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Ontario-Toronto New Deal - Advancing the Upload of the Don Valley Parkway and Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway to the Province
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The decision
2026-06-24 · Toronto City Council · amended
As filed
City Council on June 24 and 25, 2026, adopted the following: 1. City Council approve the Interim Funding Approach and Framework and the Provincial Terms and Conditions for the Upload contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 22, 2026) from the City Manager and authorize the City Manager and their designates, and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to negotiate and execute a Transfer Payment Agreement with the Province to accept the provincial funding set out in the Interim Funding Approach and Framework, including any required amendments and extensions, on terms satisfactory to the City Manager, all in forms satisfactory to the City Solicitor 2.
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City Council approve in principle the terms of the Provincial Term Sheet contained in Confidential Attachment 2 to the supplementary report (June 22, 2026) from the City Manager and authorize the City Manager and their designates, and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to continue negotiations with the Ministry of Transportation on the implementation of the upload of the Expressways, and to report to Council to seek any authority as may be necessary to implement the Provincial Term Sheet. 3. City Council direct the City Manager and their designates, in consultation with the City Solicitor and the General Manager, Transportation Services and other staff as required, to engage relevant City agencies, commissions and corporations, as may be required, to further develop the terms of the Expressways upload, and to enter into any agreements with such City agencies, commissions and corporations as may be required to do so. 4. City Council direct the City Manager and their designates, in consultation with the City Solicitor, the General Manager, Transportation Services, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and other staff as required, to propose a framework for continuing public space improvements, accessibility, connectivity and placemaking initiatives, including the City Council approved Under Gardiner Public Realm Plan and other public realm improvement initiatives to aid in negotiations with the Ministry of Transportation regarding the implementation of the upload of the Expressways. 5. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1, 2, and 3 to the supplementary report (June 22, 2026) from the City Manager remain confidential at this time, as they contain information explicitly supplied in confidence to the City of Toronto by the Province of Ontario. 6. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachments 1, 2, and 3 to the supplementary report (June 22, 2026) from the City Manager at the discretion of the City Manager following the upload of the Don Valley Parkway and Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway to the Province of Ontario. Confidential Attachments 1, 2, and 3 to the supplementary report (June 22, 2026) from the City Manager remain confidential at this time in accordance with the Toronto Municipal Act, 2006, as they contain information explicitly supplied in confidence to the City of Toronto by the Province of Ontario. Confidential Attachments 1, 2, and 3 to the supplementary report (June 22, 2026) from the City Manager will be made public at the discretion of the City Manager following the upload of the Don Valley Parkway and Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway to the Province of Ontario.
The vote
Amend Item · Carried, 23-1
The whole record, all 26 members
- Alejandra BravoFor
- Amber MorleyFor
- Anthony PerruzzaAgainst
- Ausma MalikFor
- Brad BradfordFor
- Chris MoiseFor
- Dianne SaxeFor
- Frances NunziataFor
- Gord PerksFor
- Jamaal MyersAbsent
- James PasternakFor
- Jon BurnsideFor
- Josh MatlowFor
- Lily ChengFor
- Michael ThompsonFor
- Mike ColleFor
- Neethan ShanFor
- Nick MantasFor
- Olivia ChowFor
- Parthi KandavelFor
- Paul AinslieFor
- Paula FletcherAbsent
- Rachel Chernos LinFor
- Shelley CarrollFor
- Stephen HolydayFor
- Vincent CrisantiFor
Every name opens that member’s record.
On the agenda
As the city filed it
The purpose of this report is to advise that the City Manager will be submitting a supplementary report that provides a response to Council directive 2026.CC.38.1 to provide an update on the negotiations between the City and Province on executing a memorandum of understanding for uploading the Garinder Expressway and Don Valley Parkway.
Staff recommended
The City Manager recommends that: 1. City Council receive this report for information.
On the record
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