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​VIRTUAL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING            MONDAY NOVEMBER 21, 2022, 7 PM TO 9 PM

11/20/2022

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Hello Bay Cloverhill Community Association members, neighbours and friends!  The Bay Cloverhill Community Association Annual General Meeting will be held virtually on Monday November 21, 2022 starting at 7 pm.  We encourage all building representatives to attend, and extend the invitation to interested residents.  Voting is assigned to the individuals who are the primary Delegates for member buildings.
 
There will be an interesting presentation on affordable housing and the Strong Mayors Act by Karen Chappelle of the School of Cities, as well as local politicians.  You can hear what’s happened in the Bay Cloverhill neighbourhood over the past year and plans for next year.  The history of how Dr. Lillian McGregor Park came to be will also be explained.  Primary delegates will be asked to vote on a motion to waive the need for an auditor to prepare financial statements.
 
AGENDA

  1. Welcome 
  2. BCCA Reports
  3. Nominations/Elections
  4. Keynote speaker Karen Chappelle, School of Cities on affordable housing and Strong Mayors Act
  5. Fall 2022 Update
  6. Speakers
  • Chris Moise, Toronto Centre Councillor Ward 13 introduction
  • Kristyn Wong Tam, MPP Toronto Centre MPP update
  • Jessica Bell, University Rosedale MPP update
  • Constable Anthony Lamanna, Community Relations Officer, 52 Division, Toronto Police Service
  1. Dr. Lillian McGregor Park
  2. Wrap up
 
HOW DO I ATTEND THE MEETING?
 
You can join the online Google Meet session at the following link: https://meet.google.com/ofo-ztie-opt.  If you want to join by telephone, call 1 289-319-9518 PIN: ‪642 736 190#.  More phone numbers are available at: https://tel.meet/ofo-ztie-opt?pin=4322052267822.  This meeting link is also on the Calendar of Events on www.baycloverhill.com.
 
Please RSVP to info@baycloverhill.com to receive a personalized email invitation.  We look forward to (virtually) seeing everyone!  Thank you.
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52 Division's Community Police Liaison Committee 2022 Town Hall Meeting

11/5/2022

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You are invited to the 52 Division's Community Police Liaison Committee 2022 Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday November 23rd from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at 52 Division, 255 Dundas Street West.  Please RSVP to Karol.Maharaj@torontopolice.on.ca or call 416-808-5286 by Friday November 18th.  There will be guest speakers on the "Streets To Home" project, electric vehicle safety and 'Ask Anthony'.
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BCCA Call for Candidates and AGM - Save the Date!

10/27/2022

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​As the date of our BCCA AGM draws closer, we would like to bring the following to your attention:

1) BCCA AGM Reminder Date: Monday November 21, 2022 Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Virtual Meeting: More details will be provided closer to the date.  * Please feel free to pass along these details to friends and neighbours

2) BCCA Elections Announcement There are 3 Executive positions up for election this year, President, Treasurer and Director.  All terms are 3 years, starting in January 2023.  Norm Waite has agreed to remain in his role as Treasurer and Christine Dingemans will accept a nomination for President. If you are interested in taking an active role in joining the Executive, send your name to info@baycloverhill.com by November 10, 2022. If there are multiple candidates for the President, Treasurer or Director positions, online secret voting will take place from November 12 to November 18, 2022. Otherwise, the positions will be acclaimed at the AGM on November 21, 2022.    Please see the attached file for more details.
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Looking forward to seeing you all virtually at our AGM on November 21, 2022.

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2022 Municipal Election Results

10/24/2022

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With the results in for all polls (except for 1 outside the neighbourhood), here are results for the municipal elections in the Bay Cloverhill neighbourhood.
 
Highlights
  • Mayor – John Tory
  • Ward 11 University Rosedale Councillor – Dianne Saxe
  • Ward 13 Toronto Centre Councillor – Chris Moise
  • Ward 10 TDSB Trustee – Deborah Williams
  • Ward 9 TCDSB Trustee – Kevin Morrison
  • French Catholic School Board Conseil Scolaire Catholic MonAvenir Ward 3 Toronto West Trustee - Nathalie Dufour Seguin acclaimed 
  • French Public School Board Conseil Scolaire Viamonde Ward 4 Toronto East Trustee elections voided due to candidate disqualification; by-elections to be scheduled

Detailed Summary

Mayor John Tory was elected for his third term with over 60% of the vote.  He has indicated that he will not run for a fourth term in the 2026 election.  Urban advocate Gil Penalosa was the only strong challenger with the support of 18% of residents.

Mike Layton’s decision not to run for Ward 11 University Rosedale Councillor left the field open.  Provincial Green Party Deputy Leader Dianne Saxe won the ward, closely followed by Toronto Catholic District School Board Trustee Norm Di Pasquale.  Norm was endorsed by the outgoing Ward 11 University Rosedale Councillor.  Appointed Toronto Centre Councillor Robin Buxton Potts finished in third place.  

The departure of Kristyn Wong-Tam, who was elected as MPP Toronto Centre, created an opportunity for TDSB Trustee Chris Moise.  Chris received an endorsement from the former Ward 13 Toronto Centre Councillor and was elected as Ward 13 Toronto Centre Councillor by a substantial majority, with about 50% of the vote.  Community activist Nicki Ward came in second with 18% of the vote.

Deborah Williams was endorsed by outgoing Ward 10 TDSB Trustee Chris Moise. She received over half of the votes cast for Ward 10 TDSB Trustee. ‘D’ is a parent and community advocate who was endorsed by the former TDSB Trustee.

Norm Di Pasquale was the Ward 9 TCDSB Trustee and turned his attention to run as a City Councillor.  Kevin Morrison was elected, after previous unsuccessful campaigns in 2010 and 2014.  He is a parent and community advocate.

Overall, voter turnout was lower throughout the city.  It was especially pronounced in Ward 13 Toronto Centre, with about 18% of residents voting.  This was substantially lower than the 30% in the 2018 municipal election for the area.  There was also a decline in Ward 11 University Rosedale participation, with a 23% voter turnout, compared to 31% in the 2018 municipal election for the neighbourhood.
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City Councillor Candidates - Ward 13 Toronto Centre

9/15/2022

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Ward 13 Toronto Centre was created in 2018 from former Wards 27/28 Toronto Centre Rosedale.  Kristyn Wong-Tam resigned May 4/22 after 12 years as Councillor and was elected MPP June 2/22.  Robin Buxton Potts was appointed Interim Councillor on June 1/22 until November 14/22 and confirmed she would not be running for the position in the October 2022 elections.

There are 9 candidates for Councillor of Ward 13 Toronto Centre in this year's election:

  • Miguel Avila – is a blogger who believes in increasing the minimum wage, food security, affordable housing and transit and supporting Regent Park community businesses.
  • Colin Johnson
  • Ryan Lester - currently a Senior Director of Development & Communications for Heart House Hospice in Mississauga.  Ryan ran as the PC candidate for Toronto Centre MP in the 2021 federal election and placed 3rd behind Liberal Marci Ien and NDP Brian Chang.  In 2018, he initially ran for Ward 25 Don Valley West Councillor, but when the wards were realigned by the province, Ryan did not run in the new Ward 15 Don Valley West.
  • Dan Cortez Manalo
  • Cleveland Marshall
  • Chris Moise – was first elected as the Ward 10 Trustee (Toronto Centre, University-Rosedale) of the Toronto District School Board in 2016.  He worked with City Councillors in the $1.5 m refurbishment of Jesse Ketchum Public School in 2021 and update to Jesse Ketchum Park in 2018.  Before being elected as Trustee, Chris was a Counsellor at St. Mike’s Hospital. For the past 14 years, Chris has owned and operated a small pet supply business in Toronto.  During his tenure at the TDSB, Chris has led many initiatives, each designed to promote fairness and enhance equity for the thousands of students under his watch. Chris has championed initiatives such as the Enhancing Equity Task Force, and is an active member of the TDSB Black Student Achievement Community Advisory Committee. He has been a vocal advocate for the elimination of streaming, and was successful in the peaceful removal of SRO officers from “at-risk” schools in his ward.
  • Caroline Murphy.
  • Dev Ramsumair
  • Nicki Ward – is the Founder and Creative Director for Ground Queero, disability-led arts collective since 2008.  She was unsuccessful in 2022 provincial elections for Toronto Centre, as well as 2021 federal elections for York South-Weston and 2018 municipal elections for Ward 11 University Rosedale.
 
 




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City Councillor Candidates - Ward 11 University Rosedale

9/14/2022

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Ward 11 University Rosedale was created in 2018 from parts of former Ward 19/20 Trinity Spadina and Ward 27 Toronto Centre Rosedale.  Mike Layton has been the Councillor since 2010 and announced in July 2022 that he would not be participating in the October 2022 election.  ​There are 14 candidates for Councillor Ward 11 University Rosedale in this October's municipal election:

  • Axel Arvizu
  • Michael Borrelli
  • Robin Buxton Potts - was appointed as Councillor for Ward 13 Toronto Centre in June 2022 after the incumbent Kristyn Wong Tam resigned to successfully be elected as the provincial MPP.  Previously Robin was the Chief of Staff for Kristyn Wong Tam.
  • Norm Di Pasquale - was first elected as Toronto Catholic District School Board Trustee in 2018.  He replaced Jo-Ann Davis who held the position from 2010 to 2018.  In 2021, Norm unsuccessfully ran as the NDP candidate for MP of Spadina Fort York. 
  • David Fielder
  • Adam Golding - is associated with Socialist Alliance and Toronto Coalition for Housing, hosts Open Mic at The Mix, former President of The Cognitive Science & Artificial Intelligence Students Association at the University of Toronto.  He believes in police reform. 
  • Andrew Layman - originally registered to run as Councillor in Ward 13 Toronto Centre. 
  • Peter Lovering
  • Alison Pang
  • Ann Rohmer - broadcaster
  • Dianne Saxe - was the Green party candidate for MPP University Rosedale in June 2022 and is the Deputy Leader of the Ontario Green Party.  Dianne is an  environmental lawyer.  She was the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario from 2015 to 2019. 
  • Heather Shon
  • Pierre Therrien
  • Diana Yoon - is a climate activist, housing justice activist, community organizer and renter in downtown Toronto.  She is the Secretary for the Board of the Cecil Community Centre.

The Baldwin Village Community Association will be hosting an in person information session for Ward 11 University Rosedale City Councillor candidates on Monday October 3rd at 6:30 pm.  Each candidate will have 10 minutes to speak.  In addition, each candidate will have a table and will be able to meet voters one on one. There will be a limit of 268 persons for the event.  The event will be held at the Cecil Street Community Centre, 58 Cecil Street.  The location is south of College Street, east of University Avenue.





 


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Advocacy Volunteers Needed

9/12/2022

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​Are you interested in helping to shape policy and engage on issues of common interest in Toronto? If the answer is yes, please consider joining the Advocacy and Activism Committee of Federation of South Toronto Residents' Associations (FoSTRA). The Bay Cloverhill Community Association - BCCA is a member of FoSTRA and their advocacy benefits all of us.

The following working groups need volunteers:
  1. Intensification - provincial housing/land use legislation and municipal policy, budgets and service delivery
  2. Infrastructure - creating green space plus safety and security
  3. Environmental - Ontario Line and large developments
  4. Housing Affordability - homelessness, subsidized housing and affordability

Please respond to directorward11@fostraTO.ca by September 14th if you would like to contribute and make the City a better place to live.

Visit FoSTRA's website for more info fostrato.weebly.com/.
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Municipal Elections - Mayoral Candidates

9/12/2022

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Bill 3 Strong Mayor and Building Homes Act was passed by provincial government September 8th. It gives the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa sweeping powers over municipal budgets, plus the ability to hire and fire senior city staff. It will be effective after October 24, 2022 election. It also gives municipalities the ability to shorten development timelines by cutting ‘red tape’ to increase housing supply. This likely means less community consultation and prioritization of quickly approving buildings over environmental and infrastructure concerns.

This makes your vote for Mayor even more important during the October municipal election. Mayoral candidates should be asked how they would assert these new powers if elected.  31 candidates have registered for the 2022 Mayoral race, a slight reduction from the 35 candidates in the last 2018 election.

John Tory is running for his third term.  There are 6 other candidates this year that ran in the 2018 election: Drew Buckingham, Kevin Clark, Sarah Climenhaga, Monowar Hossain, Kris Langenfeld and Knia Singh.  The other candidates are: Blake Acton, Avraham Arrobas, Darren Atkinson, Chloe-Marie Brown, Elvira Caputolan, Phillip D'Cruze, Cory Deville, Alexey Efimovskikh, Isabella Gamk, , Arjun Gupta, Peter Handjis, Robert Hatton, Sooad Hossain, Khadijah Jamal, John Letonja, Tony Luk, Ferin Malek, Gil Penalosa, Stephen Punswasi, D!onne Renee, Kyle Schwartz, Sandeep Srivastava, Reginald Tull and Jack Yan.

We encourage you to research the candidates to help you determine who to support as the City of Toronto Mayor for the next 4 years in the October 24, 2022 municipal election. 



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September General Member's Meeting Cancelled

9/9/2022

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Please be advised that the General Member's Meeting that was scheduled for 7 pm on Monday September 19th has been cancelled.

You can stay up to date with what's happening in the neighbourhood by following us on Twitter @baycloverhill or joining our Facebook group Bay Cloverhill Community.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the Annual General Meeting on Monday November 21st at 7 pm.  The  meeting will be held virtually.  Stay tuned for details on guest speakers and the agenda to be released in early November.
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Federal Ward Redistribution

9/6/2022

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The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario has proposed changing boundaries and names for electoral districts across the province because of changes in population.  The review process is mandated every 10 years.  The federal electoral district is the same as the provincial electoral district in southern Ontario, and municipal ward for Toronto.
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​          Existing Toronto electoral districts/wards
​Proposed Toronto electoral districts/wards
The existing 25 electoral districts/wards in Toronto will be reduced to 24 electoral districts/wards to be in line with federal quotas for population size for each electoral district/ward.  Scarborough Agincourt will be combined with Scarborough North to create Scarborough Northwest.  The Bay Cloverhill neighbourhood will no longer be part of Toronto Centre and be located solely in the University Rosedale electoral district.  Changes will not be effective until 2024 at the earliest.
 
Public Hearings
 
To attend a meeting, you must complete a Public Hearing Participation Form at https://redecoupage-redistribution-2022.ca/com/on/phrg/index_e.aspx to observe or participate. 
 
To make a written submission email:
Ms. Paula Puddy
Commission Secretary
Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario
PO Box 37018 Southdale
London, Ontario N6E 3T3 at
on@redecoupage-federal-redistribution.ca
 
A virtual hearing for Toronto will be held on Thursday September 29, 2022 at 6:30 pm.  An in person hearing for Toronto will be hosted at Beeton Hall, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street on Wednesday October 19, 2022 at 6:30 pm.
 
 Timelines
 
The Commission will complete a report between October and December 2022, after which MP’s will have the opportunity to object.  A Representation Order finalizing the new electoral districts must be made in September 2023.  Any federal electoral boundary changes will not take effect until the next federal election after April 1, 2024, at the earliest.  The next federal election will be held no later than Monday October 20, 2025. 
 
The provincial electoral boundary changes will take effect after the federal boundary changes are established.  The next provincial election is scheduled for no later than Monday June 4, 2026.
 
Unclear when the municipal ward boundary changes will be effective, likely after the next provincial election after April 1, 2024.  The next municipal election will be Monday October 26, 2026.
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