THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF PEEL

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE

MINUTES

GRC-3/2021
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Council Chamber, 5th Floor
Regional Administrative Headquarters
10 Peel Centre Drive, Suite A
Brampton, Ontario
Members Present:
  • B. Crombie
  • S. Dasko
  • G.S. Dhillon
  • J. Downey
  • J. Innis
  • N. Iannicca
  • M. Palleschi
  • K. Ras
  • R. Santos
  • A. Thompson
  • P. Vicente
Members Absent:
  • P. Brown
  • A. Groves
Staff Present:
  • J. Baker, Chief Administrative Officer
  • G. Kent, Chief Financial Officer and Commissioner of Corporate Services
  • P. Caza, Acting Regional Solicitor
  • K. Dedman, Commissioner of Public Works
  • J. Sheehy, Commissioner of Human Services
  • K. Lockyer, Regional Clerk and Director of Administration
  • C. Thomson, Deputy Clerk and Manager of Legislative Services
  • S. Valleau, Committee Clerk
  • R. Khan, Legislative Technical Coordinator
  • S. MacGregor, Legislative Technical Coordinator

1.
CALL TO ORDER
 

Councillor Innis, Committee Chair, called the Government Relations Committee meeting to order on October 21, 2021 at 11:01 a.m., in the Council Chambers, Regional Administrative Headquarters, 10 Peel Centre Drive. Members of the Committee and staff participated electronically.

Councillor Crombie arrived at 11:10 a.m.

Regional Chair Iannicca arrived at 11:22 a.m.

2.
DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
 

Nil.

3.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
 

  • RECOMMENDATION GRC-5-2021:

    That the agenda for the October 21, 2021 Government Relations Committee meeting, be approved.

4.
DELEGATIONS
 

Nil.

5.
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS UPDATE
This item has attachments. 

1.Government Relations Update.pdf

Discussion led by Keith Medenblik, Manager, Strategic Public Policy and External Relations; and Indro Bhattacharyya, Advisor, Housing System Performance 

  • Received

Keith Medenblik, Manager, Strategic Public Policy and External Relations, provided an overview of the 2021 Federal Election Liberal Party of Canada platform priorities, the Provincial Speech from the Throne, COVID-19 response priorities, emerging trends, and the Region of Peel’s post Association of Municipalities of Ontario Annual Conference activities and future advocacy opportunities.

Aileen Baird, Director, Housing Services, provided an overview of the Region of Peel’s affordable housing funding challenges and advocacy opportunities through the Rapid Housing Initiative and Housing Master Plan.

In response to questions from Councillor Thompson, Aileen Baird confirmed that examples of Peel specific challenges regarding the Rapid Housing Initiative have been provided to the provincial government. Keith Medenblik stated that staff received direction from Regional Council regarding implementation of Administrative Monetary Penalty Systems and will look for opportunities to advocate at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association annual conference in 2022.

6.
REPORTS
 

7.
COMMUNICATIONS
 

7.1
Region of Peel MP/MPP Advocacy Update - June 2021
This item has attachments. 

1.Region of Peel MP-MPP Advocacy Update - June 2021.pdf

(Receipt recommended)

  • Received

7.2
2021 Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Conference Delegation Meeting Follow Up Letters
This item has attachments. 

1.2021 Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Conference Delegation Meeting Follow Up Letters.pdf

(Receipt recommended)

  • Received

7.3
Nando Iannicca, Regional Chair
This item has attachments. 

1.Nando Iannicca, Regional Chair.pdf

Letter dated October 7, 2021, to Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of Finance, Regarding Impacts of the Current Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Formula on the Region of Peel
(Receipt recommended)

  • Received

In response to a question from Councillor Ras with respect to the Region of Peel’s request for changes to the payment in lieu of taxes formula, Gary Kent, Chief Financial Officer and Commissioner of Corporate Services advised that staff are optimistic that an update will be available after the release of the fall economic statement.

8.
OTHER BUSINESS
 

Nil.

9.
IN CAMERA MATTERS
 

Nil.

10.
NEXT MEETING
 

Thursday, March 3, 2022
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Council Chamber, 5th Floor
Regional Administrative Headquarters
10 Peel Centre Drive, Suite A
Brampton, Ontario

Please forward regrets to Sabrina Valleau, Committee Clerk, at [email protected].

11.
ADJOURNMENT
 

The meeting adjourned at 11:29 a.m.

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