That City Council:
- Request the Provincial Government to amend the Municipal Elections Act to allow a system like the one in New York City where candidates are given grants to be used as campaign funds.
- Request the City Clerk to report to the Executive Committee after the 2010 election on the system that is used by New York City.
5 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Doug Holyday (Final)
That Recommendation 1a of the Executive Committee be amended so that clauses 1 and 2 of Appendix A now read as follows:
- The payment of rebates to residents of the City of Toronto who make contributions to candidates for an office on the municipal council for the 2010 election is authorized.
- A resident of the City of Toronto who, during the 2010 Municipal Election, makes a contribution to a candidate for an office on the Council of the City of Toronto, may, on or after January 4, 2010, apply to the Clerk of the Municipality (The "Clerk") for a rebate.
7 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Adam Vaughan (Final)
That Council request the Province of Ontario amend the Municipal Elections Act to require the Clerk to post all campaign donations on a City of Toronto web site at least one week prior to the day of the election, and that only those donations posted one week before the election be eligible for a rebate.
6 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Rob Ford (Final)
That City Council request the Province of Ontario to amend the Municipal Elections Act to require all contributions to an election campaign in amounts $25 and greater, to be included on the candidate's audited financial statements.
8 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Frances Nunziata (Final)
That Council request the Province of Ontario to amend the Municipal Elections Act to include the compensation by employers of employees for work on Municipal Election campaigns in the definition of contributions.
9 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Shelley Carroll (Final)
That City Council request the Province of Ontario to conduct an exhaustive study of Municipal Election Finance Models, and to include in that study actual study group meetings with election and/or campaign finance authorities in relevant jurisdictions where appreciable improvements in diversity candidate numbers have been achieved, and where appreciable reductions in allegations of non-compliance, whether real or imagined, have been achieved.
The study group membership should include the following stakeholder groups:
- representatives of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
- representatives of small, medium and large Ontario Municipalities
- representatives of municipal Clerks
- representatives of the Ontario Elections Office
- 2 civic appointees.
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