How Gord Perks voted at council

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1. 2026.MM43.50REFERRED

   The Mayor's Seat: Restoring Direct Mayoral Accountability on the Toronto Police Service Board

   There is no responsibility of municipal government more fundamental than the safety of the people it serves. No measure of a city's success matters if residents do not feel safe in their homes, on their streets, and on their transit system. The Toronto Police Service Board is the civilian body that employs and holds to account the Chief of Police, sets the objectives and policies that govern the Toronto Police Service, and approves the largest single line item in the City of Toronto’s budget, which in 2026 stands at $1.43 billion. Every day, Toronto’s front-line officers have a demanding and important job to keep our city safe. The city’s leadership must be seized with providing them with the resources and oversight they require. But since 2010, the city’s ratio of per-capita police officers has fallen from 208 officers per 100,000 residents to 172 – a 17 percent decrease. In enacting the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019, the Ontario government provided (in subsection 31(5)) that the first seat on a municipal police services board belongs to the head of the municipal council or, only if they choose not to be a member, their designate. The seat…

   City Council · 2026-07-30 15:15 PM

   Waive Referral

   Gord Perks's vote: No

   Two-Thirds required - MM43.50 - Waive the referral

   Motion result

   Lost

   Recorded tally

   7-18

   Source outcome