Impact of 2019 Provincial Budget on the City of Toronto - by Mayor John Tory, seconded by Councillor Gary Crawford

the City Manager to report to the June 6, 2019, or the July 4, 2019, Executive Committee meeting or to a special Executive Committee meeting called by the Mayor prior to the July 16 and 17 City Council meeting, on service cuts and tax changes that may be required to balance the 2019 Operating Budget, as a result of the retroactive cuts imposed by the Province, including the gender and equity impacts of any such changes. 4. City Council direct the City Manager to report to the June 6, 2019, or the July 4, 2019, Executive Committee meeting or a special Executive Committee meeting called by the Mayor prior to the July 16 and 17 City Council meeting, on the following topics: a. economic impacts to the City of Toronto of affordable and accessible child care; b. the potential impact on child care fees for all programs with purchase of service agreements and those centres receiving fee stabilization and general operating grants; c. potential economic loss to the City of Toronto as a result of an epidemic; d. economic impact of tourism to the City and the provincial economy; e. the significance of the City of Toronto to the provincial economy; and f. the net in-and-out flows of tax dollars from the City of Toronto to the Province of Ontario and vice-versa. 5. City Council request the Chair, Budget Committee, in consultation with the City Manager and the City Clerk, to convene Budget Committee or Budget Subcommittee meetings to allow the public to speak on the proposed provincial cuts and their impact on the City of Toronto's Budget, as necessary. 6. City Council direct the General Manager, Children's Services to inform parents on the wait list for subsidies and all parents with children at a City-run or service-contracted child care centre with the City of the impact of the proposed provincial budget cuts and to inform those parents that child care subsidies are now being evaluated and may be at risk. 7. City Council direct the City Manager to inform and educate the public regarding the nature of impact of the proposed provincial budget cuts through, but not limited to, the following methods: a. posting notice at the entrance of all City-owned publicly accessible buildings; b. advertising on all Astral contracted public advertising space, up to the maximum amount allowable under the contract for City advertising; and c. using the City's social media accounts. 8. City Council direct the City Manager to distribute City Council's decision to all 57 Municipal Councils and Child Care System Managers across Ontario. 9. City Council request the City Solicitor to report back to the Executive Committee, in conjunction with the City Manager's report, on whether any of the provincial funding cuts to Toronto Public Health would violate the Canada Health Act, and on what measures the City of Toronto can take, if, in fact, the Canada Health Act is violated.