315 --> 00:36:51,054
received where a licent on April 24, 2026. This will

561
00:36:51,075 --> 00:36:56,414
result in the statutory amalgamation of 36 conservation authorities into

562
00:36:57,315 --> 00:37:03,294
nine regional conservation authorities, both CVC and TRCA have appointed

563
00:37:03,555 --> 00:37:07,774
representatives through our board to the transition committees. And we

564
00:37:07,875 --> 00:37:11,694
will work with the project executive, uh, that is assigned

565
00:37:11,734 --> 00:37:15,694
by the, uh, provincial conservation agency and their new CEO

566
00:37:16,035 --> 00:37:20,256
or recently appointed CEO, Hassan Bassett. To ensure as smooth

567
00:37:20,437 --> 00:37:23,456
a process as possible. We've already had some initial meanings

568
00:37:23,557 --> 00:37:27,622
with their consultant, Ernsin, young, and will continue that. Through

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00:37:27,622 --> 00:37:31,302
this entire process, we will focus on continuing to deliver

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00:37:32,523 --> 00:37:36,967
excellent. And responsive service to our partners. Of course, the

571
00:37:37,008 --> 00:37:43,467
region participating municipalities, as well as fulfill our core mandates

572
00:37:43,507 --> 00:37:51,009
to the communities we serve. I'd like to now provide

573
00:37:51,270 --> 00:37:56,769
an overview of CA programs. CVC and TRCA programs are

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00:37:56,870 --> 00:38:01,373
closely integrated. And the number and impacts we're sharing today

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00:38:01,554 --> 00:38:06,460
reflect the combined efforts of both of our organisations. Flood

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00:38:06,460 --> 00:38:09,500
protection is one of the key and mandatory roles of

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00:38:09,521 --> 00:38:14,620
conservation authorities. This includes both the fled safety communications aspect

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00:38:14,881 --> 00:38:17,980
that thank you, uh, again, for many of your officers.

579
00:38:17,980 --> 00:38:21,017
We work closely with you on. That keep our community

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00:38:21,017 --> 00:38:25,857
safe. The science, data, and monitoring that allows CAs to

581
00:38:25,857 --> 00:38:29,657
closely watch flood conditions, update flood maps, and maintaining our

582
00:38:29,758 --> 00:38:33,097
critical flood infrastructure is key in your support for that

583
00:38:33,198 --> 00:38:39,834
is key for our work. Conservation authorities have been implementing

584
00:38:39,855 --> 00:38:44,474
new technologies and projects to fulfill our responsibilities in flood

585
00:38:44,514 --> 00:38:47,329
protection. And ensure that we are utilising the best tools

586
00:38:47,590 --> 00:38:52,049
possible to manage flood risk. TRCA is thrilled to have

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00:38:52,049 --> 00:38:55,329
partnered with the city of Brampton to successfully apply for

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00:38:55,510 --> 00:38:59,729
provincial funding to tackle one of our major unfunded priorities.

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00:38:59,729 --> 00:39:01,649
I know you've seen this on our list many times

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00:39:01,830 --> 00:39:06,886
over the Clairville Dam. Through this grant, we've been able

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00:39:06,886 --> 00:39:10,246
to leverage 1. 2 million in peel funds to obtain

592
00:39:10,987 --> 00:39:15,126
3. 3 million from the province to undertake wing wall

593
00:39:15,126 --> 00:39:18,646
replacement and gate repair on this important flood infrastructure project

594
00:39:19,547 --> 00:39:21,846
that with the support of the city of Brampton, we've

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00:39:21,846 --> 00:39:25,766
been able to secure from the province. CVC and TRCA

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00:39:25,947 --> 00:39:28,406
are also continuing to work well with our municipal partners

597
00:39:28,667 --> 00:39:33,346
on flood preparedness exercises and information sharing so we can

598
00:39:33,346 --> 00:39:38,806
be as ready as we can possibly be, um, in

599
00:39:38,806 --> 00:39:41,046
light of more extreme weather events that can come very

600
00:39:41,086 --> 00:39:45,927
quickly. In addition, we help the regions facilities and peel

601
00:39:45,948 --> 00:39:50,807
housing corporation properties identify and respond to risk such as

602
00:39:51,068 --> 00:39:54,327
phase one of the comprehensive riverine and urban flood risk

603
00:39:54,367 --> 00:40:03,202
assessment work. Both TRCA and CVC have been undertaking erosion

604
00:40:03,223 --> 00:40:07,535
and risk management projects. And studies to identify and directly

605
00:40:07,556 --> 00:40:12,611
address key erosion hazards to regional infrastructure. This work includes

606
00:40:12,872 --> 00:40:16,531
hundreds of inspections across the region appeal, studies to understand

607
00:40:16,792 --> 00:40:20,611
erosion risk and associated management actions in the credit river

608
00:40:20,651 --> 00:40:25,551
watershed and TRCA's bank stabilization and sanitary project in the

609
00:40:25,551 --> 00:40:28,931
dairy greenway, uh, park is one example of such a

610
00:40:28,931 --> 00:40:32,628
project. Highlighted here. We are also working with local municipalities

611
00:40:32,649 --> 00:40:37,428
to identify and address erosion risks to their municipal infrastructure

612
00:40:37,449 --> 00:40:46,112
at that scale. Both CVC and TRCA are proud of

613
00:40:46,152 --> 00:40:49,932
how well utilised our parks in green spaces are. You

614
00:40:49,932 --> 00:40:52,032
can be out there and this weekend is just a

615
00:40:52,072 --> 00:40:54,272
prime example. It is going to be a busy one

616
00:40:54,293 --> 00:40:58,536
in the parks. With major events underway and a great

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00:40:58,576 --> 00:41:04,276
deal of usage. Peel region has been just such a

618
00:41:04,297 --> 00:41:08,291
standout partner on this. And ensuring that these important green

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00:41:08,312 --> 00:41:11,491
space assets are grown, maintained and improved. And I so

620
00:41:11,491 --> 00:41:13,891
appreciate when you come out to our sites and are

621
00:41:13,891 --> 00:41:17,411
part of those activities and the stewardship work we're doing.

622
00:41:19,247 --> 00:41:21,766
I know so many of you and some of you

623
00:41:21,807 --> 00:41:27,226
featured in this picture here, um, were present and chair

624
00:41:27,266 --> 00:41:31,818
and so thank you for your remarks that day. Um,

625
00:41:31,919 --> 00:41:34,698
so many of you have seen the work underway at

626
00:41:34,698 --> 00:41:37,578
the Jim Tovey Lakeview Conservation area. But on behalf of

627
00:41:37,618 --> 00:41:42,618
CVC and TRCA, we want to thank the region appeal.

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00:41:43,298 --> 00:41:46,637
And this steadfast support to achieve this incredible new green

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00:41:46,677 --> 00:41:49,517
space that Cary and her team have the privilege of

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00:41:50,018 --> 00:41:54,557
surutine, um, is just magnificent. And, uh, I really want

631
00:41:54,557 --> 00:41:57,437
to thank some of the staff that also work behind

632
00:41:57,538 --> 00:42:03,037
the scenes on this, um, for example, uh, we've, we've

633
00:42:03,058 --> 00:42:05,837
worked very closely with Janice Hatton over the years. We've

634
00:42:05,858 --> 00:42:08,797
worked very closely with Jeff Hennings over the years to

635
00:42:08,837 --> 00:42:13,197
make this project success and keeling dinner. The team, everyone

636
00:42:13,197 --> 00:42:15,917
on your team, Gary, that has helped us achieve this,

637
00:42:15,917 --> 00:42:19,757
uh, incredible space. So, uh, we were very proud to

638
00:42:19,797 --> 00:42:22,717
be part of that opening on May 29th in memory

639
00:42:22,738 --> 00:42:26,237
of, uh, regional councillor Jim Tovey. And, uh, this space

640
00:42:26,498 --> 00:42:30,557
has already becoming a beloved space across the lake Ontario

641
00:42:30,658 --> 00:42:33,437
waterfront. So I just want to thank you for that.

642
00:42:33,437 --> 00:42:37,917
And Councillor Dasko, what an incredible, incredible amenity for your

643
00:42:37,917 --> 00:42:40,237
residents. And thank you for your leadership on our board.

644
00:42:40,237 --> 00:42:43,117
And I know you're always talking to both of us

645
00:42:43,218 --> 00:42:46,397
on how this is going to be manta going for.

646
00:42:46,397 --> 00:42:48,397
But thank you for your leadership and making sure that

647
00:42:48,658 --> 00:42:56,837
we stayed on track together on this. See, we talked

648
00:42:56,837 --> 00:43:00,677
about, um, a lot of the work that's going on,

649
00:43:00,677 --> 00:43:04,837
but on, um, uh, our green space is directly support

650
00:43:04,938 --> 00:43:07,717
the health and wellbeing of our communities and open up

651
00:43:08,058 --> 00:43:11,477
active and sustainable transportation options and trail networks. And I

652
00:43:11,477 --> 00:43:14,350
know trails are very important to many of you. CVC

653
00:43:14,390 --> 00:43:17,470
is working closely with both the region and locomunicipalities to

654
00:43:17,470 --> 00:43:22,430
move forward. They're pits to parks project as well. TRCA

655
00:43:22,451 --> 00:43:28,110
and CVC are working with PEAL and with our municipality

656
00:43:28,150 --> 00:43:30,990
and Cal and Brampton to turn the orangeville, Brampton Railway

657
00:43:31,491 --> 00:43:35,963
into a vibrant part of the regional trail system. Meanwhile,

658
00:43:36,144 --> 00:43:39,323
TRCA continues to move forward our regional trail strategy by

659
00:43:39,424 --> 00:43:43,483
working with Brampton on conceptual alternatives for the Clairville South

660
00:43:43,504 --> 00:43:47,643
multi - use trail. We are also installing additional amenities

661
00:43:47,683 --> 00:43:51,003
at Albion Hills and Glenn Haffey. And we're also working

662
00:43:51,744 --> 00:43:54,603
and at the request of a number of members of

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00:43:54,643 --> 00:43:57,803
the board and TRCA and members of council here, we're

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00:43:57,803 --> 00:44:00,683
working to make sure that the Ministry of Transportation takes

665
00:44:00,723 --> 00:44:04,043
into account the regional trail network in its major work

666
00:44:04,224 --> 00:44:07,963
on 413. We're making sure that the GTA West transmission

667
00:44:08,064 --> 00:44:11,403
framework is also the GTA West project on that side

668
00:44:11,403 --> 00:44:14,123
of it. Uh, they're also looking at that, uh, so

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00:44:14,163 --> 00:44:16,203
we'll continue that work to make sure all of this

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00:44:16,384 --> 00:44:19,723
is coordinated to maintain and protect trail infrastructure and peel.

671
00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:26,619
The foundation of conservation authorities includes the development of watershed

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00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:30,299
plans. These watershed plans are directly informing our work with

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00:44:30,299 --> 00:44:34,939
our municipal partners on development applications and infrastructure proposals of

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00:44:34,979 --> 00:44:39,570
interest. To the region, the province and our municipal partners,

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00:44:39,570 --> 00:44:42,290
including some of the big ones I've mentioned, like Highway

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00:44:43,191 --> 00:44:47,650
413 and a number of the regional road sewer and

677
00:44:47,650 --> 00:44:51,010
water works that we discuss here at this council. The

678
00:44:51,111 --> 00:44:54,370
entirety of the CVC and TRCA jurisdiction in PIL have

679
00:44:54,471 --> 00:44:58,210
active work on watershed plans underway with the updated credit

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00:44:58,210 --> 00:45:01,250
river and Humber River watershed plans projected for completion in

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00:45:01,351 --> 00:45:05,730
2027. And the atopical creek watershed plan being implemented through

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00:45:06,311 --> 00:45:09,490
our restoration work and our work to review the major

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00:45:09,511 --> 00:45:16,982
development applications. And infrastructure projects occurring. In that watershed. Both

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00:45:17,083 --> 00:45:22,342
CVC and TRCA are responsible for operating and monitoring. Various

685
00:45:22,382 --> 00:45:27,542
stream and participation and precipitation gauges across our watersheds and

686
00:45:27,582 --> 00:45:31,622
collecting water samples to support critical services such as sourcewater

687
00:45:31,622 --> 00:45:34,982
protection, as well as ensuring that planning and development decisions

688
00:45:35,022 --> 00:45:37,782
are based on the best science we can bring to

689
00:45:37,803 --> 00:45:42,502
the table. These decades - long data sets are invaluable,

690
00:45:42,502 --> 00:45:46,093
both for conservation authorities. Uh, all of those agencies I

691
00:45:46,114 --> 00:45:50,093
mentioned before, as many, many, and public really, for public

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00:45:50,194 --> 00:45:54,333
health and safety. These data sets tell the story of

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00:45:54,834 --> 00:45:57,213
work that we do to ensure the safety of our

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00:45:57,213 --> 00:45:59,853
water. They tell the story of our work to restore

695
00:45:59,874 --> 00:46:07,250
and protect our community assets. At CAs, we were closely

696
00:46:07,271 --> 00:46:10,910
with our municipalities on planning development of safe, sustainable, and

697
00:46:10,951 --> 00:46:15,730
livable communities. This includes receiving, uh, reviewing and reporting on

698
00:46:15,911 --> 00:46:20,450
municipal official plans, monitoring, and advising on numerous minister zoning

699
00:46:20,490 --> 00:46:24,050
orders taking place throughout the jurisdiction. And our work is

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00:46:24,071 --> 00:46:27,570
critical for peel region, which is an active, probably one

701
00:46:27,570 --> 00:46:30,370
of the most active areas for development in Canada right

702
00:46:30,370 --> 00:46:34,540
now. And, uh, it's vital to have informed decision making

703
00:46:34,641 --> 00:46:38,460
in such a context. CVC and TRCA have focused on

704
00:46:38,561 --> 00:46:41,740
an efficient and effective approach to reviewing and processing development

705
00:46:41,761 --> 00:46:47,020
permits. And we consistently meet or exceed service delivery guidelines

706
00:46:47,841 --> 00:46:51,100
put forward by the province. We also utilise our expertise

707
00:46:51,201 --> 00:46:55,500
to support both applicants and municipalities and reach mutually beneficial

708
00:46:55,601 --> 00:46:59,500
planning development outcomes. We work with build. We work with

709
00:46:59,540 --> 00:47:03,340
the communities of interests out there. And we will continue

710
00:47:03,521 --> 00:47:06,220
to do our very best to make sure we bring,

711
00:47:06,220 --> 00:47:08,620
uh, the best science and the best advice to the

712
00:47:08,641 --> 00:47:12,220
decision making in PIL. And with that, I will turn

713
00:47:12,321 --> 00:47:16,360
this over to, uh, my trusted colleague, Terry LaRoo, uh,

714
00:47:16,481 --> 00:47:20,781
for the remainder of this presentation. Thank you. Great. Thank

715
00:47:20,781 --> 00:47:24,541
you so much, John. And good morning, council. Um, TRCA

716
00:47:24,722 --> 00:47:29,101
and CBC are recognised for our expertise in delivering restoration

717
00:47:29,682 --> 00:47:33,421
projects on conservation lands, municipal properties and private lands across

718
00:47:33,762 --> 00:47:37,501
both of our watersheds. We take an integrated partnership -

719
00:47:37,501 --> 00:47:41,261
based approach working closely with municipalities, the region and landowners

720
00:47:41,842 --> 00:47:46,061
to ensure restoration projects deliver multiple benefits from improved water

721
00:47:46,082 --> 00:47:50,221
quality and habitat to enhance flood resilience and climate adaptation.

722
00:47:51,569 --> 00:47:55,948
Um, our restoration projects are designed to deliver multiple benefits.

723
00:47:55,948 --> 00:48:00,428
For example, TRCA's recent natural channel restoration in Chinkoosy Park

724
00:48:00,689 --> 00:48:04,988
will help reduce erosion and flood risk, protect infrastructure, enhance

725
00:48:05,009 --> 00:48:09,003
habitat, and improve the community's enjoyment of the park. We're

726
00:48:09,043 --> 00:48:11,483
also working closely with PO region to address the growing

727
00:48:11,584 --> 00:48:14,683
challenge of invasive species and protect the long - term

728
00:48:14,683 --> 00:48:18,523
health of our natural systems. And quite recently, uh, CBC

729
00:48:18,544 --> 00:48:22,043
is very proud to welcome a brand new team member.

730
00:48:22,043 --> 00:48:25,803
That is Tilly, a scent trained Labrador. Uh, the first

731
00:48:26,064 --> 00:48:29,963
in Ontario, um, who's trained in the detection centring detection

732
00:48:30,003 --> 00:48:35,899
of invasive species. Um, a major part of restoring and

733
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:40,059
greening peels communities is engaging residents and community partners directly.

734
00:48:41,112 --> 00:48:45,091
Through popular native tree planting events, community cleanups and invasive

735
00:48:45,131 --> 00:48:48,131
species removal initiatives, thousands of people are helping to make

736
00:48:48,392 --> 00:48:51,811
a difference in their own neighbourhoods. Um, and we always

737
00:48:51,992 --> 00:48:54,611
welcome. We thank, um, very much all of the members

738
00:48:54,611 --> 00:48:57,331
of council who have participated in these events. It means

739
00:48:57,331 --> 00:48:59,971
a lot not only to our organisations, but absolutely to

740
00:49:00,011 --> 00:49:03,251
the residents and the volunteers that attend. And, uh, we

741
00:49:03,352 --> 00:49:06,451
always welcome your participation and encourage you to join us

742
00:49:06,632 --> 00:49:12,789
alongside your constituents at these events. Environmental education remains a

743
00:49:12,810 --> 00:49:16,109
key area of focus for both of our organisations. So

744
00:49:16,170 --> 00:49:20,069
far in 2026, more than 28, 000 students and community

745
00:49:20,109 --> 00:49:25,189
learners have participated in CBC and TRCA education programs across

746
00:49:25,530 --> 00:49:29,029
PEAL. We're also very proud to bring together our core

747
00:49:29,069 --> 00:49:32,709
mandate of flood management and climate resilience with public education

748
00:49:32,730 --> 00:49:36,069
through initiatives such as flood smart and peel. Now available

749
00:49:36,090 --> 00:49:39,745
to all peel eco schools. And in partnership with the

750
00:49:39,846 --> 00:49:42,945
city of Brampton, CBC is advancing the development of a

751
00:49:42,945 --> 00:49:48,225
new landmark, environmental education centre that will inspire future generations,

752
00:49:48,225 --> 00:49:51,425
strengthen environmental literacy, and provide hands - on learning opportunities

753
00:49:51,526 --> 00:49:54,945
that connect people to nature and the challenges and opportunities

754
00:49:54,966 --> 00:50:00,373
of a changing climate. We work closely with many partners

755
00:50:00,634 --> 00:50:04,773
in stakeholders to implement leading - edge sustainability solutions. This

756
00:50:04,954 --> 00:50:08,693
ranges from municipalities to community groups and residents through to

757
00:50:08,733 --> 00:50:12,712
businesses. In all cases, we leverage these connections and audiences

758
00:50:12,893 --> 00:50:17,838
to enable environmental, social, and economic benefits. We have partnered

759
00:50:17,838 --> 00:50:21,278
with both Peel region, local municipalities and other groups to

760
00:50:21,299 --> 00:50:26,478
implement multiple sustainable neighbourhoods or snaps in order to retrofit

761
00:50:26,518 --> 00:50:30,318
more resilient, livable neighbourhoods. We're very excited for the work

762
00:50:30,339 --> 00:50:32,958
currently being done to develop two new snaps and peel

763
00:50:33,459 --> 00:50:39,121
one each in CBC and TRCA's jurisdictions. And TRCA has

764
00:50:39,161 --> 00:50:41,761
also continued their very strong work with the business community

765
00:50:42,022 --> 00:50:45,281
through partners and project green to improve corporate energy, water

766
00:50:45,462 --> 00:50:49,041
and waste management. This includes work supported both by PUR

767
00:50:49,081 --> 00:50:52,001
region and by local municipalities in order to help businesses

768
00:50:52,041 --> 00:50:57,870
find efficiencies and improve their environmental footprint. And protecting communities

769
00:50:57,870 --> 00:51:00,430
from natural hazards in the impact of climate change is

770
00:51:00,531 --> 00:51:02,430
a core part of both of the work of CDC

771
00:51:02,691 --> 00:51:06,830
and TRCA in partnership with PL region. As one example,

772
00:51:06,851 --> 00:51:10,510
TRCA recently launched its climate - ready homes program, providing

773
00:51:10,851 --> 00:51:13,630
home assessments and practical advice to help residents improve the

774
00:51:13,651 --> 00:51:17,790
resilience and efficiency of their homes, including 100 households in

775
00:51:17,790 --> 00:51:22,817
PEAL. Together with regional staff, CBC and TRCA are also

776
00:51:22,817 --> 00:51:27,217
helping to deliver peels first biodiversity and climate change strategy

777
00:51:28,038 --> 00:51:32,807
while continuing to support local municipal climate action. By working

778
00:51:32,988 --> 00:51:37,267
collaboratively, we're helping build more resilient communities, healthier ecosystems, and

779
00:51:37,548 --> 00:51:41,678
a stronger future for peel residents. And CVC and TRCA

780
00:51:42,339 --> 00:51:45,038
continue to report annually on the outcomes and impacts of

781
00:51:45,059 --> 00:51:49,936
climate change initiatives funded through PEAL region. This year's report,

782
00:51:50,037 --> 00:51:53,472
marks the 5th annual update to regional counsel. Highlighting key

783
00:51:53,472 --> 00:51:57,712
achievements, measurable progress in opportunities to further strengthen climate resilience

784
00:51:57,733 --> 00:52:03,415
across PEAL. The climate change performance measurement system is organised

785
00:52:03,455 --> 00:52:06,295
around nine program areas and uses a range of assessment

786
00:52:06,316 --> 00:52:10,855
tools, including expert panels, surveys, and performance reviews to evaluate

787
00:52:10,956 --> 00:52:16,455
progress in effectiveness. In 2025, the assessment engaged 78 participants

788
00:52:17,116 --> 00:52:21,255
and reviewed 68 projects programs and initiatives delivered across peel

789
00:52:21,255 --> 00:52:24,595
region. We are pleased to report that all program areas

790
00:52:24,635 --> 00:52:28,835
were rated very effective with results remaining consistently strong from

791
00:52:28,835 --> 00:52:32,697
the previous year. This demonstrates the ongoing success of regional

792
00:52:32,737 --> 00:52:37,017
investments in climate adaptation and mitigation and the strong partnership

793
00:52:37,038 --> 00:52:43,516
between PLCDC and TRCA. Importantly, the process also identifies opportunities

794
00:52:43,556 --> 00:52:46,876
for continuous improvement. Helping it's your appeal remains a leader

795
00:52:47,057 --> 00:52:51,676
in building climate resilience and preparing for future challenges. Additional

796
00:52:51,777 --> 00:52:54,956
details and findings are included in the report before council

797
00:52:54,956 --> 00:52:59,298
today. And as we wrap up, um, I would just

798
00:52:59,298 --> 00:53:01,938
like to thank Peel region and our local municipal partners

799
00:53:02,199 --> 00:53:05,778
for the continued support and collaboration. Um, the work we've

800
00:53:05,818 --> 00:53:09,058
highlighted today is only possible because of the strong partnerships

801
00:53:09,079 --> 00:53:13,698
we've built together. Um, we look forward to returning to

802
00:53:13,698 --> 00:53:17,218
CU with our proposed 2027 budgets. And we hope to

803
00:53:17,258 --> 00:53:19,538
see many of you at our community events and initiatives

804
00:53:19,578 --> 00:53:23,226
throughout the summer and this autumn. And as always, CBC

805
00:53:23,247 --> 00:53:26,586
and TRCA remain committed to working very closely with council

806
00:53:27,007 --> 00:53:30,586
regional staff, local municipalities and senior levels of government to

807
00:53:30,687 --> 00:53:35,946
advance shared priorities, secure funding, protector environment, and build safer,

808
00:53:35,946 --> 00:53:41,066
healthier, and more resilient communities. Thank you. Thank you. Well

809
00:53:41,106 --> 00:53:45,420
done. And the questions, Councillor Pelesci. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

810
00:53:45,420 --> 00:53:49,820
Uh, thank you both for coming and giving the presentation

811
00:53:50,241 --> 00:53:53,740
and so many great news stories, so much the partnerships

812
00:53:53,740 --> 00:53:59,740
between, um, between yourselves and the residents and the municipalities

813
00:54:01,121 --> 00:54:06,750
is unbelievable. Um, to having you here today and the

814
00:54:06,750 --> 00:54:10,759
potential of only having you back one more time. Saddens

815
00:54:10,759 --> 00:54:14,670
me. Mr. Chair, you know me well enough to say,

816
00:54:14,670 --> 00:54:18,190
uh, you know, I feel that if another level of

817
00:54:18,230 --> 00:54:21,070
government does something great, I'm the first one to say,

818
00:54:21,070 --> 00:54:24,190
wow, that's fantastic. Another municipality does something. I want to

819
00:54:24,190 --> 00:54:27,459
copy it. Um, but you also know me well enough

820
00:54:27,499 --> 00:54:30,659
to say if there's other level of government does something

821
00:54:30,699 --> 00:54:32,739
wrong. I'm the first one to say this is not

822
00:54:32,779 --> 00:54:35,095
the right thing. And what the world that we live

823
00:54:35,196 --> 00:54:39,095
in today, we have the flooding that's happening, the heat

824
00:54:39,116 --> 00:54:43,895
waves that are happening, record breaking heat waves flooding hurricanes,

825
00:54:43,895 --> 00:54:48,193
typhoons. In a tragic four earthquakes in the last 24

826
00:54:48,214 --> 00:54:53,030
hours. Now more than ever, do we need the two

827
00:54:53,030 --> 00:54:56,550
of you sitting at the table and we need stability

828
00:54:56,971 --> 00:55:02,150
within these organisations and what the province is doing, unfortunately,

829
00:55:02,150 --> 00:55:05,350
members of council is not providing that stability. And I

830
00:55:05,851 --> 00:55:08,750
am sorry to bring a great news story, a little

831
00:55:08,750 --> 00:55:13,408
bit of, of sadness. But the levels of government, the

832
00:55:13,408 --> 00:55:16,228
province is not listening to you if you're saying something.

833
00:55:16,581 --> 00:55:18,880
If you're not saying anything, well, they're definitely not listening

834
00:55:18,981 --> 00:55:22,117
to you. But I'm telling you right now, what is

835
00:55:22,138 --> 00:55:28,197
about to happen will create problems within all of conservations.

836
00:55:28,237 --> 00:55:30,597
Not necessarily the ones that want to join because they

837
00:55:30,618 --> 00:55:35,376
know that they need to join other conservations. But certainly

838
00:55:35,416 --> 00:55:38,355
the ones that are here today. That will tell you

839
00:55:39,176 --> 00:55:43,888
it will cause disruption. It will cause for many years

840
00:55:45,189 --> 00:55:49,859
a great deal of disruption. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank

841
00:55:49,859 --> 00:55:54,540
you both for coming here today. Thank you, Michael. Councillor

842
00:55:54,561 --> 00:55:58,540
Tech. Thank you Mr. Chair. And thank you, Chair Pelosci.

843
00:55:58,540 --> 00:56:03,100
Um, maybe giving you guys an opportunity to, uh, walk

844
00:56:03,100 --> 00:56:07,620
through some of the transition instructions. I don't want to

845
00:56:07,620 --> 00:56:12,380
call them plans. But the instructions that the provincial government,

846
00:56:12,380 --> 00:56:17,340
uh, and the, uh, the new agency, uh, has, has

847
00:56:17,441 --> 00:56:19,660
shared with you in terms of timelines that I know

848
00:56:19,700 --> 00:56:21,740
you've shared with some of us who sit on conservation

849
00:56:21,740 --> 00:56:24,340
authorities, but I know, uh, most of us don't. So

850
00:56:24,340 --> 00:56:26,220
if that's something you could share with everyone, that would

851
00:56:26,220 --> 00:56:28,620
be helpful for people to understand the timelines. You can

852
00:56:28,620 --> 00:56:33,269
start in. Yes, thank you, uh, Councillor Tejo and through

853
00:56:33,309 --> 00:56:35,989
you chair. Um, what we know to be true right

854
00:56:36,029 --> 00:56:39,349
now and which has been, um, very strongly communicated is

855
00:56:39,349 --> 00:56:44,629
that the province, um, is anticipating the legal statutory amalgamation

856
00:56:44,890 --> 00:56:50,069
of the 36 conservation authorities into nine by February 1st

857
00:56:50,069 --> 00:56:54,709
of 2027 and to achieve that goal. There are some,

858
00:56:54,709 --> 00:56:58,229
uh, certain milestones that are happening very quickly. So as

859
00:56:58,410 --> 00:57:01,349
John mentioned earlier, there will be appointments of what they're

860
00:57:01,349 --> 00:57:05,249
calling the project executive who will become the regional, um,

861
00:57:05,930 --> 00:57:10,309
CAO for the new amalgamated regional conservation authority. Those appointments

862
00:57:10,330 --> 00:57:13,919
are expected to happen by mid - July. And then

863
00:57:13,919 --> 00:57:16,939
the work of the transition committee is we'll start, um,

864
00:57:17,140 --> 00:57:21,439
we believe immediately afterwards with the project executive, um, and

865
00:57:21,479 --> 00:57:26,479
then the members, the appointed members typically the CAO and

866
00:57:26,500 --> 00:57:29,579
a member of the board, um, that work will, uh,

867
00:57:29,940 --> 00:57:34,159
happen. Ernste young, who the province has engaged to do

868
00:57:34,199 --> 00:57:36,719
a lot of data collection and information are developing what

869
00:57:37,060 --> 00:57:40,959
they're calling the regional consolidation playbook that will also be

870
00:57:40,980 --> 00:57:44,239
provided at the same time to the transition committee to

871
00:57:44,279 --> 00:57:47,039
then work through the legal steps to the amalgamation by

872
00:57:47,079 --> 00:57:52,422
February 1st. And through the chair, I don't have much

873
00:57:52,603 --> 00:57:56,102
more to add except that each CA has appointed and

874
00:57:56,102 --> 00:57:59,862
I mentioned this, uh, has appointed and in the case,

875
00:57:59,862 --> 00:58:03,222
I believe it's yourself. And then your chair, chair Peleshy.

876
00:58:03,222 --> 00:58:05,382
And in the case of TRCA, it's chair de Barton

877
00:58:05,803 --> 00:58:09,302
myself to be part of those transition committee processes once

878
00:58:09,323 --> 00:58:14,342
they start. Um, we, um, you know, our, our, our

879
00:58:14,683 --> 00:58:18,900
one for TRCA is probably less. Potentially disruptive because we

880
00:58:18,940 --> 00:58:23,060
are, um, being asked to add in a geography of

881
00:58:23,481 --> 00:58:28,180
what is the central lake Ontario conservation authority today, which

882
00:58:28,180 --> 00:58:32,180
is really whippy, Oshawa and then a pretty significant part

883
00:58:32,180 --> 00:58:35,860
of Clarington and some parts of Skugog and Oxbridge that

884
00:58:35,860 --> 00:58:37,460
are on the Oak Ridge Marine where there isn't a

885
00:58:37,460 --> 00:58:40,260
lot of development, but it's really those parts of Whitby

886
00:58:40,281 --> 00:58:44,580
Osha and Clarenrington that are being, you know, amalgamated with

887
00:58:44,620 --> 00:58:47,820
us. We already work with Durham region quite well. We

888
00:58:47,881 --> 00:58:51,140
have a great relationship with their team, their senior team.

889
00:58:51,140 --> 00:58:54,340
Our staff work with Kloka very closely. They're about 45

890
00:58:54,681 --> 00:58:59,267
full - time staff today. Compared to DRCA, which is

891
00:58:59,608 --> 00:59:03,987
approximately 650 full - time staff. And our budgets are

892
00:59:04,008 --> 00:59:06,947
about 20 times bigger than theirs. So it's something that

893
00:59:08,328 --> 00:59:11,267
we don't know if we, and we really are looking

894
00:59:11,307 --> 00:59:13,027
to try to see if we can do this in

895
00:59:13,067 --> 00:59:15,827
a much more efficient way where there is as little

896
00:59:15,848 --> 00:59:19,747
disruption or as, because I recognise a concern about disruption

897
00:59:20,248 --> 00:59:22,627
that you raised, we want to make sure that for

898
00:59:22,627 --> 00:59:26,387
staff, that the continuity of service throughout any of this.

899
00:59:26,387 --> 00:59:28,307
And we want to do this as quickly as possible.

900
00:59:28,307 --> 00:59:30,707
I know it's a much different situation for the credit

901
00:59:30,888 --> 00:59:35,487
valley conservation authority because of the larger geographic area, the

902
00:59:35,487 --> 00:59:42,427
broader, uh, geography on top of that, municipalities involved. So

903
00:59:42,427 --> 00:59:45,267
that is a different challenge that, uh, credit valley conservation

904
00:59:45,448 --> 00:59:48,867
authority is facing. I recognise that. But, um, our, our

905
00:59:48,968 --> 00:59:51,907
intent is to try to make sure that, uh, you

906
00:59:51,907 --> 00:59:55,027
know, we're as transparent as possible. We do great work.

907
00:59:55,027 --> 00:59:57,267
But apprising them of the great work we do is

908
00:59:57,768 --> 01:00:00,467
really going to be an important thing right now. Recognising

909
01:00:01,128 --> 01:00:05,027
the services we provide here, these two conservation authorities to

910
01:00:05,067 --> 01:00:08,453
the region appeal. That's not done. In other parts of

911
01:00:09,914 --> 01:00:13,093
Ontario like it's done here. And so making sure we

912
01:00:13,514 --> 01:00:18,293
impress upon them how great the working relationship we have,

913
01:00:18,293 --> 01:00:25,173
how we are those trusted longstanding partner, uh, delivery agencies

914
01:00:25,434 --> 01:00:28,513
for our municipal partners. I mean, that's really important. And

915
01:00:28,513 --> 01:00:31,733
so we're emphasizing that in these, uh, discussions and any

916
01:00:31,733 --> 01:00:35,869
opportunities we have with them. Thank you. I just wanted

917
01:00:35,890 --> 01:00:39,069
to top that up because chair slash Michael, you've said

918
01:00:39,069 --> 01:00:42,112
it very well in a councillor attention. I think in

919
01:00:42,112 --> 01:00:43,872
some of the sites that I've shared with the province

920
01:00:44,133 --> 01:00:46,032
or this, this is again, my inimitable way of looking

921
01:00:46,072 --> 01:00:48,912
at things at 35, 000 feet. And I apologise for

922
01:00:49,173 --> 01:00:53,552
this analogy. Sometimes we suffer when from the provincial perspective,

923
01:00:53,552 --> 01:00:56,032
we wish they used a sniper as opposed to a

924
01:00:56,053 --> 01:00:59,632
shotgun blast. And what I mean by that is great

925
01:00:59,632 --> 01:01:02,432
example that always comes to mind is plan use development.

926
01:01:02,921 --> 01:01:06,660
So in Mississauga in Brampton and Caledon, we played along.

927
01:01:06,660 --> 01:01:08,900
We built them what we've done. And so they can

928
01:01:08,940 --> 01:01:12,420
work with us. As you know, and we don't deal

929
01:01:12,460 --> 01:01:14,900
with them day by day, but the so many hamlets

930
01:01:15,001 --> 01:01:18,420
in Ontario that have said, uh, bring us your development

931
01:01:18,441 --> 01:01:20,960
application. We're saying no. We don't care if you've got

932
01:01:20,960 --> 01:01:22,740
400 feet of frontage and want to turn one home.

933
01:01:22,740 --> 01:01:25,700
We're just saying no. According to new phrase pulling a

934
01:01:25,740 --> 01:01:28,580
shaggy, it wasn't me. It wasn't me. So they can

935
01:01:28,580 --> 01:01:31,224
just say it wasn't me. It went to the, but

936
01:01:31,224 --> 01:01:33,164
it wasn't me. It wasn't me. And I'm up for

937
01:01:33,204 --> 01:01:35,404
re - election. It wasn't me. So the province has

938
01:01:35,444 --> 01:01:38,764
to deal with them as well. So the shotgun blast

939
01:01:38,764 --> 01:01:41,244
is MZOs. We'll just approve them. And that's it. Because

940
01:01:41,244 --> 01:01:44,124
they've got to look at the whole province. To your

941
01:01:44,164 --> 01:01:48,444
point and the point YouTube, as it relates to conservation,

942
01:01:48,444 --> 01:01:51,404
we've had the same approach in a manner of speaking

943
01:01:51,505 --> 01:01:54,204
that we've had with development files. We'll work with you.

944
01:01:54,204 --> 01:01:55,884
We'll deal with it. And the proof is in the

945
01:01:55,884 --> 01:01:59,164
pudding. My God, we've been too Mississauga Brampton and now

946
01:01:59,204 --> 01:02:02,444
of the fastest growing places in Ontario. You clearly haven't

947
01:02:02,465 --> 01:02:06,284
held us up to an exhaustive degree that jobs gotten

948
01:02:06,284 --> 01:02:09,804
done. But I'm afraid you're getting lumped into the shotgun

949
01:02:09,905 --> 01:02:13,004
blast. Sing, but in other places, concert, it's just no.

950
01:02:13,004 --> 01:02:14,584
It's a no, you can't. This is a. Okay. But

951
01:02:14,625 --> 01:02:17,164
you know, we have to accommodate 1. 5 million. How

952
01:02:17,164 --> 01:02:19,724
do we make it work? We've always made it work

953
01:02:20,145 --> 01:02:23,644
to a great degree. Not always, but we're getting caught

954
01:02:23,665 --> 01:02:26,204
up in the shotgun blast for all the other hamlets

955
01:02:26,244 --> 01:02:28,684
that were just a problem. They're seen as a problem.

956
01:02:28,684 --> 01:02:30,924
And we're getting thrown into that. And that is the

957
01:02:30,945 --> 01:02:33,364
message that I can beat on this file. Cause I

958
01:02:33,364 --> 01:02:35,404
believe it to be a hundred percent true because I've

959
01:02:35,404 --> 01:02:37,724
worked with both of you. And I've been, we've gotten

960
01:02:37,985 --> 01:02:40,844
the projects done to a degree. We need this mitigation.

961
01:02:40,844 --> 01:02:43,404
We need this recollection of our understanding what needs to

962
01:02:43,404 --> 01:02:45,964
be done. But now in their zeal to clean up

963
01:02:46,065 --> 01:02:48,924
everything else in the province, I think probably more so

964
01:02:49,025 --> 01:02:52,044
unfairly on this file than any other our conservation authorities

965
01:02:52,065 --> 01:02:55,084
have gotten caught up. And I've shared those sentiments as

966
01:02:55,084 --> 01:02:58,684
well. So great conversation carry on. You're doing great work.

967
01:02:58,684 --> 01:03:01,404
I'm going to have receipt moved by Councillor Pelessi and

968
01:03:01,505 --> 01:03:04,925
Councillor Tedger, all those in favor carried. Okay. Next up

969
01:03:05,426 --> 01:03:08,845
7 - 2. Dehabo Ahmed Omar chief executive officer, Sagal

970
01:03:08,866 --> 01:03:13,005
Abdi, director Black North Initiative. And Mike Lab, chief executive

971
01:03:13,045 --> 01:03:16,045
officer and founder home opportunities regarding an update on the

972
01:03:16,066 --> 01:03:21,485
implementation, appeal regions, home ownership program related to item 13.

973
01:03:21,525 --> 01:03:22,445
1. Welcome.

974
01:03:37,374 --> 01:03:42,385
So good after, Evil, good morning still. Um, everyone. You

975
01:03:42,385 --> 01:03:44,865
know, I think, uh, so, so thank you, Chair and

976
01:03:44,865 --> 01:03:47,505
members of council and PL staff for the opportunity to

977
01:03:47,505 --> 01:03:50,465
be here. I will take a moment to, um, just

978
01:03:50,505 --> 01:03:55,265
acknowledge Aileen Byrd who wasn't, I mean, is an incredible

979
01:03:55,366 --> 01:03:59,905
woman who took on an incredible responsibility and worked very,

980
01:03:59,945 --> 01:04:02,925
very diligently with us at Black North. And, you know,

981
01:04:03,126 --> 01:04:07,415
understood right from the get - go, um. She understood

982
01:04:07,415 --> 01:04:10,295
that you guys had a responsibility in ensuring that communities

983
01:04:10,335 --> 01:04:14,275
were centred and valued. She always put us first. She

984
01:04:14,275 --> 01:04:17,895
listened a lot, asked really important questions and made sure

985
01:04:17,916 --> 01:04:21,655
that the goal of the program was accomplished. And so

986
01:04:22,076 --> 01:04:24,835
her and I had a quick chat earlier. And, you

987
01:04:24,835 --> 01:04:28,455
know, just, just remembering all of the struggles that we

988
01:04:28,495 --> 01:04:31,075
had gone through over the last couple of years. And

989
01:04:31,075 --> 01:04:33,395
it's sad to see her go happy for her. But

990
01:04:33,516 --> 01:04:36,055
I thank her sincerely and deeply for her service to

991
01:04:36,076 --> 01:04:41,596
our community specifically. Um, and so my name is Dehabo,

992
01:04:41,596 --> 01:04:43,676
I'm at Umer. I am the chief executive officer of

993
01:04:43,777 --> 01:04:46,316
Black North Initiative. I've been with the organisation now for

994
01:04:46,417 --> 01:04:50,796
six years. Um, our organisation, uh, our goal is to

995
01:04:51,377 --> 01:04:55,196
bridge the gaps that exist between our communities and systemic

996
01:04:55,236 --> 01:04:58,636
anti - Black racism largely our work is with the

997
01:04:58,657 --> 01:05:02,316
corporate sector, you know, we build a model that allows

998
01:05:02,417 --> 01:05:06,956
us to use a muscle of corporate Canada to be

999
01:05:06,956 --> 01:05:11,276
able to move forward with respect to social impact in

1000
01:05:11,276 --> 01:05:14,716
our communities. And we've been able to create incredible impact

1001
01:05:14,897 --> 01:05:18,316
over the last six years, uh, chair, chairman has been

1002
01:05:18,356 --> 01:05:21,556
a part of that very much. And Mayor Brown, of

1003
01:05:21,556 --> 01:05:24,556
course. And so I think a big part of our,

1004
01:05:24,577 --> 01:05:28,636
of our, uh, work has been to ensure that communities

1005
01:05:29,857 --> 01:05:33,036
felt really present in our, in our programming and initiatives

1006
01:05:33,137 --> 01:05:35,596
we wanted to, I mean, we could address very many

1007
01:05:35,697 --> 01:05:38,636
issues. There are, you know, if you looked at the

1008
01:05:38,676 --> 01:05:41,596
map of the black community and you asked the map,

1009
01:05:41,596 --> 01:05:43,976
where does it hurt? It'd probably tell you everywhere, uh,

1010
01:05:44,257 --> 01:05:46,796
because there are challenges across all of the different sectors

1011
01:05:47,297 --> 01:05:51,276
within the black community, whether it's education, employment, uh, the

1012
01:05:51,316 --> 01:05:55,836
justice system, health, mental health specifically. And so we, we

1013
01:05:55,836 --> 01:05:59,036
took it upon ourselves to really focus in some key

1014
01:05:59,057 --> 01:06:03,276
areas that you see on the screen, education, employment, economic

1015
01:06:03,457 --> 01:06:06,156
empowerment, health and wellbeing as well as housing and home

1016
01:06:06,156 --> 01:06:08,636
ownership. And we're here today to give you an update

1017
01:06:08,657 --> 01:06:12,296
on the home ownership bridge program. But I will, um,

1018
01:06:13,377 --> 01:06:17,356
Mike LeBay introduced himself. He has been, and I'll just

1019
01:06:17,396 --> 01:06:19,276
say it now because he won't let me do it

1020
01:06:19,276 --> 01:06:22,956
after. Mike Lobby has been an incredible partner in the

1021
01:06:23,137 --> 01:06:28,716
homeownership rich program and very much like Aileen has ensured

1022
01:06:28,716 --> 01:06:32,216
that black community's voice is always centred. He, you know,

1023
01:06:32,216 --> 01:06:34,156
we're used to being relegated to the margins and to

1024
01:06:34,156 --> 01:06:37,436
have a partner who understands the importance of black voices

1025
01:06:37,777 --> 01:06:41,036
and black communities has been a blessing and a joy.

1026
01:06:41,036 --> 01:06:47,314
And so Mike, I'll let you introduce yourself. Yes. Just

1027
01:06:47,415 --> 01:06:50,708
briefly. Some of you know me, um, I've been doing

1028
01:06:50,889 --> 01:06:55,108
affordable housings in 1979, the work that home opportunities net

1029
01:06:55,148 --> 01:06:58,548
is doing now is related to affordable home ownership, which

1030
01:06:58,548 --> 01:07:01,428
I think has a bigger role to play than it's

1031
01:07:01,609 --> 01:07:05,268
played in the past in terms of solving housing problem.

1032
01:07:05,268 --> 01:07:08,693
And our mandate is to make society better. And certainly

1033
01:07:08,794 --> 01:07:12,373
partnering with black north is an incredibly valuable and important

1034
01:07:12,394 --> 01:07:17,834
way to get us to that goal. He's very humble.

1035
01:07:18,449 --> 01:07:21,988
Um, and so, you know, I think I want to

1036
01:07:21,988 --> 01:07:24,748
be able to at least at first say thank you

1037
01:07:24,788 --> 01:07:27,868
to the regional council for its leadership and continued commitment

1038
01:07:28,209 --> 01:07:33,148
to this program. And especially on expanding equitable access to

1039
01:07:33,729 --> 01:07:38,748
home ownership opportunities in 2021, as you may remember council

1040
01:07:38,748 --> 01:07:41,868
made a significant investment into black North initiative, home ownership

1041
01:07:41,889 --> 01:07:45,788
bridge program with the goal of supporting 50 black renter

1042
01:07:45,809 --> 01:07:49,148
household in pill region. Since that time, we have worked

1043
01:07:49,188 --> 01:07:52,988
very diligently to build the necessary partnerships as well as

1044
01:07:53,169 --> 01:07:58,748
secure additional capital and develop, um, sustainable model capable of

1045
01:07:58,788 --> 01:08:01,948
delivering on that vision. And today we are pleased to

1046
01:08:02,209 --> 01:08:05,388
report that we have secure 10 million dollars through the

1047
01:08:05,409 --> 01:08:11,548
CMHC shared equity mortgage providers fund and establish a strong

1048
01:08:11,649 --> 01:08:15,868
implementation partnership that positions black north and home opportunities to

1049
01:08:15,908 --> 01:08:25,899
move forward with confidence. Yes. And, and. Got to push

1050
01:08:25,899 --> 01:08:30,171
the button. So, uh, Mount Pleasant Commons. And I do

1051
01:08:30,171 --> 01:08:33,571
want to recognise the leadership that, uh, Brampton Council provided

1052
01:08:33,592 --> 01:08:36,531
to put the project forward and help us through a

1053
01:08:36,531 --> 01:08:39,311
lot of hurdles as we've moved our way through. And

1054
01:08:39,432 --> 01:08:42,371
the partners have joined as we've come along, but Brampton

1055
01:08:42,472 --> 01:08:46,291
started the process and PL has been supportive of. I

1056
01:08:46,331 --> 01:08:49,571
thought it'd be interesting for council to know what we've

1057
01:08:49,571 --> 01:08:53,411
been achieving in terms of our targeting on that project.

1058
01:08:53,411 --> 01:08:56,611
So remember, and this is home ownership, uh, the starting

1059
01:08:56,792 --> 01:08:59,811
income that allows you to qualify for purchasing a studio

1060
01:08:59,832 --> 01:09:02,851
unit in this project is 36, 000 dollars a year.

1061
01:09:04,232 --> 01:09:06,851
The starting income that you need to qualify for a

1062
01:09:06,891 --> 01:09:10,451
one bedroom is 50, 000 dollars a year. The starting

1063
01:09:10,472 --> 01:09:13,091
income you need for a two bedroom is 75, 000

1064
01:09:13,112 --> 01:09:16,611
dollars a year for a three bedroom. It's 97, 000

1065
01:09:16,651 --> 01:09:20,051
dollars here and for our four bedroom townhouse, it's 85,

1066
01:09:20,091 --> 01:09:23,144
000 dollars a year. So that is the starting point

1067
01:09:23,485 --> 01:09:25,224
and then it moves up from there because we have

1068
01:09:25,264 --> 01:09:28,104
a mixed income community. But that's all from the help

1069
01:09:28,125 --> 01:09:33,013
that this group is provided and others. So the alignment

1070
01:09:33,053 --> 01:09:37,173
of shared equity lending and all of the other lending

1071
01:09:37,213 --> 01:09:40,693
that has come along effectively allows us to offer chance

1072
01:09:40,693 --> 01:09:43,173
for people to own at a caring cost that's half

1073
01:09:43,173 --> 01:09:46,053
of their purchase price. And then that money is repaid

1074
01:09:46,074 --> 01:09:49,880
and used to help others when they sell. So very

1075
01:09:49,880 --> 01:09:54,520
important to borrow the analogy from the chair, um, we're

1076
01:09:54,541 --> 01:09:58,360
hoping to add three buckets to your bailing, uh, through

1077
01:09:58,701 --> 01:10:01,080
home ownership as long as we can work together on

1078
01:10:01,120 --> 01:10:04,920
it. Because without needing large amounts of grants and subs,

1079
01:10:04,920 --> 01:10:07,800
just loans, we can scale to any level that you

1080
01:10:07,821 --> 01:10:10,440
want us to scale to. And because it's to blend

1081
01:10:10,440 --> 01:10:12,200
it income community, we can talk about a thousand units

1082
01:10:12,301 --> 01:10:14,760
in a community. And that's not something you can do

1083
01:10:14,800 --> 01:10:21,472
when you're dealing with other programs. So your funds are

1084
01:10:21,653 --> 01:10:26,639
supporting 50 families. To get out of rental. Into home

1085
01:10:26,639 --> 01:10:29,439
ownership. And remember that as an interesting point. Every time

1086
01:10:29,439 --> 01:10:32,799
you pull some out of a rental, you create an

1087
01:10:32,799 --> 01:10:35,999
opportunity for another renter. And then you move people onto

1088
01:10:36,020 --> 01:10:40,936
home ownership. We specifically target 35, 000 for studios because

1089
01:10:41,117 --> 01:10:43,176
that allows us to pull people out of support of

1090
01:10:43,216 --> 01:10:46,256
housing and create another free space and supportive housing. So

1091
01:10:46,256 --> 01:10:50,485
this is innovation. That Brampton helped us start to create.

1092
01:10:53,416 --> 01:10:57,555
Thank you, Mike. And so our focus for the coming

1093
01:10:57,736 --> 01:11:00,915
months is really around making sure that we are reaching

1094
01:11:00,955 --> 01:11:06,835
out to our community that we're identifying and qualifying families.

1095
01:11:06,835 --> 01:11:10,195
And look, I mean, there's so many incredible families who,

1096
01:11:10,195 --> 01:11:13,775
um, have the understanding who have never seen, you know,

1097
01:11:14,456 --> 01:11:17,715
or thought about home ownership as a possibility for them

1098
01:11:18,376 --> 01:11:21,395
and who are ready to take on this new incredible

1099
01:11:21,496 --> 01:11:25,155
opportunity. And so our goal is to really focus on

1100
01:11:26,216 --> 01:11:30,275
identifying those eligible families, preparing them for the future and

1101
01:11:30,315 --> 01:11:32,835
making sure they are ready to participate fully into the

1102
01:11:32,936 --> 01:11:36,675
program. We do remain very confident in our ability to

1103
01:11:36,776 --> 01:11:41,875
identify and support 50 peel households, um, it's contemplated through

1104
01:11:42,136 --> 01:11:45,715
pill regions investment. Of course. And, you know, we are

1105
01:11:45,736 --> 01:11:49,715
absolutely excited in what's coming ahead. I think a big

1106
01:11:49,755 --> 01:11:53,155
part of what, um, the few members of our team

1107
01:11:53,256 --> 01:11:56,755
here, Seagal and Shelton and Mike and myself and others

1108
01:11:57,096 --> 01:12:00,995
have really been just daydreaming on a regular about what

1109
01:12:01,035 --> 01:12:03,795
this could look like for black families in the pill

1110
01:12:03,795 --> 01:12:06,355
region. And so on behalf of Black North as well

1111
01:12:06,355 --> 01:12:10,435
as home opportunities and very many of our project partners,

1112
01:12:10,435 --> 01:12:12,355
we thank you for your partnership and for your commitment

1113
01:12:12,376 --> 01:12:16,115
and for your investment into your communities and our communities.

1114
01:12:18,033 --> 01:12:24,959
Thank you. Excellent presentation. Questions Councillor Reed. Thank you. Thank

1115
01:12:24,959 --> 01:12:27,759
you Mr. Chair. Thank you so much for that presentation.

1116
01:12:27,759 --> 01:12:29,999
Um, I just, I just want to just pause and

1117
01:12:29,999 --> 01:12:32,799
say thank you. I've seen this work from a distance

1118
01:12:33,060 --> 01:12:37,359
as a councillor in my first term 2021. I saw

1119
01:12:37,380 --> 01:12:39,359
a lot of this coming out and I was really

1120
01:12:39,359 --> 01:12:41,599
curious to see how it was going to be what

1121
01:12:41,599 --> 01:12:44,319
the uptake was going to be like, uh, if people

1122
01:12:44,359 --> 01:12:47,039
would understand exactly what's happening. And you've brought this to

1123
01:12:47,860 --> 01:12:51,519
a great place, uh, an amazing opportunity for these families.

1124
01:12:51,519 --> 01:12:53,359
So thank you, those are my brand to councillors as

1125
01:12:53,359 --> 01:12:56,459
well, uh, for taking the leadership on us. This is,

1126
01:12:56,459 --> 01:12:58,959
this is very significant. And I'm just, uh, just beyond

1127
01:12:58,999 --> 01:13:01,491
grateful for the worth you guys are doing. Thank you.

1128
01:13:01,512 --> 01:13:06,451
Mayor Brown. Yeah. Just to say this, um, it's really

1129
01:13:06,451 --> 01:13:08,451
encouraging. I think it's what we had envisioned when we

1130
01:13:08,451 --> 01:13:10,931
joined the black North pledge. I remember West Hall talking

1131
01:13:11,032 --> 01:13:13,971
passionately and challenging cities and regions to be part of

1132
01:13:13,971 --> 01:13:16,771
it. And so this is great and just hope that

1133
01:13:16,771 --> 01:13:19,571
we can have discussions of how we can continue this.

1134
01:13:19,571 --> 01:13:22,931
Um, and support this across the region appeal. And so

1135
01:13:23,192 --> 01:13:26,531
thank you for the update and hopefully there's an ongoing

1136
01:13:26,552 --> 01:13:30,451
conversation of how we can, for all the housing accelerator

1137
01:13:30,491 --> 01:13:32,691
tools we have, how we can, how this can be

1138
01:13:32,691 --> 01:13:35,547
part of, um, the toolkit. So thank you for being

1139
01:13:35,587 --> 01:13:39,217
here and looking forward to more. Thank you. Well, um,

1140
01:13:39,238 --> 01:13:40,877
I'm just going to top it up and say, you

1141
01:13:40,877 --> 01:13:44,079
know, you had me at hello. Um, this is such

1142
01:13:44,420 --> 01:13:47,279
a great initiative. And I've had the privilege of speaking

1143
01:13:47,380 --> 01:13:49,679
to it. And I've used this very quickly, this analogy

1144
01:13:49,719 --> 01:13:53,787
before. This is a brilliant model. And the analogy that

1145
01:13:53,787 --> 01:13:56,507
I used at one of the groundbreakings was this. It's

1146
01:13:56,507 --> 01:14:00,507
just relates to me and my family. My oldest son,

1147
01:14:00,507 --> 01:14:02,987
he's gone by 15, wanted to buy his first home.

1148
01:14:02,987 --> 01:14:04,587
God blessed me to worked hard. He had a down

1149
01:14:04,627 --> 01:14:09,519
payment. But he couldn't qualify for the mortgage. So dad,

1150
01:14:09,519 --> 01:14:13,279
because of white privilege and intergenerational wealth, notwithstanding the mortgage

1151
01:14:13,319 --> 01:14:17,759
on my home, could put my home up to hypothecate

1152
01:14:17,759 --> 01:14:19,839
his home. Because I knew he would make the payments.

1153
01:14:20,231 --> 01:14:22,450
He had the down payment, but the bank said he

1154
01:14:22,450 --> 01:14:23,890
couldn't do it. But my wife and I said, we

1155
01:14:23,991 --> 01:14:26,010
know you'll make the pain. And we're not going to

1156
01:14:26,010 --> 01:14:29,850
make you default. So with that, 15 years ago, we

1157
01:14:29,991 --> 01:14:34,461
did the paperwork. My son owns that house now. 15

1158
01:14:34,501 --> 01:14:38,632
years later. Didn't cost us a penny. He paid the

1159
01:14:38,672 --> 01:14:41,116
bills himself. But I was just in a position my

1160
01:14:41,116 --> 01:14:43,116
wife to say, take a chunk of my home in

1161
01:14:43,116 --> 01:14:45,436
theory and we'll substantially, don't worry, you won't go broke

1162
01:14:45,476 --> 01:14:47,872
bank. We'll pay you out. Just how banks work. In

1163
01:14:48,133 --> 01:14:50,272
this instance, and the reason the fine point I'm making

1164
01:14:50,293 --> 01:14:54,432
is my son, I knew could make the payments. There

1165
01:14:54,432 --> 01:14:57,392
are so many people out there paying rent now that

1166
01:14:57,392 --> 01:15:00,709
it would cover a mortgage. But they can't get in

1167
01:15:00,749 --> 01:15:04,270
the door. It is not apples to apples to apples

1168
01:15:04,291 --> 01:15:05,550
like my, I knew he was going to make the

1169
01:15:05,590 --> 01:15:07,950
payments. There's so many, we're already paying rent. We're paying

1170
01:15:08,051 --> 01:15:10,350
2, 900 a month where we are. But we haven't

1171
01:15:10,451 --> 01:15:14,030
got the first little startup to get us in the

1172
01:15:14,211 --> 01:15:17,150
door. And 15 years later, we're going to be nando

1173
01:15:17,251 --> 01:15:19,070
- son or daughter. They just like everybody else did

1174
01:15:19,070 --> 01:15:22,430
it. So why wouldn't we help them at the front

1175
01:15:22,531 --> 01:15:25,870
end? The model makes sense that whatever we can do

1176
01:15:25,971 --> 01:15:29,470
using my son's analogy and other formats like that to

1177
01:15:29,470 --> 01:15:31,690
say, these are people that can make the, let's get

1178
01:15:31,690 --> 01:15:36,030
them started. And relative to what they're, 50 people years

1179
01:15:36,051 --> 01:15:38,750
later, that's hundreds of millions of dollars of value of

1180
01:15:38,750 --> 01:15:40,510
property. We put in two and a half million bucks.

1181
01:15:41,157 --> 01:15:43,136
It's just a pittance for people that we know are

1182
01:15:43,237 --> 01:15:45,616
going to carry on and make the payments. So I

1183
01:15:45,656 --> 01:15:48,496
love your model in all its forms. And I'm a

1184
01:15:48,496 --> 01:15:51,056
huge proponent of it. And Mayor Brown from the outset

1185
01:15:51,096 --> 01:15:52,736
was as well. I know. And so many members of

1186
01:15:52,736 --> 01:15:55,296
council, Godspeed in any way we can continue to help

1187
01:15:55,336 --> 01:15:57,776
you. So with that counselored, you have a motion that

1188
01:15:58,997 --> 01:16:02,922
you're going to hold. Okay. Very good. So with that,

1189
01:16:02,922 --> 01:16:05,882
we'll move receipt of the delegations, all those in favor,

1190
01:16:05,882 --> 01:16:07,642
Carrie. Thank you very, very much for being here today.

1191
01:16:07,982 --> 01:16:11,881
Okay. Moving on. 7, 3 James Wang regional coordinator PO

1192
01:16:11,881 --> 01:16:14,921
region science fair regarding PO region science fair winners at

1193
01:16:14,961 --> 01:16:18,441
the Canada wide science fair 2026. James, welcome.

1194
01:16:28,336 --> 01:16:31,755
Hi, how are you, everyone? Good morning. Um, my name

1195
01:16:31,755 --> 01:16:34,875
is James Wang. I'm a secondary school teacher and also

1196
01:16:34,976 --> 01:16:38,715
the original coordinator for PO region science fair. And next

1197
01:16:38,715 --> 01:16:42,075
to me is a doctor Benedetti. He's a professor at

1198
01:16:42,115 --> 01:16:45,035
the University of Toronto, Mississauga, also of the fair director.

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01:16:46,306 --> 01:16:49,405
Um, the PO region science fair is a registered, sharebow

1200
01:16:49,445 --> 01:16:53,742
organisation that has inspired Yale scientists since the 1980s. After

1201
01:16:53,763 --> 01:16:57,022
a break from COVID, um, the fair restarted again in

1202
01:16:57,123 --> 01:17:01,265
2023 with only 2A projects. This year we were, we

1203
01:17:01,446 --> 01:17:04,945
work on about 150 students from the 20A PO schools

1204
01:17:05,606 --> 01:17:10,705
who presented 119 innovative projects at our FAIA. We're proud

1205
01:17:10,705 --> 01:17:14,625
to send six finalists representing the project to the Canada

1206
01:17:15,046 --> 01:17:18,385
Y science fair in Edmonton this year. And probably to

1207
01:17:18,385 --> 01:17:21,025
say that every final list came back was a medal.

1208
01:17:22,028 --> 01:17:26,087
That was great. So today, um, our job here, just

1209
01:17:26,087 --> 01:17:29,587
to briefly introduce our work and recognise PO's understanding, um,

1210
01:17:30,188 --> 01:17:33,287
outstanding science champion, if a time permit. So may have

1211
01:17:33,287 --> 01:17:36,327
them to talk about their experience a bit. Now I'm

1212
01:17:36,348 --> 01:17:39,447
going to, um, pass the floor to that Benedetti to

1213
01:17:39,447 --> 01:17:45,136
talk about our, um, fare. Thank you. Uh, I'd also

1214
01:17:45,136 --> 01:17:47,696
like to say, sorry for the Mississauga councillors who heard

1215
01:17:47,696 --> 01:17:50,256
us yesterday, but it's nice to see you two days

1216
01:17:50,256 --> 01:17:53,890
in a row. Um. So as James mentioned, uh, the

1217
01:17:53,930 --> 01:17:56,050
appeal regional science fair is a registered charity and it

1218
01:17:56,050 --> 01:17:58,450
was founded over 50 years ago. And the fact that

1219
01:17:58,490 --> 01:18:01,170
this is the first time we're coming to the region,

1220
01:18:01,170 --> 01:18:03,490
uh, and, you know, having you CS and we meeting

1221
01:18:03,490 --> 01:18:06,130
you 50 years later, I think is long overdue. So

1222
01:18:06,151 --> 01:18:08,290
that's part of the reason why we're here. We are

1223
01:18:08,330 --> 01:18:11,010
run entirely by volunteers. None of us draw any sort

1224
01:18:11,010 --> 01:18:13,432
of salary or benefit in any sort of way. From

1225
01:18:13,432 --> 01:18:16,792
running this. All of us are educators. And, uh, this

1226
01:18:16,792 --> 01:18:18,232
is what we do. And this is what we're passionate

1227
01:18:18,232 --> 01:18:21,192
about. Uh, the main program that we do is we

1228
01:18:21,293 --> 01:18:23,752
organise and run the peel original science fair. It's hosted

1229
01:18:23,792 --> 01:18:26,392
at the one of the only universities in the peel

1230
01:18:26,392 --> 01:18:29,032
region, the University of Toronto, Mississauga. But in addition to

1231
01:18:29,032 --> 01:18:33,752
that, we also help mentor students and chaperone them and

1232
01:18:33,792 --> 01:18:36,472
get them ready for the Canada wide science fair. This

1233
01:18:36,573 --> 01:18:39,592
is held in various locations in different years. This year

1234
01:18:39,613 --> 01:18:42,552
was held in Edmonton. So the students behind me were

1235
01:18:42,813 --> 01:18:44,952
three out of the six of them who went. They

1236
01:18:44,952 --> 01:18:46,952
went to Edmonton. They got on a plane with their

1237
01:18:46,992 --> 01:18:48,992
projects. Some of them have equipment that they have to

1238
01:18:48,992 --> 01:18:51,192
bring on the plane with them. Uh, and then they

1239
01:18:51,373 --> 01:18:54,152
present on a national level representing our region and doing

1240
01:18:54,173 --> 01:18:57,205
us all proud. And the third program that we offer

1241
01:18:57,226 --> 01:19:01,745
is small bursaries for families in need that need, uh,

1242
01:19:01,866 --> 01:19:04,085
need Bristol board or some sort of scientific materials to

1243
01:19:04,125 --> 01:19:09,178
run a science fair project. And as James mentioned, we

1244
01:19:09,279 --> 01:19:11,178
did have a bit of a hiatus during COVID as

1245
01:19:11,178 --> 01:19:14,038
we all did. And we lost some momentum there. Our

1246
01:19:14,038 --> 01:19:16,378
first year back in 2023. We had a small number

1247
01:19:16,418 --> 01:19:20,778
of students, but now I'm pleased to say in 2026,

1248
01:19:20,778 --> 01:19:23,258
our fair of that just ran locally here at UTM

1249
01:19:24,399 --> 01:19:28,538
in April. We had over 150 students attend. So we're

1250
01:19:28,538 --> 01:19:30,218
back up to the numbers we had before COVID, which

1251
01:19:30,218 --> 01:19:33,498
is really, really nice. And they come from a large

1252
01:19:34,239 --> 01:19:37,798
array of educational backgrounds here within PEAL, a lot of

1253
01:19:37,798 --> 01:19:41,178
which come from peel district school board, but also private.

1254
01:19:41,178 --> 01:19:42,858
We have a lot of students attend from private schools

1255
01:19:42,898 --> 01:19:46,651
as well. And, uh, a small fraction come from, uh,

1256
01:19:46,852 --> 01:19:50,431
different peel. Now all of this takes money. And although

1257
01:19:50,452 --> 01:19:53,391
the volunteers don't draw salary, we need to pay for

1258
01:19:53,412 --> 01:19:57,791
things like parking, uh, awards. And we fundraise quite a

1259
01:19:57,791 --> 01:20:00,351
bit to send the students behind us to compete in

1260
01:20:00,372 --> 01:20:04,971
Canada wide. This includes flights. They're accommodation. They're food. Um,

1261
01:20:05,252 --> 01:20:08,431
and any other activities that go on at the Canada

1262
01:20:08,532 --> 01:20:11,391
wide level. And our running costs are what we feel

1263
01:20:11,391 --> 01:20:12,911
like is a lot of money, but now that I'm

1264
01:20:12,932 --> 01:20:16,511
hearing other budgets from other people seems pretty small. It's

1265
01:20:16,511 --> 01:20:20,431
about 30, 000 dollars a year. And we are three

1266
01:20:20,431 --> 01:20:22,351
people, James and I are two of the three people

1267
01:20:22,391 --> 01:20:25,071
who organise this. Um, so we're trying our best to

1268
01:20:25,111 --> 01:20:26,911
do our fundraising. And that's part of why we're here

1269
01:20:26,951 --> 01:20:30,031
today is, uh, show you what we do and have

1270
01:20:30,031 --> 01:20:32,679
you familiar with us. And try to garner some support

1271
01:20:32,780 --> 01:20:35,079
for future years so we can continue growing and supporting

1272
01:20:35,180 --> 01:20:38,789
these students. As I mentioned, a lot of what we

1273
01:20:38,789 --> 01:20:41,909
do is the mentorship as well. And it provides an

1274
01:20:41,909 --> 01:20:46,029
opportunity for these students to, um, start their careers. We

1275
01:20:46,029 --> 01:20:49,249
saw a lot of, uh, retirements today as well. Um,

1276
01:20:49,249 --> 01:20:51,889
and these are the faces of hopefully some of the

1277
01:20:51,889 --> 01:20:54,229
people who will be sitting here in the next 10,

1278
01:20:54,229 --> 01:20:57,909
15 years or maybe above us in industry. Um, pioneering

1279
01:20:57,909 --> 01:21:00,849
the world, um, that we have to liaise with. So

1280
01:21:00,889 --> 01:21:04,529
this is, this is the primary point of having, having

1281
01:21:04,630 --> 01:21:07,169
us here today. The six students you see on the

1282
01:21:07,209 --> 01:21:09,969
screen and the three students behind me, uh, these are

1283
01:21:09,969 --> 01:21:13,309
the faces of the people you are directly impacting, uh,

1284
01:21:13,430 --> 01:21:16,129
and have been. And we are really hoping to foster

1285
01:21:16,169 --> 01:21:19,469
some supports with you guys, uh, starting now, hopefully, and

1286
01:21:19,469 --> 01:21:22,129
moving into the future. Uh, and if we do have

1287
01:21:22,150 --> 01:21:23,569
a little bit of time, I'd like to turn over

1288
01:21:23,830 --> 01:21:25,889
the microphone to some of these students who you've directly

1289
01:21:25,990 --> 01:21:30,089
helped impact. So before, um, Laylam speak, the couple of

1290
01:21:30,089 --> 01:21:31,969
things I want to just mention. Number one, the number

1291
01:21:31,969 --> 01:21:34,769
of student we can send to CWSF every single year,

1292
01:21:34,769 --> 01:21:37,112
depending on the funding availability that we have. So we

1293
01:21:37,152 --> 01:21:39,992
don't have money. We cannot send many people. Now I

1294
01:21:39,992 --> 01:21:42,312
just want to mention their schools. So from the left

1295
01:21:42,312 --> 01:21:47,032
to right from the overhead, Arch Patel is from Central

1296
01:21:47,072 --> 01:21:52,792
PO secondary school. Maya Shah is from Francis Xavier. Anaya

1297
01:21:52,832 --> 01:21:56,792
is from Turnal Phantom. Naviya is from Tomkin Road. Zunedra

1298
01:21:56,792 --> 01:22:00,758
is from mental college. And Maedaf is from Woolens. And

1299
01:22:01,019 --> 01:22:03,158
why don't you all take one minute to say here,

1300
01:22:03,158 --> 01:22:05,078
the students, here's who I am. And here's what my

1301
01:22:05,179 --> 01:22:08,398
projector initiative was. We'd love to hear from you. If

1302
01:22:08,398 --> 01:22:10,038
you can all take about a minute each and give

1303
01:22:10,038 --> 01:22:16,557
us that. Good morning. Everyone.

1304
01:22:20,850 --> 01:22:24,269
Good morning, everyone. My name is Anania Tangarola. Uh, I'm

1305
01:22:24,309 --> 01:22:27,449
a grade 11 student at Turner Fenton Secondary School. And

1306
01:22:27,449 --> 01:22:31,469
my project this year was a thermoelectric powered smoke ventilation

1307
01:22:31,509 --> 01:22:39,960
system for off - grade communities. Good morning, everyone. My

1308
01:22:40,000 --> 01:22:42,600
name is Sanerawasi. I am a great 10 student at

1309
01:22:43,021 --> 01:22:47,400
mentor college. And my project essentially discovered three novel combinations

1310
01:22:47,440 --> 01:22:52,840
of natural antimicrobial compounds that inhibited bacterial growth of e

1311
01:22:52,840 --> 01:22:57,786
- coli K - 12 and basilisptilis. Hello. I'm mother

1312
01:22:57,826 --> 01:22:59,706
served in. I'm a great 10 student at the woodland

1313
01:22:59,807 --> 01:23:02,906
secondary. And this year, my project was developing an end

1314
01:23:02,906 --> 01:23:04,986
- to - end framework for sepsis detection using machine

1315
01:23:04,986 --> 01:23:14,308
learning. That's absolutely amazing. Uh, please, the

1316
01:23:14,348 --> 01:23:21,246
questions, Councillor Russo. Threw the chair. Um, I, I won

1317
01:23:21,246 --> 01:23:27,864
some science fair. It was solar system. Fingerprints. At firstly

1318
01:23:28,045 --> 01:23:30,504
to, uh, through the chair, to the educators, uh, thank

1319
01:23:30,504 --> 01:23:32,824
you for what you're doing, uh, it is the time

1320
01:23:32,824 --> 01:23:36,324
that you do the time that you put in, um,

1321
01:23:36,525 --> 01:23:40,704
it's above and beyond having family members and people, we

1322
01:23:40,704 --> 01:23:43,864
all know educators that go above and beyond. So firstly

1323
01:23:43,864 --> 01:23:47,304
to you, thank you for what you're doing to the,

1324
01:23:47,304 --> 01:23:50,984
uh, participants. You guys are doing phenomenal work. And we,

1325
01:23:51,024 --> 01:23:52,984
we are so proud of you and keep doing what

1326
01:23:53,005 --> 01:23:56,024
you're doing. Um, I don't know how we can help,

1327
01:23:56,024 --> 01:23:59,924
but I'm sure we can, uh, whether it be, um,

1328
01:24:00,205 --> 01:24:05,864
collectively at the region here or individually through, um, private

1329
01:24:05,885 --> 01:24:08,904
sponsorships. We can always reach out and call on people

1330
01:24:09,005 --> 01:24:11,224
because I think this is so important. And, uh, I

1331
01:24:11,224 --> 01:24:13,784
think you're doing great work. So happy to talk to

1332
01:24:13,784 --> 01:24:15,864
you afterwards as well. But if we can do something

1333
01:24:16,045 --> 01:24:19,224
collectively, happy to support that as well. Thank you, Councillor

1334
01:24:19,325 --> 01:24:22,593
Dasko. Thank you through the chair. Good to see you

1335
01:24:22,694 --> 01:24:28,273
both again. And everyone, uh, that's joined in truly remarkable

1336
01:24:28,454 --> 01:24:31,553
stories. And for what you're doing, the passion that you

1337
01:24:31,593 --> 01:24:36,353
put into it. And also just, I mean, I can,

1338
01:24:36,353 --> 01:24:38,513
I don't know how you come up with the premise

1339
01:24:38,534 --> 01:24:41,553
of the topics that you want to cover. But those

1340
01:24:41,574 --> 01:24:45,213
are pretty, pretty remarkable to say the least. And, um,

1341
01:24:45,734 --> 01:24:48,353
as we're saying yesterday, just I think everybody doing a

1342
01:24:48,353 --> 01:24:52,113
little bit adds up to helping a lot. So thanks

1343
01:24:52,113 --> 01:24:55,193
again for coming. Yeah, I want to thank you on

1344
01:24:55,193 --> 01:24:58,193
behalf of council. So I just think this is marvelous.

1345
01:24:58,193 --> 01:25:00,273
So I'm going to make a suggestion because I think

1346
01:25:00,534 --> 01:25:04,273
this is the future quick side story. They did a

1347
01:25:04,273 --> 01:25:07,073
study many years ago at the OECD organisation of economic

1348
01:25:07,094 --> 01:25:10,593
cooperation and development to determine what the nature of wealth

1349
01:25:10,774 --> 01:25:14,513
is for countries. Everybody thinks it's education, but the number

1350
01:25:14,553 --> 01:25:17,786
one determinant of wealth is immigration. If you have a

1351
01:25:17,786 --> 01:25:21,306
lot of immigration, you are wealthy. That's why America's the

1352
01:25:21,346 --> 01:25:24,746
wealthiest nation in the world. They were built by immigrants,

1353
01:25:24,746 --> 01:25:28,746
entrepreneurs, people that had to. Number two is education. Here's

1354
01:25:28,786 --> 01:25:32,506
the point of my story. Because of immigration, Canada just

1355
01:25:32,546 --> 01:25:36,524
became the number one educated country in the world. And

1356
01:25:36,564 --> 01:25:39,564
one of the reasons why was through immigration, it's very

1357
01:25:39,604 --> 01:25:43,324
hard to make a PhD in engineering. But if one

1358
01:25:43,345 --> 01:25:46,364
gets off a plane, you've just added them to your

1359
01:25:46,404 --> 01:25:50,076
denominator. And that's what's happening in Canada with all of

1360
01:25:50,076 --> 01:25:55,001
the resources that we have. So the future is ours

1361
01:25:55,102 --> 01:25:57,801
and you young kids prove it today. So this one

1362
01:25:57,822 --> 01:26:00,761
means a lot to me. So if my colleagues refer

1363
01:26:00,801 --> 01:26:03,321
this to me, to the chair. And this is something

1364
01:26:03,342 --> 01:26:05,001
that I want to see if we can help you

1365
01:26:05,041 --> 01:26:07,161
out with with all of the entrepreneurs, the corporations that

1366
01:26:07,201 --> 01:26:09,881
we have in the region appeal. I'm looking at 30,

1367
01:26:09,982 --> 01:26:12,921
000 dollars here that must be so many, you're what

1368
01:26:12,921 --> 01:26:15,531
we all talk about. And yet when it comes to

1369
01:26:15,531 --> 01:26:17,211
income, we have 30, 000 so that these people can

1370
01:26:17,251 --> 01:26:19,931
carry on with initiatives like this. Like, are you kidding

1371
01:26:19,971 --> 01:26:24,647
me. Like it's what we should be encouraging. So I

1372
01:26:24,748 --> 01:26:27,367
want to be your loudspeaker in part as well as

1373
01:26:27,367 --> 01:26:29,607
long of my colleagues. So I'll be reaching out. We're

1374
01:26:29,607 --> 01:26:31,127
going to have a sit down and see what strategies

1375
01:26:31,148 --> 01:26:33,767
what we might be able to do because you kids

1376
01:26:33,767 --> 01:26:36,167
are the future and you make us so proud and

1377
01:26:36,167 --> 01:26:39,107
peel. So we need to try to find a way

1378
01:26:39,107 --> 01:26:41,287
to help you out. So with that, if the councillors

1379
01:26:41,388 --> 01:26:43,847
would move receipt, referral to the regional chair. And let's

1380
01:26:43,847 --> 01:26:46,407
talk about some strategies with our team of how we

1381
01:26:46,447 --> 01:26:50,015
can help to honour students like you. All those in

1382
01:26:50,015 --> 01:26:52,395
favor, Cary, thank you very much for being here. And

1383
01:26:52,395 --> 01:26:54,641
we'll be talking. Thank you. Thank you for your time.

1384
01:26:57,100 --> 01:27:01,498
Just last thing. With permission, I would like to invite

1385
01:27:01,519 --> 01:27:05,018
all of you to the PO science fair for 2027.

1386
01:27:05,018 --> 01:27:06,858
If you have time, please stop by and look at

1387
01:27:06,898 --> 01:27:09,658
their projects. Absolutely. And you'll send us all the information.

1388
01:27:09,658 --> 01:27:10,998
I will do. Thank you very much. And thank you

1389
01:27:10,998 --> 01:27:13,258
to the educators, Dr. Ben, for all your efforts as

1390
01:27:13,258 --> 01:27:17,098
well. Thank you. Okay. That takes us to item 7

1391
01:27:17,138 --> 01:27:20,218
for our last presentation. Penny Gagnon chief advisor commission on

1392
01:27:20,239 --> 01:27:25,098
accreditation of rehabilitation facilities regarding an overview of recent accreditation

1393
01:27:25,599 --> 01:27:29,967
survey. Penny is here virtually. So penny, if you can

1394
01:27:29,988 --> 01:27:38,692
hear me, you're up. Perfect. Um, are there slides? There

1395
01:27:38,692 --> 01:27:43,140
we go. Thank you very much. And so good afternoon

1396
01:27:43,721 --> 01:27:48,020
council. I'm very excited to have the opportunity to speak

1397
01:27:48,020 --> 01:27:51,300
with you today as I was introduced. My name is

1398
01:27:51,481 --> 01:27:55,380
Penny Ganyan and I'm the chief advisor with Carve Canada

1399
01:27:55,881 --> 01:27:59,860
calling in from Edmonton, Alberta. I have to say this

1400
01:27:59,881 --> 01:28:03,780
is a hard act to follow with the innovative students

1401
01:28:04,201 --> 01:28:07,940
that just presented to you. So over the next five

1402
01:28:07,980 --> 01:28:10,660
minutes, I want to share with you the value of

1403
01:28:11,161 --> 01:28:15,380
car for creditation. Why it matters specifically for the region

1404
01:28:15,420 --> 01:28:19,460
of peel. And what the evidence says about its impact

1405
01:28:19,801 --> 01:28:22,900
on the residents and the families that you serve every

1406
01:28:22,940 --> 01:28:29,843
single day. Uh, next slide, please. So car for creditation

1407
01:28:30,104 --> 01:28:35,603
provides a person centred framework that helps organisation strengthen the

1408
01:28:35,624 --> 01:28:41,443
quality accountability and performance and meaningful and more, more importantly,

1409
01:28:41,864 --> 01:28:49,494
uh, measurable ways. It requires organisations to demonstrate leadership, accountability,

1410
01:28:49,494 --> 01:28:54,546
intentional engagement with all the people that you serve. It

1411
01:28:54,567 --> 01:29:00,546
requires an informed and competent workforce. And the systems to

1412
01:29:00,647 --> 01:29:04,932
sustain improvement over time. And so every one of these

1413
01:29:05,193 --> 01:29:09,092
elements and, and many more as organisations go through the

1414
01:29:09,273 --> 01:29:14,692
survey process, these are independently evaluated during that site survey.

1415
01:29:15,276 --> 01:29:20,055
So accreditation for you as a region signals to your

1416
01:29:20,236 --> 01:29:24,215
funders and your partners and your community and the people

1417
01:29:24,215 --> 01:29:27,815
that you serve, that you are meeting those highest international

1418
01:29:27,916 --> 01:29:33,975
standards. You're driving person - centred care quality programming strategic

1419
01:29:34,556 --> 01:29:40,295
planning. It elevates your transparency. And it really does in

1420
01:29:40,335 --> 01:29:43,815
bed risk management into the culture and systems of your

1421
01:29:43,996 --> 01:29:51,705
everyday practices. Next slide, please. So your most recent car

1422
01:29:51,966 --> 01:29:57,385
survey for the region of peel was conducted April 27th

1423
01:29:57,385 --> 01:30:00,425
through the 29th of this year. And so a very

1424
01:30:00,425 --> 01:30:05,065
big congratulations to your team, the accreditation outcome resulted in

1425
01:30:05,166 --> 01:30:09,145
a new three - year accreditation decision, which is the

1426
01:30:09,185 --> 01:30:13,385
highest standing that car forwards, your accreditation is effective now

1427
01:30:13,806 --> 01:30:18,292
and tell May 31st, 2029. It's important to note that

1428
01:30:18,473 --> 01:30:23,812
you have been continuously accredited since 2011, meaning this is

1429
01:30:23,852 --> 01:30:28,692
your fifth consecutive accreditation cycle. That is over a decade

1430
01:30:28,873 --> 01:30:34,994
of sustained independently verified performance and quality improvement. The most

1431
01:30:35,175 --> 01:30:40,114
recent survey that occurred with the region of Peel was

1432
01:30:42,295 --> 01:30:46,354
your surveyors came in and they evaluated the programs under

1433
01:30:46,775 --> 01:30:51,714
a thousand individual standards. So the process is very robust.

1434
01:30:51,714 --> 01:30:55,554
They paid attention to aspire to excellence, fair processes for

1435
01:30:55,975 --> 01:30:59,474
persons served, adult day services. And person - centred long

1436
01:30:59,514 --> 01:31:02,354
- term care communities. And new to this cycle was

1437
01:31:02,615 --> 01:31:06,514
a dementic care specialty designation. And I want to point

1438
01:31:06,535 --> 01:31:11,154
out that not all organisations in this sector can demonstrate

1439
01:31:11,255 --> 01:31:15,634
this level of consistency and continuity. So again, a big

1440
01:31:15,815 --> 01:31:22,201
congratulations to your team. Next slide, please. So I just

1441
01:31:22,382 --> 01:31:26,921
wanted to highlight that your survey report had several pages

1442
01:31:27,102 --> 01:31:30,841
of standout strengths. And just to highlight a couple of

1443
01:31:30,862 --> 01:31:34,841
them, the butterfly model of care showed up, uh, many

1444
01:31:35,022 --> 01:31:39,481
times throughout those strengths. And particularly in relation to supporting

1445
01:31:39,742 --> 01:31:44,121
those person - centred environments, those meaningful relationships and the

1446
01:31:44,121 --> 01:31:46,361
emotional well - being and dignity of the people that

1447
01:31:46,702 --> 01:31:50,761
you're serving. Adult day services recognise for that person -

1448
01:31:50,761 --> 01:31:56,281
centred. Excellence benefiting the community at large persons served and

1449
01:31:56,302 --> 01:32:01,206
staff expressed praise for the organisation and the leadership. The

1450
01:32:01,206 --> 01:32:04,326
state of the art seniors health and wellness village at

1451
01:32:04,587 --> 01:32:08,486
peel manner was cited as an exceptional strength, as well

1452
01:32:08,486 --> 01:32:12,006
as the culture and well - being recognised for high

1453
01:32:12,027 --> 01:32:19,483
levels of innovation. Next slide, please. Um, just wanted to

1454
01:32:20,544 --> 01:32:24,283
take a special note to your dementia care specialty program

1455
01:32:25,664 --> 01:32:29,803
and really acknowledge the effort that was put into including

1456
01:32:29,843 --> 01:32:34,363
this as, as part of the accreditation. This is a

1457
01:32:34,624 --> 01:32:40,363
very, um, important component of your site survey. And it

1458
01:32:40,363 --> 01:32:43,643
really did confirm your commitment to person - centred care.

1459
01:32:44,679 --> 01:32:50,979
Next slide, please. So with car for creditation, you're required

1460
01:32:51,019 --> 01:32:57,219
to sustain and demonstrate a sustained and proactive commitment to

1461
01:32:57,320 --> 01:33:01,939
reviewing and improving both your service delivery and business functions.

1462
01:33:01,939 --> 01:33:04,419
And through your most recent survey, you were able to

1463
01:33:04,440 --> 01:33:08,499
do this where you are able to identify the gaps

1464
01:33:08,539 --> 01:33:12,259
that exist, take those data - driven decisions. And then

1465
01:33:12,259 --> 01:33:15,379
also reflect back on whether or not your actions are

1466
01:33:15,419 --> 01:33:19,000
making a difference. And next slide, and this is my

1467
01:33:19,181 --> 01:33:23,446
final slide. This is really important for you to be

1468
01:33:23,467 --> 01:33:27,366
aware of. The data that is available to us is

1469
01:33:27,787 --> 01:33:31,126
very important, uh, not only to CARP, but also to

1470
01:33:31,126 --> 01:33:35,206
you as a region. So in Ontario, Car for credited

1471
01:33:35,547 --> 01:33:40,646
long - term care homes, um, consistently outperform non -

1472
01:33:40,646 --> 01:33:44,886
car for credited homes on every clinical quality indicator tract

1473
01:33:45,547 --> 01:33:51,126
with lower rates of balls, pressure ulcers, physical restraints, depression,

1474
01:33:51,126 --> 01:33:53,926
and, and pain. And the region of peel is part

1475
01:33:53,966 --> 01:33:57,686
of this group. And you also track your own results

1476
01:33:57,787 --> 01:34:01,686
and you can see that you're ahead of, uh, the

1477
01:34:01,787 --> 01:34:05,526
CARF average on every single measure. And this is a

1478
01:34:05,526 --> 01:34:11,926
very exceptional celebration because these are not marginal differences. And,

1479
01:34:11,926 --> 01:34:15,286
uh, so it was really important to, to showcase this

1480
01:34:15,307 --> 01:34:20,246
to you as, um, regional council. And so next slide.

1481
01:34:21,355 --> 01:34:24,694
I just invite any, uh, questions that you have that

1482
01:34:24,734 --> 01:34:27,654
want to point you to a quote that I received

1483
01:34:27,654 --> 01:34:30,774
from your leadership. And this is Car for creditation has

1484
01:34:30,955 --> 01:34:35,094
help desk continue to strive to support person centred care

1485
01:34:35,275 --> 01:34:38,934
strengths or efforts to listen more closely to our residents.

1486
01:34:38,934 --> 01:34:41,414
Involve them in decisions and continuously improve how we support

1487
01:34:41,515 --> 01:34:45,110
their quality of life. It's more than a designation. It's

1488
01:34:45,131 --> 01:34:48,550
a commitment to putting each person at the heart of

1489
01:34:48,590 --> 01:34:53,438
everything we do. Thank you. Penny, thank you. Well, first

1490
01:34:53,478 --> 01:34:55,358
of all, thank you for your efforts. Like we keep

1491
01:34:55,379 --> 01:34:57,678
saying, I think we're real good, but it's nice when

1492
01:34:58,259 --> 01:35:01,998
your peers through a very objective exercise give you the

1493
01:35:02,038 --> 01:35:04,718
data that tells you how good you really are. I

1494
01:35:04,718 --> 01:35:07,358
think that's just marvelous. So on behalf of council to

1495
01:35:07,358 --> 01:35:09,518
the team that actually does the Rick Nancy, your team

1496
01:35:09,539 --> 01:35:13,278
and so many others. Well done. What an attribution from

1497
01:35:13,379 --> 01:35:17,118
an outside agency that compares us as I said, arm's

1498
01:35:17,118 --> 01:35:19,918
lengthened beyond and they come back and say, you're really

1499
01:35:19,958 --> 01:35:22,238
better than you even think you are. So Penny, thank

1500
01:35:22,238 --> 01:35:24,238
you very, very much for this and on behalf of

1501
01:35:24,339 --> 01:35:27,678
counsel receipt's been moved by Councillor McFadden, seconded by Councillor

1502
01:35:27,699 --> 01:35:32,503
Kovac. Aldos in favor carried. Okay. Thank you for your

1503
01:35:32,543 --> 01:35:36,023
presentation. All right, council, as said, now we've concluded all

1504
01:35:36,023 --> 01:35:38,183
of the presentations. I want to go in camera at

1505
01:35:38,183 --> 01:35:39,943
this time to deal with the two - end camera

1506
01:35:39,983 --> 01:35:42,103
items. And then we carry on from there. So I

1507
01:35:42,103 --> 01:35:44,503
have a motion move by Councillor Butt. Second tobic, Councillor

1508
01:35:44,503 --> 01:35:47,383
Kovac. The council proceed in a closed session. Consider reports

1509
01:35:47,423 --> 01:35:49,863
relating to the following bargaining update at number two information

1510
01:35:50,124 --> 01:35:53,383
explicitly supplied in confidence to the municipality or local board

1511
01:35:53,423 --> 01:35:57,283
by Canada, a province or territory or crown agency. All

1512
01:35:57,283 --> 01:35:59,463
those in favor carried. So we will move into in

1513
01:35:59,463 --> 01:35:59,863
- camera now.

1514
01:53:51,422 --> 01:53:53,881
I've got a thumbs up, so we're back in session.

1515
01:53:55,076 --> 01:54:01,145
Yes. I tell you, I'm going to introduce on next

1516
01:54:01,185 --> 01:54:05,850
steps. I beg your indulgence that before we break, we

1517
01:54:05,850 --> 01:54:08,610
could bring forward 20. 6 do have to step out.

1518
01:54:08,650 --> 01:54:10,290
As soon as I finish, make that point as soon

1519
01:54:10,290 --> 01:54:14,554
as I finish speaking, because absolutely. And you have approached

1520
01:54:14,554 --> 01:54:17,114
the chair on that earlier, Councillor Hart, I'm aware.

1521
01:54:24,836 --> 01:54:28,335
Okay, so everybody, welcome back. I understand we're back in

1522
01:54:28,335 --> 01:54:31,135
open session, just some formalities first moved by Councillor Keenan,

1523
01:54:31,135 --> 01:54:33,295
seconded by Councillor Hornick, that the closed session report listed

1524
01:54:33,316 --> 01:54:35,535
as item 22 - 4 on the June 25th, 2026

1525
01:54:35,556 --> 01:54:39,055
regional counsel to be received 22 - 6 that the

1526
01:54:39,055 --> 01:54:42,095
closed item matter item, listed as 22 - 6 on

1527
01:54:42,095 --> 01:54:45,515
the June 25th, 2026 regional count agenda be received. All

1528
01:54:45,515 --> 01:54:48,015
those in favor, that is carried. So what I'm going

1529
01:54:48,015 --> 01:54:50,055
to propose is coming out of the end camera, we

1530
01:54:50,055 --> 01:54:51,455
have a motion that we're going to deal with first.

1531
01:54:52,051 --> 01:54:54,750
I know Councillor Hart, you asked me and you mentioned

1532
01:54:54,771 --> 01:54:56,430
it before the approval of the agenda to the chair

1533
01:54:56,470 --> 01:54:58,030
as well, a matter of me might like to deal

1534
01:54:58,070 --> 01:55:01,470
with. One of the presentations that we have includes Dr.

1535
01:55:01,571 --> 01:55:03,630
Saha, who's here, who has to get on to other

1536
01:55:03,651 --> 01:55:05,950
business. So what I'm going to propose is we're going

1537
01:55:05,950 --> 01:55:07,710
to deal with the emotion coming out of the end

1538
01:55:07,710 --> 01:55:11,230
camera. We're going to deal with the motion councillor heart,

1539
01:55:11,230 --> 01:55:12,750
the matter that you want dealt with. I want to

1540
01:55:12,750 --> 01:55:15,310
deal with Dr. Saha's report. Then we will break for

1541
01:55:15,350 --> 01:55:17,350
lunch to deal with the other two reports, and the

1542
01:55:17,350 --> 01:55:19,870
six items still being held. So with that, we are

1543
01:55:19,910 --> 01:55:22,590
back in session. And the first item I have up,

1544
01:55:22,590 --> 01:55:25,870
Mayor Brown and Councillor Dasko, is your motion with regards

1545
01:55:25,870 --> 01:55:29,470
to the items on the agenda related to TMU and

1546
01:55:29,470 --> 01:55:32,030
the Lakeview Pier. Mayor Brown, over to you to introduce

1547
01:55:32,051 --> 01:55:35,790
your motion. Yeah, thank you, Chairunika. I know we've had

1548
01:55:36,611 --> 01:55:40,830
some passionate discussion about both these items. I think both

1549
01:55:40,870 --> 01:55:44,750
these items sort of fall under the same umbrella. There

1550
01:55:44,750 --> 01:55:47,700
are projects we support in our community. Of course, a

1551
01:55:47,700 --> 01:55:51,120
new peer would be lovely in Mississauga, of course. The

1552
01:55:51,120 --> 01:55:54,340
additional resources for the medical school is something that we

1553
01:55:54,441 --> 01:55:56,260
welcome. We're so proud to have the first new medical

1554
01:55:56,300 --> 01:55:59,223
school in 100 years in the GTA. The challenge with

1555
01:55:59,244 --> 01:56:02,423
both the peer and the medical school is they're not

1556
01:56:02,423 --> 01:56:08,696
local responsibility. And I have hesitation against jurisdiction creep. Already

1557
01:56:08,736 --> 01:56:12,056
everything falls in the backs of property taxpayers. Um, and

1558
01:56:12,077 --> 01:56:13,576
it's something that we sort of have to push back

1559
01:56:13,616 --> 01:56:18,336
on. Jurisdiction creep. We do a wonderful job. I believe

1560
01:56:18,336 --> 01:56:21,656
locally here in PL region. When we swim in our

1561
01:56:21,696 --> 01:56:23,816
lanes, if you look at what we do, whether it's

1562
01:56:23,917 --> 01:56:27,176
police seen paramedics, whether it's public health, the many areas

1563
01:56:27,277 --> 01:56:29,896
of regional responsibility, we hit it out of the park.

1564
01:56:29,896 --> 01:56:32,056
And I think there's a high regard for the services

1565
01:56:32,077 --> 01:56:35,595
we deliver. Where that gets diminished is if we try

1566
01:56:37,056 --> 01:56:43,675
to support areas beyond our responsibility. And too often the

1567
01:56:43,715 --> 01:56:46,715
expectation is that, oh, the local government can pay for

1568
01:56:46,755 --> 01:56:51,755
this because of, frankly, um, a lack of leadership of

1569
01:56:51,795 --> 01:56:55,435
senior levels of government, or simply not being in tune

1570
01:56:55,435 --> 01:56:59,974
to the same manner we are of local opportunities. And

1571
01:57:00,014 --> 01:57:03,094
when you look at the support, other medical schools have

1572
01:57:03,134 --> 01:57:05,314
around this province or this country. If you look at

1573
01:57:05,314 --> 01:57:10,594
the funding appears that I mentioned in past debate, the

1574
01:57:10,594 --> 01:57:12,614
example of the recent announcement from Prime Minister Carnity for

1575
01:57:12,614 --> 01:57:15,334
the White Rock Pier, really, I think we can expect

1576
01:57:15,995 --> 01:57:18,134
a greater percentage of our fair share. And I think

1577
01:57:18,155 --> 01:57:21,674
our discussion spoke the premier's office to act. And so

1578
01:57:21,674 --> 01:57:29,734
the communication we receive that they would commit to first

1579
01:57:29,915 --> 01:57:32,694
five million, um, is something that I think we can

1580
01:57:32,694 --> 01:57:36,854
live with. It sparks, um, a broader investment in these

1581
01:57:36,854 --> 01:57:40,214
two projects from the province. And, you know, the premier's

1582
01:57:40,214 --> 01:57:42,134
office did say they would have that the federal government

1583
01:57:42,235 --> 01:57:47,234
support them on the pier. But it sparks investment. And

1584
01:57:47,234 --> 01:57:49,494
so whether it's an additional 40 million that we have

1585
01:57:49,534 --> 01:57:53,254
come to the region because of our commitment, um, I

1586
01:57:53,294 --> 01:57:55,294
can live with that. I like to say, I think

1587
01:57:55,294 --> 01:57:58,534
in general, we should push back against any jurisdiction creep.

1588
01:57:58,534 --> 01:58:01,094
And this is jurisdiction creep, but it sort of water

1589
01:58:01,195 --> 01:58:04,934
in the wine, a smaller contribution for two projects that

1590
01:58:05,115 --> 01:58:07,414
are beneficial to the region. So I think this is

1591
01:58:07,515 --> 01:58:11,254
a compromise that, um, protects taxpayers and the theme that

1592
01:58:11,254 --> 01:58:15,414
we've discussed around this table protecting the issue of affordability.

1593
01:58:15,414 --> 01:58:18,134
Our residents are struggling with a mindful, how much we

1594
01:58:18,174 --> 01:58:21,494
can commit when people are struggling with the cost of

1595
01:58:21,515 --> 01:58:25,653
property taxes. Thank you. Councillor Dasko. Thank you through the

1596
01:58:25,693 --> 01:58:29,653
chair. And again, I just wanted to really thank Mayor

1597
01:58:29,693 --> 01:58:33,793
Brown and Mayor Parish for really going through a lot

1598
01:58:33,834 --> 01:58:37,093
of different hoops to make all of this come together.

1599
01:58:37,093 --> 01:58:40,053
Uh, it has been a topic of haunt debate for

1600
01:58:40,093 --> 01:58:43,093
sure. Uh, but also it's a, it's a thanks to,

1601
01:58:43,093 --> 01:58:46,453
uh, to the premier as well, uh, to, to have,

1602
01:58:46,453 --> 01:58:50,453
uh, an open, an open mind and listen to what's

1603
01:58:50,453 --> 01:58:54,253
going on. Um, this is, this is really significant, I

1604
01:58:54,253 --> 01:58:57,733
think all the way around. It's great for region building.

1605
01:58:57,733 --> 01:59:02,373
It's, uh, it's great for both municipalities. And all municipalities

1606
01:59:02,394 --> 01:59:06,213
actually. And the other, I wanted to mention just over

1607
01:59:06,253 --> 01:59:09,733
on the housing file of things because we really have

1608
01:59:10,154 --> 01:59:12,613
done a lot of work to try to get shovels

1609
01:59:12,653 --> 01:59:15,653
in the ground, permits pulled, um, and go that extra

1610
01:59:15,754 --> 01:59:21,173
mile. Even with, uh, you know, if we took 50

1611
01:59:21,213 --> 01:59:25,153
percent of the DCs, as we're talking right now, and

1612
01:59:25,274 --> 01:59:29,653
we start getting permits pulled and shovels in the ground,

1613
01:59:29,653 --> 01:59:31,893
that still comes out to about 310 million dollars worth

1614
01:59:31,893 --> 01:59:35,173
of DCs here at the region of Peel. Uh, that

1615
01:59:35,194 --> 01:59:38,933
also will put thousands of people to work as well.

1616
01:59:38,933 --> 01:59:43,813
So, um, that peer alone is something that fits very

1617
01:59:43,853 --> 01:59:47,653
much into, uh, into the provincial and federal mandates of

1618
01:59:47,653 --> 01:59:49,813
what we're doing. So all levels of government would be

1619
01:59:49,914 --> 01:59:54,133
satisfied. All, you know, the economy here, uh, in peel,

1620
01:59:54,133 --> 01:59:58,133
and Mississaug and Brampton, I'll end Calvin all benefit significantly.

1621
01:59:58,133 --> 02:00:01,093
So, uh, just wanted to say a profound thanks to

1622
02:00:01,133 --> 02:00:03,573
everybody involved and that this is, uh, this is good

1623
02:00:03,594 --> 02:00:07,915
teamwork at its best. Thanks. Thank you, Councillor DeMarila. Yeah,

1624
02:00:07,955 --> 02:00:10,235
I just want to echo the comments made by Amy

1625
02:00:10,275 --> 02:00:14,155
Brown and Councillor Dasko. The only thing is I liked

1626
02:00:14,195 --> 02:00:16,075
what Mayor Brown said, which is it's water in our

1627
02:00:16,115 --> 02:00:18,235
wine, but it's water and wine that I'm not happy

1628
02:00:18,256 --> 02:00:22,218
about because this happens all the time. We're constantly being

1629
02:00:22,239 --> 02:00:24,538
asked to, we've been nickeled and dined, but it adds

1630
02:00:24,559 --> 02:00:27,258
up. My only ask is we really need to find

1631
02:00:27,258 --> 02:00:30,298
a way to let our residents know on their tax

1632
02:00:30,298 --> 02:00:35,178
bill. What portion is jurisdictional creep? We need to find

1633
02:00:35,199 --> 02:00:38,058
a way to let residents know, because unless they know

1634
02:00:38,319 --> 02:00:41,578
this is not going to change. We are constantly, these

1635
02:00:41,599 --> 02:00:44,218
one - offs where things that should be a hundred

1636
02:00:44,218 --> 02:00:49,018
percent funded by the province are now 90 percent funded

1637
02:00:49,018 --> 02:00:51,018
by the province and somehow we are made to feel

1638
02:00:51,039 --> 02:00:55,868
grateful about it. It's ironical that we feel grateful that,

1639
02:00:55,868 --> 02:01:00,308
uh, senior levels of government short change as frankly. So

1640
02:01:00,449 --> 02:01:03,548
that's my only comment. Thank you. Thank you, Councillor Tour.

1641
02:01:05,256 --> 02:01:08,951
Thank you, three Mr. Chair. I'm not excited as everybody

1642
02:01:09,052 --> 02:01:14,551
else here just to express how I look at this

1643
02:01:14,551 --> 02:01:18,791
motion. Uh, one, the two items shouldn't, should have never

1644
02:01:18,791 --> 02:01:22,391
been bundled together, uh, we're talking about a medical school.

1645
02:01:22,391 --> 02:01:26,231
That is, uh, an investment in healthcare in our region

1646
02:01:26,252 --> 02:01:31,121
here. And the other is a tourist landmark. Putting them

1647
02:01:31,161 --> 02:01:33,761
together in one motion, I know how the politics of

1648
02:01:33,761 --> 02:01:36,424
this has played out. Um, but it's unfortunate to see

1649
02:01:36,424 --> 02:01:39,144
this. Um, so I, I request the vote on those

1650
02:01:39,184 --> 02:01:43,340
items separately as well. Um, and just looking at the

1651
02:01:43,521 --> 02:01:47,980
five million dollars for funding for the Lake V here.

1652
02:01:47,980 --> 02:01:49,900
It's five million dollars. Again, that's coming out of our

1653
02:01:49,921 --> 02:01:52,540
banks. It's coming out of our communities every single time.

1654
02:01:52,540 --> 02:01:54,940
I've repeated this point time and time again. Uh, I

1655
02:01:54,940 --> 02:01:57,420
don't care if it's a hundred thousand dollar ask or

1656
02:01:57,420 --> 02:02:01,596
a 10 million dollar ask. We're giving money, uh, way

1657
02:02:01,596 --> 02:02:04,796
to places that are probably not a priority, especially for

1658
02:02:04,817 --> 02:02:07,656
my residence. I'll speak for mine alone. Uh, it's definitely

1659
02:02:07,917 --> 02:02:11,617
not a priority for them. We have debated it. To

1660
02:02:11,657 --> 02:02:14,337
its death over a year, uh, about our investment in

1661
02:02:14,337 --> 02:02:18,097
places like Patman, how it doesn't serve people in Mississauga.

1662
02:02:18,097 --> 02:02:21,137
And people in Mississauga don't even know about Pama. Don't

1663
02:02:21,137 --> 02:02:25,057
even come up to city of Branton to visit Hammer.

1664
02:02:25,888 --> 02:02:28,587
Uh, now we're talking about a tourist destination in city

1665
02:02:28,627 --> 02:02:31,787
of Mississauga. I'll make the same argument. Nobody in my

1666
02:02:31,787 --> 02:02:34,067
area is going to open this. They're not going to

1667
02:02:34,128 --> 02:02:36,347
go up there. This is funding. They don't care about.

1668
02:02:36,347 --> 02:02:38,907
This is investment. They don't care about. I can't go

1669
02:02:38,947 --> 02:02:42,507
to my residents and say that look in a time

1670
02:02:42,547 --> 02:02:45,867
like this where every single day you read horrible news

1671
02:02:45,888 --> 02:02:49,787
in the newspapers where the lines at the food banks

1672
02:02:49,787 --> 02:02:52,936
are growing longer and longer. We're talking about governments doing

1673
02:02:53,117 --> 02:02:56,376
bailouts after bailout whether it's for the housing industry, whether

1674
02:02:56,557 --> 02:02:59,896
it's for health sciences, for everything that we're seeing. I'm

1675
02:03:00,077 --> 02:03:03,976
talking to, uh, residents on a daily basis. I have

1676
02:03:04,077 --> 02:03:06,776
messages on my phone that I do not respond to

1677
02:03:06,816 --> 02:03:09,816
anymore from parents reaching out to me saying, can he

1678
02:03:09,816 --> 02:03:12,076
get my kid a job. Can we put food on

1679
02:03:12,076 --> 02:03:16,371
the table. My summer students talk to me about it

1680
02:03:16,371 --> 02:03:19,651
all the time about their, their classmates looking for summer

1681
02:03:19,691 --> 02:03:23,171
jobs to help out their parents to buy food so

1682
02:03:23,211 --> 02:03:26,220
they can put it on the table. My residents are

1683
02:03:26,220 --> 02:03:27,920
talking to me like that every single day. I don't

1684
02:03:27,920 --> 02:03:29,600
know if your residents are talking to you the same

1685
02:03:29,600 --> 02:03:32,800
way. I have tears in the eyes of my residents

1686
02:03:32,981 --> 02:03:35,600
every single day. It's gotten hard for my staff to

1687
02:03:35,640 --> 02:03:37,840
go down to the lobby of city hall and meet

1688
02:03:37,861 --> 02:03:41,520
with residents. See tears in the eyes asking for support.

1689
02:03:42,646 --> 02:03:46,684
Every single day. It happens every single day. I cannot

1690
02:03:47,345 --> 02:03:49,724
in good conscience go out there and say I'm giving

1691
02:03:50,065 --> 02:03:52,444
five million dollars to an amazing. It's amazing project. It's

1692
02:03:52,465 --> 02:03:56,044
a landmark tourist destination. There's no doubt about it. It'll

1693
02:03:56,044 --> 02:03:58,844
add value. A lot of tourism dollars. I understand the

1694
02:03:58,884 --> 02:04:02,299
economic concept of this. But how do I go out

1695
02:04:02,339 --> 02:04:04,619
there and say I'm spending five million dollars on something

1696
02:04:04,800 --> 02:04:07,259
that we could wait on. Maybe one day somebody could

1697
02:04:07,360 --> 02:04:10,139
pull up. If the province is stepping in to pull

1698
02:04:10,179 --> 02:04:18,659
up Again, it's jurisdictional creepy keep hearing about it. I

1699
02:04:18,960 --> 02:04:23,339
could still justify our donation or our contribution to TMU

1700
02:04:23,440 --> 02:04:25,019
at the city of Brampton. We've done a lot for

1701
02:04:25,019 --> 02:04:28,699
them. But I see the value today, the return to

1702
02:04:28,739 --> 02:04:33,358
their dollar today in my community. I see that ongoing.

1703
02:04:33,358 --> 02:04:35,518
I'm not going to see that at this tourist destination

1704
02:04:35,558 --> 02:04:39,518
here. So in good conscience, I cannot absolutely, I won't

1705
02:04:39,558 --> 02:04:43,198
support a single daughter from the region appeal. From the

1706
02:04:43,198 --> 02:04:46,238
regional appeal going towards this project. I cannot look any

1707
02:04:46,278 --> 02:04:48,558
of my residents that come with tears in the eyes.

1708
02:04:48,558 --> 02:04:50,878
I cannot look them in the INC. I gave five

1709
02:04:50,878 --> 02:04:54,478
million dollars of taxpayer money towards this. It's absolutely ridiculous.

1710
02:04:54,478 --> 02:04:56,318
So I'd ask if we can vote on these separate

1711
02:04:56,318 --> 02:04:59,944
loop. Thank you. Thank you, Councillor Pelesci. Thank you Mr.

1712
02:04:59,984 --> 02:05:02,984
Chair. Um, Mr. Chair and Councillor Tour does bring up

1713
02:05:03,085 --> 02:05:07,144
some, some good points. And, um, and as a councillor

1714
02:05:07,165 --> 02:05:10,024
in the North, does it service my residence? Maybe it

1715
02:05:10,064 --> 02:05:12,904
does. Maybe it's, it's, it's a nice place to go

1716
02:05:13,805 --> 02:05:16,184
and, uh, it's a nice place to visit. Much like

1717
02:05:16,525 --> 02:05:20,824
a lot of places right through the greatest region in

1718
02:05:20,845 --> 02:05:24,104
Canada. As far as I'm concerned. But I also am

1719
02:05:24,285 --> 02:05:27,064
chair of Credit Valley Conservation Authority. And I know the

1720
02:05:27,485 --> 02:05:30,744
importance of not only the Jim Tovi, but what this

1721
02:05:30,925 --> 02:05:34,164
peer does and brings back to the habitat of, uh,

1722
02:05:34,164 --> 02:05:38,744
of the environment species at risk, um, there is a

1723
02:05:38,784 --> 02:05:46,626
great benefit. And in the, I started off this meeting

1724
02:05:46,666 --> 02:05:49,586
today saying to the province, what you did today was

1725
02:05:49,687 --> 02:05:53,166
wrong. What you're doing to the conservations is wrong. And

1726
02:05:53,207 --> 02:05:55,186
now I'll be the first one to come back and

1727
02:05:55,226 --> 02:05:59,461
say, you saw a conflict amongst municipalities. And through the

1728
02:05:59,461 --> 02:06:04,901
work of Mayor Brown, um, Mayor Parish, Merrick Groves, members

1729
02:06:04,941 --> 02:06:08,581
of council, um, you've, you've provided us with an opportunity

1730
02:06:08,621 --> 02:06:12,619
to now come back together. Um, continue to strengthen the

1731
02:06:12,619 --> 02:06:19,979
region. Work on things, uh, together. And predominantly in the

1732
02:06:20,019 --> 02:06:23,259
best, what's best for, for the residents of the region

1733
02:06:23,299 --> 02:06:26,618
appeal. The return on investment, I'm sure is going to

1734
02:06:26,879 --> 02:06:32,231
be significant. And much like other areas in, you know,

1735
02:06:32,272 --> 02:06:34,491
Brampton, when we invest in something, we know that there's

1736
02:06:34,491 --> 02:06:39,063
going to be the return. On investment cannot doesn't just

1737
02:06:39,063 --> 02:06:41,969
have to be dollars and cents. We're turning on investment

1738
02:06:42,150 --> 02:06:44,769
is also the happiness that it brings people that are

1739
02:06:44,809 --> 02:06:47,809
going to be able to go down, visit the pier.

1740
02:06:47,809 --> 02:06:50,849
But it also is in terms of, you know, chair

1741
02:06:50,849 --> 02:06:54,369
of credit value conservation, the amount of species that are

1742
02:06:54,409 --> 02:06:57,569
now coming back to up one's area that was devastated.

1743
02:06:59,217 --> 02:07:02,236
And nothing was, was living in. So it's, I think

1744
02:07:02,276 --> 02:07:05,876
it's, uh, it's definitely something that's brought balance, I think

1745
02:07:06,577 --> 02:07:09,896
and balances the, is the greatest way to describe, uh,

1746
02:07:09,896 --> 02:07:13,516
what the province has done, uh, for us here today.

1747
02:07:13,516 --> 02:07:17,116
And, uh, and I'm happy to support, um, this going

1748
02:07:17,116 --> 02:07:20,396
forward. Speaking on the TMU side, always a fan favourite

1749
02:07:20,396 --> 02:07:23,676
of, uh, of the university and, uh, and happy to

1750
02:07:23,676 --> 02:07:27,743
support that as well. Thank you, Councillor Russo. Through the

1751
02:07:27,743 --> 02:07:31,423
chair, uh, I guess to quickly expand on where Councillor

1752
02:07:31,463 --> 02:07:35,183
Pelesci was that on Councillor and others have raised concerns

1753
02:07:35,444 --> 02:07:38,383
and their valid concerns. And we do have to make

1754
02:07:38,404 --> 02:07:43,183
those tough decisions very often on allocation of dollars. The,

1755
02:07:43,183 --> 02:07:46,143
the key, the way I see this is that we've,

1756
02:07:46,183 --> 02:07:49,743
we've discussed it. We've looked at it and we've, we've

1757
02:07:49,764 --> 02:07:54,463
recognised the jurisdictional creep that we've discussed. But we've took

1758
02:07:54,463 --> 02:07:58,143
in a position that's done the best or providing the

1759
02:07:58,183 --> 02:08:04,463
best result for our regional residents collectively. I've said this

1760
02:08:04,503 --> 02:08:07,663
very often. When we sit at this table, absolutely we

1761
02:08:07,663 --> 02:08:10,863
need to, um, fight for our residents of our local

1762
02:08:11,364 --> 02:08:15,023
areas and our wards that we're represent. But we did

1763
02:08:15,063 --> 02:08:18,603
do and we did provide an oath of what's the

1764
02:08:18,603 --> 02:08:23,903
best decision for the region of peel. This motion as

1765
02:08:23,903 --> 02:08:27,983
it stands is providing the best opportunity for the collective

1766
02:08:28,724 --> 02:08:32,943
region of peel. We're going to get assets and provide,

1767
02:08:32,943 --> 02:08:35,823
um, opportunities to our residents that we wouldn't have had

1768
02:08:36,644 --> 02:08:38,863
if we took a position or put that line in

1769
02:08:38,903 --> 02:08:41,983
the sand of we can't do it because of this.

1770
02:08:42,324 --> 02:08:44,463
We've instead of saying we're not doing it because of

1771
02:08:44,463 --> 02:08:47,963
this. We've said, how can we get it done? And

1772
02:08:47,963 --> 02:08:50,543
we provided a solution. And I think that is the

1773
02:08:50,583 --> 02:08:54,143
most valuable, um, thing that we're doing is we're finding

1774
02:08:54,164 --> 02:08:57,983
opportunities while pushing back to upper tiers saying that we

1775
02:08:58,084 --> 02:09:01,263
can, we don't have the ability to do this at

1776
02:09:01,284 --> 02:09:05,343
all times, but we found a pathway forward. And that's

1777
02:09:05,343 --> 02:09:09,343
why I think putting this forward and giving the opportunities

1778
02:09:09,343 --> 02:09:13,243
to our residents and to our, uh, our children, uh,

1779
02:09:13,924 --> 02:09:17,583
we're talking about we went to Jim Tovey's kickoff for

1780
02:09:17,684 --> 02:09:22,463
ribbon cutting and we saw the, the absolutely phenomenal work,

1781
02:09:22,463 --> 02:09:25,183
our conservation authorities are doing this will just add to

1782
02:09:25,183 --> 02:09:28,383
that. So I, and, and, and TMU, let's not talk

1783
02:09:28,383 --> 02:09:32,623
about the opportunities we have, um, as we grow as

1784
02:09:32,644 --> 02:09:36,043
a region to be able to have these medical, uh,

1785
02:09:36,164 --> 02:09:39,903
facilities throughout our municipalities. So I think this is a

1786
02:09:39,903 --> 02:09:43,823
great, um, a great end story to something that was

1787
02:09:43,844 --> 02:09:47,959
challenging, but we found a pathway forward. Thank you, Councillor

1788
02:09:47,980 --> 02:09:56,193
Santos. Thank you through you, Mr. Terra. Sorry. I just

1789
02:09:56,233 --> 02:09:58,433
had a hard time hitting mute. Hopefully you could hear

1790
02:09:58,433 --> 02:10:01,793
me now. Um, I just, I want to say thank

1791
02:10:01,814 --> 02:10:06,433
you to Mayor Brown and also agreeing with many of

1792
02:10:06,473 --> 02:10:09,553
the comments shared by colleagues around the table. This was

1793
02:10:09,593 --> 02:10:11,713
a challenge to get through. And I, I do agree

1794
02:10:11,814 --> 02:10:17,953
with Councillor DeMurla about the, um, jurisdiction creep, uh, onto

1795
02:10:17,974 --> 02:10:21,233
the region again. However, you know, I think about all

1796
02:10:21,273 --> 02:10:23,633
the times I go up to Caladin and ride the

1797
02:10:23,734 --> 02:10:26,593
Caledon Railway trail. I think about the incredible work that

1798
02:10:27,014 --> 02:10:30,513
TRCA CVCA are doing with our waterways, the river walk

1799
02:10:30,553 --> 02:10:34,353
project that's coming up. And quite frankly, I often go

1800
02:10:34,374 --> 02:10:37,473
to port credit and visit the lake view. Brampton doesn't

1801
02:10:37,513 --> 02:10:40,273
have a lake view, but peel region does through, through

1802
02:10:40,374 --> 02:10:44,353
Mrs. Salga. And with TMU, obviously I'm a huge supporter

1803
02:10:45,094 --> 02:10:48,353
and finding this compromise and Mayor Brown being able to

1804
02:10:48,934 --> 02:10:51,953
reach out to the province to hold them accountable to

1805
02:10:52,534 --> 02:10:56,273
the jurisdictional creep on this one. If they come forward,

1806
02:10:56,273 --> 02:10:58,753
like just a reminder that this motion is conditional on

1807
02:10:58,793 --> 02:11:03,313
the province coming forward with, with the accountability and the

1808
02:11:03,734 --> 02:11:06,593
money to, to support both projects. So at the end

1809
02:11:06,633 --> 02:11:08,513
of the day, I do think it is a win

1810
02:11:08,553 --> 02:11:12,273
- win. And while I hear councillor tours concerns about,

1811
02:11:12,273 --> 02:11:14,433
you know, whether or not we could afford this, whether

1812
02:11:14,454 --> 02:11:17,233
or not this priority, I just want to remind folks

1813
02:11:17,414 --> 02:11:21,373
with TRCA, CBCA coming forward today, incredible work they are

1814
02:11:21,373 --> 02:11:25,153
doing, but also quality of life and providing these sorts

1815
02:11:25,153 --> 02:11:28,833
of beautiful amenities for our residents to enjoy is also

1816
02:11:28,934 --> 02:11:33,133
part of a healthy community and a complete community. Um,

1817
02:11:33,494 --> 02:11:36,113
things that would be offered for free. We're not charging

1818
02:11:36,294 --> 02:11:38,513
people to be part of this peer, but we're giving

1819
02:11:38,614 --> 02:11:41,553
them an amenity to enjoy. And so I just want

1820
02:11:41,553 --> 02:11:44,273
to say thank you to Mira Brown and colleagues around

1821
02:11:44,313 --> 02:11:46,833
the table who are supporting this. I'll certainly be supporting

1822
02:11:46,854 --> 02:11:50,193
this. And thank you for, uh, finding compromise and holding

1823
02:11:50,214 --> 02:11:52,993
the province accountable for the money that is owed to

1824
02:11:53,014 --> 02:11:57,229
these two projects. Thank you. And if I could, just

1825
02:11:57,229 --> 02:11:58,829
before we deal with the motion, thank you for all

1826
02:11:58,829 --> 02:12:00,589
the comments that have been made that I agree with

1827
02:12:00,850 --> 02:12:05,309
entirely. A very multi - layered issue. First thing I

1828
02:12:05,410 --> 02:12:06,829
want to do is though, I want to reach out

1829
02:12:07,570 --> 02:12:10,980
particularly and thank the premier himself. Um, because without the

1830
02:12:11,321 --> 02:12:15,752
premier's interdiction, we would not be here. Uh, and, um,

1831
02:12:16,273 --> 02:12:18,172
we have a lot of conversations about what we do

1832
02:12:18,593 --> 02:12:21,212
in PIL. We sometimes have to remind them some of

1833
02:12:21,212 --> 02:12:23,932
our friends do well. I'm going to say it publicly.

1834
02:12:23,932 --> 02:12:25,692
Nice to see our friends next door. We got 1.

1835
02:12:25,713 --> 02:12:29,212
5 billion dollars for levies. And we're waiting to be

1836
02:12:29,233 --> 02:12:32,892
treated just as well. Very, very soon. Uplifting some highways,

1837
02:12:32,892 --> 02:12:35,612
et cetera. But it tells us he knows we're in

1838
02:12:35,612 --> 02:12:38,332
his thoughts and in his concerns for us. And without

1839
02:12:38,372 --> 02:12:40,652
his interdiction, we would not be here. So a shout

1840
02:12:40,652 --> 02:12:42,892
out to the premier in his office and the ministers

1841
02:12:43,153 --> 02:12:45,852
that are willing to make this thing work. Um, Mayor

1842
02:12:45,852 --> 02:12:47,692
Brown and Mayor Parish did all the heavy lifting behind

1843
02:12:47,793 --> 02:12:49,692
the scenes. I have to give them a tremendous amount

1844
02:12:49,713 --> 02:12:51,772
of credit as well. One of the points that I

1845
02:12:51,812 --> 02:12:54,732
want to make, though, in fairness to the taxpayer, jurisdictional

1846
02:12:54,993 --> 02:12:57,692
creep, please don't bring it up again. It didn't start

1847
02:12:57,793 --> 02:13:01,133
today. It started 38 years ago when I arrived. It's

1848
02:13:01,154 --> 02:13:03,533
always been the case. And let me tell you why.

1849
02:13:03,533 --> 02:13:06,333
It's very, very, very simple because the federal government has

1850
02:13:06,354 --> 02:13:09,373
all the money through the power of direct taxation because

1851
02:13:09,373 --> 02:13:11,453
the provincial government has all the power because of the

1852
02:13:11,474 --> 02:13:14,413
British North America act and the Constitution Act where we

1853
02:13:14,434 --> 02:13:16,893
are creatures of the province, which means we have all

1854
02:13:17,074 --> 02:13:21,326
the problems. It's been true for 38 years. You want

1855
02:13:21,326 --> 02:13:23,406
to talk about jurisdictional creep. Why do we give money

1856
02:13:23,427 --> 02:13:25,726
to the food bank? Why do you give money to

1857
02:13:25,827 --> 02:13:29,566
dental plans? We've always done it. So at some point

1858
02:13:29,667 --> 02:13:33,246
we have to parse out that conversation. If you want

1859
02:13:33,246 --> 02:13:37,477
to start that conversation, shut the place down today. Shut

1860
02:13:37,477 --> 02:13:40,597
the place down today. Love the young kids talking about

1861
02:13:40,938 --> 02:13:45,077
technology. I'm pretty sure that's education. That's not us. Bobo,

1862
02:13:45,077 --> 02:13:46,277
what can we do? How can we help in the

1863
02:13:46,277 --> 02:13:49,389
chair to go? Why. Because if we don't, nobody else

1864
02:13:49,410 --> 02:13:52,509
will. So get used to that. The next point I

1865
02:13:52,549 --> 02:13:55,389
want taxpayers to understand. I'm going to coach it this

1866
02:13:55,389 --> 02:13:59,228
way. I can build the pier for 25 cents on

1867
02:13:59,228 --> 02:14:02,826
the dollar right now. Forget the peer. It's tough economic

1868
02:14:02,847 --> 02:14:04,986
times and we're sitting around your household. You know, the

1869
02:14:05,007 --> 02:14:07,466
car is falling apart. We need a new car, honey.

1870
02:14:07,466 --> 02:14:10,128
It's how we pay the bills. We cannot afford a

1871
02:14:10,149 --> 02:14:12,848
new car now. But I tell you what, it's 25

1872
02:14:12,869 --> 02:14:15,748
cents on the dollar right now. But we get through

1873
02:14:15,748 --> 02:14:19,268
these hard times two years. We'll make this jalopy work

1874
02:14:19,289 --> 02:14:20,868
and we'll do it in two years. What happens in

1875
02:14:20,908 --> 02:14:24,359
two years? You're paying 100 cents on the dollar. Oh,

1876
02:14:24,359 --> 02:14:29,655
we might want to have a discussion around that. Might

1877
02:14:29,655 --> 02:14:31,735
want to think that one through. It doesn't sound like

1878
02:14:31,836 --> 02:14:34,695
it makes sense. But if you're telling me somebody's giving

1879
02:14:34,695 --> 02:14:37,175
you 25 cents on the dollar now, but we really

1880
02:14:37,276 --> 02:14:39,235
can't afford to do it. But in two years, you

1881
02:14:39,235 --> 02:14:40,695
can go ahead when times are better, but you're paying

1882
02:14:41,116 --> 02:14:45,000
100 cents. Or not building it at all. Keep that

1883
02:14:45,021 --> 02:14:48,280
in mind. Number three, I'm going to tell you, just

1884
02:14:48,280 --> 02:14:51,560
like we give money to an equestrian centre in Caledon

1885
02:14:51,581 --> 02:14:53,320
and I fully support it. I'm glad because it's a

1886
02:14:53,320 --> 02:14:56,791
great regional asset. Bell fountain, things of that sort. Great

1887
02:14:56,812 --> 02:14:58,871
cities have great waterfronts. And I'm going to remind you

1888
02:14:58,892 --> 02:15:01,751
of something of the oath that you've all taken. When

1889
02:15:01,751 --> 02:15:03,511
we come here, we're not supposed to act like three

1890
02:15:03,532 --> 02:15:06,381
communities. You took an oath. If you looked at it

1891
02:15:06,381 --> 02:15:09,581
from the lens of this being the city of Peel,

1892
02:15:09,581 --> 02:15:11,901
which in a matter of speaking is the lens you're

1893
02:15:11,941 --> 02:15:15,181
all supposed to have. Great cities have great waterfronts. This

1894
02:15:15,362 --> 02:15:19,261
is a tremendous asset. And what it is in the

1895
02:15:19,261 --> 02:15:24,657
hospital is infrastructure. Understand it that way. This is tremendous

1896
02:15:25,158 --> 02:15:28,177
infrastructure on both of us, educating the next generation on

1897
02:15:28,278 --> 02:15:32,177
healthcare and animating our waterfront and all the ancillary services

1898
02:15:32,598 --> 02:15:35,297
and the restaurants that open the given new condos being

1899
02:15:35,318 --> 02:15:39,037
built. These are economic engines that will spur development. And

1900
02:15:39,037 --> 02:15:41,697
finally speaking on my own behalf to bring the whole

1901
02:15:41,697 --> 02:15:45,137
conversation. Because I, in part got you into this pickle,

1902
02:15:45,137 --> 02:15:46,957
when I was asked to meet with the premier, the

1903
02:15:46,957 --> 02:15:49,617
proponents, the municipality. Nandere, are you in for 25 cents?

1904
02:15:49,798 --> 02:15:53,217
I was the first one to shake everybody's eye men.

1905
02:15:53,257 --> 02:15:55,457
You know why? Because I'm used to a world for

1906
02:15:55,638 --> 02:15:59,137
38 years where I owned 90 percent of the stuff

1907
02:15:59,878 --> 02:16:02,657
and got 10 cents on the dollar. So I want

1908
02:16:02,838 --> 02:16:05,217
everybody to hear it from me. If I get another

1909
02:16:05,478 --> 02:16:10,257
offer like this on anything, the chairman's saying yes. Because

1910
02:16:10,257 --> 02:16:11,777
I go back to, no, let's go back to the

1911
02:16:11,798 --> 02:16:14,337
old model. Well, that's the model where I get eight

1912
02:16:14,337 --> 02:16:16,497
cents on the dollar of all the taxes. And we

1913
02:16:16,518 --> 02:16:20,625
own three quarters of all the stuff. Somebody's come in

1914
02:16:20,625 --> 02:16:23,425
and just said, I got 50 million bucks for you.

1915
02:16:23,425 --> 02:16:25,985
And it's going to cost you 10. Why on earth

1916
02:16:26,006 --> 02:16:29,345
would I shame? No. So I'd like to fix confederation.

1917
02:16:29,385 --> 02:16:32,115
We're not going to. You have to assess these in

1918
02:16:32,155 --> 02:16:34,675
and of themselves and in and of themselves, they are

1919
02:16:34,936 --> 02:16:38,035
great projects for the region of peel. So for that

1920
02:16:38,075 --> 02:16:40,355
reason, I made an early commitment when I stand by

1921
02:16:40,395 --> 02:16:42,995
it. Thanks to the premier and the mayors and everybody.

1922
02:16:42,995 --> 02:16:46,275
I think we've classic wonderful compromise. And I think when

1923
02:16:46,315 --> 02:16:47,635
all is said and done, it's a great day for

1924
02:16:47,816 --> 02:16:50,355
peel. So I wanted to explain my role and how

1925
02:16:50,395 --> 02:16:52,835
I see it and I leave it to a vote.

1926
02:16:52,835 --> 02:16:58,426
One last speaker, Councillor DeMarila. Sorry, Chair. I couldn't resist.

1927
02:16:58,426 --> 02:17:01,546
You made some interesting comments. And as always, you're very

1928
02:17:01,586 --> 02:17:05,249
eloquent. But I think I'm going to disagree with you

1929
02:17:05,750 --> 02:17:07,969
with the idea get used to it. No. I'm not

1930
02:17:08,150 --> 02:17:09,649
going to get used to it as long as I'm

1931
02:17:09,910 --> 02:17:12,929
a councillor here. I don't think it's fair to say

1932
02:17:12,950 --> 02:17:16,529
that. And one of the reasons I think senior levels

1933
02:17:16,529 --> 02:17:18,849
of government get away with it is because we are

1934
02:17:19,110 --> 02:17:23,242
willing. To own the tax increases. We do not clearly

1935
02:17:23,583 --> 02:17:27,082
say this is happening because we are not funded. This

1936
02:17:27,122 --> 02:17:30,442
is something that I think if the property taxpayer knew

1937
02:17:30,543 --> 02:17:34,122
where their money was going, senior levels of government would

1938
02:17:34,162 --> 02:17:36,522
hear about it. It would change things. I don't think

1939
02:17:36,543 --> 02:17:38,762
we can stop trying. I don't think we should get

1940
02:17:38,943 --> 02:17:40,842
used to it. And the only other last thing I'm

1941
02:17:40,842 --> 02:17:44,282
going to say is picking up on what councillor tour

1942
02:17:44,303 --> 02:17:48,496
said. I think there's many of my residents. Who are

1943
02:17:48,517 --> 02:17:52,256
unable to renovate their kitchen or their roof even on

1944
02:17:52,517 --> 02:17:56,071
25 cents on the dollar. But I'm asking them for

1945
02:17:56,111 --> 02:17:58,311
25 cents on the dollar for something far away. I

1946
02:17:58,311 --> 02:18:00,311
think we should keep that in mind as well. Thank

1947
02:18:00,351 --> 02:18:04,171
you. Thank you, Councillor. Thank you. And apologies again to

1948
02:18:04,171 --> 02:18:06,171
get back on the board, but just following the theme

1949
02:18:06,211 --> 02:18:09,271
of disagreements with comments, uh, I disagree with a lot

1950
02:18:09,271 --> 02:18:11,371
of the comments as well. I understand the spirit of

1951
02:18:11,371 --> 02:18:15,211
it. But, uh, you know, talking about jurisdictional creep, again,

1952
02:18:15,251 --> 02:18:17,051
I, I've never brought that up. I just said that

1953
02:18:17,232 --> 02:18:20,871
as a project, we're not funding. But when you're talking

1954
02:18:20,892 --> 02:18:23,191
about, uh, why are we giving money to the food

1955
02:18:23,292 --> 02:18:26,631
banks? Why are we giving money towards dental care? Where's

1956
02:18:26,671 --> 02:18:29,351
childcare supports any of those things? If we stop doing

1957
02:18:29,372 --> 02:18:32,376
any of those things, those are critical functions. We don't

1958
02:18:32,416 --> 02:18:35,736
have an option to stop funding those. Even if other

1959
02:18:35,837 --> 02:18:38,616
levels of government don't step up a hundred percent, We

1960
02:18:38,616 --> 02:18:40,856
don't have an option to stop providing any of those

1961
02:18:40,877 --> 02:18:44,042
services. You know what we can stop, not building that,

1962
02:18:44,042 --> 02:18:47,025
but you know. The issues of that. That's not critical

1963
02:18:47,286 --> 02:18:49,825
infrastructure. Unless somebody can prove me wrong on that one,

1964
02:18:49,825 --> 02:18:51,665
like is that critical infrastructure? Cause I've never heard about

1965
02:18:51,705 --> 02:18:55,665
it as such. It's been, it's been posed here as

1966
02:18:55,686 --> 02:18:59,424
an extraordinary landmark and a major tourist attraction. To compare

1967
02:18:59,464 --> 02:19:02,224
that to say, yeah, it's because we, you know, we

1968
02:19:02,245 --> 02:19:03,904
fund all of these things that are outside of a

1969
02:19:03,925 --> 02:19:05,664
jurisdiction. So go ahead and we can do that as

1970
02:19:05,664 --> 02:19:10,304
well. That is absolutely a very, uh, a wrong comparison

1971
02:19:10,405 --> 02:19:13,344
to make. We're in those lines of businesses because those

1972
02:19:13,525 --> 02:19:16,704
absolutely critical functions. We don't have a choice to stop

1973
02:19:16,725 --> 02:19:18,944
funding any of those. We have a choice of these.

1974
02:19:20,017 --> 02:19:22,236
And everybody's making a conscious choice on this. So no

1975
02:19:22,236 --> 02:19:24,556
matter how you want to package this, it is right

1976
02:19:24,556 --> 02:19:27,956
here in front of you. And so vote accordingly, no

1977
02:19:27,956 --> 02:19:31,756
hesitations. Everyone supports this, but please let's not mix this

1978
02:19:31,796 --> 02:19:34,636
with other things as critical infrastructure. Something that families cannot

1979
02:19:34,676 --> 02:19:39,710
live without. Thank you. Great conversation. Madam Clerk. I bring

1980
02:19:39,750 --> 02:19:41,790
the vote back to you and I understand I wanted

1981
02:19:41,830 --> 02:19:44,550
to be split up or I'm in your hands. I

1982
02:19:44,611 --> 02:19:47,070
dually have the motion before me move by Mayor Brown

1983
02:19:47,251 --> 02:19:49,790
and Councillor Dasko. You have it before you written. Madam

1984
02:19:50,451 --> 02:19:53,310
Clerk over to you. We'll start with the, uh, motion

1985
02:19:53,491 --> 02:19:57,130
as it relates to the Lakeview peer. And, uh, you

1986
02:19:57,130 --> 02:19:59,425
will see that on your screen. And we're going to,

1987
02:19:59,425 --> 02:20:03,105
this is a recorded vote because I recorded vote.

1988
02:20:50,499 --> 02:20:52,878
Madam Clerk, I'm finding a hard time trying to figure

1989
02:20:52,979 --> 02:20:56,677
out how to vote here online. We're just, we're just

1990
02:20:56,677 --> 02:20:58,597
getting ready to start it. And if not, we'll go

1991
02:20:58,597 --> 02:21:01,548
to a straw vote that I'll adjudicate. Here we are.

1992
02:21:01,548 --> 02:21:11,177
I think we're on our way. Councillor

1993
02:21:11,177 --> 02:21:15,499
Kovac, on behalf of Councillor Mahoney, your vote. Yes.

1994
02:21:23,116 --> 02:21:28,926
Yeah. Mr. Nextor Dasko on behalf of the mayor. Yes.

1995
02:21:29,027 --> 02:21:29,486
Yes.

1996
02:21:39,069 --> 02:21:46,910
Councillor Dasko or Councillor. Santos. Did you need us to

1997
02:21:46,910 --> 02:21:50,008
enter your vote on your behalf? Yes, please in favor.

1998
02:21:50,189 --> 02:21:52,008
Your vote is yes. Okay. Just a moment, please. Thank

1999
02:21:52,008 --> 02:21:52,088
you.

2000
02:22:06,432 --> 02:22:10,114
Councillor Fortini, your vote on behalf of Councillor Medeiros. Yes.

2001
02:22:12,062 --> 02:22:17,443
Yes. Yes. Okay. And Councillor Santos votes yes. There's a

2002
02:22:17,443 --> 02:22:25,341
24. Go ahead and, uh. And I too would be

2003
02:22:25,341 --> 02:22:35,160
voting in favor as well. All. Good. Yeah.

2004
02:22:36,674 --> 02:22:40,224
Clear it passes. Okay. So the vote is closed and

2005
02:22:40,224 --> 02:22:42,544
the motion carries. Just a moment. We're just a moment.

2006
02:22:42,544 --> 02:22:46,670
We'll show the screen. Councillor Tor. Yes. Put your point

2007
02:22:46,691 --> 02:22:51,285
avoider. If you want to take back your commentary, you

2008
02:22:51,285 --> 02:22:56,892
just said in public right now. Do you want to

2009
02:22:56,892 --> 02:22:58,812
put on public record? Would you just said or you

2010
02:22:58,812 --> 02:23:00,985
want to take it back right now? You want to

2011
02:23:00,985 --> 02:23:04,215
take you back right now. Okay. Thank you. Thank you.

2012
02:23:04,316 --> 02:23:14,274
Okay. Madam. Okay. Madam Clerk, you're satisfied

2013
02:23:14,314 --> 02:23:17,234
with the vote. That carries. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Madam

2014
02:23:17,274 --> 02:23:19,794
clerk back to you for the second component of the,

2015
02:23:19,794 --> 02:23:20,994
we're just going to put it on the screen. Just

2016
02:23:20,994 --> 02:23:21,314
give us one moment.

2017
02:23:39,809 --> 02:23:46,033
Is this recorded as well? According to vote? Yes. There

2018
02:23:46,033 --> 02:23:48,593
we go. Everybody please for the recorded vote on the

2019
02:23:48,774 --> 02:23:51,713
peer funding. Oh, this is TMU. TMU. Oh, sorry TMU.

2020
02:23:51,713 --> 02:23:54,673
My apologise. It just switched over now. For a TMU,

2021
02:23:54,673 --> 02:23:56,433
Councillor Dasco, you're going to need to vote for Mayor's

2022
02:23:56,433 --> 02:24:01,713
problem. Correct. Okay. Counciled Asco on behalf of Mayor Parish.

2023
02:24:02,535 --> 02:24:02,754
Yes.

2024
02:24:13,003 --> 02:24:18,152
Councillor Santos. Councillor Santos. Your vote. Yes. But I figured

2025
02:24:18,253 --> 02:24:20,552
out the online. Okay. All right. I'm going to go

2026
02:24:20,552 --> 02:24:21,752
ahead and do it for you since I have you

2027
02:24:21,792 --> 02:24:23,912
entered, if that's okay. Thank you.

2028
02:24:34,228 --> 02:24:38,954
On behalf of Councillor Mahoney. Yes. Thank you. And one

2029
02:24:38,954 --> 02:24:42,505
more councillor. Fortini on behalf of Councillor Maderos. Yes.

2030
02:24:51,051 --> 02:24:56,649
I think. We. Should have one more. Is everybody enter

2031
02:24:56,689 --> 02:25:01,394
their vote. And Madam Clerk with my vote. Can I

2032
02:25:01,394 --> 02:25:04,496
declare that unanimous? Uh. No. You only would vote if

2033
02:25:04,496 --> 02:25:07,187
there was a time. Okay. There we are. 24. It's

2034
02:25:07,187 --> 02:25:14,278
unanimous. And that carries. Okay. Thank you. So with that

2035
02:25:14,318 --> 02:25:16,438
now, getting back to the last two items before we

2036
02:25:16,478 --> 02:25:18,358
take a break councillor heart, you want it to introduce

2037
02:25:18,459 --> 02:25:23,606
an item. Moving around the agenda. I know we're having

2038
02:25:23,606 --> 02:25:25,686
a very busy day with a lot of important issues.

2039
02:26:37,877 --> 02:26:40,256
Look at these based on experiencing this sort of thing

2040
02:26:40,437 --> 02:26:43,856
for supportive housing and affordable housing in our communities is

2041
02:26:43,877 --> 02:26:47,550
10 years. So I'd like you to sit with that

2042
02:26:47,590 --> 02:26:49,950
for a moment. And imagine how difficult that gap would

2043
02:26:49,990 --> 02:26:52,190
be to navigate if you are someone who is looking

2044
02:26:52,190 --> 02:26:55,310
for housing for yourself and your families that create a

2045
02:26:55,310 --> 02:26:58,030
safe space and prevent you from going back into an

2046
02:26:58,030 --> 02:27:02,990
environment that offers abuse and potentially continuing that cycle for

2047
02:27:03,091 --> 02:27:07,005
generations to come. So while again, I took those as

2048
02:27:07,005 --> 02:27:11,005
friendly amendments. I would encourage us to look at in

2049
02:27:11,005 --> 02:27:14,365
our next term asking staff to do a review of

2050
02:27:14,466 --> 02:27:17,885
whether or not this type of support is best placed

2051
02:27:18,706 --> 02:27:20,605
with the province or if it's something that we should

2052
02:27:20,645 --> 02:27:22,845
be doing. We have a policy that says we don't

2053
02:27:22,885 --> 02:27:26,525
turn anyone away, and yet our emergency shelters for gender

2054
02:27:26,565 --> 02:27:28,525
- based violence are turning people away on a daily

2055
02:27:28,565 --> 02:27:36,818
basis. A daily basis. And these women are not safe

2056
02:27:37,079 --> 02:27:39,538
where they are. They're not just not safe because they're

2057
02:27:39,538 --> 02:27:41,778
sleeping on a bench or they're in an encampment or

2058
02:27:41,818 --> 02:27:45,858
anything else. They're not safe because they are experiencing violence

2059
02:27:45,959 --> 02:27:48,738
within the four walls of what should be their homes.

2060
02:27:50,179 --> 02:27:54,238
And so, you know, I'm grateful for all the work

2061
02:27:54,339 --> 02:27:57,838
and the support we had from staff, the incredible stories

2062
02:27:57,878 --> 02:28:01,678
that we heard from survivors, the incredible participation we had

2063
02:28:01,718 --> 02:28:05,358
from staff from both planning and human services and beyond

2064
02:28:06,019 --> 02:28:08,638
and the developers who came into that room. But we

2065
02:28:08,678 --> 02:28:11,518
really need to look at how we provide these emergency

2066
02:28:11,539 --> 02:28:16,878
shelter as well as the transitional housing that's needed, because

2067
02:28:16,878 --> 02:28:18,478
we're not going to break this cycle if we don't

2068
02:28:18,478 --> 02:28:21,598
answer this housing issue. It is a critical component to

2069
02:28:21,699 --> 02:28:25,598
this. As someone who came, you know, back to Mr.

2070
02:28:25,598 --> 02:28:29,518
Saga after a long time away as a result of

2071
02:28:29,558 --> 02:28:31,998
finding myself standing next to the highway, calling my mom

2072
02:28:32,019 --> 02:28:34,664
to come and get me to escape this. I am

2073
02:28:34,845 --> 02:28:37,597
embarrassed. That we don't take care of this kind of

2074
02:28:37,597 --> 02:28:41,190
issue, because not everybody has my mom. You know, not

2075
02:28:41,190 --> 02:28:43,110
everybody has a mom they can call. Not everybody has

2076
02:28:43,150 --> 02:28:46,061
a family that will house them. They will create an

2077
02:28:46,101 --> 02:28:47,981
opportunity for them to become a voice at this table.

2078
02:28:49,387 --> 02:28:51,766
So I hope that this will get the two -

2079
02:28:51,766 --> 02:28:54,759
thirds support it needs. I appreciate your indulgence in letting

2080
02:28:54,759 --> 02:28:56,199
me speak for so long, and I will leave it

2081
02:28:56,199 --> 02:28:59,225
there. And thank you. You're welcome. And what I'm going

2082
02:28:59,225 --> 02:29:01,305
to do before I go to Councillor Santos. I have

2083
02:29:01,305 --> 02:29:02,785
to deal with it and get two - thirds. So

2084
02:29:02,785 --> 02:29:05,465
it is duly moved by Councillor Hart and Councillor Santos.

2085
02:29:05,465 --> 02:29:07,065
I first asked for the two - thirds, is anybody

2086
02:29:07,166 --> 02:29:10,505
opposed? Seeing none so the motion is properly before me.

2087
02:29:10,505 --> 02:29:12,185
Councillor Santos, if you'd like to speak to your motion.

2088
02:29:13,160 --> 02:29:16,099
Thank you so much. And thank you so much, Councillor

2089
02:29:16,139 --> 02:29:19,699
Hart for bringing this forward into the city staff and

2090
02:29:19,699 --> 02:29:23,299
all the incredible women's organisations who also provided many of

2091
02:29:23,299 --> 02:29:27,459
these amendments as well. This is definitely something that we

2092
02:29:27,720 --> 02:29:30,659
continue to deal with at the region of Peel that

2093
02:29:30,760 --> 02:29:36,179
still needs significant support from our provincial partners. Um, the

2094
02:29:36,440 --> 02:29:40,819
breakthrough cycle summit last week was fantastic. As Councillor Hart

2095
02:29:40,819 --> 02:29:45,779
had shared, there were dozens of folks from various sectors

2096
02:29:45,880 --> 02:29:50,019
participating and a big shout out to the councillors and

2097
02:29:50,059 --> 02:29:54,819
Mayor Brown, who attended the summit as well. This is

2098
02:29:54,859 --> 02:29:59,619
just one component of what was shared as a major

2099
02:29:59,720 --> 02:30:04,099
challenge to break a cycle is the emergency shelter system.

2100
02:30:04,099 --> 02:30:07,139
With respect to other issues for housing to break the

2101
02:30:07,139 --> 02:30:12,419
cycle, it was very pointedly pointed out at the summit

2102
02:30:12,520 --> 02:30:16,899
again that we don't have enough transitional housing. Um, and

2103
02:30:17,000 --> 02:30:24,979
so while emergency shelters is within community, um, social services,

2104
02:30:24,979 --> 02:30:29,299
uh, ministry at the province, the minister of housing and

2105
02:30:29,320 --> 02:30:31,619
representatives from the ministry of housing were not present at

2106
02:30:31,659 --> 02:30:34,739
the time at the summit either. And so I know

2107
02:30:34,760 --> 02:30:38,579
that the organisers of the breakthrough cycle summit, the women's

2108
02:30:38,579 --> 02:30:41,539
groups who were involved will be providing a briefing for

2109
02:30:41,560 --> 02:30:44,259
council on some of the next steps in action items

2110
02:30:44,280 --> 02:30:48,479
coming from the summit on Friday, which were fantastic. But

2111
02:30:48,479 --> 02:30:52,579
this first motion, and I appreciate everyone for bringing for

2112
02:30:52,579 --> 02:30:55,859
allowing us to move it forward is certainly an important

2113
02:30:55,899 --> 02:30:59,059
one to get us going. So thank you, Councillor Hart,

2114
02:30:59,059 --> 02:31:00,979
for bringing this forward. Thank you to all the women's

2115
02:31:00,979 --> 02:31:05,699
groups, the regional staff who participated TMU who also hosted

2116
02:31:05,739 --> 02:31:11,836
it and councillors and mayor for attending last Friday. Thank

2117
02:31:11,876 --> 02:31:15,953
you, Councillor Hornet. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I think

2118
02:31:16,054 --> 02:31:18,913
Councillor Santos and Hart just said a lot of what,

2119
02:31:18,913 --> 02:31:21,073
uh, needed to be said. And they did a great

2120
02:31:21,073 --> 02:31:24,353
job organising that conference with the groups that were present.

2121
02:31:24,353 --> 02:31:26,298
Uh, it was really good to be there. Um, I

2122
02:31:26,298 --> 02:31:29,098
think Commissioner Jakes perhaps has an ad to the motion

2123
02:31:29,138 --> 02:31:33,258
that will enhance it, both reaching out to the province

2124
02:31:33,839 --> 02:31:36,267
a little bit. Commissioner, do you want to just mention

2125
02:31:36,267 --> 02:31:41,773
that. Yes. So thank you through the chair. Thank you,

2126
02:31:41,773 --> 02:31:48,173
Councillor Hornig. Uh, just didn't, um, in the, uh, therefore

2127
02:31:48,213 --> 02:31:50,573
to be resolved and section three, I would add the

2128
02:31:50,573 --> 02:31:56,388
ministry of health. As another partner ministry. As we know,

2129
02:31:56,388 --> 02:32:00,228
and, you know, Commissioner Posinelli knows that in any of

2130
02:32:00,268 --> 02:32:03,828
these spaces, if health is not part of it, then

2131
02:32:04,249 --> 02:32:07,556
we've only solved half the problem. And they have access

2132
02:32:07,577 --> 02:32:10,676
to greater funding and they provide the support services that

2133
02:32:10,676 --> 02:32:13,716
needed support services for all our vulnerable residents. And they

2134
02:32:13,716 --> 02:32:15,879
need to come to the table as well. With housing

2135
02:32:16,380 --> 02:32:19,239
and with community and social services. So thank you for

2136
02:32:19,279 --> 02:32:21,786
that opportunity. Thanks, Commissioner. I really appreciate it. And I

2137
02:32:21,786 --> 02:32:24,026
think that's a very good addition. Um, I guess one

2138
02:32:24,066 --> 02:32:25,526
of the thing I would just share is, you know,

2139
02:32:25,647 --> 02:32:28,346
I served on the Arma House Board of Directors for

2140
02:32:28,386 --> 02:32:30,366
six years. And, you know, I heard a lot of

2141
02:32:30,366 --> 02:32:33,226
the hard stories, but, um, just being at the conference,

2142
02:32:33,247 --> 02:32:35,386
there was one that really did stick with me that

2143
02:32:35,426 --> 02:32:37,546
I think I want to just relate. And I think

2144
02:32:37,546 --> 02:32:40,222
I mentioned this saga council. One of the women was

2145
02:32:40,222 --> 02:32:42,862
saying, you know, when she was looking for shelter space,

2146
02:32:42,862 --> 02:32:46,362
she had to call each of the shelter's individually. And

2147
02:32:46,362 --> 02:32:48,702
each time they'd ask her to tell her story. Each

2148
02:32:48,702 --> 02:32:53,166
time they're basically re - traumatizing her. Makes no sense

2149
02:32:53,267 --> 02:32:56,586
at all. And Minister Williams, Charmaine Williams, was there. And

2150
02:32:56,586 --> 02:32:58,366
I hope one of the asks maybe to her would

2151
02:32:58,387 --> 02:33:01,886
be they're from council at a future date would be,

2152
02:33:01,886 --> 02:33:04,861
you know, having a central intake. So you only have

2153
02:33:04,861 --> 02:33:08,089
to tell that story one time. I'm not calling up

2154
02:33:08,190 --> 02:33:11,049
the shelter and Barry. And then the shelter in Brampton.

2155
02:33:11,049 --> 02:33:13,049
And then the shelter room is a saga. Desperately looking

2156
02:33:13,070 --> 02:33:15,333
for a bed. Um, I think that would be something

2157
02:33:15,434 --> 02:33:19,333
that perhaps the ministerial level would be a really good

2158
02:33:19,514 --> 02:33:22,293
ask. And frankly, I can't even think of a cost

2159
02:33:22,333 --> 02:33:24,517
that much, to be honest. Uh, you could take that

2160
02:33:24,938 --> 02:33:27,947
and do that. In the afternoon. So I think that's

2161
02:33:27,987 --> 02:33:29,707
a future ask, but this motion in front of us

2162
02:33:29,808 --> 02:33:32,827
is excellent. And thank you to Councillor Hart and Santos.

2163
02:33:32,827 --> 02:33:36,347
This will make hopefully some really good impact in our

2164
02:33:36,387 --> 02:33:38,747
community and the lives of people who are suffering terrible

2165
02:33:38,848 --> 02:33:41,147
trauma. So thank you for working on that. Thank you

2166
02:33:41,568 --> 02:33:45,628
Mayor Groves. Thank you, Chair. And through you, um, thank

2167
02:33:45,668 --> 02:33:49,948
you, Councillor Hart and Santos for bringing this motion forward.

2168
02:33:49,948 --> 02:33:52,908
I think it's very important. This is something that's been

2169
02:33:52,929 --> 02:33:55,868
around for many, many years. And Council Hart, thank you

2170
02:33:55,868 --> 02:33:59,608
for sharing your story. Um, you know, one of the

2171
02:33:59,608 --> 02:34:05,628
challenges, I think, these folks feel or experience is they're

2172
02:34:05,668 --> 02:34:09,788
afraid to come forward. Um, and it takes courage to

2173
02:34:09,809 --> 02:34:13,419
come forward. Um, you know, I did some work at

2174
02:34:13,419 --> 02:34:17,499
a women's shelter in Vaughn at one point in my

2175
02:34:17,499 --> 02:34:19,979
life. And I can tell you, I've seen it firsthand.

2176
02:34:20,730 --> 02:34:24,629
And we've often said to these women don't even worry

2177
02:34:24,669 --> 02:34:30,949
about taking anything. Grab health cards, birth certificates and just

2178
02:34:31,130 --> 02:34:36,389
leave. They are terrified to leave. And they are terrified

2179
02:34:36,730 --> 02:34:40,629
of being found, um, so this is, this is a

2180
02:34:40,629 --> 02:34:44,789
very important issue. Commissioner Jacques, thank you for suggesting Ministry

2181
02:34:44,789 --> 02:34:48,415
of Health. I think it is more than just something

2182
02:34:48,455 --> 02:34:54,015
that, uh, for shelter, certainly impacts people's health. And I've

2183
02:34:54,015 --> 02:34:56,015
seen it. I've seen it with the women. I've seen

2184
02:34:56,015 --> 02:34:58,175
it with the children when they come into the shelter.

2185
02:34:59,037 --> 02:35:01,656
Um, I can tell you that, you know, my mom

2186
02:35:02,797 --> 02:35:05,256
was a victim of that. She didn't have the courage

2187
02:35:05,277 --> 02:35:08,776
or the strength to come forward. She had six children.

2188
02:35:08,776 --> 02:35:12,696
She had to concern herself with. So, you know, I,

2189
02:35:12,797 --> 02:35:16,916
again, this is something that's been around for years. And

2190
02:35:16,916 --> 02:35:20,296
Councillor Hornick, you make a very good point. Why do

2191
02:35:20,336 --> 02:35:24,936
these women have to relive that every time? Every time

2192
02:35:24,936 --> 02:35:29,736
they tell the story, it's reliving the horror. It's reliving

2193
02:35:30,157 --> 02:35:33,656
all of those terrible, terrible things. Um, and nobody wants

2194
02:35:33,696 --> 02:35:38,056
to relive that. So just, and Councillor Santos, you've been

2195
02:35:38,096 --> 02:35:41,302
a strong advocate on this. And, um, and to all

2196
02:35:41,302 --> 02:35:44,982
the groups, you know, when you come together with one

2197
02:35:45,022 --> 02:35:50,582
voice, it's much stronger, much, much stronger. And, and really

2198
02:35:51,003 --> 02:35:54,022
again, we talk about it all the time. And councillor

2199
02:35:54,062 --> 02:35:55,622
Santos, do you make a very good point? Because that

2200
02:35:55,622 --> 02:35:59,622
was one of the most difficult things that the shelter

2201
02:35:59,662 --> 02:36:03,542
is finding that transitional home, those transitional homes to get

2202
02:36:03,582 --> 02:36:07,702
these women back out there, building confidence, get them a

2203
02:36:07,702 --> 02:36:10,022
place to live. Because at the shelter, you can only

2204
02:36:10,043 --> 02:36:13,942
keep, they can only stay for a limited time because

2205
02:36:14,283 --> 02:36:17,062
it's just not enough room. So once again, thank you

2206
02:36:17,102 --> 02:36:20,182
both for bringing this forward happy to support it. Thank

2207
02:36:20,222 --> 02:36:25,916
you, Councillor Fonseca. Thank you through you chair. I just

2208
02:36:25,916 --> 02:36:31,356
wanted to say, um, uh, it was both heartbreaking and

2209
02:36:31,457 --> 02:36:37,003
heartwarming. To attend the summit. Um, just wanted to say

2210
02:36:37,184 --> 02:36:42,843
a huge thanks to both councillor Santos and Councillor Hart

2211
02:36:43,264 --> 02:36:48,683
and all of the collaboration in making the summit happen.

2212
02:36:48,683 --> 02:36:52,363
Um, I was very honoured to be able to participate.

2213
02:36:54,772 --> 02:36:59,151
And as was said, uh, by Councillor Hornick and councillor

2214
02:36:59,412 --> 02:37:05,551
Santos and heart, um, this is really, it's really breaking

2215
02:37:05,652 --> 02:37:08,511
the cycle, the whole purpose of the summit event was

2216
02:37:08,532 --> 02:37:14,772
to look for action oriented solutions. Uh, and outcomes. Um,

2217
02:37:14,793 --> 02:37:18,131
I'm looking forward to the next steps. Um, I think

2218
02:37:18,152 --> 02:37:22,931
this motion is wonderful. Uh, one of the things I'm

2219
02:37:22,971 --> 02:37:25,791
not sure, maybe it's clear enough in the motion, um,

2220
02:37:25,791 --> 02:37:29,571
but one of the things that was identified along with

2221
02:37:29,752 --> 02:37:33,971
the re - traumatization, uh, that Councillor Hornick pointed out

2222
02:37:35,192 --> 02:37:37,971
was the fact that, um, and it was, it was

2223
02:37:37,992 --> 02:37:42,531
acknowledged by everyone that was there, including, um, minister Williams

2224
02:37:43,512 --> 02:37:50,911
is that, um, once somebody actually wants somebody is, um,

2225
02:37:51,832 --> 02:37:57,171
uh, admitted or taken into a shelter stay, the clock

2226
02:37:57,171 --> 02:37:59,811
starts ticking. I know that it says, and whereas adequate

2227
02:37:59,992 --> 02:38:04,291
shelter stays are often required. Um, I don't know if

2228
02:38:04,392 --> 02:38:10,371
it underscores, uh, I don't know if that underscores enough,

2229
02:38:10,371 --> 02:38:15,731
um, the, the alarming, like the, the length of stay.

2230
02:38:15,731 --> 02:38:18,131
I think it's 30 days or something. Like it's such

2231
02:38:18,171 --> 02:38:22,371
a short period of time. So maybe there should be,

2232
02:38:22,371 --> 02:38:24,531
I don't know, maybe it doesn't have to happen here.

2233
02:38:24,531 --> 02:38:27,311
Maybe it can happen in a, in another motion. Um,

2234
02:38:29,752 --> 02:38:35,731
where it's acknowledging the need for a, um, somebody within

2235
02:38:36,712 --> 02:38:43,551
the shelter system to help individuals navigate that transition, um,

2236
02:38:43,592 --> 02:38:48,371
from the shelter state to the longer term, uh, longer

2237
02:38:48,392 --> 02:38:51,171
term housing solution. I'm not sure if, I don't know

2238
02:38:51,211 --> 02:38:54,611
if this is strong enough to like the wording that's

2239
02:38:54,651 --> 02:38:57,731
here. Maybe it's not needed, but that seemed to be

2240
02:38:57,832 --> 02:39:03,251
something that was, um, created a lot of anxiety within

2241
02:39:03,752 --> 02:39:07,571
the guest speakers, uh, that spoke about once they were

2242
02:39:07,592 --> 02:39:12,611
actually, um, taken into a shelter. So anyway, I just

2243
02:39:12,632 --> 02:39:18,691
wanted to reference that, um, and say again, uh, congratulations

2244
02:39:19,272 --> 02:39:22,211
and thank you for everybody involved. And yes, the next

2245
02:39:22,211 --> 02:39:25,971
step is extremely important. Thanks. Thank you. That's my list

2246
02:39:25,971 --> 02:39:28,131
of speakers. You have the motion before you all those

2247
02:39:28,152 --> 02:39:34,009
in favor. Anybody opposed that carries unanimously. Okay. And final

2248
02:39:34,049 --> 02:39:36,169
item before the break. Dr. Saha, if I can call

2249
02:39:36,169 --> 02:39:37,929
you up, we're going to deal with item eight to

2250
02:39:38,190 --> 02:39:41,769
senior services 2025 annual report. And as Dr. Saha is

2251
02:39:41,769 --> 02:39:44,729
coming up, one formality. We dealt with the last motion,

2252
02:39:44,729 --> 02:39:47,129
but I should have brought up report 17 three and

2253
02:39:47,230 --> 02:39:49,529
17 five at the time. Brad, if you'll move those

2254
02:39:49,550 --> 02:39:52,009
forward just to be dealt with and receive seconded by

2255
02:39:52,030 --> 02:40:02,015
Councillor Dasko, all those in favor. Cary. Thank you. And

2256
02:40:02,015 --> 02:40:04,475
Marie and Dr. Saha, welcome and please proceed. Thank you

2257
02:40:04,475 --> 02:40:08,503
for your patience. Thank you. Good afternoon, chair unique and

2258
02:40:08,543 --> 02:40:11,623
members of regional council. Thank you for the opportunity for

2259
02:40:11,623 --> 02:40:15,543
us to be here today. And it's especially meaningful to

2260
02:40:15,543 --> 02:40:20,423
us to provide this update during the seniors month as

2261
02:40:20,423 --> 02:40:23,623
we reflect on our ongoing efforts to support and enhance

2262
02:40:23,623 --> 02:40:27,798
the well - being of seniors across Peel. My name

2263
02:40:27,838 --> 02:40:29,878
is Anne - Marie Case Volckerd and I'm the senior

2264
02:40:29,878 --> 02:40:32,358
director for our five long - term care homes and

2265
02:40:32,358 --> 02:40:35,078
here with me today as Dr. Suredh Sahar, senior medical

2266
02:40:35,099 --> 02:40:40,839
director. This report aligns with your responsibilities as members of

2267
02:40:40,839 --> 02:40:44,199
the committee of management in ensuring that the region's five

2268
02:40:44,239 --> 02:40:46,679
long - term care homes comply with all the requirements

2269
02:40:47,420 --> 02:40:50,919
under the fixing long - term care act. Our presentation

2270
02:40:51,020 --> 02:40:55,079
will also build from the upcoming presentation by Kathy Granger

2271
02:40:55,260 --> 02:40:59,999
and Ray Applebaum on advancing integrated services for seniors, as

2272
02:40:59,999 --> 02:41:04,199
well as pennies earlier delegation, highlighting the importance of creditation

2273
02:41:04,380 --> 02:41:08,999
and continuous quality improvement. We will focus on key annual

2274
02:41:08,999 --> 02:41:11,319
updates and share how we are improving the quality of

2275
02:41:11,359 --> 02:41:14,919
life for seniors we serve while meeting provincial standards and

2276
02:41:14,940 --> 02:41:24,051
strengthening our workforce. Can you hear me.

2277
02:41:25,451 --> 02:41:27,590
Jernica members of regional council. Thank you very much for

2278
02:41:27,630 --> 02:41:29,670
giving us an opportunity to speak to you today and

2279
02:41:29,710 --> 02:41:32,818
a very warm welcome. Um, as you will be aware,

2280
02:41:32,999 --> 02:41:36,738
peel region continues to experience a significant demographic shift with

2281
02:41:36,919 --> 02:41:41,778
old adults over 65, presenting with increasingly complex care and

2282
02:41:41,778 --> 02:41:45,985
support needs. As the population changes, so to do the

2283
02:41:46,006 --> 02:41:50,359
health and social care requirements of this group. Peel region,

2284
02:41:50,620 --> 02:41:53,399
has a critical rule to play in supporting seniors and

2285
02:41:53,420 --> 02:41:56,839
responding to the growing complexity of care required to look

2286
02:41:56,860 --> 02:42:01,256
after this aging population. The service is operated by the

2287
02:42:01,357 --> 02:42:03,976
region span the full continuum of care. And I believe

2288
02:42:04,077 --> 02:42:07,256
you're doing an excellent job as far as that's concerned.

2289
02:42:07,256 --> 02:42:09,896
From community - based supports for seniors and complex needs

2290
02:42:10,157 --> 02:42:14,584
for people who are living independently. This is through to

2291
02:42:14,624 --> 02:42:17,464
hire equity services like our integrated care model or long

2292
02:42:17,504 --> 02:42:20,504
- term care homes where residents require 24 - hour

2293
02:42:20,525 --> 02:42:24,904
medical and personal support. More specifically, we are seeing increasing

2294
02:42:25,005 --> 02:42:28,584
demand for responsive person - centred care and services that

2295
02:42:28,624 --> 02:42:31,464
are making a meaningful and measurable difference to the lives

2296
02:42:31,504 --> 02:42:37,796
of seniors and their caregivers. Through our adult - day

2297
02:42:37,796 --> 02:42:40,696
services and long - term care homes, we support seniors

2298
02:42:40,717 --> 02:42:44,123
with a complex health and social care needs. This includes

2299
02:42:44,304 --> 02:42:52,683
a significant proportion of individuals living with cognitive impairment. And

2300
02:42:53,024 --> 02:42:54,603
two - thirds of people living in long - term

2301
02:42:54,624 --> 02:43:00,114
care homes are people living with dementia. And essential component

2302
02:43:00,114 --> 02:43:02,834
of our care and services is the provision of person

2303
02:43:02,855 --> 02:43:05,634
- centred emotion - based care, which the region has

2304
02:43:05,655 --> 02:43:09,154
both initiated as well as continues to lead. And which

2305
02:43:09,175 --> 02:43:12,914
recognises responses and response to the individual needs of this

2306
02:43:12,935 --> 02:43:16,214
vulnerable population and their families. The impact of this work

2307
02:43:16,254 --> 02:43:19,254
is best understood through the words of those we serve

2308
02:43:19,515 --> 02:43:22,908
and those with whom we work. As one family member

2309
02:43:23,169 --> 02:43:26,508
shared, everyone at the Davis Centre long - term care

2310
02:43:26,689 --> 02:43:31,616
centre is incredible. They are professional, kind, loving and extremely

2311
02:43:31,797 --> 02:43:36,979
respectful of my loved one. They provide exceptional care, and

2312
02:43:36,979 --> 02:43:39,799
I'm extremely happy in relieved that my loved one is

2313
02:43:40,060 --> 02:43:42,439
at the Davis Centre long - term care centre. That's

2314
02:43:42,479 --> 02:43:45,974
the kind of work we are currently doing. I'd also

2315
02:43:45,974 --> 02:43:49,014
like to state that William Osler Health System is proud

2316
02:43:49,014 --> 02:43:52,001
to have achieved three years of butterfly accreditation. They would

2317
02:43:52,001 --> 02:43:55,441
like technology and thank PL region for its valued partnership

2318
02:43:55,462 --> 02:44:03,592
in this venture. Thanks to the ongoing support from regional

2319
02:44:03,632 --> 02:44:07,192
council, senior services is recognised as a leader in service

2320
02:44:07,213 --> 02:44:11,894
excellence in an innovation in seniors care. You've already heard

2321
02:44:11,915 --> 02:44:16,134
about our successful three - year CARF accreditation. A milestone

2322
02:44:16,155 --> 02:44:18,774
made possible by the incredible work of our teams and

2323
02:44:19,115 --> 02:44:23,094
strong support of our corporate partners. Earlier this year, we

2324
02:44:23,115 --> 02:44:27,574
were also honoured to receive advantage Ontario's innovation and excellence

2325
02:44:27,574 --> 02:44:31,419
workplace quality award. Recognising our culture and well - being

2326
02:44:31,419 --> 02:44:35,339
program and efforts in building a resilient and supportive workforce.

2327
02:44:36,560 --> 02:44:40,299
Additionally, VRAM Davis Centre recently became the first long -

2328
02:44:40,299 --> 02:44:44,459
term care centre in Ontario to achieve butterfly certification across

2329
02:44:44,560 --> 02:44:49,419
the entire centre. Demonstrating leadership and emotion - based dementia

2330
02:44:49,459 --> 02:44:51,819
care across adult - day services and long - term

2331
02:44:51,840 --> 02:44:55,968
care. This was supported through one - time provincial funding

2332
02:44:55,989 --> 02:45:01,268
under the improving dementia care program. Together, these achievements reflect

2333
02:45:01,308 --> 02:45:05,668
our continued focus on delivering compassionate, high - quality care.

2334
02:45:10,967 --> 02:45:14,766
As part of the province's continuous quality improvement program, the

2335
02:45:14,807 --> 02:45:17,026
region's long - term care homes monitor a number of

2336
02:45:17,127 --> 02:45:20,617
key quality indicators, which I present to you today. Six

2337
02:45:20,617 --> 02:45:23,337
of these indicators that reported to the Canadian Institute for

2338
02:45:23,377 --> 02:45:26,457
Health Information and are publicly reported by all long -

2339
02:45:26,457 --> 02:45:29,938
term care homes in Ontario. They're used to measure health

2340
02:45:30,039 --> 02:45:34,258
system performance, support benchmarking and informed targets within quality improvement

2341
02:45:34,279 --> 02:45:39,138
plans. Our homes continue to exceed provincial averages across most

2342
02:45:39,178 --> 02:45:42,532
of the quality care indicators, as you can see. Our

2343
02:45:42,553 --> 02:45:44,932
performance has also been stronger than that of non -

2344
02:45:44,932 --> 02:45:48,544
accredited long - term care homes. These results reflect our

2345
02:45:48,565 --> 02:45:51,984
ongoing commitment to delivering evidence - informed person - centred

2346
02:45:52,005 --> 02:45:58,703
in emotion - based care. Over the past year, there

2347
02:45:58,703 --> 02:46:00,623
were pending amendments to the fixing long - term care

2348
02:46:00,724 --> 02:46:04,703
act in accompanying regulations through Bill 14 support for seniors

2349
02:46:04,804 --> 02:46:08,896
and caregivers act. Bill 14 is still awaiting second reading

2350
02:46:09,077 --> 02:46:12,709
since council was last updated in the fall. We will

2351
02:46:12,730 --> 02:46:16,549
continue to provide updates as these legislative changes continue to

2352
02:46:16,589 --> 02:46:20,844
evolve. The Ministry of Long - Term Care also conducts

2353
02:46:20,865 --> 02:46:23,964
different types of unannounced inspections in every long - term

2354
02:46:23,985 --> 02:46:29,884
care home across the province. Inspections include interviews with residents,

2355
02:46:29,905 --> 02:46:33,964
family members, and staff, a review of records, as well

2356
02:46:33,964 --> 02:46:37,324
as direct observations of how care services are being delivered.

2357
02:46:38,225 --> 02:46:42,204
The ministry also recently launched a new dedicated Ontario long

2358
02:46:42,204 --> 02:46:46,044
- term care home inspections reports website where reports are

2359
02:46:46,044 --> 02:46:52,790
now accessible. Inspections have increased significantly across the province with

2360
02:46:52,811 --> 02:46:57,430
29 inspections in 2025 for our homes. And each lasting

2361
02:46:57,531 --> 02:47:03,391
approximately six days. These inspections have resulted in 79 findings

2362
02:47:03,732 --> 02:47:07,631
and one compliance order. The order was related to abuse

2363
02:47:07,652 --> 02:47:10,351
and neglect as a result of an altercation between residents

2364
02:47:10,372 --> 02:47:14,511
and was promptly addressed. To mitigate risk to residents, we

2365
02:47:14,551 --> 02:47:18,111
have proactive measures in place, take immediate action to address

2366
02:47:18,372 --> 02:47:23,071
any non - compliance findings. This includes policy revisions developing

2367
02:47:23,172 --> 02:47:28,191
new processes and tools, enhancements to training, quality improvement and

2368
02:47:28,191 --> 02:47:32,991
risk mitigation initiatives, and reinforcing roles and responsibilities of the

2369
02:47:33,252 --> 02:47:37,150
interdisciplinary team. It's important to note that the Ministry of

2370
02:47:37,171 --> 02:47:40,510
Long - Term Care Investigations Unit is also fully operational

2371
02:47:40,611 --> 02:47:44,190
with a dedicated team. While it is separate from the

2372
02:47:44,451 --> 02:47:48,110
inspection program, it is a component of the enforcement actions

2373
02:47:48,211 --> 02:47:52,079
available within the fixing long - term care act. This

2374
02:47:52,180 --> 02:47:55,839
team will complete investigations and follow - up to allegations

2375
02:47:55,879 --> 02:48:05,877
of provincial offences. As outlined in the Act. The delivery

2376
02:48:05,917 --> 02:48:09,317
of safe, high - quality care in our centres is

2377
02:48:09,418 --> 02:48:13,797
a 24 - 7 operation made possible by the dedication

2378
02:48:14,138 --> 02:48:19,038
and coordinated efforts of our skilled interdisciplinary teams. In 2025

2379
02:48:19,139 --> 02:48:24,158
alone, this meant managing over 500, 000 scheduling calls to

2380
02:48:24,179 --> 02:48:29,717
fill approximately 34, 000 shifts. Underscoring the scale in the

2381
02:48:29,738 --> 02:48:32,677
complexity of staffing in long - term care and adult

2382
02:48:32,858 --> 02:48:37,433
- day services. To support our stuff, we invest significantly

2383
02:48:37,694 --> 02:48:40,393
in learning and development to ensure teams have the skills

2384
02:48:40,433 --> 02:48:44,553
needed to respond to increasingly complex client and resident needs.

2385
02:48:45,214 --> 02:48:48,793
We also continue to take a multifaceted approach to psychological

2386
02:48:48,974 --> 02:48:52,393
health and well - being recognising that a supported workforce

2387
02:48:52,494 --> 02:48:58,160
is critical to delivering compassionate care. These efforts are helping

2388
02:48:58,181 --> 02:49:01,840
us stabilize staffing, reduce burnout, and build a culture where

2389
02:49:01,941 --> 02:49:05,200
staff feel valued, supported, and empowered to meet the growing

2390
02:49:05,221 --> 02:49:12,361
needs of peel seniors. Looking ahead, our priorities are guided

2391
02:49:12,382 --> 02:49:15,481
by our senior services strategic plan and a vision for

2392
02:49:15,521 --> 02:49:19,881
individuals to receive person - centred, innovative, integrated care and

2393
02:49:19,881 --> 02:49:23,443
support that enhances their quality of life. We will continue

2394
02:49:23,704 --> 02:49:26,883
advancing our psychological health and well - being program to

2395
02:49:26,904 --> 02:49:31,123
ensure staff are supported in today's evolving care environments. We're

2396
02:49:31,163 --> 02:49:36,323
also strengthening continuous learning and training, including enhancements to nursing

2397
02:49:36,424 --> 02:49:42,198
mentorship, frontline, mental health training. These initiatives will build staff

2398
02:49:42,238 --> 02:49:45,318
capacity to respond to the evolving clinical needs of seniors

2399
02:49:45,579 --> 02:49:50,038
while supporting staff safety and well - being. Expanding a

2400
02:49:50,038 --> 02:49:53,798
motion - based care beyond designated home areas remains a

2401
02:49:53,798 --> 02:49:56,998
priority to ensure all seniors in our care have equitable

2402
02:49:57,179 --> 02:50:00,678
access to this approach. At the same time, we continue

2403
02:50:00,699 --> 02:50:06,053
to advocate for sustainable provincial funding. While leveraging one -

2404
02:50:06,053 --> 02:50:10,053
time investments to address immediate system pressures and enhanced care

2405
02:50:10,093 --> 02:50:14,918
delivery. We are committed to continuing our work with partners

2406
02:50:15,019 --> 02:50:18,358
across health, the health system to ensure seniors in PIL

2407
02:50:18,699 --> 02:50:23,292
receive the care and support they need. Thank you, Chair

2408
02:50:23,793 --> 02:50:26,972
and Regional Council for your ongoing support for our initiatives

2409
02:50:26,993 --> 02:50:31,052
to improve the lives of seniors across Peel. Dr. Saha

2410
02:50:31,073 --> 02:50:33,372
and I welcome any questions that you may have at

2411
02:50:33,412 --> 02:50:37,886
this time. And there are, thank you, Mayor Groves. Thank

2412
02:50:37,926 --> 02:50:40,806
you, Chair, and thank you both for the presentation. I

2413
02:50:40,806 --> 02:50:44,446
always enjoy your presentation and always look forward to that.

2414
02:50:44,486 --> 02:50:47,146
Um, I will say that, uh, just a little bit

2415
02:50:47,146 --> 02:50:51,366
of bragging, that peel region was the first, I think

2416
02:50:51,427 --> 02:50:56,822
in the country to pilot that butterfly program. And we

2417
02:50:56,843 --> 02:51:00,022
were the leaders in that program. And it's great to

2418
02:51:00,062 --> 02:51:02,902
see that, uh, Veredavis has been certified, and I think

2419
02:51:02,923 --> 02:51:08,022
you said William Osler. I guess, um, Dr. Sched was

2420
02:51:08,062 --> 02:51:11,942
here, and I can't recall how long ago it was,

2421
02:51:11,942 --> 02:51:14,822
but it was after the program, we ran the program,

2422
02:51:14,822 --> 02:51:19,022
we piloted the program. He came back and reported, I

2423
02:51:19,022 --> 02:51:20,822
think it was, what is after a year that the

2424
02:51:20,843 --> 02:51:25,942
program ran, and he gave some stats on, um, the

2425
02:51:26,123 --> 02:51:32,742
residents who had dementia and their percentage of not the

2426
02:51:32,742 --> 02:51:36,945
dependency or not depending on the antipsychosis medication. I would

2427
02:51:36,985 --> 02:51:40,385
like to understand if there was any further data there

2428
02:51:40,425 --> 02:51:46,065
to show, um, how that has improved the quality of

2429
02:51:46,086 --> 02:51:50,545
life for these individuals and not depending so much on

2430
02:51:50,585 --> 02:51:54,500
that antipsychosis medication. We have anything like that. Thank you

2431
02:51:54,540 --> 02:51:56,980
very much, Mayor Groves. I'm very pleased to mention that

2432
02:51:57,321 --> 02:51:59,300
based upon data that we've collected over the course of

2433
02:51:59,340 --> 02:52:01,380
the past one and a half years, specifically in an

2434
02:52:01,380 --> 02:52:05,060
acute care unit, we have published earlier on this year

2435
02:52:05,081 --> 02:52:08,100
in the Canadian Geoatics Journal, which is a level one

2436
02:52:08,121 --> 02:52:11,060
journal, about the results that we had in our unit

2437
02:52:11,100 --> 02:52:14,020
as compared to another unit, which didn't have this program.

2438
02:52:14,020 --> 02:52:16,740
And what we were able to see is that antipsychotic

2439
02:52:16,780 --> 02:52:21,163
usage was lower. Incidence of falls was lower. Caregiver satisfaction

2440
02:52:21,424 --> 02:52:23,843
was higher. And out comes with patients were higher. So

2441
02:52:23,843 --> 02:52:25,963
in all of these aspects, which I consider to be

2442
02:52:26,003 --> 02:52:30,843
critically clinically important, we have a methodology that is delivering

2443
02:52:30,864 --> 02:52:34,409
results. I'm very proud to support it. That's great. And

2444
02:52:34,450 --> 02:52:38,349
I'm, I'm happy to see that our stats are actually

2445
02:52:38,349 --> 02:52:42,349
where we're actually beating the provincial average. I significant numbers.

2446
02:52:42,349 --> 02:52:45,149
Yes. So that's really good to know. I mean, I

2447
02:52:45,189 --> 02:52:48,829
know, and I've always, I always brag about our homes,

2448
02:52:48,829 --> 02:52:52,269
whether it's supportive housing or long - term care that

2449
02:52:52,269 --> 02:52:56,189
we have the best in the country, I believe. I

2450
02:52:56,189 --> 02:52:58,109
would agree with that. I can tell you from very

2451
02:52:58,130 --> 02:53:00,909
- Waiting list support that as well. Absolutely. But then

2452
02:53:00,909 --> 02:53:05,309
we have a great medical officer through our medical director.

2453
02:53:05,309 --> 02:53:08,409
So it's great. Um, one of the things, though, and

2454
02:53:08,409 --> 02:53:11,869
I know we talk about the support we provide for

2455
02:53:11,909 --> 02:53:17,069
the residents. But, you know, I'm always concerned about caregiver

2456
02:53:17,650 --> 02:53:21,709
burnout. What are, I mean, I don't know that that's

2457
02:53:21,970 --> 02:53:25,949
our responsibility solely, but is there anything that we are

2458
02:53:25,989 --> 02:53:29,949
doing and whether we're working with the ministry just to

2459
02:53:29,970 --> 02:53:32,989
understand that and see what is provided? Like, what are

2460
02:53:32,989 --> 02:53:36,109
we providing? What is the province providing for these caregivers?

2461
02:53:38,850 --> 02:53:40,589
No, okay, I can start and then you can jump

2462
02:53:40,690 --> 02:53:44,349
in. Through the chair, thank you so much for that

2463
02:53:44,450 --> 02:53:47,869
question. And you're absolutely right caregivers are an important part

2464
02:53:49,090 --> 02:53:52,269
at partner in the system. Um, supporting their loved ones.

2465
02:53:52,269 --> 02:53:56,629
And we actually do support caregivers across the continuum. So

2466
02:53:56,690 --> 02:54:00,109
through our adult day services program, a lot of support,

2467
02:54:00,109 --> 02:54:04,829
um, is, is provided through the sheer fact that we

2468
02:54:04,930 --> 02:54:09,229
have co - located adult day services programs. Um, we

2469
02:54:09,410 --> 02:54:14,489
have education sessions, virtual programming as well that supports, um,

2470
02:54:16,370 --> 02:54:19,709
that we have both at Davis Centre and now at

2471
02:54:19,810 --> 02:54:23,709
Senior Health and Wellness Village at PLManner also support caregivers

2472
02:54:23,890 --> 02:54:27,309
in that, um, respect as well, uh, we, we support

2473
02:54:27,570 --> 02:54:30,589
our social workers in the adult day program also are

2474
02:54:30,589 --> 02:54:35,149
supporting through social prescribing and really looking after the caregiver.

2475
02:54:35,149 --> 02:54:37,309
As far as on the other end of that continuum

2476
02:54:37,410 --> 02:54:39,789
in long - term care, we are partnering currently with

2477
02:54:39,890 --> 02:54:44,989
the Ontario Caregivers Association or organisation, sorry. Um, to really

2478
02:54:45,090 --> 02:54:48,349
look at our caregivers, our families that are visiting long

2479
02:54:48,349 --> 02:54:53,309
- term care oftentimes elderly themselves and requiring supports themselves

2480
02:54:53,970 --> 02:54:56,749
and supporting, how can we support in terms of system

2481
02:54:56,850 --> 02:55:01,069
navigation, connecting them in the community. So that is something

2482
02:55:01,810 --> 02:55:04,589
we're right in the midst of looking at how we

2483
02:55:04,629 --> 02:55:09,299
can enhance that support. Thank you, and I'm really glad

2484
02:55:09,339 --> 02:55:11,659
to hear you say that because to your point, a

2485
02:55:11,659 --> 02:55:15,379
lot of the caregivers that are supporting their mums or

2486
02:55:15,419 --> 02:55:18,339
dads, they're older themselves. And I know I've had a

2487
02:55:18,339 --> 02:55:21,379
lot of my residents who, you know, some of them,

2488
02:55:21,379 --> 02:55:23,979
their parents are in their late 80s or 90s. So

2489
02:55:23,979 --> 02:55:26,579
you can well imagine the caregivers, they are in their

2490
02:55:26,680 --> 02:55:30,099
70s. And it's difficult on them. So I'm, I'm really

2491
02:55:30,120 --> 02:55:32,659
happy to hear you say that because they are an

2492
02:55:32,699 --> 02:55:36,659
integral part of the system. We know, we have burnout

2493
02:55:36,699 --> 02:55:40,339
of the, um, the nurses, the doctors, or the healthcare

2494
02:55:40,379 --> 02:55:43,379
professionals. And I think they help to take some of

2495
02:55:43,419 --> 02:55:46,899
that burden from the healthcare professionals. So thank you for

2496
02:55:46,939 --> 02:55:50,419
that. Glad to hear that you're working with the Ontario

2497
02:55:50,680 --> 02:55:55,379
caregiver's association. Organisation on OCO. So Ontario Caregater. That's perfect.

2498
02:55:55,400 --> 02:55:57,299
Is there anything that we can do? And I don't

2499
02:55:57,400 --> 02:56:00,659
know how these caregivers do they know about the program

2500
02:56:01,240 --> 02:56:03,059
or is there anything we can do to spread the

2501
02:56:03,160 --> 02:56:06,099
word so that, um, they, they can, they know what

2502
02:56:06,280 --> 02:56:09,699
we're providing and the support that we're providing. I think,

2503
02:56:09,699 --> 02:56:13,219
and it's, it's, we also have another report coming as

2504
02:56:13,259 --> 02:56:16,179
well that's really focused on the community side of things

2505
02:56:16,520 --> 02:56:19,839
as well and how we can better, um, support, uh,

2506
02:56:20,360 --> 02:56:25,379
socialized isolation and support other components of, um, for seniors

2507
02:56:25,419 --> 02:56:28,419
living in the community supporting and supporting them in that

2508
02:56:28,419 --> 02:56:30,419
way. I don't know if you wanted to add something.

2509
02:56:31,118 --> 02:56:33,097
So, Migra, if I want to take a step back,

2510
02:56:33,097 --> 02:56:36,297
and again, I've highlighted to regional council prior that for

2511
02:56:36,337 --> 02:56:38,857
people who have dementia, the best place for them to

2512
02:56:39,038 --> 02:56:42,217
age is actually home. And what we try to do

2513
02:56:42,398 --> 02:56:45,177
from the perspective of the butterfly model, once these patients

2514
02:56:45,358 --> 02:56:47,657
have reached a level of complexity that they cannot be

2515
02:56:47,758 --> 02:56:50,457
looked after at home is to provide a home -

2516
02:56:50,457 --> 02:56:53,817
like environment. However, based upon the questions that you're asking,

2517
02:56:53,857 --> 02:56:58,697
there is a significant demographic or significant group of people

2518
02:56:58,878 --> 02:57:01,817
who want to continue to look after their elderly ones

2519
02:57:01,838 --> 02:57:04,217
at home who have advanced dementia. And that is something

2520
02:57:04,257 --> 02:57:07,577
that we acknowledge. And we are doing leading work in

2521
02:57:07,617 --> 02:57:09,337
that at the region of Pale through the course of

2522
02:57:09,337 --> 02:57:11,097
the work that we are doing at our adult age

2523
02:57:11,137 --> 02:57:14,377
services at peel manner in particular through the Thrive program.

2524
02:57:14,377 --> 02:57:16,457
And this is a specialized program that we have developed

2525
02:57:16,558 --> 02:57:20,057
at the region that is based upon evidence - based

2526
02:57:20,057 --> 02:57:23,018
protocols from the United States called the pace model. We

2527
02:57:23,058 --> 02:57:26,058
have now recruited about 70 or 80 people. Our target

2528
02:57:26,098 --> 02:57:29,898
is about approximately 100. And the initial statistics that we

2529
02:57:29,938 --> 02:57:33,329
have gathered from this are extremely favorable. I don't want

2530
02:57:33,590 --> 02:57:36,209
to sound too ambitious, but our intentions here is to

2531
02:57:36,209 --> 02:57:39,569
do once again for the adult day services landscape, what

2532
02:57:39,569 --> 02:57:41,569
the butterfly model did for the long - term care

2533
02:57:41,670 --> 02:57:45,329
landscape is to fundamentally reinvent and to show to the

2534
02:57:45,510 --> 02:57:47,569
province that there is a better way to do adult

2535
02:57:47,670 --> 02:57:50,849
- day services that is more supportive. And that is

2536
02:57:50,849 --> 02:57:54,849
perhaps more conducive to people living with advanced dementia. Specifically

2537
02:57:54,849 --> 02:57:57,809
from caregiver support at the pill minor facility, we also

2538
02:57:57,809 --> 02:58:00,689
have a variety of respite beds available that can provide

2539
02:58:01,350 --> 02:58:04,449
it some respite to caregivers we're getting burnt out. So

2540
02:58:04,470 --> 02:58:07,169
quite a lot. We're also adding, just in terms of

2541
02:58:07,910 --> 02:58:11,089
as well as community paramedicine and the importance of that

2542
02:58:11,430 --> 02:58:14,049
in supporting caregivers as well for people who are either

2543
02:58:14,070 --> 02:58:17,809
on the wait list for long - term care or

2544
02:58:17,849 --> 02:58:20,929
choosing to age in place in their own homes in

2545
02:58:20,929 --> 02:58:23,729
the community. That's great. Well, thank you both so very

2546
02:58:23,729 --> 02:58:26,269
much. And to your team, your entire team, thank you

2547
02:58:26,269 --> 02:58:29,889
for all that you do. Um, you do great work.

2548
02:58:29,889 --> 02:58:32,129
I just want to recognise Keith Ward in the audience

2549
02:58:32,230 --> 02:58:35,809
there. He's a face from the past. And yeah, nice

2550
02:58:35,849 --> 02:58:38,849
to see you, Keith. Anyway, thank you so very much.

2551
02:58:38,950 --> 02:58:41,249
I'm really glad to hear that because, like I said,

2552
02:58:41,830 --> 02:58:44,769
I think those caregivers, they're forgotten a lot of times.

2553
02:58:44,769 --> 02:58:47,528
So thank you. Shout out to Keith hasn't changed at

2554
02:58:47,528 --> 02:58:50,568
all, by the way. I had a bit of a,

2555
02:58:50,568 --> 02:58:52,208
am I still a councillor when he walked in? I

2556
02:58:52,208 --> 02:58:55,288
go, nothing's changed. And good to see you. Uh, Councillor

2557
02:58:55,389 --> 02:58:59,576
Reed. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thank you, Dr. Saha

2558
02:58:59,597 --> 02:59:02,696
and Emery on your amazing work. And we had people

2559
02:59:02,717 --> 02:59:06,376
from the region at our seniors fair on Friday sharing

2560
02:59:06,557 --> 02:59:09,076
all the different resources, which is great because a lot

2561
02:59:09,076 --> 02:59:12,056
of these projects and things that you're working on are

2562
02:59:12,056 --> 02:59:13,816
kind of more in the north and not necessarily in

2563
02:59:13,816 --> 02:59:18,216
our area. Um, and people, people don't know boundaries when

2564
02:59:18,216 --> 02:59:20,296
it comes to it. So they're definitely taking advantage of

2565
02:59:20,317 --> 02:59:24,216
those, uh, services. Um, but I wish the story was

2566
02:59:24,256 --> 02:59:26,136
told a little bit more. You know, we're talking about

2567
02:59:26,397 --> 02:59:28,456
these, these are best in the province, best in the

2568
02:59:28,456 --> 02:59:32,934
country program statistically and experientially. But for a lot of

2569
02:59:32,934 --> 02:59:34,774
people in my areas, you don't know that they exist.

2570
02:59:35,667 --> 02:59:38,266
So just for them to know that they're there, not

2571
02:59:38,266 --> 02:59:40,526
even that they're the best, but that they're there. The

2572
02:59:40,566 --> 02:59:43,086
senior sphere is great. And your team's amazing coming out

2573
02:59:43,126 --> 02:59:48,126
to that. Uh, so we have programs like Molly's club.

2574
02:59:48,126 --> 02:59:50,286
That was one of the other groups that came out.

2575
02:59:50,286 --> 02:59:51,806
And it's like a private business that's trying to do

2576
02:59:51,846 --> 02:59:54,746
some of the work that the region is doing. Uh,

2577
02:59:54,746 --> 02:59:56,606
do you have any partnerships with any of these organisations

2578
02:59:56,627 --> 02:59:58,446
that are trying to do some of this work and

2579
02:59:58,446 --> 03:00:00,206
trying to fill some of those gaps in areas that

2580
03:00:00,246 --> 03:00:04,700
don't have some of those services. Any partnerships with any

2581
03:00:04,700 --> 03:00:07,980
of those private organisations doing like the day looking at

2582
03:00:08,020 --> 03:00:12,540
my, my community counterparts, um, for supporting that. There are

2583
03:00:12,561 --> 03:00:17,660
partnerships with community organisations. I don't have the list on

2584
03:00:17,761 --> 03:00:20,066
hand. And I don't know. If it's going to come

2585
03:00:20,066 --> 03:00:22,825
up in your presentation or not. Kathy. I'm not sure.

2586
03:00:25,751 --> 03:00:30,690
Mr. Sorry through the chair. I was actually just going

2587
03:00:30,690 --> 03:00:33,730
to say what you were going to scream out. That's

2588
03:00:33,770 --> 03:00:36,930
a very good question. Um, councillor. And it really does

2589
03:00:36,970 --> 03:00:39,730
speak to the next presentation that will be had after

2590
03:00:39,991 --> 03:00:42,530
lunch. And it is about the work that we're doing

2591
03:00:42,951 --> 03:00:46,290
in senior services and across the organisation to reach out

2592
03:00:46,391 --> 03:00:51,330
to those senior programs and continuing to build those relationships.

2593
03:00:51,330 --> 03:00:55,170
And that matrix of support for our community. Hold on

2594
03:00:55,170 --> 03:00:57,090
to that one. All right. Definitely. I just, I just

2595
03:00:57,111 --> 03:00:59,330
really overjoyed. You have such great leadership and we're doing

2596
03:00:59,431 --> 03:01:02,210
amazing work. And I just want to make sure everyone

2597
03:01:02,231 --> 03:01:05,010
knows about it. So thank you so much. Thank you.

2598
03:01:05,010 --> 03:01:07,090
Um, that concludes my list. Thank you for your presentation

2599
03:01:07,351 --> 03:01:10,210
receipt moved by Councillored and Mayor Groves, all those in

2600
03:01:10,210 --> 03:01:13,090
favor carried. Okay members of council with that, we're going

2601
03:01:13,090 --> 03:01:14,610
to take a well - deserved break, especially for the

2602
03:01:14,631 --> 03:01:17,770
staff. I want everybody back at 12, sorry, 1. 30

2603
03:01:17,831 --> 03:01:20,130
so that we marshal on the last handful of things.

2604
03:01:20,130 --> 03:01:22,450
So a recess till 130, thank you.

2605
03:39:07,595 --> 03:39:12,054
Okay everybody, welcome back. As a day with quite a

2606
03:39:12,054 --> 03:39:15,134
few highs and lows, there was another low unfortunate, I

2607
03:39:15,134 --> 03:39:17,974
blame myself that on otherwise a great day, we gotten

2608
03:39:17,974 --> 03:39:19,654
a lot done. We were in behind and they brought

2609
03:39:19,675 --> 03:39:21,814
us a little cupcakes and I didn't bring a candle

2610
03:39:21,814 --> 03:39:26,857
to put on Mayor Groves'cupcake because it's her birthday. Doesn't

2611
03:39:26,857 --> 03:39:28,777
she look great for 30 years old? Isn't you just

2612
03:39:28,958 --> 03:39:32,907
amazing. 25 years of public service on only 30 years

2613
03:39:32,928 --> 03:39:40,566
old. It's remarkable. Congratulations, Madam Mayor. Okay. All right, moving

2614
03:39:40,606 --> 03:39:44,806
on in that celebratory theme. Moving on, presentations of staff.

2615
03:39:44,806 --> 03:39:46,486
We're on to our next one with thanks for everybody

2616
03:39:46,507 --> 03:39:50,966
waiting patiently. Item 8, 1 advancing integrated senior services responding

2617
03:39:51,006 --> 03:39:55,286
to demand through service alignment advocacy and sustained investment. Here

2618
03:39:55,387 --> 03:39:58,326
for information, Ray Applebaum's here from the Peel Council of

2619
03:39:58,326 --> 03:40:01,686
Aging and Kathy Granger, General Manager Senior Services. Welcome.

2620
03:40:09,767 --> 03:40:13,266
Okay, I guess it's good afternoon. Chair members of council,

2621
03:40:13,266 --> 03:40:15,186
and thank you for the opportunity to present here today

2622
03:40:16,007 --> 03:40:19,731
to highlight our senior's work. My name is Kathy Granger,

2623
03:40:19,731 --> 03:40:21,571
as chair said, and I'm the general manager of senior

2624
03:40:21,611 --> 03:40:25,819
services at PL region. And joining me today is Raymond

2625
03:40:26,000 --> 03:40:30,459
Applebaum, representing the Peel Council on Aging, where he serves

2626
03:40:30,499 --> 03:40:33,499
as board secretary. I think most of you know, Ray,

2627
03:40:33,499 --> 03:40:36,459
he's no stranger to us at the region. And he

2628
03:40:36,459 --> 03:40:41,859
brings extensive experience across the senior sector. Including leadership and

2629
03:40:41,899 --> 03:40:46,899
advocacy, policy, and service delivery. His work includes leadership with

2630
03:40:47,080 --> 03:40:53,641
paces, Canada's advisory board. Senior social action, provincial policy and

2631
03:40:53,681 --> 03:40:57,881
advocacy advisory committee, as well as serving as former CEO

2632
03:40:57,921 --> 03:41:00,361
for PL senior link and co - founder of the

2633
03:41:00,622 --> 03:41:05,191
metamorphosis network. Today, as part of seniors'month, we're pleased to

2634
03:41:05,191 --> 03:41:09,951
present an overview of our work on advancing integrated services

2635
03:41:11,172 --> 03:41:14,911
to support our seniors, respond to demand through service alignment,

2636
03:41:14,932 --> 03:41:19,967
advocacy, and sustained investment. And what we'll share today is

2637
03:41:20,068 --> 03:41:25,040
really about three things. The growing demand and complexity we're

2638
03:41:25,080 --> 03:41:28,800
seeing across the system in its aging population. And what

2639
03:41:28,840 --> 03:41:33,925
we're learning about the importance of integration and coordination. And

2640
03:41:33,946 --> 03:41:37,125
where we see opportunities to strengthen how we support seniors

2641
03:41:37,306 --> 03:41:41,124
and caregivers moving forward. And I see we're already on

2642
03:41:41,164 --> 03:41:44,004
the next slide. I'm going to start to talk about

2643
03:41:44,425 --> 03:41:48,564
the need. Over the past several years, demand across senior

2644
03:41:48,564 --> 03:41:52,084
services has continued to grow both in volume and complexity.

2645
03:41:52,825 --> 03:41:56,804
We're seeing this across the whole continuum. Significant wait lists

2646
03:41:56,804 --> 03:42:01,624
for adult daycare services. Long - term care and increased

2647
03:42:01,645 --> 03:42:05,944
reliance on programs like community paramedicine and strong demand for

2648
03:42:06,045 --> 03:42:11,544
transportation and housing supports. At the same time, peels seniors

2649
03:42:11,584 --> 03:42:16,291
population and needs are also rapidly increasing. More individuals are

2650
03:42:16,331 --> 03:42:21,178
living with chronic conditions and dementia. Rising levels of social

2651
03:42:21,218 --> 03:42:25,658
isolation will impact health and well - being underscoring the

2652
03:42:25,839 --> 03:42:30,218
importance of social connection for overall key component of healthy

2653
03:42:30,319 --> 03:42:35,148
aging, as we discussed in the previous presentation. At the

2654
03:42:35,148 --> 03:42:38,748
same time, many of our seniors are navigating significant financial

2655
03:42:38,849 --> 03:42:44,321
pressures alongside limited access to primary care. Taken together this

2656
03:42:44,422 --> 03:42:48,641
highlights that while needs are increasing, they're also becoming more

2657
03:42:48,822 --> 03:42:52,727
complex. And urgent placing growing stream on our health and

2658
03:42:52,767 --> 03:42:57,447
social services system and outpacing traditional service models.

2659
03:43:04,037 --> 03:43:07,456
From the perspective of seniors and caregivers, the system is

2660
03:43:07,496 --> 03:43:12,336
an experience as separate programs. Its experience as one journey,

2661
03:43:12,336 --> 03:43:17,607
often with multiple transitions. And those transitions are often, and

2662
03:43:17,607 --> 03:43:21,067
most often, not seamless. We're seeing increasing pressure on our

2663
03:43:21,088 --> 03:43:25,867
community services as hospital much more on community - based

2664
03:43:25,867 --> 03:43:29,787
care, which further highlights the importance of strong integration across

2665
03:43:29,968 --> 03:43:34,347
our community. There's a clear opportunity to improve how services

2666
03:43:34,448 --> 03:43:38,907
our connected and coordinated and shift more intentionally to prevention

2667
03:43:38,947 --> 03:43:42,173
and early support. And strengthen our ability to support people

2668
03:43:42,274 --> 03:43:47,449
to age safely in place. When integration works well, we

2669
03:43:47,550 --> 03:43:52,916
will see. Easier navigation and better continuity of care. And

2670
03:43:52,916 --> 03:44:02,395
more efficient use of resources across the system. In

2671
03:44:02,435 --> 03:44:05,355
PO, we're strengthening our role as an anchor provider by

2672
03:44:05,616 --> 03:44:10,235
advancing a more integrated sustainable approach to seniors across four

2673
03:44:10,275 --> 03:44:14,718
key areas. First, we prioritize preventative person - centred care

2674
03:44:14,899 --> 03:44:19,358
through interdisciplinary models exemplified by the senior's health and wellness

2675
03:44:19,459 --> 03:44:21,918
village at PL Manor that you heard about this morning,

2676
03:44:21,918 --> 03:44:24,312
and many of you have come to see. And the

2677
03:44:24,312 --> 03:44:26,952
community access to long - term care program, which connects

2678
03:44:26,973 --> 03:44:30,312
services and support seniors with complex needs to remain at

2679
03:44:30,352 --> 03:44:34,628
home longer. Second, we are deepening cross - sector partnerships

2680
03:44:34,628 --> 03:44:39,588
across health, housing, and social services to improve navigation coordination

2681
03:44:39,929 --> 03:44:45,232
and access. And third, we support aging in place. And

2682
03:44:45,232 --> 03:44:49,552
reduce caregiver strain through initiatives like community paramedicine, along with

2683
03:44:49,733 --> 03:44:54,352
rustbite care and adult day programs. And finally, we are

2684
03:44:54,373 --> 03:44:59,152
focused on system transformation and sustainability with early results showing

2685
03:44:59,333 --> 03:45:04,352
improved access, better coordination, and reduced pressure on hospitals and

2686
03:45:04,392 --> 03:45:08,936
long - term care. At the same time, we know

2687
03:45:09,117 --> 03:45:13,555
that strong community partnerships are essential. To sustaining this progress

2688
03:45:14,056 --> 03:45:17,875
and ensuring services remain grounded in lived experiences of seniors

2689
03:45:17,896 --> 03:45:20,914
and caregivers. And with that, I'd like to invite Raymond

2690
03:45:20,914 --> 03:45:26,185
to share perspectives from the field council on aging. Thanks

2691
03:45:26,185 --> 03:45:30,025
so much. Great to be here. Chair, councillors. Uh, it's

2692
03:45:30,046 --> 03:45:31,705
a great opportunity to be able to share with you

2693
03:45:31,806 --> 03:45:35,065
a little bit about the peel council on aging and

2694
03:45:35,065 --> 03:45:37,225
the work that we're doing along side - by -

2695
03:45:37,225 --> 03:45:40,105
side with the region. Um, I think the only thing

2696
03:45:40,286 --> 03:45:44,025
that's changed as you look younger. Last time I was,

2697
03:45:44,025 --> 03:45:46,585
you're all looking younger. So I'm really pleased to see

2698
03:45:46,686 --> 03:45:51,465
that, um, you know, I'm enjoying my retirement and only

2699
03:45:51,566 --> 03:45:55,385
10 months in, but Kathy pulled me back and I'm

2700
03:45:55,425 --> 03:45:58,165
here today with you. Um, I think one of the

2701
03:45:58,165 --> 03:46:00,985
things I like to just start with quickly, uh, is

2702
03:46:01,025 --> 03:46:04,725
just some commentary on what I see as success. And

2703
03:46:04,725 --> 03:46:07,065
as I've sat here since early this morning and watched

2704
03:46:07,486 --> 03:46:11,785
and listened to many excellent presentations and commentary, there's common

2705
03:46:11,966 --> 03:46:16,425
themes throughout all the presentations. Yes, the context is different.

2706
03:46:16,425 --> 03:46:20,745
They're talking about different subject areas. But really in general,

2707
03:46:21,086 --> 03:46:23,945
I've heard a couple of things that really rang true

2708
03:46:23,966 --> 03:46:27,865
for me. The first is partnerships. When I came in

2709
03:46:28,046 --> 03:46:31,785
1991 to start working here in Peel, um, and I

2710
03:46:31,785 --> 03:46:36,025
met this wonderful guy, Keith Ward, who's sitting behind me,

2711
03:46:36,025 --> 03:46:39,465
um, Keith was all about partnerships. And the region is

2712
03:46:39,505 --> 03:46:42,505
all about partnerships. And if you, you know, your policy

2713
03:46:42,606 --> 03:46:46,245
stated, the way that you communicate with one another. And

2714
03:46:46,245 --> 03:46:48,505
the way you've connected with your community in such a

2715
03:46:48,545 --> 03:46:51,545
positive way. So I would say just keep on going

2716
03:46:51,806 --> 03:46:54,585
in terms of partnerships and how we're going to get

2717
03:46:54,585 --> 03:46:57,865
through tough times and always challenging times to be able

2718
03:46:57,865 --> 03:47:01,625
to do things together. The second is the integrated health

2719
03:47:01,806 --> 03:47:05,385
and human service message. That was heard several times for

2720
03:47:05,385 --> 03:47:09,225
me this morning. Um, and that's something of course that

2721
03:47:09,326 --> 03:47:12,505
we continue to work on, uh, here at the region

2722
03:47:12,526 --> 03:47:17,145
of Peel. You've done some amazing work in this area,

2723
03:47:17,145 --> 03:47:19,385
the Swift project that I've had the pleasure of serving

2724
03:47:19,726 --> 03:47:22,305
on the advisory team right from the get - go

2725
03:47:22,446 --> 03:47:25,065
when the vision was put forward. And now look at

2726
03:47:25,065 --> 03:47:28,185
where you're at. You look at that amazing new long

2727
03:47:28,206 --> 03:47:32,025
- term care facility. The adult day program, the clinical

2728
03:47:32,126 --> 03:47:36,585
services, all of that together really makes for a fantastic

2729
03:47:37,166 --> 03:47:42,621
campus. Advocacy. The advocacy message came out lied and clear

2730
03:47:42,642 --> 03:47:45,021
in a couple of dialogues that I've heard here this

2731
03:47:45,061 --> 03:47:48,861
morning. And I think that that continues to be something

2732
03:47:48,882 --> 03:47:51,581
that we all have to do. We all have to

2733
03:47:51,602 --> 03:47:55,421
work together to advocate and ensure that we're educating and

2734
03:47:55,421 --> 03:47:58,301
informing the public in the citizens, but at the same

2735
03:47:58,301 --> 03:48:00,621
time, we have to be sure that the work that

2736
03:48:00,661 --> 03:48:04,061
we do really reflects the ability to be able to

2737
03:48:04,082 --> 03:48:07,341
advocate on behalf of the vulnerable populations that we all

2738
03:48:07,362 --> 03:48:13,261
serve. And the last is sustained investment. Um, the grants

2739
03:48:13,362 --> 03:48:16,141
and the programs that you offer and you participate in

2740
03:48:16,402 --> 03:48:19,741
are amazing. And they really have been supportive to the

2741
03:48:19,781 --> 03:48:24,381
community. But it's that sustainability. It's, it's being able to

2742
03:48:24,482 --> 03:48:27,261
rely on the fact that you're going to have a

2743
03:48:27,282 --> 03:48:29,981
core grant that's going to be available to you to

2744
03:48:29,981 --> 03:48:33,661
enable you to enable you and your organisation to continue

2745
03:48:33,922 --> 03:48:36,381
to go into the future. So those are just some

2746
03:48:37,122 --> 03:48:41,341
side comments. In terms of community partners emphasizing three main

2747
03:48:41,522 --> 03:48:45,741
needs, the first is a simpler navigation and reduced system

2748
03:48:46,082 --> 03:48:49,581
complexity. We hear that all the time. I'm sure you're

2749
03:48:49,682 --> 03:48:53,821
hearing it with your residents. Um, the need to be

2750
03:48:53,861 --> 03:48:57,661
able to navigate a very complex system is something we

2751
03:48:57,762 --> 03:49:01,421
just have not really stepped up and resolved. And that's

2752
03:49:01,461 --> 03:49:05,021
something that we continue to work at the peel council

2753
03:49:05,061 --> 03:49:07,661
on aging. And we're talking about ways in which we

2754
03:49:07,661 --> 03:49:11,821
can establish solutions to work towards that. The second is

2755
03:49:11,861 --> 03:49:16,461
a stronger coordination across sectors. This is not new. It's,

2756
03:49:16,461 --> 03:49:19,741
it's an old message that we've heard before. I know

2757
03:49:19,781 --> 03:49:23,501
back in 1986, I was seconded to the province of

2758
03:49:23,682 --> 03:49:26,301
Ontario to write a paper on this. It was called

2759
03:49:26,642 --> 03:49:30,061
one stop access. Some of you might actually remember it.

2760
03:49:30,061 --> 03:49:33,661
Um, and it was a paper on coordination and service

2761
03:49:33,701 --> 03:49:37,981
integration. That's what it was all about between multiple sectors.

2762
03:49:37,981 --> 03:49:40,621
And you're proving it right here in the region appeal,

2763
03:49:40,621 --> 03:49:44,061
you're doing it. So I would say, uh, you know,

2764
03:49:44,061 --> 03:49:46,381
I heard, I think it was Councillor Reed mentioned this

2765
03:49:46,421 --> 03:49:48,781
morning. We need to get the message out. We need

2766
03:49:48,802 --> 03:49:51,581
to let them know that we're already doing these things.

2767
03:49:51,581 --> 03:49:54,781
We're ahead of the curve. And the third is around

2768
03:49:55,042 --> 03:49:58,861
being more responsive in person - centred services. Again, a

2769
03:49:58,901 --> 03:50:01,341
message that was, I heard a couple of times this

2770
03:50:01,381 --> 03:50:04,541
morning that reflected the verse needs of our older adult

2771
03:50:04,581 --> 03:50:08,681
population, which is increasing rapidly, not just in numbers, but

2772
03:50:08,882 --> 03:50:12,461
in the complexity of their needs. We heard that in

2773
03:50:12,562 --> 03:50:15,261
one of the presentations where we heard about the client

2774
03:50:15,522 --> 03:50:19,821
population has much more severe and acute needs and are

2775
03:50:19,821 --> 03:50:24,701
going to require level of care and support. These highlight

2776
03:50:24,722 --> 03:50:29,421
the critical value of community partners working together. When partners

2777
03:50:29,461 --> 03:50:34,861
come together, they bring complementary expertise, strengthen coordination and are

2778
03:50:34,861 --> 03:50:38,621
better positioned to lead solutions that are grounded in the

2779
03:50:38,962 --> 03:50:43,470
lived experience of seniors. Their leadership is essential in driving

2780
03:50:44,131 --> 03:50:49,390
meaningful system level improvements. The peel council on aging plays

2781
03:50:49,430 --> 03:50:53,550
an important role in addressing these needs. Firstly, they advocate

2782
03:50:53,651 --> 03:50:59,133
for senior's needs and ensure their voices are representative. Secondly,

2783
03:50:59,314 --> 03:51:04,093
they help inform age - friendly policies and influence decision

2784
03:51:04,114 --> 03:51:09,004
- making. The third is to work to advance age

2785
03:51:09,044 --> 03:51:13,964
- friendly communities and support healthy agent. They are promoting

2786
03:51:14,305 --> 03:51:19,404
and connecting community awareness, helping reduce isolation. And finally, they

2787
03:51:19,665 --> 03:51:23,566
lead initiatives like the seminar on aging. Which brings together

2788
03:51:24,147 --> 03:51:28,926
seniors caregivers and service providers for knowledge sharing and collaboration.

2789
03:51:29,741 --> 03:51:35,000
Further reinforcing the strength and leadership of community partnerships. Just

2790
03:51:35,000 --> 03:51:37,800
on the summit on aging, we have now established a

2791
03:51:37,901 --> 03:51:43,720
date, November the 25th post - elections. Um, we're delighted.

2792
03:51:43,760 --> 03:51:47,160
Mayor's not sitting here, but Mayor Brown has stepped forward

2793
03:51:48,541 --> 03:51:53,960
along with councillor Vicente, who are working with us and

2794
03:51:53,960 --> 03:51:56,980
they have offered to support us in this event. Um,

2795
03:51:57,181 --> 03:52:00,920
and they are providing the Bob Callahan Centre for our

2796
03:52:00,941 --> 03:52:04,280
facility. And are also going to serve as a premier

2797
03:52:04,320 --> 03:52:06,660
sponsor. So we're just delighted. And thank you, Paul, for

2798
03:52:06,660 --> 03:52:10,120
that. Really appreciate it. So we invite all of you

2799
03:52:10,120 --> 03:52:16,824
to join us. In terms, at the same time, there

2800
03:52:16,845 --> 03:52:19,784
are structural challenges that continue to shape what we're able

2801
03:52:19,784 --> 03:52:24,184
to do. They include ongoing fragmentation and navigation that I

2802
03:52:24,224 --> 03:52:30,400
mentioned earlier. Increasing caregiver burden, interesting mayor grows raise that

2803
03:52:30,421 --> 03:52:33,940
this morning. Um, it is a problem. It has been

2804
03:52:33,940 --> 03:52:37,480
a challenge for a long time. Only 20, just a

2805
03:52:37,480 --> 03:52:40,640
piece of information. Only 25 percent of all cares provided

2806
03:52:40,640 --> 03:52:50,207
by professionals. Is that not shocking statistic? And that hasn't

2807
03:52:50,228 --> 03:52:53,087
changed for all the decades that I've been involved in

2808
03:52:53,108 --> 03:52:55,967
healthcare. So it really is something for us to pay

2809
03:52:56,007 --> 03:52:59,807
attention to and to recognise this is a real problem.

2810
03:52:59,807 --> 03:53:04,687
And this impacts individual's ability been to maintain their ability

2811
03:53:04,727 --> 03:53:09,807
to be a caregiver continue in a job if they

2812
03:53:10,068 --> 03:53:13,007
are somebody that's working in the system. And it's really

2813
03:53:13,028 --> 03:53:15,887
important that we come up with ideas about how we

2814
03:53:15,908 --> 03:53:21,887
can support the caregivers. Time limited and unstable funding models.

2815
03:53:22,468 --> 03:53:25,447
What I look at when people look to peel, I

2816
03:53:25,447 --> 03:53:28,207
say, but these are pockets of excellence. Like we've done

2817
03:53:28,468 --> 03:53:33,534
it. Yes. Is it replicated across the province? No. Much

2818
03:53:33,534 --> 03:53:35,994
of what you were talking about here this morning. And

2819
03:53:35,994 --> 03:53:39,614
you've already accomplished. I haven't seen it across the province.

2820
03:53:39,614 --> 03:53:42,494
In what I would call maybe pockets, but not consistently.

2821
03:53:43,606 --> 03:53:45,665
Wouldn't that be wonderful if people could take something like

2822
03:53:45,766 --> 03:53:49,505
the butterfly program and just replicate that in all the

2823
03:53:49,526 --> 03:53:54,065
homes across Ontario? How fast things would change and limited

2824
03:53:54,065 --> 03:53:58,865
ability scale successfully, these kinds of programs. These pressures don't

2825
03:53:58,886 --> 03:54:03,185
just affect service delivery. They impact the overall sustainability of

2826
03:54:03,206 --> 03:54:07,131
the system. Recognising and addressing these challenges will be key

2827
03:54:07,152 --> 03:54:09,851
to moving forward effectively. Thank you.

2828
03:54:18,237 --> 03:54:22,056
So looking ahead, we are focusing on several key priorities.

2829
03:54:22,960 --> 03:54:26,299
And you've heard some of this throughout our presentation. Simplify

2830
03:54:26,320 --> 03:54:31,259
access and improving navigation pathways, strengthening cross - sector collaboration

2831
03:54:31,440 --> 03:54:36,185
and care continuity. Expanding supports for caregivers. And we've talked

2832
03:54:36,185 --> 03:54:39,465
about that a number of times this morning, including rust

2833
03:54:39,465 --> 03:54:43,521
bike care, mental health supports, and social prescribing programs. And

2834
03:54:43,521 --> 03:54:46,801
advancing provincial advocacy to support aging in place and more

2835
03:54:46,822 --> 03:54:53,841
sustainable funding models, including collaboration with influential, provincial associations like

2836
03:54:53,881 --> 03:54:57,841
seniors for social action, Ontario. Ontario Association of Councils on

2837
03:54:57,862 --> 03:55:03,790
Aging and Advantage Ontario. These priorities reflect both community needs,

2838
03:55:03,790 --> 03:55:09,477
but also data inputs. Council leadership and investment in integrated

2839
03:55:09,738 --> 03:55:12,997
wraparound models like the seniors, health and wellness village have

2840
03:55:13,037 --> 03:55:18,202
improved coordination across care settings. Regional staff will continue advancing

2841
03:55:18,623 --> 03:55:24,042
service integration, leveraging partnerships and supporting coordinated advocacy efforts, including

2842
03:55:24,143 --> 03:55:30,738
through AMO this summer. Continue council support is essential alongside

2843
03:55:30,919 --> 03:55:35,778
sustainable provincial funding to maintain progress and prevent growing system

2844
03:55:36,119 --> 03:55:41,157
pressures. So I'll close with this demand, as you saw

2845
03:55:41,197 --> 03:55:44,837
from our council report, continues to grow needs are becoming

2846
03:55:44,877 --> 03:55:47,477
much more complex. And at the same time, there's a

2847
03:55:47,517 --> 03:55:52,310
strong foundation to build on through our partnerships. And strong

2848
03:55:52,491 --> 03:55:56,070
shared commitment to seniors and caregivers. By continuing to focus

2849
03:55:56,110 --> 03:56:00,070
on integration, alignment and advocacy, we can build a more

2850
03:56:00,110 --> 03:56:04,470
connected and sustainable system. Thank you for your time today.

2851
03:56:04,470 --> 03:56:06,870
And we'd be happy to answer any questions. Thank you.

2852
03:56:06,870 --> 03:56:10,250
And there are counselored Reed. Okay, thank you. Uh, thank

2853
03:56:10,250 --> 03:56:12,570
you, Mr. Chair. So Kathy and Ray, thank you so

2854
03:56:12,570 --> 03:56:15,130
much for your presentation. Uh, I just wanted to give

2855
03:56:15,130 --> 03:56:17,130
you an opportunity to just unpack a little bit more

2856
03:56:17,170 --> 03:56:19,930
about those community connections with some of the private sector

2857
03:56:19,951 --> 03:56:21,290
that's trying to do some of the great work that

2858
03:56:21,290 --> 03:56:23,610
we're doing here at the region and how you're supporting

2859
03:56:23,650 --> 03:56:27,003
them. And if, if and however supporting them. I'll start.

2860
03:56:27,104 --> 03:56:30,283
Thank you for. Yeah. Um, through you, um, chair. Thank

2861
03:56:30,283 --> 03:56:33,083
you for the question. Yeah. Well, we don't have formal

2862
03:56:33,123 --> 03:56:37,163
partnerships with our for - profit providers because you funded

2863
03:56:37,203 --> 03:56:39,763
us so well and we are a sector leader. We

2864
03:56:39,763 --> 03:56:43,283
do do a lot of presentations at events. Like we

2865
03:56:43,283 --> 03:56:46,043
hope at the summit and other provincial organisations. So we

2866
03:56:46,043 --> 03:56:48,363
do make a lot of connections there and have a

2867
03:56:48,363 --> 03:56:51,643
lot of people through tours. Um, I also, um, you

2868
03:56:51,683 --> 03:56:54,203
reach out to us regularly and we, we do partner

2869
03:56:54,243 --> 03:56:57,163
that way. No formal partnerships, but certainly we do make

2870
03:56:57,184 --> 03:56:59,963
lots of connections. And that's certainly a priority for us.

2871
03:57:00,144 --> 03:57:02,203
Yeah. No, they're great. Like at our seniors fair, people

2872
03:57:02,304 --> 03:57:04,523
are pleasantly surprised at all those services that are available

2873
03:57:04,624 --> 03:57:06,923
for them. And then also shocked that they're not like

2874
03:57:07,024 --> 03:57:09,163
in their next, like they're right there. They actually travel

2875
03:57:09,264 --> 03:57:12,123
a little bit. So, um, it'd be great if you

2876
03:57:12,163 --> 03:57:14,183
could send some of that information to my office. I'm

2877
03:57:14,183 --> 03:57:17,123
sure all the councillor colleagues would appreciate that too. We

2878
03:57:17,123 --> 03:57:19,003
could put it in our newsletters and things over the

2879
03:57:19,043 --> 03:57:21,463
years. It's great to have that information ready to, uh,

2880
03:57:22,064 --> 03:57:24,003
increase awareness of the great work that you're doing. So

2881
03:57:24,003 --> 03:57:26,043
thank you so much. Yeah. We're happy to. Did you

2882
03:57:26,043 --> 03:57:27,563
want to add on? Chair, can I expand on that

2883
03:57:28,544 --> 03:57:31,243
just for a minute? Uh, so from PO council on

2884
03:57:31,264 --> 03:57:33,723
aging's perspective and the work that we're doing in the

2885
03:57:33,723 --> 03:57:37,643
community and the way we've established ourselves, we don't differentiate

2886
03:57:37,683 --> 03:57:41,963
between nonprofit and private sector companies. They are involved in

2887
03:57:42,384 --> 03:57:45,003
two primary ways, one in which they sit on our

2888
03:57:45,344 --> 03:57:48,283
round tables, we call them in one of the slides,

2889
03:57:48,283 --> 03:57:51,403
you'll see the five different round tables, healthy aging housing,

2890
03:57:51,443 --> 03:57:55,243
staying mobile, building community and safety. So they are involved

2891
03:57:55,344 --> 03:57:59,243
in those conversations, whether their technology companies might be the

2892
03:57:59,243 --> 03:58:02,683
case. They might be home care providers. Um, so there

2893
03:58:02,723 --> 03:58:06,123
are private sectors involved sitting at those tables. And the

2894
03:58:06,163 --> 03:58:08,603
summit, which is annual, this will be the fourth annual

2895
03:58:08,784 --> 03:58:12,043
summit. We have over 80 vendors who come and join

2896
03:58:12,043 --> 03:58:14,603
us. And they, they've taken a number of those tables.

2897
03:58:15,184 --> 03:58:17,883
Great. So are the city missed a saga and city

2898
03:58:17,923 --> 03:58:21,802
of Brampton representatives at those tables as well. They've been

2899
03:58:21,823 --> 03:58:24,362
involved with us on the first three years. So the

2900
03:58:24,362 --> 03:58:28,122
first summit was sponsored here in Brampton. And they, they

2901
03:58:28,143 --> 03:58:33,322
had representation through their staff, city of Mississippi second and

2902
03:58:33,322 --> 03:58:36,442
then Calladin was third. And now we're back in Brampton

2903
03:58:36,783 --> 03:58:40,514
this year. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

2904
03:58:40,554 --> 03:58:42,274
I just one quick one. I don't want to worry

2905
03:58:42,314 --> 03:58:44,194
about my story. They've all heard it before. And it's

2906
03:58:44,194 --> 03:58:46,194
so ironic. I shared it with the medical officer of

2907
03:58:46,295 --> 03:58:48,514
health this morning. And you've heard me all say this

2908
03:58:48,514 --> 03:58:50,674
before. So I'll say it quick. When I was born,

2909
03:58:50,674 --> 03:58:52,434
I was supposed to be dead at 72 if you

2910
03:58:52,434 --> 03:58:55,214
were born when I thought you'd be dead 75. The

2911
03:58:55,214 --> 03:58:56,834
good news, you know, my joke, the good news is

2912
03:58:56,855 --> 03:58:58,274
you're probably going to live to a hundred. The bad

2913
03:58:58,274 --> 03:58:59,714
news is you're probably going to live to a hundred

2914
03:58:59,815 --> 03:59:01,714
and you're going to outlive your body, your mind, your

2915
03:59:01,735 --> 03:59:04,274
money or your family. And I would say, and then

2916
03:59:04,274 --> 03:59:06,114
you're going to come looking to the state and we'll

2917
03:59:06,114 --> 03:59:08,194
be broke by then. You've all heard me tell that

2918
03:59:08,215 --> 03:59:11,634
story a hundred times. What you've just addeded that I

2919
03:59:11,634 --> 03:59:15,694
was unaware of, Oh, and by the way, historically, the

2920
03:59:15,815 --> 03:59:19,154
state's only ever looked after one in four. Yeah. I

2921
03:59:19,175 --> 03:59:22,294
did not know that. So now I get to add

2922
03:59:22,315 --> 03:59:24,134
that and say, and by the way, the state has

2923
03:59:24,155 --> 03:59:28,214
only historically. So for the other 75 percent of you

2924
03:59:28,475 --> 03:59:30,854
as you're going home or looking at the forehead, have

2925
03:59:30,854 --> 03:59:33,334
you figured out what you will be doing for yourself

2926
03:59:33,374 --> 03:59:36,694
to look after you're aging. I've never added that because

2927
03:59:36,694 --> 03:59:38,694
I never had that piece of the puzzle. And I

2928
03:59:38,715 --> 03:59:40,534
bet a lot of people think, Oh, no, it's not

2929
03:59:40,574 --> 03:59:42,294
25. You're going to look after all of us, aren't

2930
03:59:42,315 --> 03:59:46,374
you? We never have. And we certainly won't. So three

2931
03:59:46,374 --> 03:59:48,374
quarters of you. I hope you have a contingency of

2932
03:59:48,635 --> 03:59:52,586
some kind unless something cataclysmic happens. Wow. The other piece

2933
03:59:52,586 --> 03:59:55,706
that I had incidentally just because the province of Ontario

2934
03:59:55,727 --> 03:59:59,386
last year spelt about 240 billion dollars They predict because

2935
03:59:59,426 --> 04:00:04,266
of us aging baby boomers. It'll take 240 billion just

2936
04:00:04,306 --> 04:00:06,786
to look after aging. I don't think they're going to

2937
04:00:06,847 --> 04:00:09,266
blow the whole budget on just old people. I think

2938
04:00:09,266 --> 04:00:11,786
we still need schools. I think we still need law

2939
04:00:11,826 --> 04:00:15,946
enforcement. Oh my God. It's an ugly graph in those

2940
04:00:15,946 --> 04:00:18,426
lines are going to cross at some point. And as

2941
04:00:18,466 --> 04:00:21,466
I said, I've now learned brother and sister heal thyself

2942
04:00:21,647 --> 04:00:27,906
because of the pond. We've got lots we have to

2943
04:00:27,906 --> 04:00:32,986
do individually and collectively. Okay. Great presentation. Councillor Reed moving

2944
04:00:33,026 --> 04:00:37,419
receipt along with Councillor Daskoldo's in favor carried. Okay. And

2945
04:00:37,419 --> 04:00:41,179
our last staff presentation, item 8, 3 impacts of peels

2946
04:00:41,360 --> 04:00:46,059
strategic agenda 2024 to 2027 and the 20 year strategic

2947
04:00:46,080 --> 04:00:50,219
plan here for information. Presentation by Sharona Holman, director strategy

2948
04:00:50,400 --> 04:00:53,019
and transportation office of the CAO.

2949
04:01:00,594 --> 04:01:01,053
And a welcome.

2950
04:01:19,752 --> 04:01:23,369
Good afternoon regional chair and members of regional council. I

2951
04:01:23,409 --> 04:01:26,169
am Sharona Holman and I'm the director of strategy and

2952
04:01:26,169 --> 04:01:32,054
transformation out of CEO Gary Kent's office. Today I'll be

2953
04:01:32,075 --> 04:01:35,334
today, I will be bringing forward our organisational performance story.

2954
04:01:36,408 --> 04:01:42,296
Our story of impact, progress, influence and transformation. This story

2955
04:01:42,397 --> 04:01:45,529
belongs to all the regional staff. It is through their

2956
04:01:45,550 --> 04:01:49,249
dedication, commitment and hard work that we've been able to

2957
04:01:49,390 --> 04:01:52,817
achieve all that we have. Thank you to all staff

2958
04:01:53,158 --> 04:01:58,657
in public works, in legislative services, corporate services, human services,

2959
04:01:58,758 --> 04:02:02,983
health services, and the Office of the CAO. The story

2960
04:02:03,004 --> 04:02:07,404
also belongs to you, every member of regional council. It

2961
04:02:07,444 --> 04:02:11,324
is through your leadership, your decisions, and your deliberations that

2962
04:02:11,345 --> 04:02:15,244
we've been able to move or organisation and community forward.

2963
04:02:15,505 --> 04:02:19,409
Thank you, Regional Council. Were you collective leadership and your

2964
04:02:19,409 --> 04:02:24,151
commitment to the residents and businesses of PEAL. Before I

2965
04:02:24,191 --> 04:02:27,111
go into how we're moving the needle, I would like

2966
04:02:27,151 --> 04:02:29,431
to take you back in order to bring you forward.

2967
04:02:30,102 --> 04:02:39,774
I will take you back to 2015. In

2968
04:02:39,795 --> 04:02:44,102
2015, our world was a different place. Many of today's

2969
04:02:44,283 --> 04:02:48,022
defining challenges were emerging but had not yet reached their

2970
04:02:48,062 --> 04:02:52,502
current scale. Peeled was already one of Canada's fastest growing

2971
04:02:52,502 --> 04:02:55,862
regions and was becoming one of Canada's most diverse communities

2972
04:02:56,683 --> 04:03:02,767
where immigration field population and labour market growth. And housing

2973
04:03:02,788 --> 04:03:07,897
affordability was beginning to gain attention across the GTA. The

2974
04:03:07,998 --> 04:03:12,782
world was changing, and so was peel. In anticipation for

2975
04:03:13,043 --> 04:03:16,142
a changing world and a growing community through the leadership

2976
04:03:16,403 --> 04:03:20,062
of regional counsel, we launched our 20 year strategic plan.

2977
04:03:21,180 --> 04:03:24,277
And our vision of community for life. Where everyone has

2978
04:03:24,458 --> 04:03:27,077
a sense of belonging. And as access to the services

2979
04:03:27,178 --> 04:03:32,848
they needed every stage. Since 2015, we've seen our community

2980
04:03:32,949 --> 04:03:35,808
grow and evolve in ways that we could not have

2981
04:03:35,808 --> 04:03:40,365
imagined. And we face challenges and disruptions. We have come

2982
04:03:40,386 --> 04:03:50,166
out stronger and more resilient. In 2024, with

2983
04:03:50,187 --> 04:03:56,349
regional councils endorsement, we launched peel strategic agenda. In our

2984
04:03:56,389 --> 04:03:59,789
rapidly shifting world, as we navigate and respond to a

2985
04:03:59,829 --> 04:04:04,189
multitude of interconnected pressures and risk, our strategic agenda enables

2986
04:04:04,229 --> 04:04:08,669
us to move forward with clarity and direction. It is

2987
04:04:08,709 --> 04:04:12,429
an outcome - based framework positioning peel to anticipate and

2988
04:04:12,469 --> 04:04:16,909
respond to complexity in a coordinated, aligned, and intentional manner.

2989
04:04:17,572 --> 04:04:23,071
Focused on housing and social impact, sustainability, service excellence, our

2990
04:04:23,111 --> 04:04:27,471
people, and future readiness. Peele strategic agenda lays out the

2991
04:04:27,492 --> 04:04:29,871
short - term work to achieve our long - term

2992
04:04:29,892 --> 04:04:33,871
outcomes. A key aspect of our short - term work

2993
04:04:34,052 --> 04:04:37,711
is collaborating with your staff at the cities of Brampton

2994
04:04:37,732 --> 04:04:41,862
and Mississauga and the town of Kaladin. And partners and

2995
04:04:41,963 --> 04:04:46,982
our provincial partners to successfully and responsively transfer waste collection,

2996
04:04:47,003 --> 04:04:49,702
roads, pamma, and water and wastewater.

2997
04:05:01,779 --> 04:05:08,049
It's not. Okay, thank you, Brian. Brian Denise, the manager

2998
04:05:08,150 --> 04:05:11,329
of strategy and continuous improvements on my team. In safety

2999
04:05:11,350 --> 04:05:19,261
to Brian. I forgot to switch to slides. I apologise.

3000
04:05:23,353 --> 04:05:26,292
And with that, let's dive into how we're driving impact

3001
04:05:26,633 --> 04:05:30,123
and how we're being recognised. On the pillar of housing

3002
04:05:30,384 --> 04:05:35,163
and social impact, we are achieving collective impact, strengthening partnerships,

3003
04:05:35,163 --> 04:05:39,643
and responding to critical community needs. We affordably housed and

3004
04:05:39,664 --> 04:05:45,167
supported more than 43, 000 households in 2025. We accelerated

3005
04:05:45,268 --> 04:05:49,647
over 30 water and wastewater projects to support housing growth

3006
04:05:49,908 --> 04:05:54,927
and provincial targets. We protected community health by conducting nearly

3007
04:05:55,268 --> 04:06:00,207
20, 000 public health inspections distributed over 30, 13, 000

3008
04:06:00,308 --> 04:06:04,687
naloxon doses and supported over 8, 000 clients through mobile

3009
04:06:04,708 --> 04:06:08,847
harm reduction services. And we opened our PL reception centre.

3010
04:06:09,543 --> 04:06:12,722
The largest facility of its kind in Canada, serving both

3011
04:06:13,303 --> 04:06:17,820
peel and the GTA. For a silent claimance. We also

3012
04:06:17,860 --> 04:06:21,580
secured over 100 million dollars in federal funding to strengthen

3013
04:06:21,601 --> 04:06:31,158
long - term capacity. And we're being recognised through independent

3014
04:06:31,659 --> 04:06:36,018
third independent third - party validation for our efforts. You

3015
04:06:36,018 --> 04:06:38,438
heard Steve Jakes, our commissioner of human services speak to

3016
04:06:38,619 --> 04:06:42,518
this this morning. We received a 2025 Institute of Public

3017
04:06:42,619 --> 04:06:46,598
Administration of Canada Innovation Award for our silent claimant response

3018
04:06:47,259 --> 04:06:52,438
and the 2025 Ontario Municipal Social Services Association local champion

3019
04:06:52,438 --> 04:06:57,938
award for our coordinated encampment response recognising partnership, dignity, and

3020
04:06:58,139 --> 04:07:07,753
our human rights approach. Through our sustainability pillar, we

3021
04:07:07,974 --> 04:07:11,636
are delivering value for money. And working diligently to ensure

3022
04:07:11,977 --> 04:07:17,236
appeal remains environmentally and financially sustainable. This is exemplified by

3023
04:07:17,337 --> 04:07:21,396
keeping our water and racewater rates affordable for peeler residents

3024
04:07:21,436 --> 04:07:25,076
and businesses. We are 30 percent below the GTA average.

3025
04:07:26,853 --> 04:07:30,192
We are also advancing our climate change efforts through council's

3026
04:07:30,192 --> 04:07:34,352
approval of our net zero emissions building retrofit policy and

3027
04:07:34,352 --> 04:07:38,691
standard. And we're optimizing trans help and improving efficiencies that

3028
04:07:38,731 --> 04:07:42,851
are translating to approximately 100, 000 dollars in savings monthly.

3029
04:07:48,333 --> 04:07:52,890
And once again, we're being recognised. We received cannabis clean

3030
04:07:53,071 --> 04:07:58,140
50 top project award for our leadership and sustainability. And

3031
04:07:58,140 --> 04:08:01,420
the AMSA local champion award for a water rate affordability

3032
04:08:01,521 --> 04:08:06,700
program, recognising our commitment to affordability, equity, and support for

3033
04:08:06,801 --> 04:08:16,741
residents facing financial pressures. For

3034
04:08:16,781 --> 04:08:21,141
our service excellence pillar, we are delivering high quality services,

3035
04:08:21,181 --> 04:08:26,619
ensuring value and elevating organisational effectiveness. We've integrated AI as

3036
04:08:26,659 --> 04:08:31,259
part of our digital strategy to improve resident experience, operations,

3037
04:08:31,259 --> 04:08:34,219
and to ensure where our future ready, future - proofed

3038
04:08:34,240 --> 04:08:39,019
organisation. Through a long - standing, continues to improvement program.

3039
04:08:39,019 --> 04:08:42,939
We achieved over 11 million dollars in cost savings and

3040
04:08:42,939 --> 04:08:48,448
cost avoidance in 2025. And since 2021, we've achieved over

3041
04:08:48,949 --> 04:08:53,568
100 million in cost containment inclusive of 28 million in

3042
04:08:53,568 --> 04:08:57,737
cost savings. And over the last three years, we've achieved

3043
04:08:58,638 --> 04:09:07,635
an service channels. We also rolled out our vendor performance

3044
04:09:07,675 --> 04:09:12,435
management program across PEAL, Peel Housing Corporation, and PEAL Regional

3045
04:09:12,435 --> 04:09:17,378
Police. Holding our vendors accountable and taking early remedial actions

3046
04:09:17,719 --> 04:09:21,512
were needed. And we launched the one - free program

3047
04:09:22,413 --> 04:09:28,472
along Transhelp users to transverseemlessly across TTCOTRANSIT and local services.

3048
04:09:33,899 --> 04:09:38,438
We recently received the 2026 Canadian Association for Municipal Administrators

3049
04:09:38,939 --> 04:09:42,755
Award for collaboration. For our innovative first of its kind,

3050
04:09:42,856 --> 04:09:47,933
PEAL region, service Ontario Inducated Service Hub. A one -

3051
04:09:47,933 --> 04:09:51,053
stop service centre located at 10 - peel combining both

3052
04:09:51,394 --> 04:09:57,351
provincial and municipal services in a single location. This partnership

3053
04:09:57,452 --> 04:10:01,031
could be precedent setting. It allows us to imagine the

3054
04:10:01,052 --> 04:10:05,111
possibilities of what further partnerships could look like with our

3055
04:10:05,132 --> 04:10:10,966
provincial and federal government. We also received the Forbes Canada

3056
04:10:11,227 --> 04:10:15,286
best employers award for the last three years and excellence

3057
04:10:15,867 --> 04:10:21,526
Canada's Platinum Award for Excellence Innovation and Wellness, demonstrating peel

3058
04:10:21,566 --> 04:10:26,326
strength and leadership, strategic planning, continuous improvement, and our people

3059
04:10:26,907 --> 04:10:36,257
and customer focus. Turning our attention to our people pillar.

3060
04:10:36,926 --> 04:10:40,482
You've heard Gary say this on numerous occasions. Our people

3061
04:10:40,583 --> 04:10:45,014
are the heart of our organisation. And he's absolutely right.

3062
04:10:45,014 --> 04:10:49,377
Our people are truly remarkable. This pillar focuses on supporting

3063
04:10:49,417 --> 04:10:54,261
the wellness, growth, and creativity of our people. And our

3064
04:10:54,301 --> 04:10:56,728
regional values are a big part of this. How we

3065
04:10:56,749 --> 04:11:00,008
care and support each other, how we demonstrate leadership in

3066
04:11:00,008 --> 04:11:02,888
the work we do, how we include others, and create

3067
04:11:02,909 --> 04:11:07,208
space for diversity, psychological safety, and a sense of belonging.

3068
04:11:08,083 --> 04:11:11,662
How we collaborate effectively and efficiently, and how we operate

3069
04:11:11,843 --> 04:11:16,462
in a transparent manner to build trust. Through our continued

3070
04:11:16,483 --> 04:11:20,382
investments in the psychological and physical health of our people,

3071
04:11:20,483 --> 04:11:24,222
our focus on inclusion and diversity, and our modernized people

3072
04:11:24,563 --> 04:11:29,022
strategy, we are building our healthier, future - ready, inclusive

3073
04:11:29,123 --> 04:11:34,141
workplace. And our employees continue to demonstrate a spirit of

3074
04:11:34,562 --> 04:11:38,969
generosity and kindness. They have raised over 4 million dollars

3075
04:11:39,230 --> 04:11:44,134
for the United Way over the last 15 years. And

3076
04:11:44,134 --> 04:11:49,974
over 250, 000 dollars in 2025 supporting 71 local agencies

3077
04:11:50,395 --> 04:11:59,896
and more than 90 community programs. And our people are

3078
04:11:59,896 --> 04:12:03,960
recognised for this and the municipal sector and beyond. Our

3079
04:12:03,981 --> 04:12:07,160
paramedics and public health team have received the governor general

3080
04:12:07,181 --> 04:12:11,480
exemplary service medals for service excellence and contributions to community

3081
04:12:11,501 --> 04:12:16,360
health. Our HR team received the human resources director Canada

3082
04:12:16,621 --> 04:12:21,953
Innovation Ward for our employee service centre. And we recently

3083
04:12:22,054 --> 04:12:25,473
received an award from the American Society for Quality for

3084
04:12:25,473 --> 04:12:30,033
advancing public sector and continuous improvement. This recognition from the

3085
04:12:30,073 --> 04:12:33,873
American Society for Quality was awarded to Brian Denise and

3086
04:12:33,913 --> 04:12:36,113
manager and a lien - sick Sigma Black Belt on

3087
04:12:36,134 --> 04:12:39,818
my team. Brian was the one who came and saved

3088
04:12:39,839 --> 04:12:48,922
me for a few minutes ago. Our people, our key

3089
04:12:49,183 --> 04:12:53,269
part of us being a future - ready organisation. Future

3090
04:12:53,309 --> 04:12:57,189
readiness is about ensuring that we can respond to disruption,

3091
04:12:57,210 --> 04:13:03,553
volatility, uncertainty, growth, and complexity with resilience and foresight. We

3092
04:13:03,814 --> 04:13:07,713
developed a future readiness strategy and partnered with the province

3093
04:13:07,974 --> 04:13:12,033
as the first municipality to deliver an online incident management

3094
04:13:12,134 --> 04:13:17,064
training. Thereby strengthening and emergency - preparedness and readiness to

3095
04:13:17,104 --> 04:13:23,013
protect residents and services during disruptions. We are also protecting

3096
04:13:23,194 --> 04:13:27,253
community health, safeguarding residents, and a reducing pressure on their

3097
04:13:27,434 --> 04:13:31,341
broader health system. This is through the administration of more

3098
04:13:31,341 --> 04:13:36,941
than 81, 000 immunizations distributing over 1. 1 million vaccine

3099
04:13:36,981 --> 04:13:41,341
doses to peel healthcare partners and vaccinating more than 54,

3100
04:13:41,762 --> 04:13:43,021
000 school - age children.

3101
04:13:54,675 --> 04:13:58,254
We received the utility of the future award, prepeals water

3102
04:13:58,275 --> 04:14:03,934
and wastewater services, highlighting innovation, operational accidents, excellence, and a

3103
04:14:03,934 --> 04:14:08,065
future focus service delivery. We've also received the chief information

3104
04:14:08,406 --> 04:14:12,545
officer award, recognising our CIO and our digital peel program

3105
04:14:13,286 --> 04:14:17,825
celebrating innovation and the enhancement of business value through technology.

3106
04:14:25,411 --> 04:14:28,590
And of course, being future ready always means keeping an

3107
04:14:28,590 --> 04:14:33,157
eye. On the ball and towards the future. As we

3108
04:14:33,197 --> 04:14:36,117
look at to the future, we're working on the refresh

3109
04:14:36,157 --> 04:14:39,173
of our strategic agenda. To ensure we continue to focus

3110
04:14:39,434 --> 04:14:42,843
on what matters most to regional counsel. And what matters

3111
04:14:42,843 --> 04:14:46,131
most to our community. And to ensure we are positioned

3112
04:14:46,131 --> 04:14:49,893
for what comes next. We will continue to listen carefully

3113
04:14:49,994 --> 04:14:53,253
to regional counsel and to engage you in the fall.

3114
04:14:59,816 --> 04:15:02,755
Once again, thank you to Regional Council. Thank you to

3115
04:15:02,856 --> 04:15:06,666
all staff. Thank you to Gary Kent, our CAO for

3116
04:15:06,706 --> 04:15:10,026
your visionary leadership and your drive for excellence. And thank

3117
04:15:10,026 --> 04:15:13,386
you to Peel's executive leadership team for your unwavering commitment

3118
04:15:13,426 --> 04:15:16,880
to our people and our community. None of this would

3119
04:15:16,880 --> 04:15:22,340
be possible without your collective leadership and efforts. And with

3120
04:15:22,340 --> 04:15:25,060
that, I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.

3121
04:15:26,354 --> 04:15:28,493
Thank you. Well, I haven't got any questions, but maybe

3122
04:15:28,533 --> 04:15:30,733
I'm going to bring it home for council just to

3123
04:15:30,754 --> 04:15:32,973
tell you, what a marvelous presentation in terms of our

3124
04:15:33,074 --> 04:15:36,093
strategic agenda. And so one thing you're focused on for

3125
04:15:36,093 --> 04:15:39,693
me when my time comes, which may be sooner rather

3126
04:15:39,693 --> 04:15:41,933
than later. And if I was forced to give one

3127
04:15:41,954 --> 04:15:44,333
word of what that 10, 12 years might have looked

3128
04:15:44,373 --> 04:15:46,253
like, I always thought the word that I would use

3129
04:15:46,754 --> 04:15:53,005
is resilience, because we've been incredibly resilient. Transformational is right

3130
04:15:53,005 --> 04:15:54,765
up there now. The more I think about. These were

3131
04:15:54,786 --> 04:15:58,845
transformative times in and of themselves. So between transformational and

3132
04:15:58,866 --> 04:16:03,005
resiliency, remembering we did it against the backdrop of COVID

3133
04:16:03,426 --> 04:16:08,623
like everybody else. And dissolution unlike everybody else. So it

3134
04:16:08,663 --> 04:16:12,143
is remarkable how transformational and how resilient we've been through

3135
04:16:12,564 --> 04:16:14,783
all of it. And that is a reflection of the

3136
04:16:14,964 --> 04:16:17,503
staff and all that they have done from the senior

3137
04:16:17,503 --> 04:16:19,983
management team. Now know that people work in the lines

3138
04:16:20,004 --> 04:16:23,183
today. And so a tip of the hat to them,

3139
04:16:23,183 --> 04:16:25,663
because I also know, and this is my last thought,

3140
04:16:25,703 --> 04:16:28,383
it's come at a price relative to the organisational health

3141
04:16:28,564 --> 04:16:31,005
and well - being of the organisation. And it's only

3142
04:16:31,045 --> 04:16:32,605
when you step back and look at the last 15

3143
04:16:32,706 --> 04:16:35,645
years and say, no question transformational. We've been the fastest

3144
04:16:35,746 --> 04:16:38,685
growing region in North America. No question we had to

3145
04:16:38,725 --> 04:16:41,005
show a lot of resilience to get through it. COVID

3146
04:16:41,026 --> 04:16:44,185
beat the stuffings out of all of us globally. And

3147
04:16:44,185 --> 04:16:46,685
you had to throw in dissolution just for fun while

3148
04:16:46,706 --> 04:16:49,678
you were along the way. Boy, that's a lot. So,

3149
04:16:49,678 --> 04:16:51,918
um, nice that you've given us a perspective and a

3150
04:16:51,918 --> 04:16:55,258
snapshot of where we've come and what lies ahead. But

3151
04:16:55,379 --> 04:16:58,638
again, my last shout out acknowledging the organisational health of

3152
04:16:58,638 --> 04:17:01,278
the organisation. And all everybody's done to get up one

3153
04:17:01,318 --> 04:17:03,498
more morning come to work and make it work. And

3154
04:17:03,619 --> 04:17:05,918
it's had its strains and we want to say thanks.

3155
04:17:05,918 --> 04:17:08,718
I certainly do. Because it's taken its toll and something

3156
04:17:08,758 --> 04:17:11,358
we also have to keep mindful of. So thank you.

3157
04:17:11,358 --> 04:17:13,838
Thank you very much for the presentation. Receipt moved by

3158
04:17:13,939 --> 04:17:17,438
Councillored, seconded by Councillor Kovac. All those in favor carried.

3159
04:17:17,614 --> 04:17:19,993
All right. That is it for the presentations. I now

3160
04:17:19,993 --> 04:17:22,153
go to the remaining few items. The first one I

3161
04:17:22,153 --> 04:17:24,393
have up, it may just be a formality, but as

3162
04:17:24,433 --> 04:17:27,913
it relates to items related to human services, counselored is

3163
04:17:27,913 --> 04:17:30,553
the chair. But Councillor Reed, the two items you asked

3164
04:17:30,734 --> 04:17:32,553
held. So why don't I just take the chair to

3165
04:17:32,593 --> 04:17:35,593
see if the need to do with regards to 13,

3166
04:17:35,593 --> 04:17:37,433
one and 13 too. I know 13, one was the

3167
04:17:37,534 --> 04:17:40,793
black north initiative that we dealt with. So Madam Clerk,

3168
04:17:40,793 --> 04:17:43,113
first of all, Councillored, I know I don't, I'll throw

3169
04:17:43,113 --> 04:17:44,633
it over to you, Councillor Reed. Tell me how you'd

3170
04:17:44,633 --> 04:17:48,272
like to proceed with 13 one. Yeah. Thank you, Mr.

3171
04:17:48,312 --> 04:17:50,972
Chair. Uh, don't need a full presentation on it, but

3172
04:17:50,972 --> 04:17:53,712
I just wanted to, uh, just touch and highlight some

3173
04:17:53,752 --> 04:17:57,175
of the community improvements. Where I had the detained notes

3174
04:17:57,175 --> 04:18:00,846
here in front of me here. One second. Um, it

3175
04:18:00,846 --> 04:18:02,506
was so long ago. I've held that now. I'm just

3176
04:18:02,506 --> 04:18:03,246
trying to find my spot here.

3177
04:18:16,023 --> 04:18:16,882
Sorry, one second here.

3178
04:18:39,459 --> 04:18:41,818
Oh, yes. Sorry. It was just around the fund. And

3179
04:18:41,818 --> 04:18:45,438
with, with the monies for that, um, and the different

3180
04:18:45,539 --> 04:18:50,078
benefits we have, the food, the B3 funding, uh, and

3181
04:18:50,659 --> 04:18:53,335
other, what are the other programs with it. And, uh,

3182
04:18:53,376 --> 04:18:56,215
the monies that are going to that once this, um,

3183
04:18:56,736 --> 04:18:59,755
allocation is done. So can you just speak to just

3184
04:18:59,755 --> 04:19:02,075
a little bit more about the program specifically and what

3185
04:19:02,075 --> 04:19:08,533
the next steps are for it. Thank you through you

3186
04:19:08,634 --> 04:19:14,203
chair. Uh, thank you, councillor, for the question. The funding

3187
04:19:14,243 --> 04:19:17,243
that we have, I'll flip it over to Jabari and

3188
04:19:17,243 --> 04:19:20,123
he can give you an itemized list of all the

3189
04:19:20,163 --> 04:19:24,363
groups that we fund through our community investment, uh, program

3190
04:19:24,944 --> 04:19:30,043
so that those are groups that provide social support community

3191
04:19:30,083 --> 04:19:34,443
mental health and other issues. Builds capacity within a variety

3192
04:19:34,443 --> 04:19:37,643
of communities within, within any municipality. Another part of that

3193
04:19:38,224 --> 04:19:42,290
is the food security funding that we have. Around food,

3194
04:19:42,290 --> 04:19:44,450
so I'll take food security because it's the one that,

3195
04:19:44,490 --> 04:19:47,410
that has a combination of funding. So we do have

3196
04:19:47,831 --> 04:19:52,050
base funding, but if you will recall last two budgets,

3197
04:19:52,050 --> 04:19:54,290
uh, there was a request and approved by council to

3198
04:19:54,311 --> 04:19:57,490
increase the amount of funding forefood security within the region

3199
04:19:57,591 --> 04:20:01,470
appeal. And that came from a reserve fund. So, um,

3200
04:20:01,991 --> 04:20:05,730
that ends this year at the end of 2026 that

3201
04:20:05,831 --> 04:20:09,570
augmentation to the funding ends at the end of 2026.

3202
04:20:09,570 --> 04:20:12,850
So it'll be next year's counsel to either provide us

3203
04:20:12,871 --> 04:20:16,610
direction or a decision on whether or not they want

3204
04:20:16,610 --> 04:20:20,450
to continue with augmenting that funding. Um, four food security

3205
04:20:20,951 --> 04:20:23,410
through all the food banks that we've had delegate before

3206
04:20:23,431 --> 04:20:25,810
us or whether or not they just want to revert

3207
04:20:25,850 --> 04:20:29,490
back to, um, back to the base funding, which is

3208
04:20:29,511 --> 04:20:34,393
like one point. Two, three or three million dollars in

3209
04:20:34,494 --> 04:20:37,113
food security. Um, so if it's not coming out of

3210
04:20:37,153 --> 04:20:38,873
a reserve fund and we've heard the state of our

3211
04:20:38,913 --> 04:20:41,353
reserve funds, then there would have to be another funding

3212
04:20:41,534 --> 04:20:45,973
stream through tax base or through some other mechanism, uh,

3213
04:20:45,973 --> 04:20:49,353
to continue on with that level of funding, uh, should

3214
04:20:49,454 --> 04:20:51,593
counsel desire. And Jabari, maybe you want to speak to

3215
04:20:51,633 --> 04:20:56,039
some of the other funds that we provide. Just to

3216
04:20:56,079 --> 04:20:58,199
answer the question, Councillored, we do have a list now

3217
04:20:58,620 --> 04:21:02,839
of the funded, um, organisations that we can make aware

3218
04:21:02,839 --> 04:21:06,839
to counsel. But that 4. 0 million, uh, from the

3219
04:21:07,020 --> 04:21:10,599
reserve primarily is distributed to the core fund to increase

3220
04:21:10,700 --> 04:21:14,199
the number of organisations we were able to work with.

3221
04:21:14,199 --> 04:21:17,639
Uh, the B3 and indigenous nonprofit organisations that you're well

3222
04:21:17,679 --> 04:21:20,679
aware of. And as Steve spoke to the variety of

3223
04:21:20,780 --> 04:21:23,959
food insecurity, whether it be through direct organisations to increase

3224
04:21:23,980 --> 04:21:27,479
their capacity or through the distribution models that you have

3225
04:21:27,820 --> 04:21:31,510
discussed before. So the idea is that the, I think

3226
04:21:31,510 --> 04:21:33,270
the other piece of the question you're asking is that

3227
04:21:33,291 --> 04:21:37,270
the need hasn't subsided from the decision council made two

3228
04:21:37,270 --> 04:21:40,710
years ago. Um, so we're looking to see, as Steve

3229
04:21:40,750 --> 04:21:44,870
spoke to, uh, how we might diversify that funding because

3230
04:21:44,891 --> 04:21:49,430
count the community, uh, deeply uses deeply as a need

3231
04:21:49,430 --> 04:21:52,550
for this funding. And we've had a 22 million dollar

3232
04:21:52,651 --> 04:21:55,350
request over the last year anytime we put out an

3233
04:21:55,350 --> 04:21:58,390
ask for RFPs through our grand funding. We get an

3234
04:21:58,411 --> 04:22:03,358
overwhelming ask. Uh, so to not have that 4. 0

3235
04:22:03,539 --> 04:22:05,198
million is going to be a bit of a challenge

3236
04:22:05,299 --> 04:22:07,598
that we're going to have to figure out. Right. Um,

3237
04:22:07,638 --> 04:22:11,918
so the separate presentation coming on the return on investment,

3238
04:22:11,918 --> 04:22:13,598
what those money's gone to and stuff. Is that coming

3239
04:22:13,638 --> 04:22:16,996
up. We have a presentation that we're planning for around

3240
04:22:17,017 --> 04:22:20,276
the food insecurity, as was requested by council. Um, but

3241
04:22:20,377 --> 04:22:22,756
this report is just a given update to the CIP

3242
04:22:23,017 --> 04:22:25,636
program. Okay. And so can you speak to the B3

3243
04:22:25,817 --> 04:22:28,116
piece of that too? I guess it's Arlene or? Yeah.

3244
04:22:28,137 --> 04:22:30,516
I'm going to let Arlene talk because as some of

3245
04:22:30,516 --> 04:22:33,236
your problem wondering, why am I even here, uh, two

3246
04:22:33,276 --> 04:22:37,476
months ago, uh, as you saw Jason, sorry, must have

3247
04:22:37,497 --> 04:22:42,716
felt like two months ago. This morning, uh, Jason, I

3248
04:22:42,716 --> 04:22:44,436
got to tell my story better. I'm still, I'm still

3249
04:22:44,436 --> 04:22:46,596
with the family in my mind. So apologies for my

3250
04:22:47,097 --> 04:22:51,396
discon population. Uh, Jason Hastings now the general manager for

3251
04:22:51,417 --> 04:22:56,036
peel living. He was the director of social development partnerships

3252
04:22:56,076 --> 04:22:58,756
and planning of which I am now of assumed leadership

3253
04:22:58,777 --> 04:23:02,996
over. So the weeds that you're asking about, Arlene is

3254
04:23:03,036 --> 04:23:06,556
the more, uh, intricately involved. And she'll be able to

3255
04:23:06,556 --> 04:23:09,236
answer your question about the B3 funding directly. Okay. Thank

3256
04:23:09,236 --> 04:23:15,286
you. Through council. So with B3, uh, we receive 1.

3257
04:23:15,307 --> 04:23:20,006
25 million through the reserves. We've had great success over

3258
04:23:20,006 --> 04:23:25,526
the last two years, 42 organisations, B3 organisations were funded

3259
04:23:26,347 --> 04:23:28,726
in the report. You'll also see the bit of an

3260
04:23:28,827 --> 04:23:34,486
ROI out of the 42 organisations, 23 of them outside

3261
04:23:34,507 --> 04:23:38,246
of regional funding. We're successful to receive almost upwards of

3262
04:23:38,507 --> 04:23:43,126
a million dollars. So the investment was quite well deserved.

3263
04:23:43,126 --> 04:23:45,907
So thank you to council for that investment. Okay. That's

3264
04:23:45,947 --> 04:23:49,284
great. Um, yeah, I just look forward to the future

3265
04:23:49,324 --> 04:23:51,664
reports on what to do next with this money. And

3266
04:23:51,705 --> 04:23:54,244
I guess that'll be, you guys can figure out how

3267
04:23:54,244 --> 04:23:57,204
to do that. But that conversation definitely is needed. We're

3268
04:23:57,244 --> 04:24:05,326
seeing some good results from this. Okay. Um, so to

3269
04:24:05,326 --> 04:24:07,086
help me up, Madam Clerk, I think we've covered off

3270
04:24:07,667 --> 04:24:10,366
13, one and 13, two. How do you, I'm going

3271
04:24:10,366 --> 04:24:12,926
to read this motion for 13. One moved by Councillored.

3272
04:24:12,926 --> 04:24:15,146
Second of my council Russo to tidy up 13, one

3273
04:24:15,347 --> 04:24:18,046
that the director of housing services, the authorized to execute

3274
04:24:18,086 --> 04:24:20,686
amendments to the grant agreements with black North Initiative on

3275
04:24:20,707 --> 04:24:23,326
business term satisfactory at the commission of human services for

3276
04:24:23,366 --> 04:24:25,486
the approved grant funding of 2. 5 million and on

3277
04:24:25,486 --> 04:24:28,126
legal term satisfied to the regional solicitor and commissioner of

3278
04:24:28,166 --> 04:24:31,486
legislative services. All those in favor carried in Madam Clerk

3279
04:24:31,526 --> 04:24:35,904
with regards to 13 - 2. From Councillored, motion over

3280
04:24:35,944 --> 04:24:38,784
seat, seconded by Councillor Tedjo, all those in favor. That

3281
04:24:38,784 --> 04:24:42,064
is carried. Apologies to Councillor Kovac. I went right by

3282
04:24:43,045 --> 04:24:46,464
9 - 2 that you asked held under public works.

3283
04:24:46,464 --> 04:24:49,024
The red light camera agreement extension. In the absence of

3284
04:24:49,285 --> 04:24:51,904
Councillor Maderos and Councillor Fortini, I will assume the chair

3285
04:24:52,325 --> 04:24:55,024
and come to you with regards to item 9, 2.

3286
04:24:55,525 --> 04:24:58,770
Just waiting for my red light to come on. There

3287
04:24:58,810 --> 04:25:01,170
it is. Thank you so much. Uh, not a problem.

3288
04:25:01,170 --> 04:25:03,970
And I apologise. I could have handled this, uh, outside

3289
04:25:03,991 --> 04:25:07,846
of council. And with the indulgence of the commissioner, uh,

3290
04:25:07,967 --> 04:25:12,026
regarding the contract that will be extended for a period

3291
04:25:12,026 --> 04:25:16,346
of six months and ending in June of next year.

3292
04:25:16,367 --> 04:25:18,826
I got really no problems with that. It's just that

3293
04:25:19,087 --> 04:25:24,266
when I talk with residents, especially of late who are

3294
04:25:24,287 --> 04:25:27,626
exceedingly becoming aware of the fact that we've lost the

3295
04:25:27,647 --> 04:25:30,906
automated speed enforcement cameras that are in schools, uh, with

3296
04:25:31,247 --> 04:25:35,866
rodent safety and their mind on my mind, um, speeding

3297
04:25:36,287 --> 04:25:37,626
which kind of continues to be a bit of an

3298
04:25:37,666 --> 04:25:41,306
epidemic. And residents feeling that we could do more, whatever

3299
04:25:41,306 --> 04:25:44,506
that is. And they're believed that we can install more

3300
04:25:44,607 --> 04:25:47,466
cameras. I was more sort of curious how many do

3301
04:25:47,506 --> 04:25:50,666
we have in the region of peel? And what really

3302
04:25:50,666 --> 04:25:53,626
is the process for getting, getting a red light camera

3303
04:25:53,666 --> 04:26:03,534
installed. Thank you. And through the chair to councillor Kovac,

3304
04:26:03,534 --> 04:26:06,734
we currently have 34 red light cameras that are installed

3305
04:26:07,155 --> 04:26:12,334
in the region. Um, the process for having those installed,

3306
04:26:12,334 --> 04:26:15,614
um, in the report, it talks about the group procurement

3307
04:26:15,654 --> 04:26:18,574
that we have through city of Toronto. And so annually

3308
04:26:19,075 --> 04:26:21,994
we negotiate with the group on how many cameras, um,

3309
04:26:21,994 --> 04:26:24,414
we would be allocated for each new year. And then

3310
04:26:24,414 --> 04:26:29,134
we budget accordingly for that. Um, the process for installation,

3311
04:26:29,134 --> 04:26:34,094
we've got network wide screening process. So all intersections are

3312
04:26:34,355 --> 04:26:40,094
rated based on their, uh, potential for collision for being

3313
04:26:40,134 --> 04:26:44,974
preventable collisions and reducing those by installing, uh, having the

3314
04:26:44,995 --> 04:26:50,414
red light cameras as a deterrent. I can say that

3315
04:26:50,515 --> 04:26:54,054
it has been a very successful program to date. We

3316
04:26:54,115 --> 04:26:57,134
have, uh, we don't have the numbers for 2025 yet,

3317
04:26:57,134 --> 04:27:01,374
but in 2024, we saw a 20 percent reduction in

3318
04:27:01,414 --> 04:27:05,614
injury and fatal collisions, um, with no fatal injuries recorded

3319
04:27:05,654 --> 04:27:11,106
at the red light camera locations. Or if I could,

3320
04:27:11,106 --> 04:27:13,026
thank you so much. Uh, has it ever happened where

3321
04:27:13,066 --> 04:27:16,146
we've maybe relocated one? Like we found a certain area

3322
04:27:16,247 --> 04:27:18,946
that has had the red light camera, maybe not really

3323
04:27:19,207 --> 04:27:22,146
a great need to have it anymore. And so since

3324
04:27:22,146 --> 04:27:23,946
we already have 34, maybe we could just sort of

3325
04:27:24,007 --> 04:27:25,826
shuffle them around and put them in an area that

3326
04:27:25,847 --> 04:27:29,026
has become more problematic. Whereas the area that might have

3327
04:27:29,207 --> 04:27:36,154
one or others has become less so. Yes, we have.

3328
04:27:36,154 --> 04:27:39,674
I'm looking back at Sean Nix, who has confirmed that

3329
04:27:39,714 --> 04:27:43,834
we have. And it's typically due to construction or reconstructions

3330
04:27:43,834 --> 04:27:47,034
that take place. So we are constantly reviewing and screening

3331
04:27:47,775 --> 04:27:52,835
and prioritizing throughout the network. Thank you. With that, you

3332
04:27:52,835 --> 04:27:54,775
have the motion in our agenda before you move by

3333
04:27:54,796 --> 04:27:58,455
Councillor Kovac, seconded by Councillor Barr. All those in favor.

3334
04:27:58,455 --> 04:27:59,735
That is carried. That takes me all the way down

3335
04:27:59,756 --> 04:28:04,935
to other business and councillor inquiries. Looking in the chamber

3336
04:28:05,116 --> 04:28:08,295
seeing none and nothing on my screen. On the notices

3337
04:28:08,316 --> 04:28:12,215
of motion. Items held 20. 3 motion regarding Grant Louis

3338
04:28:12,316 --> 04:28:17,095
Sodochuk, Ukrainian nursery as held by Councillor Fonseca. Councillor Fonseca.

3339
04:28:21,198 --> 04:28:25,817
Thank you, Through Chair. So a couple of weeks ago,

3340
04:28:25,817 --> 04:28:30,793
there was some discussion, some questions asked. Um. Took, took

3341
04:28:30,814 --> 04:28:33,573
it back and to do more work on it. And

3342
04:28:33,573 --> 04:28:37,513
today the motion before you has, I believe, done some

3343
04:28:37,614 --> 04:28:41,273
more due diligence around this. And I wanted to say

3344
04:28:41,313 --> 04:28:44,473
thank you for everybody for allowing this to be on

3345
04:28:44,473 --> 04:28:48,958
the floor again today. Um, and I'll just leave it

3346
04:28:48,979 --> 04:28:50,798
at that for the moment. I'm not sure if anybody

3347
04:28:50,979 --> 04:28:53,818
has any questions. And oh, I just will say, um,

3348
04:28:55,059 --> 04:28:58,318
because Mayor Parish is, uh, not here today. She's aware

3349
04:28:58,979 --> 04:29:03,758
and Councillor Dasko as her proxy will be, will be

3350
04:29:03,758 --> 04:29:07,319
the seconder. And if I have no other speakers, thank

3351
04:29:07,319 --> 04:29:08,759
you very much. Remember at the time, I'm one of

3352
04:29:08,759 --> 04:29:11,479
the people that said, queen, get more clarity, ask and

3353
04:29:11,479 --> 04:29:13,799
answered. So here it is before us. So with that,

3354
04:29:13,839 --> 04:29:16,359
it has been moved by Councillor Fonseca, seconded by Councillor

3355
04:29:16,380 --> 04:29:19,322
Dasco, any other speakers to the motion before you. Seeing

3356
04:29:19,362 --> 04:29:23,301
none, all those in favor. And he opposed that is

3357
04:29:23,341 --> 04:29:28,181
carried. Thank you, Under 20. 4, held by Councillor Tedjo,

3358
04:29:28,181 --> 04:29:31,781
the motion regarding Shisha regulations and PO region, counselored Tejo.

3359
04:29:31,781 --> 04:29:34,964
If you want to introduce your motion, please. Thank you.

3360
04:29:35,004 --> 04:29:37,604
Mr. Chair, and thank you to Councillor Butt as well

3361
04:29:37,604 --> 04:29:40,484
for seconding the motion. Um, both he and I had

3362
04:29:40,745 --> 04:29:44,084
the opportunity to meet with staff. Um, and chat about

3363
04:29:44,124 --> 04:29:47,744
things. And also a number of, um, business owners, uh,

3364
04:29:47,744 --> 04:29:51,044
in this space. And so we think that this is

3365
04:29:51,084 --> 04:29:54,244
timely to, uh, bring this as a request for report

3366
04:29:54,345 --> 04:29:59,444
from staff. Um, that could, uh, create a regulated framework

3367
04:29:59,545 --> 04:30:03,284
in the future. Uh, while obviously doing some consultation as

3368
04:30:03,284 --> 04:30:07,104
well with, uh, with affected business owners, um, and, uh,

3369
04:30:07,145 --> 04:30:10,324
we'll let the new council decide the future of it

3370
04:30:10,324 --> 04:30:13,684
going forward. Um, but that we wanted to see some,

3371
04:30:13,684 --> 04:30:16,244
uh, some work being done before that was, uh, the

3372
04:30:16,284 --> 04:30:18,724
case so that, um, new council can make an informed

3373
04:30:18,764 --> 04:30:24,545
decision. For the secondary wants to make any councillor butt

3374
04:30:24,585 --> 04:30:27,985
has duly seconded it. And more of a, first I

3375
04:30:28,166 --> 04:30:29,825
perked my ears up, but when I read, is it

3376
04:30:29,825 --> 04:30:31,185
time to have another look at this and see what

3377
04:30:31,366 --> 04:30:34,545
the state of affairs are and come the new year.

3378
04:30:34,545 --> 04:30:35,985
And I think like anything else, why not have another

3379
04:30:36,025 --> 04:30:37,905
look at it? So, uh, it makes sense to me

3380
04:30:37,926 --> 04:30:40,305
to come back in the future months. You have the

3381
04:30:40,345 --> 04:30:42,065
motion before you. I have no other speakers. All those

3382
04:30:42,105 --> 04:30:45,885
in favor. Any opposed. That is carried. Adam clerk, uh,

3383
04:30:46,006 --> 04:30:47,745
because of our earlier work, I think that takes me

3384
04:30:48,006 --> 04:30:50,985
all the way down to, uh, bringing at home. So

3385
04:30:50,985 --> 04:30:53,345
the first motion I have from Councillor Hornick seconded by

3386
04:30:53,345 --> 04:30:56,385
Councillored that the bylaws listed on the June 25, 2026

3387
04:30:56,406 --> 04:31:00,465
regional council agenda being by law 40 2026 to 42,

3388
04:31:00,465 --> 04:31:02,785
2026 conclusive, be given the crowd number of readings taken

3389
04:31:02,806 --> 04:31:04,545
as read signed by the regional chair and the regional

3390
04:31:04,545 --> 04:31:06,785
clerk on the corporate CLB fix there too. All those

3391
04:31:06,806 --> 04:31:09,265
in favor, any opposed, that is carried. Moved by Council

3392
04:31:09,286 --> 04:31:11,985
Vicentic. Second to my councillor sheen that the closed session

3393
04:31:12,086 --> 04:31:15,105
bile listed on the June 25, 2026 regional council agenda

3394
04:31:15,366 --> 04:31:18,625
being by allow 43, 2026, be given the required number

3395
04:31:18,625 --> 04:31:20,305
of readings, taking his red signed by the regional chair

3396
04:31:20,345 --> 04:31:22,305
and the regional clerk and the corporate seal be affixed

3397
04:31:22,345 --> 04:31:25,425
there too. All those in favor, that is carried. Moved

3398
04:31:25,425 --> 04:31:29,345
by Councillor Barr, seconded by Councillor Santos. That bylaw 44,

3399
04:31:29,345 --> 04:31:32,065
2026 to confirm the proceedings of regional counsel, its meaning

3400
04:31:32,086 --> 04:31:35,385
held on 25, 2026 June to authorize the execution of

3401
04:31:35,385 --> 04:31:38,305
documents in accordance with the region appeal bylawise relating thereto.

3402
04:31:38,305 --> 04:31:39,905
Be given the required number of readings taken his red

3403
04:31:39,945 --> 04:31:41,905
signed by the regional chair and the regional clerk and

3404
04:31:41,905 --> 04:31:44,225
the corporate seal be affixed there too. All those in

3405
04:31:44,265 --> 04:31:47,025
favor, Carrie. And moved by the birthday girl, seconded by

3406
04:31:47,126 --> 04:31:50,865
Councillor Sheen a motion to adjourn. All those in favor,

3407
04:31:50,865 --> 04:31:53,968
Cary, thank you all. You're going to come into my

3408
04:31:53,989 --> 04:31:55,088
office. I need.