Call to Order

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2020-02-19 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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CALL TO ORDER: 9:39 a.m. Speaker Nunziata took the Chair and called the Members to order. The meeting opened with O Canada. Wednesday, February 19, 2020 Members of Council observed a moment of silence and remembered: Christie Blatchford Douglas Burlie Ho Sze Chow Daniel D'Aloisio Beatrice Ann Hopkins Michael Lee Tzekas Hopelin (Hope) Walters, and Hermine Wekerle Speaker Nunziata acknowledged that City Council was meeting on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.

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Speaker Nunziata also acknowledged that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit. Speaker Nunziata advised Members of the following: This special meeting of Council is scheduled for the following purposes: 1. to consider the Executive Committee's Report from its meeting on February 13, 2020; 2. to introduce and enact a General Bill; and 3. to introduce and enact a Confirming Bill for this special meeting. Members of Council, this is a special meeting. Under Council's Procedures, no new business items, such as Notices of Motions, may be introduced. This rule cannot be waived.