Special Council

That the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program Submission report dated May 28, 2015 and submitted by the Community Services and Community Development Commissions be received; and 2. That the ranking of projects, as contained in the staff report dated May 28, 2015, to be submitted to the federal government for Canada 150 funding be approved.

WHEREAS the strength of the Canadian economy and the livelihoods of Canadians are directly related to the livability of the municipalities in which Canadians live, work, raise families and retire and; WHEREAS Canadian municipalities deliver emergency and protection services through police, fire, and ambulance; and courts, hospitals, transit, transportation infrastructure for vehicles and active modes of mobility, schools, green space protection, parkland, recreation, libraries, water, waste water and solid waste services and economic development and infrastructure maintenance and renewal and; WHEREAS the property tax is not a sustainable revenue source for municipalities to meet the many and increasing obligations and responsibilities demanded by the public, and those which were downloaded from the federal and provincial governments, especially the costs of growth and; WHEREAS Canadian municipalities must serve the needs of an increasingly mobile, globally-connected, diverse population with growing complex needs and expectations that require increasing degrees of administrative flexibility and responsiveness and; WHEREAS the Province of Ontario provided the City of Toronto broad new powers and significant new legislative freedoms in 2006, promising to roll them out to other municipalities after evaluating their use in the City of Toronto and; WHEREAS the success of the options accorded the City of Toronto may be seen in the Province's continued provision of them and the absen

That the following by-law(s) be passed: 2015-072 A by-law to confirm the proceedings of a meeting of Council.