Item - 2016.EX15.12

Tracking Status

EX15.12 - Aboriginal Affairs Office at the City of Toronto

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Wards:
All

Committee Decision

The Executive Committee requested:

 

1.  The Director, Human Resources and the Director, Equity, Diversity and Human Rights report to the Aboriginal Affairs Committee on a proposed Aboriginal Affairs Office at the City of Toronto to coordinate implementation of the City of Toronto Statement of Commitment to Aboriginal Communities in Toronto across all City divisions, including necessary resources, such report to include a jurisdictional scan of other Canadian municipalities in Canada with large Aboriginal populations, and whether those jurisdictions have established Aboriginal Affairs Offices to address issues within that community.

Origin

(May 2, 2016) Letter from the Aboriginal Affairs Committee

Summary

At its meeting on May 2, 2016, the Aboriginal Affairs Committee considered the possibility of creating an Aboriginal Affairs Office at the City of Toronto.

Background Information

(May 2, 2016) Letter from the Aboriginal Affairs Committee on Aboriginal Affairs Office at the City of Toronto
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2016/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-92828.pdf

Motions

1 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Mayor John Tory (Carried)

That the recommendation from the Aboriginal Affairs Committee be amended to read as follows:

 

That the Executive Committee request the Director, Human Resources and the Director, Equity, Diversity and Human Rights report to the Aboriginal Affairs Committee on a proposed Aboriginal Affairs Office at the City of Toronto to coordinate implementation of the City of Toronto Statement of Commitment to Aboriginal Communities in Toronto across all City divisions, including necessary resources, such report to include a jurisdictional scan of other Canadian municipalities in Canada with large Aboriginal populations, and whether those jurisdictions have established Aboriginal Affairs Offices to address issues within that community.


2 - Motion to Adopt Item as Amended moved by Mayor John Tory (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council