Dealing with acts of hate on Toronto Construction Sites - by Councillor Mike Colle, seconded by Mayor John Tory

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The decision

2020-07-28 · Toronto City Council · adopted

As filed

City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council condemn these and all acts of hatred. 2. City Council request the Provincial Government and the Ontario Provincial Police to work in support of the Toronto Police Service in their efforts to find those responsible for these acts of hate and ensure the health and safety of all workers on construction sites.

On the agenda

As the city filed it

Given that yesterday, July 28, a noose was found at the Eglinton Crosstown Construction Site at Dufferin and Eglinton and that this is the fifth such hideous and disgusting act of hate at construction sites across the City of Toronto in recent weeks, it is imperative that all efforts possible must be made to deal with these multiple acts of hate. Not only are these acts of hate on construction sites an attack on all residents

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of Toronto but they are a dangerous threat to all the men and women who work on construction sites across the City.

Staff recommended

Councillor Mike Colle, seconded by Mayor John Tory, recommends that: 1. City Council condemn these and all acts of hatred. 2. City Council request the Provincial government and the Ontario Provincial Police to work in support of the Toronto Police Service in their efforts to find those responsible for these acts of hate and ensure the health and safety of all workers on construction sites.

On the record

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