How Lily Cheng voted at council

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1. 2024.MM19.25AMENDED

   An Update on Work to Protect the Science Centre and Support Thorncliffe and Flemingdon Park

   Last year, the Provincial Government announced their intention to move the Ontario Science Centre to a much smaller location at Ontario Place. This announcement was done without consultation with residents of Thorncliffe and Flemingdon Park who rely on the Centre for employment and education opportunities. The Science Centre is also part of a burgeoning cultural district that includes the Aga Khan Museum. The cultural attraction is an important economic driver for the local community as it brings visitors from across the city and around the world to Don Mills and Eglinton. It would be a real blow to this community to lose the Science Centre just as the opening of the Eglinton Crosstown’s “Science Centre” station is about to make the attraction more accessible to the entire city. So far, over 21,500 letters regarding the importance of the Science Centre have been sent to Premier Ford through the Save Ontario Science Centre campaign. The City of Toronto has an obligation to explore all possible means to keep the Science Centre at its current location. In July 2023, MM8.4 requested City Staff to explore avenues to have the Province continue operating the site Don Mi…

   City Council · 2024-06-27 19:36 PM

   Adopt Item as Amended

   Lily Cheng's vote: Yes

   Majority required - MM19.25 - Adopt the Item as amended

   Motion result

   Carried

   Recorded tally

   19-1

   Source outcome