With 15 minutes to lunch we're on to Scarborough Centre development.

edit: oh never mind, Cllr Thompson just had an amendment that passed easily and the item as amended breezes by. CAN WE GO FOR LUNCH EARLY

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"A thing that some of you might not know, because you don't come to all the planning meetings," begins Cllr Perks. I came here to have a good time and honestly I'm feeling so attacked right now

(He argues that the province's drive to upzone employment [industrial] areas to mixed-use/residential is simply about making the developers and land-owners richer: "turning the City of Toronto into a machine to generate money, not a place to live.")

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I have to admit, I cannot relate to these people whose friends won't visit them for lack of parking or (as Cllr Saxe says) live in the same place for 30 or 40 years.

edit: I have a friend who lives abroad but stays with her parents in the suburbs when she's in town. We meet up downtown. Like?? She takes the bus???

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Cllr Colle is in full on "come on Zeyde, let's get you to bed" rambling mode.

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Currently Cllr Michael Thompson is giving a somewhat stilted speech about famous Black Canadians for #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM. Gives a shout-out to downtown bookstore A Different Booklist and associated Blackhurst Cultural Centre (which moved to its current location 9 years ago today). Also recounts the recent success of the Jamaican-Canadian Association's Hurricane Melissa relief fund (supported by the City), which has raised almost $700,000, and the donation portal will be closing in about a month.

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Currently Cllr Michael Thompson is giving a somewhat stilted speech about famous Black Canadians for #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM. Gives a shout-out to downtown bookstore A Different Booklist and associated Blackhurst Cultural Centre (which moved to its current location 9 years ago today). Also recounts the recent success of the Jamaican-Canadian Association's Hurricane Melissa relief fund (supported by the City), which has raised almost $700,000, and the donation portal will be closing in about a month.

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Today: a (hopefully) very short Toronto City Council meeting—Community Council stuff and a couple extras! Will do my best to follow along.

• Agenda (bonus stuff)
• Livestream

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