The Public GalleryToronto

←Board of Health · 2019-10-28 · 2019.HL10.1

The filed record

Toronto Food Policy Council 2019 Annual Report

The Public Gallery wrote no story on this item. What follows is the city’s own record of what happened to it, as filed: nothing on this page is summarised or scored by us.

The decision

2019-11-26 · Toronto City Council · adopted

As filed

City Council on November 26 and 27, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct all City Divisions, in consultation with the Medical Officer of Health and subject matter experts, to: a. review the Toronto Food Policy Council 2019 Annual Report and other Toronto Food Policy Council reports; and b. develop a "food lens" for their respective work by the end of 2020 to leverage divisional work to support the objectives

Show the rest of As filed, 406 more characters as filed

of eliminating food insecurity and addressing the climate emergency across the City of Toronto; and City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services, the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, and the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services, in consultation with the Medical Officer of Health, to report to the Board of Health in the first quarter of 2021.

The vote

Amend Item (Additional) · Carried, 11-0

For (6)Cynthia Lai, Gord Perks, Jennifer McKelvie, Joe Cressy, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Mike Layton
The whole record, all 6 members

Every name opens that member’s record.

On the agenda

As the city filed it

The Toronto Food Policy Council (TFPC) was established in 1990 as a Subcommittee of the Board of Health to address growing food insecurity and food bank use in Toronto that accompanied globalization and the loss of industrial jobs. The TFPC promotes the concept that food should be regarded as a public good, much like education, health care, or public transit, and that the City should be encouraged to use food policy as a lever to create healthier, more equitable, and more sustainable communities.

Show the rest of As the city filed it, 679 more characters as filed

The TFPC has long advocated for a broad definition of food security that includes health, social, economic, and environmental determinants and acknowledges that we are all food insecure when we face a crisis of the proportions of climate change. The TFPC has been at the forefront of this expansion of the definition of food security and continues to provide critical food guidance to the Board of Health for integrated policies that take a food system perspective and recognize the connection between public health and the health of the planet. This report provides an overview of the work undertaken by the TFPC since its last annual report to the Board of Health in July 2018.

Staff recommended

The Co-Chairs, Toronto Food Policy Council recommend that: 1. The Board of Health receive this report for information.

Considered

  • 2019-10-28 · Board of Health · amended

    Decision as filed

    The Board of Health recommends that: 1. City Council direct all City Divisions, in consultation with the Medical Officer of Health and subject matter experts, to: a. review the Toronto Food Policy Council 2019 Annual Report and other Toronto Food Policy Council reports; and b. develop a "food lens" for their respective work by the end of 2020 to leverage divisional work to support the objectives of eliminating food insecurity

    Show the rest of Decision as filed, 362 more characters as filed

    and addressing the climate emergency across the City of Toronto; and request the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services, the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, and the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services, in consultation with the Medical Officer of Health, to report to the Board of Health in the first quarter of 2021.

    Clerk’s note

    The Board of Health: 1. Directed the Medical Officer of Health to continue staffing levels to support the Toronto Food Policy Council, including coordination and associated administration positions. Rachel Gray, Co-Chair, Toronto Food Policy Council, gave a presentation on Toronto Food Policy Council 2019 Annual Report.

  • 2019-11-26 · Toronto City Council · adopted

On the record

The item as the City filed it

More from this meeting

The whole meeting