The filed record
Authority to Accept Federal Funding for Virtual Canada Day Celebrations
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The decision
2020-05-28 · Toronto City Council · adopted
As filed
City Council on May 28, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services to enter into and administer a funding agreement with the Department of Canadian Heritage to accept $547,000 for the production of virtual Canada Day celebrations. 2. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Economic Development and Culture by $647,000 gross and $0 net,
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fully funded by a grant of $547,000 from the Department of Canadian Heritage and $100,000 in private sponsorship, to deliver the virtual Canada Day event.
On the agenda
As the city filed it
The Economic Development and Culture Division (EDC) has partnered with the federal government (Department of Canadian Heritage) and local cultural organizations to produce a virtual Canada Day event for July 1, 2020. EDC will co-produce the virtual event with Harbourfront Centre and TO Live to highlight the heroes of Toronto's pandemic response efforts as well as the city's artists and neighbourhoods. Content produced for the Toronto event will be featured in the national Canada Day broadcast and related promotion.
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EDC has received a grant of $547,000 from the Department of Canadian Heritage to produce the virtual Canada Day celebrations. Council authority is required to accept this funding. A one-time budget adjustment is also required to increase the 2020 Approved Operating Budget for Economic Development and Culture by $647,000 gross and $0 net, to account for the federal funding and an additional $100,000 in private sponsorship.
Staff recommended
The General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services, to enter into and administer a funding agreement with the Department of Canadian Heritage to accept $547,000 for the production of virtual Canada Day celebrations. 2. City Council increase the 2020 Approved Operating Budget for Economic Development and Culture by $647,000
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gross and $0 net, fully funded by a grant of $547,000 from the Department of Canadian Heritage and $100,000 in private sponsorship, to deliver the virtual Canada Day event.
On the record
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