How Gord Perks voted at council

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1. 2025.EX28.4ADOPTED

   Strengthening the City's Heat Relief Strategy

   The Heat Relief Strategy guides the City of Toronto's response to hot weather, with a goal of minimizing the health impacts of extreme heat. Its primary focus is to provide tailored relief to populations most vulnerable to heat. It is active during the heat season, which runs annually from May 15 to September 30. This report will respond to City Council direction MM31.21, which requested City staff to review City’s Heat Relief Strategy (the Strategy) and provide recommendations for enhancement, and MM31.26,, which directed staff improve timely and accurate public updates about pool and recreation facility closures. Toronto is increasingly experiencing the impacts of climate change, including more frequent, prolonged and extreme heat events. The summer of 2025 was among the hottest in the past decade, with a total of 29 days under a Heat Warning issued by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). The first Heat Warning in June 2025 was marked by high heat, with temperatures reaching 34.5°C, and Humidex values that reached 46, the highest Humidex ever recorded in Toronto for the month of June. The severity of this event highlighted areas where the City's response measu…

   City Council · 2025-12-16 15:55 PM

   Amend Item (Additional)

   Gord Perks's vote: No

   Majority required - EX28.4 - Holyday - motion 1

   Motion result

   Lost

   Recorded tally

   3-22

   Source outcome

   Lost, 3-22