Grey County Committee of the Whole Meeting Transcript — June 11, 2026

00:00:09 Speaker 01: Okay, I'd like to call to

00:00:10 Speaker 01: order this committee. The whole agenda

00:00:11 Speaker 01: of June eleventh, twenty twenty-six. At

00:00:14 Speaker 01: this point in time, I will

00:00:15 Speaker 01: put out a call. Any items

00:00:16 Speaker 01: on the agenda? Anyone wishing to

00:00:18 Speaker 01: declare a an interest? Seeing no

00:00:22 Speaker 01: hands raised, we'll move on. Then

00:00:24 Speaker 01: we'll move to the business arising

00:00:25 Speaker 01: from the minutes. And the first

00:00:27 Speaker 01: item it's item three a, and

00:00:29 Speaker 01: this. 3A, and this is with

00:00:31 Speaker 01: regards to the notice of motion

00:00:32 Speaker 01: that was provided by Councillor Greg,

00:00:35 Speaker 01: and Councillor Greg, I would like

00:00:36 Speaker 01: to ask you if you could

00:00:38 Speaker 01: please read out that notice of

00:00:39 Speaker 01: motion. I will then look for

00:00:40 Speaker 01: a seconder. If we have a

00:00:42 Speaker 01: seconder, it'll go on the floor

00:00:43 Speaker 01: for discussion. I will return to

00:00:44 Speaker 01: you for the first part of

00:00:48 Speaker 02: the discussion. Thank you. And through

00:00:50 Speaker 02: you, beg to present. Whereas the

00:00:52 Speaker 02: County of Grey is obligated to

00:00:54 Speaker 02: submit a response time performance plan

00:00:55 Speaker 02: to the Ministry of Health on

00:00:57 Speaker 02: an annual basis, and whereas the

00:00:58 Speaker 02: City of Woodland And whereas

00:00:59 Speaker 02: the City of Olmstead has identified

00:01:01 Speaker 02: rehabilitation requirements for the Olmstead Fire

00:01:02 Speaker 02: Hall, and the Township of Georgetown

00:01:03 Speaker 02: Bluffs and the Municipality of Meaford

00:01:06 Speaker 02: have identified future needs for the

00:01:08 Speaker 02: Inter-Township Fire Department. Now, therefore, Council

00:01:10 Speaker 02: for the County agrees, directs County

00:01:11 Speaker 02: staff to engage in conversations with

00:01:13 Speaker 02: the Township of Georgetown Bluffs, the

00:01:14 Speaker 02: Municipality of Meaford, and the City

00:01:17 Speaker 02: of Olmstead, and/or the relevant boards

00:01:19 Speaker 02: to analyze and ensure emergency services

00:01:21 Speaker 02: are being provided in the most

00:01:25 Speaker 01: financially responsible manner. Okay, I will

00:01:31 Speaker 01: look for a seconder. Okay, I

00:01:32 Speaker 01: see it seconded by Councillor Eccles.

00:01:33 Speaker 01: It's now on the floor for

00:01:34 Speaker 01: discussion. So I will return to

00:01:39 Speaker 02: you, Councillor Gray. Thank you. And

00:01:41 Speaker 02: just for a little bit of

00:01:43 Speaker 02: background for my colleagues around the

00:01:45 Speaker 02: county, at the City of Onondaga,

00:01:47 Speaker 02: we are certainly preparing in the

00:01:52 Speaker 02: near future for renovations and improvements

00:01:55 Speaker 02: in various for various items that

00:01:58 Speaker 02: are. deficient at the fire hall,

00:02:01 Speaker 02: and evaluating across the city as

00:02:03 Speaker 02: well, where the inner township fire

00:02:05 Speaker 02: department is located on Second Avenue

00:02:08 Speaker 02: West, adjacent to a new housing

00:02:09 Speaker 02: construct or a housing development, which

00:02:13 Speaker 02: is substantial and going to, I

00:02:16 Speaker 02: think, provide 240 homes in that

00:02:19 Speaker 02: immediate neighborhood. I'm not certain on

00:02:21 Speaker 02: where George and Bluffs sits these

00:02:23 Speaker 02: days in the municipality of Meaford

00:02:24 Speaker 02: in terms of their comfort. and

00:02:28 Speaker 02: the location, on a go-forward basis,

00:02:30 Speaker 02: it may be fine three weeks,

00:02:32 Speaker 02: three months, three years from now.

00:02:33 Speaker 02: But I think this is a

00:02:35 Speaker 02: discussion that's looking at what's best

00:02:37 Speaker 02: for the communities ten, fifteen, and

00:02:39 Speaker 02: twenty years from now. And the

00:02:44 Speaker 02: reason I think that there is

00:02:45 Speaker 02: motivation to have the county engaged

00:02:47 Speaker 02: in this is right now, adjoining

00:02:49 Speaker 02: the Onondaga Fire Hall is a

00:02:51 Speaker 02: county ambulance bay, which is owned

00:02:54 Speaker 02: by the county. we are undertaking

00:02:58 Speaker 02: an update to our response master

00:02:59 Speaker 02: plan. I don't want to say

00:03:00 Speaker 02: master plan; it wasn't a master

00:03:02 Speaker 02: plan, but it was a consultation

00:03:04 Speaker 02: study a few years ago. This

00:03:06 Speaker 02: year, we're undertaking an update to

00:03:08 Speaker 02: that to see where we stand.

00:03:14 Speaker 02: We've had some individuals discuss acknowledging

00:03:16 Speaker 02: the the growth of and expansion

00:03:18 Speaker 02: of the paramedic services within the

00:03:25 Speaker 02: county and more bases. Certainly. adds

00:03:28 Speaker 02: financial challenges into the years forward

00:03:31 Speaker 02: for the county. And why I'm

00:03:32 Speaker 02: wondering the county should be part

00:03:35 Speaker 02: of this discussion is what is

00:03:37 Speaker 02: right in terms of what the

00:03:38 Speaker 02: fire services looks like in the

00:03:40 Speaker 02: next few years in terms of

00:03:42 Speaker 02: location. So, is the best location

00:03:45 Speaker 02: for the county paramedic base long

00:03:48 Speaker 02: term? Is it still beside the

00:03:51 Speaker 02: Uinta Sound Fire Hall? or maybe

00:03:53 Speaker 02: it's located where the Inter Township

00:03:55 Speaker 02: Fire Hall currently sits now on

00:03:58 Speaker 02: Second Avenue West, which may heighten

00:04:01 Speaker 02: the response times to Georgian Bluffs

00:04:04 Speaker 02: and to the northwest portion of

00:04:07 Speaker 02: the county. We have in the

00:04:09 Speaker 02: immediate plan right now another base

00:04:15 Speaker 02: to be constructed at Cobble Beach,

00:04:16 Speaker 02: but are there improvements that we

00:04:18 Speaker 02: can make in the way that

00:04:21 Speaker 02: we're conducting? business right now, that

00:04:23 Speaker 02: may remove that financial requirement for

00:04:25 Speaker 02: an additional base in the future.

00:04:27 Speaker 02: We have to acknowledge that at

00:04:29 Speaker 02: times people do locate themselves in

00:04:32 Speaker 02: rural areas of of the of

00:04:35 Speaker 02: the the county, and one of

00:04:37 Speaker 02: the the sacrifices sometimes in doing

00:04:41 Speaker 02: so is is maybe a lesser

00:04:44 Speaker 02: standard or service response time for

00:04:45 Speaker 02: those choices are being made. It's

00:04:46 Speaker 02: just very expensive to be able

00:04:50 Speaker 02: to provide. those services across the

00:04:53 Speaker 02: county in a heightened fashion to

00:04:57 Speaker 02: to all residents. So I'm wondering

00:04:59 Speaker 02: the discussion. I don't want to

00:05:01 Speaker 02: see us continuing to operate in

00:05:04 Speaker 02: silos, which I think is that's

00:05:06 Speaker 02: the danger. In the city, we

00:05:08 Speaker 02: have our master fire plan. Georgian

00:05:11 Speaker 02: Bluffs, you probably have your master

00:05:12 Speaker 02: fire plan. Township of Meaford, you

00:05:14 Speaker 02: probably have your master fire

00:05:18 Speaker 02: plan. We have our paramedics. We

00:05:21 Speaker 02: have our paramedic services optimization response

00:05:23 Speaker 02: time plan, but my concern is,

00:05:26 Speaker 02: where's the motivation for us to

00:05:29 Speaker 02: work together in ensuring that what

00:05:32 Speaker 02: it looks like ten years, fifteen

00:05:34 Speaker 02: years from now is the best

00:05:36 Speaker 02: means of service provision for the

00:05:38 Speaker 02: residents of of Gray County and

00:05:39 Speaker 02: and Georgetown Bluffs, So and Sound,

00:05:43 Speaker 02: Meadford, but for all of us

00:05:46 Speaker 02: in terms of a response standard

00:05:49 Speaker 02: that we're all. proud of and

00:05:51 Speaker 02: satisfied with, but one that is

00:05:53 Speaker 02: financially sustainable as well and meets

00:05:56 Speaker 02: our goals and objectives. So, I

00:05:57 Speaker 02: don't know what the future could

00:06:00 Speaker 02: look like. Is a paramedic base

00:06:02 Speaker 02: at the inner township hall a

00:06:04 Speaker 02: possibility? I don't know. Is a

00:06:06 Speaker 02: new facility on the sunset strip

00:06:10 Speaker 02: or at Springmount something that would

00:06:12 Speaker 02: meet the objectives and that that

00:06:14 Speaker 02: would be fire and paramedic services?

00:06:16 Speaker 02: I don't. know what I'm asking

00:06:19 Speaker 02: us to do today is to

00:06:23 Speaker 02: direct staff to have those conversations

00:06:25 Speaker 02: and at least mine out in

00:06:28 Speaker 02: that study update. What is the

00:06:30 Speaker 02: best path forward, as opposed to

00:06:31 Speaker 02: just everyone operating in that silo

00:06:34 Speaker 02: and and moving forward in the

00:06:38 Speaker 02: in an approach that might not

00:06:41 Speaker 02: be the best financial approach going

00:06:43 Speaker 03: forward? Okay, thank you. I'll go

00:06:44 Speaker 03: to Councillor Kivney. Thank you, Madam

00:06:46 Speaker 03: Warden, and good morning, everyone. And

00:06:49 Speaker 03: I thank Councillor Greg for bringing

00:06:50 Speaker 03: this motion forward for discussion. However,

00:06:52 Speaker 03: I'm sorry to say at this

00:06:54 Speaker 03: point in time, Miford cannot support

00:06:56 Speaker 03: the motion. For I think the

00:06:59 Speaker 03: simple reason that our council and

00:07:01 Speaker 03: staff have not had an opportunity

00:07:02 Speaker 03: to discuss this, neither has the

00:07:05 Speaker 03: George and Bluffs, nor have we

00:07:06 Speaker 03: discussed it at the ITFD board

00:07:09 Speaker 03: level. Miford does have a fire

00:07:12 Speaker 03: master plan, and it does make

00:07:14 Speaker 03: some recommendations. that suggest Meaford should

00:07:17 Speaker 03: build a second hall within the

00:07:18 Speaker 03: municipality of Meaford. We haven't given

00:07:21 Speaker 03: consideration to that at this point

00:07:23 Speaker 03: in time. And Georgian Bluffs and

00:07:26 Speaker 03: and Councillor Carlton will certainly speak

00:07:29 Speaker 03: on behalf of Georgian Bluffs. You

00:07:31 Speaker 03: know, has other actions and and

00:07:33 Speaker 03: potential considerations ahead of them. So

00:07:35 Speaker 03: I think at this point in

00:07:36 Speaker 03: time, we are just not ready

00:07:38 Speaker 03: to have this conversation at the

00:07:40 Speaker 03: county level. I think it's something

00:07:42 Speaker 03: that needs to be discussed. prior

00:07:45 Speaker 03: to that between Mefford and Georgetown

00:07:46 Speaker 03: Bluffs and the ITFD board. And

00:07:49 Speaker 03: if some decision is made at

00:07:51 Speaker 03: that point in time that requires

00:07:52 Speaker 03: involvement from the county, we can

00:07:53 Speaker 03: come back and have that discussion

00:07:54 Speaker 03: then. But I do not believe

00:07:59 Speaker 03: we're ready at this point in

00:08:02 Speaker 03: time to move forward with this.

00:08:04 Speaker 04: Okay, thank you. Other comments? I'll

00:08:07 Speaker 04: go to Councilor Carlton. Thank you,

00:08:09 Speaker 04: Warden, and good morning, County Council.

00:08:11 Speaker 04: So, I think that tying all

00:08:15 Speaker 04: of this together at this point

00:08:16 Speaker 04: is a little ahead of its

00:08:19 Speaker 04: time. I think the timing is

00:08:20 Speaker 04: a little off, and I say

00:08:23 Speaker 04: that because, yes, George and Bluffs

00:08:25 Speaker 04: and me for do jointly own

00:08:27 Speaker 04: the inner township fire department, but

00:08:29 Speaker 04: outside of that ownership, we each

00:08:31 Speaker 04: have our own individual fire master

00:08:33 Speaker 04: plans. And at this time, George

00:08:35 Speaker 04: and Bluffs is a draft fire

00:08:36 Speaker 04: master plan that has not been

00:08:39 Speaker 04: approved by council. We're waiting for

00:08:41 Speaker 04: a report to come back on

00:08:43 Speaker 04: the 67 recommendations that are within

00:08:46 Speaker 04: that report to identify what the

00:08:48 Speaker 04: future needs are for George and

00:08:51 Speaker 04: Bluffs Fire Services and what we

00:08:52 Speaker 04: can reasonably afford to implement. I

00:08:54 Speaker 04: think Hanover recently built a new

00:08:56 Speaker 04: fire hall at a cost of

00:08:57 Speaker 04: seven and a half million dollars.

00:08:59 Speaker 04: That would be a substantial investment

00:09:02 Speaker 04: that George and Bluffs, Meford, and

00:09:04 Speaker 04: ITFD are going to have

00:09:06 Speaker 04: to need to plan for very

00:09:09 Speaker 04: carefully and have. And having a

00:09:10 Speaker 04: dialogue with neighboring municipalities before our

00:09:13 Speaker 04: own council has had these discussions

00:09:14 Speaker 04: and have agreed upon the long-term

00:09:16 Speaker 04: vision for Georgian Bluffs Fire Master

00:09:17 Speaker 04: Plan feels a bit like putting

00:09:19 Speaker 04: the cart before the horse. I

00:09:21 Speaker 04: would suggest that we're not ready

00:09:23 Speaker 04: to have those discussions yet, and

00:09:26 Speaker 04: that when we are ready, our

00:09:28 Speaker 04: first conversation will be with Miford

00:09:30 Speaker 04: as joint owner of ITFD. Like

00:09:32 Speaker 04: I said, I question the timing

00:09:34 Speaker 04: of this report. I think part

00:09:34 Speaker 04: of what is holding. us up

00:09:37 Speaker 04: at Georgian Bluffs is the fact

00:09:40 Speaker 04: that we're going to have a

00:09:42 Speaker 04: new council looking at a draft

00:09:44 Speaker 04: fire master plan, and proceeding with

00:09:46 Speaker 04: large dollar value items at this

00:09:50 Speaker 04: time just does not seem right.

00:09:51 Speaker 04: So, those reasons I can't support

00:09:54 Speaker 04: this motion at this time. Thank

00:09:57 Speaker 05: you. Thank you. I'll just look

00:10:00 Speaker 05: for any other comments. I'll go

00:10:04 Speaker 05: to Councilor Dobrin. Thank you. Good

00:10:06 Speaker 05: morning, Warden and County Council. I.

00:10:08 Speaker 05: agree with the conversation. I want

00:10:11 Speaker 05: to thank Councilor Greg for bringing

00:10:14 Speaker 05: or opening up the conversation to

00:10:17 Speaker 05: be had, and I would think

00:10:20 Speaker 05: that there would be a natural

00:10:23 Speaker 05: progression in those discussions between Georgetown

00:10:26 Speaker 05: Bluffs and Mefford. That as they

00:10:30 Speaker 05: develop and explore their options, they

00:10:34 Speaker 05: would naturally seek out input from

00:10:36 Speaker 05: Paramedic Services to. if they're going

00:10:39 Speaker 05: to think about redeveloping or relocating.

00:10:41 Speaker 05: So, for that reason, I will

00:10:46 Speaker 05: not support the motion at this

00:10:50 Speaker 05: time, but encourage the conversations to

00:10:53 Speaker 05: happen naturally. Okay, thank you. Well,

00:11:01 Speaker 05: good, Councillor Body. Thank you. I

00:11:03 Speaker 05: thank my my co-pilot here for

00:11:08 Speaker 05: bringing this motion to engage. in

00:11:09 Speaker 05: conversations. That's all. That's all. Let's

00:11:11 Speaker 05: have the conversation. Let's have the

00:11:13 Speaker 05: discussion. I would encourage both of

00:11:14 Speaker 06: you to have all the options

00:11:17 Speaker 06: on the table before you start

00:11:18 Speaker 06: making decisions. Not make decisions and

00:11:23 Speaker 06: then come back and say, "Oh,

00:11:25 Speaker 06: sorry, we've already made a decision.

00:11:26 Speaker 06: We can't have this conversation." There

00:11:29 Speaker 06: may be financial gains for you

00:11:30 Speaker 06: to be able. to move forward

00:11:34 Speaker 06: with this. If you have the

00:11:38 Speaker 06: conversation, you might be able to

00:11:40 Speaker 06: move the ball forward. I just

00:11:43 Speaker 06: think every opportunity that we have

00:11:44 Speaker 06: to work through the county to

00:11:47 Speaker 06: look at opportunities to be more

00:11:48 Speaker 06: efficient, to look at all the

00:11:49 Speaker 06: options that are on the table

00:11:50 Speaker 06: as we make our decisions. The

00:11:52 Speaker 06: lower tier. I don't. I don't

00:11:54 Speaker 06: think we have to make decisions

00:11:56 Speaker 06: at the lower tier. We haven't

00:11:58 Speaker 06: made any decisions at the lower

00:11:59 Speaker 06: tier. Decisions of the Lord here

00:12:01 Speaker 06: on on this, but we're willing

00:12:04 Speaker 06: to have that conversation. And I

00:12:05 Speaker 06: don't think we should ever turn

00:12:15 Speaker 07: down the opportunity to have the

00:12:18 Speaker 07: the county lead us on conversations

00:12:19 Speaker 07: and things that could benefit all

00:12:22 Speaker 07: of us. Thanks. Okay, thank you,

00:12:24 Speaker 07: Councillor Pringle. Thanks, Ward. Great comments

00:12:26 Speaker 07: by everybody here, and I will

00:12:27 Speaker 07: support Councillor Keaveny and Councillor Carlton

00:12:28 Speaker 07: on. our ask not to support,

00:12:30 Speaker 07: but I do want to commend

00:12:32 Speaker 07: Councilor Greg for bringing this forward.

00:12:33 Speaker 07: It is you know it's an

00:12:35 Speaker 07: initiative that we've been talking about

00:12:36 Speaker 07: for years. It's something that will

00:12:37 Speaker 07: happen down the road. Are we

00:12:39 Speaker 07: ready to take it to the

00:12:40 Speaker 07: county level? I'm not sure we're

00:12:43 Speaker 07: ready to do that yet. Are

00:12:44 Speaker 07: we open for conversation? 100. We

00:12:45 Speaker 07: want to do the right thing

00:12:46 Speaker 07: as a township for us, Meaford,

00:12:47 Speaker 07: Owen Sound, you know everybody in

00:12:50 Speaker 07: Grey County. This is it's a

00:12:51 Speaker 07: team effort at the end of

00:12:53 Speaker 07: the day that we want to

00:12:55 Speaker 07: do the right thing and be

00:12:56 Speaker 07: financially responsible. I just do believe

00:12:59 Speaker 07: as two townships right now, we

00:13:00 Speaker 07: may not be ready for all

00:13:03 Speaker 07: those conversations or have those conversations.

00:13:05 Speaker 07: We want to sit down and

00:13:06 Speaker 07: talk it out. Nothing better than

00:13:07 Speaker 07: talking to a director. We nabbed

00:13:08 Speaker 07: there about you know the paramedic

00:13:11 Speaker 07: side of things and what they

00:13:12 Speaker 07: need. Obviously, we want to do

00:13:13 Speaker 07: the right thing at the end

00:13:15 Speaker 07: of the day as two townships

00:13:15 Speaker 07: in the county. But are we

00:13:17 Speaker 07: ready for that yet? I don't

00:13:19 Speaker 07: believe we are. We've talked about

00:13:20 Speaker 07: it. You know, there's a lot

00:13:25 Speaker 07: of things to put in play.

00:13:31 Speaker 07: 100 open to the conversations, but

00:13:32 Speaker 07: I don't. believe we can support

00:13:35 Speaker 07: this at this time. Thank you.

00:13:38 Speaker 02: Okay, thank you. Other comments, Councillor

00:13:40 Speaker 02: Greg. If I could just speak

00:13:42 Speaker 02: to the question of timing, the

00:13:45 Speaker 02: motivation on the timing is because

00:13:46 Speaker 02: this year we are undertaking an

00:13:48 Speaker 02: update to the response plan, so

00:13:50 Speaker 02: this is an issue of not

00:13:52 Speaker 02: missing an opportunity because that opportunity

00:13:54 Speaker 02: is not there next year. It's

00:13:57 Speaker 02: not there in. two years. This

00:13:59 Speaker 02: is a potentially, I don't know,

00:14:00 Speaker 02: three five year update to the

00:14:02 Speaker 02: plan. So that's what motivates it

00:14:04 Speaker 02: now this year. Because I think

00:14:05 Speaker 02: we could talk about the timing,

00:14:08 Speaker 02: but I think you're losing the

00:14:09 Speaker 02: opportunity when you kick it down

00:14:12 Speaker 02: the road. This is the moment

00:14:14 Speaker 02: before the county right now when

00:14:18 Speaker 02: we are evaluating what the future

00:14:19 Speaker 02: response times look like and where

00:14:25 Speaker 02: bases would be located to support

00:14:28 Speaker 02: that. So just wanted to speak

00:14:29 Speaker 02: to that part. Thank you. I'll

00:14:31 Speaker 03: go to Councillor Kivney. Thank you,

00:14:33 Speaker 03: Warden Matrasovs. So, further to Councillor

00:14:35 Speaker 03: Greg's comment about the review, could

00:14:36 Speaker 03: I ask of staff of CIO

00:14:43 Speaker 03: or the Deputy CIO to share

00:14:45 Speaker 08: if there are any updates at

00:14:47 Speaker 08: this time that you can bring

00:14:51 Speaker 08: to council in relation to that

00:14:52 Speaker 08: report? Through you, Warden. Thank you,

00:14:55 Speaker 08: Councillor Kivney. Through you, Warden. Thank

00:14:56 Speaker 08: you, Councillor Kibney, and and the

00:14:58 Speaker 08: comments and discussion around this this

00:15:00 Speaker 08: topic, with respect to the deployment

00:15:02 Speaker 08: review. And I'll look to either

00:15:04 Speaker 08: Niall or Kevin to to also

00:15:07 Speaker 08: confirm some details with respect to

00:15:09 Speaker 08: that. We're in the early stages

00:15:12 Speaker 08: of doing the deployment review that

00:15:15 Speaker 08: was included in the 2026 budget

00:15:17 Speaker 08: to do a deployment review update.

00:15:19 Speaker 08: We're gathering some data and information.

00:15:20 Speaker 08: We'll be moving forward with with

00:15:21 Speaker 08: that that process in in the

00:15:23 Speaker 08: near term. That will hopefully help

00:15:26 Speaker 08: to inform what what this looks

00:15:28 Speaker 08: like in terms of some of

00:15:30 Speaker 08: the growth pressures that obviously we're

00:15:32 Speaker 08: seeing in some of our communities

00:15:35 Speaker 08: as it relates to response times.

00:15:36 Speaker 08: Some of our aging population that's

00:15:39 Speaker 08: also a factor in terms of

00:15:42 Speaker 08: seeing our response times increasing over

00:15:44 Speaker 08: the last number of years, and

00:15:45 Speaker 08: making sure that we're maintaining those

00:15:48 Speaker 08: response times. So so there will

00:15:50 Speaker 08: be an update provided. Councilor Greg's

00:15:52 Speaker 08: correct in terms of the the

00:15:54 Speaker 08: latest deployment review. identifies a need

00:15:57 Speaker 08: for a base at some point

00:15:59 Speaker 08: in Cabo Beach. It's currently, as

00:16:01 Speaker 08: per the last update, was the

00:16:03 Speaker 08: last plan review was scheduled for

00:16:05 Speaker 08: 2028. We do anticipate through this

00:16:09 Speaker 08: update that that will likely be

00:16:11 Speaker 08: pushed pushed out further to 2028.

00:16:15 Speaker 08: We won't know until we go

00:16:18 Speaker 08: through that analysis. Of course, we'll

00:16:20 Speaker 08: be bringing back the findings of

00:16:22 Speaker 08: the deployment review update to council

00:16:23 Speaker 08: for for review. Once that's completed,

00:16:26 Speaker 08: we're of course happy to have

00:16:27 Speaker 08: any conversations and recognizing the comments

00:16:29 Speaker 08: in terms of silos, the bases

00:16:32 Speaker 08: that we've been proceeding with to

00:16:34 Speaker 08: date. We always try to look

00:16:34 Speaker 08: for opportunities to work with municipalities

00:16:39 Speaker 08: on whether there's land that's owned

00:16:43 Speaker 08: by the municipalities that we can

00:16:44 Speaker 08: we can move forward with building

00:16:45 Speaker 08: a base on. We did that

00:16:47 Speaker 08: in partnership with the Durham base,

00:16:50 Speaker 08: for example. We did that in

00:16:52 Speaker 08: partnership with the Fevers. Did that

00:16:53 Speaker 08: in partnership with the Feversham Base

00:16:56 Speaker 08: with with Misspale Gray Highlands, the

00:16:58 Speaker 08: the one that's what's not identified

00:16:59 Speaker 08: in the deployment review, but we're

00:17:01 Speaker 08: still working through potentially options is

00:17:03 Speaker 08: is the Dundalk Base, and so

00:17:05 Speaker 08: we're always willing to have those

00:17:07 Speaker 08: discussions with the municipalities to make

00:17:09 Speaker 08: sure that we're exploring what's the

00:17:11 Speaker 08: best approach to make sure that

00:17:12 Speaker 08: we're trying to do this and

00:17:14 Speaker 08: as cost efficient as possible. So

00:17:16 Speaker 08: we will continue to do that

00:17:17 Speaker 08: for for the other bases that

00:17:18 Speaker 08: have been identified, and following the

00:17:20 Speaker 08: deployment review update. again, depending on

00:17:22 Speaker 08: the timing of the Cobble Beach

00:17:23 Speaker 08: one, if it sounds like maybe

00:17:26 Speaker 08: at some point there may be

00:17:28 Speaker 08: a need to explore something that

00:17:29 Speaker 08: relates to the Owen Sound Fire

00:17:33 Speaker 08: Department, the Owen Sound base, which

00:17:35 Speaker 08: again is not identified in the

00:17:38 Speaker 08: deployment review. But we're happy to

00:17:39 Speaker 08: have those conversations if that need

00:17:41 Speaker 08: arises and what that looks like.

00:17:42 Speaker 08: So, so I just want to

00:17:45 Speaker 08: note that that we we try

00:17:50 Speaker 08: to work through those options and

00:17:52 Speaker 09: opportunities with municipalities as it relates

00:17:54 Speaker 09: to from our perspective the deployment

00:17:55 Speaker 09: review. update side of things. I

00:17:56 Speaker 09: don't know if that captures everything,

00:17:58 Speaker 09: but if Niall and Kevin have

00:18:00 Speaker 09: any further, I'll also look to

00:18:01 Speaker 09: them. But thank you. Okay, Director

00:18:04 Speaker 09: McAvoy, anything? Yeah, just maybe to

00:18:05 Speaker 09: add to that, that when the

00:18:06 Speaker 09: ORH did the last review, they

00:18:08 Speaker 09: did look at our current base

00:18:10 Speaker 09: locations, the seven at that time

00:18:12 Speaker 09: that existed, and they felt that

00:18:13 Speaker 09: they were the best match to

00:18:15 Speaker 09: meet the demands of the county.

00:18:17 Speaker 09: It's always balancing the the urban

00:18:19 Speaker 09: versus the rural. You know, we

00:18:20 Speaker 09: try to do the best we

00:18:21 Speaker 09: can with response times. Obviously, the

00:18:22 Speaker 09: more resources you put in an

00:18:24 Speaker 09: urban area, the larger impact. But

00:18:26 Speaker 09: you still have to balance that

00:18:28 Speaker 09: out with the extended response times.

00:18:29 Speaker 09: So, the urban areas generally do

00:18:31 Speaker 09: have a better response time. But

00:18:32 Speaker 09: I use that analogy: if it

00:18:34 Speaker 09: takes you 15 minutes to get

00:18:36 Speaker 09: a bag of milk, it probably

00:18:40 Speaker 01: takes 15 minutes to get an

00:18:42 Speaker 01: ambulance. Like we're in the main

00:18:45 Speaker 01: towns. So, but ORH will be

00:18:47 Speaker 01: looking at that as a part

00:18:53 Speaker 01: of this, as far as base

00:18:54 Speaker 01: locations, and to be able to

00:18:56 Speaker 01: balance that need of call volume,

00:19:04 Speaker 01: you know, the density versus the

00:19:06 Speaker 01: rural, and try to balance that

00:19:12 Speaker 01: out. Okay, thank you. Nothing further

00:19:14 Speaker 01: from the deputy Cao. Okay, other

00:19:15 Speaker 01: comments from around the committee, the

00:19:17 Speaker 10: whole table. Okay, all right then.

00:19:32 Speaker 01: I'm seeing no further discussion, so

00:19:35 Speaker 01: I'll call the vote. All those

00:19:37 Speaker 01: in favor. Okay, and those opposed.

00:19:40 Speaker 01: Okay, Madam Clerk, did you want

00:19:43 Speaker 01: to take a moment just to

00:19:45 Speaker 01: count? Okay, let me just call

00:19:47 Speaker 01: those two votes again, so the

00:19:50 Speaker 01: clerk can take a tally. All

00:19:52 Speaker 01: those in favor, and those opposed.

00:19:55 Speaker 01: Okay, so that motion is lost.

00:19:56 Speaker 01: Thank you very much for the

00:19:58 Speaker 01: the thoughtful conversation that that has

00:20:01 Speaker 01: gone on around this. See, CEO,

00:20:03 Speaker 01: what I hear is that the

00:20:06 Speaker 01: work is already continue is already

00:20:08 Speaker 01: in progress about looking at this

00:20:10 Speaker 01: this analysis, and we've heard from

00:20:12 Speaker 01: Director McNab as well, and and

00:20:13 Speaker 01: that is having conversations with the

00:20:15 Speaker 01: lower tiers along the way that

00:20:17 Speaker 01: that you're already engaged. in those

00:20:19 Speaker 01: conversations, so that kind of work

00:20:21 Speaker 01: does not stop just because this

00:20:23 Speaker 01: motion is defeated. Okay, and the

00:20:26 Speaker 01: CEO is concurring that, and certainly

00:20:29 Speaker 01: in my lifetime, sitting here in

00:20:31 Speaker 01: the warden's chair, working with the

00:20:33 Speaker 01: CEO and the deputy CEO, we

00:20:35 Speaker 01: have had we've have been able

00:20:37 Speaker 01: to facilitate conversations when two or

00:20:39 Speaker 01: more municipalities are involved on a

00:20:42 Speaker 01: particular topic. It is very fruitful

00:20:44 Speaker 01: and very helpful. So we remain

00:20:45 Speaker 01: here, and and part of that

00:20:47 Speaker 01: that process. when the lower tier

00:20:50 Speaker 01: municipalities have had their conversations or

00:20:54 Speaker 01: have started their conversations together. At

00:20:55 Speaker 01: some point in time, it may

00:20:56 Speaker 01: be, especially because the topic of

00:20:58 Speaker 01: paramedics is involved in this, that

00:21:00 Speaker 01: we will remain ready and and

00:21:01 Speaker 01: listen to the lower tiers that

00:21:06 Speaker 01: are involved on when they may

00:21:10 Speaker 01: wish to have some sort of

00:21:11 Speaker 01: coordinated conversation where the county would

00:21:13 Speaker 01: participate as well. Okay, all right.

00:21:15 Speaker 01: So let's move on to our

00:21:16 Speaker 01: delegation. This morning, we are going

00:21:20 Speaker 01: to hear the annual report and

00:21:22 Speaker 01: update from the Nuclear Innovation Institute.

00:21:24 Speaker 01: So, with that, I would like

00:21:29 Speaker 01: to welcome President Lythorn up to

00:21:31 Speaker 01: the lectern. Good to see you

00:21:32 Speaker 01: here, and we always look forward

00:21:33 Speaker 01: to hearing the the update from

00:21:34 Speaker 01: you because it's always very exciting.

00:21:36 Speaker 01: There's always been lots that's been

00:21:37 Speaker 01: happening over the year. So, welcome.

00:21:39 Speaker 01: And are you operating your slides?

00:21:40 Speaker 01: Or okay, so you're good for

00:21:40 Speaker 01: that. Excellent. The floor is yours.

00:21:42 Speaker 01: Great. Thank you so much, Madam

00:21:44 Speaker 01: Warden, and good to see you.

00:21:46 Speaker 01: Good to see all of all

00:21:47 Speaker 01: of the councilors in the room.

00:21:48 Speaker 01: And we're so grateful, the Nuclear

00:21:50 Speaker 01: Innovations team, for the relationships that

00:21:53 Speaker 11: we have with each of you.

00:21:56 Speaker 11: So, thanks for allowing me to

00:21:58 Speaker 11: come today and give you a

00:22:00 Speaker 11: bit of an update. This is

00:22:03 Speaker 11: actually a reflection from our 2025

00:22:05 Speaker 11: annual report, but a little bit

00:22:07 Speaker 11: of insight into where we're heading

00:22:09 Speaker 11: this year. Which I remind the

00:22:10 Speaker 11: team, we're halfway through the year,

00:22:11 Speaker 11: so lots of really good work

00:22:12 Speaker 11: on the way. Our 2025 annual

00:22:13 Speaker 11: report really celebrates building our strength

00:22:15 Speaker 11: at home, building our strength here

00:22:17 Speaker 11: in rural Ontario, building strength in

00:22:19 Speaker 11: across Ontario, but for Canada, you

00:22:21 Speaker 11: know, lifting up our nation, being

00:22:23 Speaker 11: proud Canadians as we all are,

00:22:24 Speaker 11: and we're seeing that proof. I'm

00:22:25 Speaker 11: going to talk a little bit

00:22:28 Speaker 11: more about that later in the

00:22:30 Speaker 11: presentation. But some of the work

00:22:31 Speaker 11: that we're doing at the NII

00:22:34 Speaker 11: is being received through federal policy

00:22:36 Speaker 11: discussion. It is being recognized at

00:22:37 Speaker 11: a national level. We are having

00:22:39 Speaker 11: outreach, you. know, from places like

00:22:39 Speaker 11: Sask Power saying, "Hey, how are

00:22:42 Speaker 11: you doing that in your rural

00:22:44 Speaker 11: context in your rural region, building

00:22:48 Speaker 11: this ecosystem?" And so that excitement

00:22:50 Speaker 11: for this, and it aligns well

00:22:52 Speaker 11: with our NII vision of a

00:22:53 Speaker 11: Canadian landscape that celebrates nuclear. We're

00:22:54 Speaker 11: starting to to have more of

00:22:58 Speaker 11: that discussion and be recognized. So

00:22:59 Speaker 11: something for all of us to

00:23:01 Speaker 11: be really proud of, and in

00:23:05 Speaker 11: particular as rural Ontarians, you know,

00:23:07 Speaker 11: lifting up that that flag and

00:23:10 Speaker 11: and being proud. So as a

00:23:12 Speaker 11: you know level set, the NAI

00:23:13 Speaker 11: is a member-based not-for-profit, so we're

00:23:15 Speaker 11: grateful every day and very collaborative

00:23:16 Speaker 11: with our founding members: so Bruce

00:23:18 Speaker 11: Power, BWXT, Cameco, CanDo Energy, YesFox,

00:23:21 Speaker 11: and Canetrics. And we also work

00:23:22 Speaker 11: very closely with the Power Workers

00:23:24 Speaker 11: Union and the Town of Saugeen

00:23:26 Speaker 11: Shores. James Skanak, as our board

00:23:28 Speaker 11: chair, has been endlessly, tirelessly helping

00:23:28 Speaker 11: us move all of these files

00:23:31 Speaker 11: forward, and we're really, really proud

00:23:32 Speaker 11: of the work. And it's been

00:23:34 Speaker 11: such a career privilege, quite frankly,

00:23:36 Speaker 11: to work so closely with James.

00:23:37 Speaker 11: and learn from him, and by

00:23:39 Speaker 11: positioning us the way that we

00:23:40 Speaker 11: have as a team, we're really

00:23:42 Speaker 11: driving this innovation forward. In particular,

00:23:45 Speaker 11: with sector transformation projects, and I'm

00:23:47 Speaker 11: going to talk a little bit

00:23:49 Speaker 11: about that. Before I do go

00:23:50 Speaker 11: further, I do want to say,

00:23:52 Speaker 11: as part of this this slide,

00:23:53 Speaker 11: and we think about 26 and

00:23:55 Speaker 11: this momentum. If you've caught in

00:23:57 Speaker 11: the news last week or earlier

00:23:59 Speaker 11: this week, I guess it was

00:24:00 Speaker 11: Bruce Power brought Unit Three back

00:24:02 Speaker 11: online seven months ahead of schedule,

00:24:04 Speaker 11: saving ratepayers 150 million dollars. Pays

00:24:06 Speaker 11: 150 million dollars throughout the province

00:24:07 Speaker 11: of Ontario, and so when we

00:24:11 Speaker 11: talk about on time and on

00:24:13 Speaker 11: budget, I remind Minister Leche at

00:24:14 Speaker 11: the NII we're in the business

00:24:15 Speaker 11: of ahead of schedule and under

00:24:18 Speaker 11: budget, and that's I mean music

00:24:20 Speaker 11: to ears as well, right? So

00:24:21 Speaker 11: it's it's quite an exciting time.

00:24:22 Speaker 11: We have this tremendous momentum as

00:24:24 Speaker 11: a sector. We've got this national

00:24:25 Speaker 11: reach, and so quite frankly, the

00:24:26 Speaker 11: sky's the limit. We're very excited

00:24:29 Speaker 11: about the future. So reflecting on

00:24:31 Speaker 11: 2025, there's a few numbers here,

00:24:33 Speaker 11: and if you have a look

00:24:35 Speaker 11: at our annual report. which is

00:24:36 Speaker 11: available online. There's more metrics throughout

00:24:37 Speaker 11: the report, but in particular, when

00:24:40 Speaker 11: I look at some of these

00:24:41 Speaker 11: numbers, I do want to thank

00:24:43 Speaker 11: the County of Grey and your

00:24:45 Speaker 11: member municipalities for your engagement. And

00:24:46 Speaker 11: in particular, I'll call out with

00:24:47 Speaker 11: the Community Resilience Strategy. I know

00:24:49 Speaker 11: that Grey County and partners within

00:24:51 Speaker 11: the county were very engaged in

00:24:53 Speaker 11: that work under the leadership of

00:24:54 Speaker 11: Kate McKinnon at the Nuclear Innovation

00:24:56 Speaker 11: Institute, and it's something that we're

00:24:59 Speaker 11: very proud of. Last year, we

00:25:01 Speaker 11: hosted the Built to Lead event

00:25:03 Speaker 11: at our campus building, but this

00:25:06 Speaker 11: year we. hosted it at Sydenham

00:25:10 Speaker 11: Campus, and so I did want

00:25:11 Speaker 11: to say thank you again to

00:25:12 Speaker 11: Gray County and Savannah in particular,

00:25:14 Speaker 11: and her team have been real

00:25:15 Speaker 11: champions with us on this work,

00:25:16 Speaker 11: and and the collaboration is is

00:25:18 Speaker 11: helping us show and demonstrate this

00:25:20 Speaker 11: success and this reach for

00:25:22 Speaker 11: children and youth and other parties

00:25:24 Speaker 11: that might be engaged and curious

00:25:26 Speaker 11: about nuclear and supporting that workforce

00:25:28 Speaker 11: development. So, so with that, sector

00:25:31 Speaker 11: transformation. So I'm going to spend

00:25:32 Speaker 11: a couple minutes telling you about

00:25:34 Speaker 11: some of the. work we did

00:25:35 Speaker 11: last year, and I remind myself,

00:25:37 Speaker 11: you know, the projects we're doing

00:25:41 Speaker 11: now. I'll talk about next year,

00:25:41 Speaker 11: but right now we are working

00:25:43 Speaker 11: on some really incredible sector transformation

00:25:46 Speaker 11: projects around computer vision and some

00:25:47 Speaker 11: tooling and robotics. So, lots of

00:25:49 Speaker 11: really tangible things happening. But in

00:25:50 Speaker 11: addition to some of those those

00:25:52 Speaker 11: projects that require a little bit

00:25:53 Speaker 11: more investment, we're doing some of

00:25:54 Speaker 11: these projects through a program called

00:25:55 Speaker 11: Kaizen for Nuclear, and this is

00:25:57 Speaker 11: looking at that operational excellence, that

00:25:59 Speaker 11: continuous improvement. and so you know

00:26:00 Speaker 11: you see kind of four things

00:26:01 Speaker 11: here. History docket is a is

00:26:02 Speaker 11: a process that happens between our

00:26:04 Speaker 11: founding members and Bruce Power. Everybody

00:26:06 Speaker 11: sort of came to the table

00:26:07 Speaker 11: and said, "Hey, this thing is

00:26:11 Speaker 11: this process is just added and

00:26:13 Speaker 11: added and added." And I mean,

00:26:14 Speaker 11: we can all sort of reflect

00:26:16 Speaker 11: on when this happens in our

00:26:18 Speaker 11: own lives, and you know these

00:26:19 Speaker 11: processes get wonky. But when you

00:26:20 Speaker 11: when you scale back and look

00:26:22 Speaker 11: at it, and if you do

00:26:23 Speaker 11: it through this Kaizen for nuclear

00:26:25 Speaker 11: lens, in our case, it's about

00:26:29 Speaker 11: unpacking that process, finding where there's

00:26:31 Speaker 11: gaps or where there's waste, wasted

00:26:33 Speaker 11: time. wasted effort. Repurposing that, and

00:26:35 Speaker 11: now we're saving time. And when

00:26:37 Speaker 11: we are saving time, we're saving

00:26:38 Speaker 11: money. And so, through these four

00:26:40 Speaker 11: examples, it's just a demonstration

00:26:42 Speaker 11: of some of the work that

00:26:46 Speaker 11: we have done that has proven

00:26:48 Speaker 11: to save that time and money

00:26:49 Speaker 11: for our founding members. Which is

00:26:51 Speaker 11: again the collaboration and the efficiency

00:26:52 Speaker 11: found. It's quite exciting. We also

00:26:54 Speaker 11: had an opportunity last year to

00:26:55 Speaker 11: host the Advanced Advanced Nuclear Research

00:26:56 Speaker 11: Center, which is based at Strathclyde

00:26:57 Speaker 11: University in Scotland. They have a

00:26:59 Speaker 11: research City in Scotland, they have

00:27:01 Speaker 11: a researcher that came over and

00:27:03 Speaker 11: spoke with us about a new

00:27:04 Speaker 11: technology using light and artificial intelligence

00:27:06 Speaker 11: to inspect concrete. And this this

00:27:07 Speaker 11: prototype, this this research that they

00:27:09 Speaker 11: brought over to share, could find

00:27:10 Speaker 11: cracks as small as 0.1 millimeters.

00:27:13 Speaker 11: So it was sort of this

00:27:15 Speaker 11: interesting piece. And the reason why

00:27:15 Speaker 11: I picked this innovation day to

00:27:18 Speaker 11: share with you is that we

00:27:19 Speaker 11: did invite Grey County, and Grey

00:27:21 Speaker 11: County did have representation at our

00:27:23 Speaker 11: innovation day. And with that, you

00:27:25 Speaker 11: know, this is the type of

00:27:27 Speaker 11: work that as we are doing

00:27:28 Speaker 11: it, when I think with a

00:27:29 Speaker 11: municipal lens, or why does this

00:27:31 Speaker 11: matter to you? We have lots

00:27:33 Speaker 11: of concrete and nuclear, and you

00:27:35 Speaker 11: have lots of concrete and municipal.

00:27:37 Speaker 11: And so, when we find efficiencies

00:27:38 Speaker 11: in some of the work we're

00:27:42 Speaker 11: doing, whether that be through tooling,

00:27:43 Speaker 11: robotics, or AI—you know, whatever the

00:27:45 Speaker 11: case might be—when we discover these

00:27:45 Speaker 11: these new pieces of tech that

00:27:47 Speaker 11: we can bring into the nuclear

00:27:50 Speaker 11: sector, we'll continue to have conversation

00:27:52 Speaker 11: with you on what that might

00:27:53 Speaker 11: look like for the municipal sector,

00:27:56 Speaker 11: which I think is a is

00:27:59 Speaker 11: really interesting. And again, just recognizing

00:28:01 Speaker 11: how fast technology. and the economy

00:28:02 Speaker 11: are shifting. We're happy to do

00:28:05 Speaker 11: that and and grateful for your

00:28:08 Speaker 11: ongoing support too. So I talked

00:28:10 Speaker 11: a little bit about the built

00:28:12 Speaker 11: to lead event that happened at

00:28:13 Speaker 11: Sydenham Campus, and it was such

00:28:16 Speaker 11: a wonderful success, and that's a

00:28:18 Speaker 11: 2026 success story. But last year

00:28:20 Speaker 11: as well, we saw over 400

00:28:21 Speaker 11: students coming to that. That's an

00:28:22 Speaker 11: event for young women, grade seven

00:28:24 Speaker 11: to twelve. That's the target audience.

00:28:29 Speaker 11: Absolutely open to the public, and

00:28:30 Speaker 11: it's about bringing the skilled trade

00:28:32 Speaker 11: opportunities forward. and helping girls, young

00:28:34 Speaker 11: women, see themselves in the skilled

00:28:35 Speaker 11: trades. And so again, really exciting

00:28:38 Speaker 11: and quite, quite frankly, very impactful

00:28:40 Speaker 11: work to inspire some of these

00:28:41 Speaker 11: young women to see themselves in

00:28:42 Speaker 11: these roles. In addition, you

00:28:46 Speaker 11: know, we're we're continuing. Last year,

00:28:48 Speaker 11: we did our our Model

00:28:50 Speaker 11: UN. We did a Science Olympics

00:28:53 Speaker 11: event as well. So bringing some

00:28:55 Speaker 11: of these opportunities for our youth

00:28:58 Speaker 11: in the region. And then our

00:29:00 Speaker 11: our third sort of pillar,

00:29:03 Speaker 11: we've got the sector transfer. Pillar,

00:29:05 Speaker 11: we've got that sector transformation and

00:29:07 Speaker 11: that skilled development pillar, but then

00:29:09 Speaker 11: our industry voice, and this is

00:29:12 Speaker 11: the advocacy work, and again, working

00:29:13 Speaker 11: with Grey County very closely through

00:29:16 Speaker 11: Savannah and her team, and just

00:29:20 Speaker 11: this tremendous leadership that we're seeing

00:29:21 Speaker 11: with our municipal partners, bringing forward

00:29:23 Speaker 11: advocacy efforts, being aligned, whether that

00:29:24 Speaker 11: be through the Southwestern Ontario Isotope

00:29:26 Speaker 11: Coalition, and next week we have

00:29:29 Speaker 11: an opportunity through the SLYC to

00:29:30 Speaker 11: tour the McMaster Research Reactor, so

00:29:32 Speaker 11: that's quite exciting. So bringing these

00:29:34 Speaker 11: opportunities again, helping people understand the

00:29:35 Speaker 11: opportunity of isotope production at Bruce

00:29:40 Speaker 11: Power. How do we work together

00:29:42 Speaker 11: to build this ecosystem? And so

00:29:44 Speaker 11: that's really tremendous work underway. But

00:29:46 Speaker 11: then also through the Clean Energy

00:29:47 Speaker 11: Frontier Program, where we recognize messaging

00:29:49 Speaker 11: alignment, support as you prepare to

00:29:52 Speaker 11: go to AML as an

00:29:54 Speaker 11: example. The Nuclear Innovation Institute team,

00:29:57 Speaker 11: we're ready to help you if

00:30:00 Speaker 11: you have questions about nuclear or

00:30:02 Speaker 11: growth projections. What does Bruce C

00:30:06 Speaker 11: look like? We've done some of

00:30:09 Speaker 11: this economic impact research on these

00:30:11 Speaker 11: initiatives, so we have lots of

00:30:13 Speaker 11: data to share with you, and

00:30:15 Speaker 11: we'll continue to do that. Another

00:30:17 Speaker 11: initiative through our Industry Voice portfolio

00:30:20 Speaker 11: is the Green Ribbon Panel, and

00:30:23 Speaker 11: the Green Ribbon Panel, the

00:30:24 Speaker 11: NII serves as a secretariat to

00:30:26 Speaker 11: the Green Ribbon Panel, and this

00:30:28 Speaker 11: group is a collection of labor

00:30:31 Speaker 11: union groups, industry representatives, other strategic

00:30:33 Speaker 11: partners that are really coming together.

00:30:35 Speaker 11: to ensure the energy security and

00:30:37 Speaker 11: the economic resiliency that nuclear provides

00:30:39 Speaker 11: for Canada. We celebrate the 95%

00:30:40 Speaker 11: commitment spend, 95% spend in Canada

00:30:42 Speaker 11: that Bruce Power has put forward,

00:30:44 Speaker 11: and that's a very deliberate celebration

00:30:46 Speaker 11: of the domestic supply chain for

00:30:48 Speaker 11: our nuclear sector. So, bringing this

00:30:50 Speaker 11: messaging forward, last year the Green

00:30:51 Speaker 11: Ribbon Panel attended a roundtable, managed,

00:30:52 Speaker 11: coordinated a roundtable in Washington. We

00:30:53 Speaker 11: did again this year attend a

00:30:55 Speaker 11: roundtable in Washington, but then also

00:30:57 Speaker 11: some roundtable discussions in Ottawa and

00:30:58 Speaker 11: in Toronto, which are are very

00:31:00 Speaker 11: fruitful. We are engaging with ministers

00:31:03 Speaker 11: at a provincial and a federal

00:31:04 Speaker 11: level, and when I tie back

00:31:06 Speaker 11: to my very first slide of

00:31:09 Speaker 11: the ant holding up the maple

00:31:13 Speaker 11: leaf, this work's being done here

00:31:14 Speaker 11: in rural Ontario and being celebrated

00:31:16 Speaker 11: on the stage in Ottawa, and

00:31:17 Speaker 11: that I think is something for

00:31:19 Speaker 11: I know it's something for all

00:31:21 Speaker 11: of us to be proud of.

00:31:22 Speaker 11: But then when we see things

00:31:23 Speaker 11: like the federal budget, or we

00:31:27 Speaker 11: see these responses, or we engage,

00:31:28 Speaker 11: we did submit a letter to

00:31:30 Speaker 11: Prime Minister Carney, indicating our 100-day

00:31:31 Speaker 11: action plan and and really what

00:31:32 Speaker 11: we need as a sector, how

00:31:34 Speaker 11: we can work together to build

00:31:36 Speaker 11: in Canada. This work is is

00:31:38 Speaker 11: critically important, and certainly it's it's

00:31:39 Speaker 11: proving to be very successful. So

00:31:41 Speaker 11: we're really proud of the Green

00:31:42 Speaker 11: Ribbon Panel. There will be a

00:31:44 Speaker 11: new campaign launched in the coming

00:31:45 Speaker 11: coming weeks, in a couple of

00:31:46 Speaker 11: weeks. So you can stay tuned

00:31:47 Speaker 11: through the Green Ribbon Panel. but

00:31:49 Speaker 11: certainly through the Nuclear Innovation Institute

00:31:50 Speaker 11: as well. Okay, just wrapping up

00:31:53 Speaker 11: here. We do have our annual

00:31:55 Speaker 11: conference coming up, so I would

00:31:56 Speaker 11: like to invite you to join

00:31:59 Speaker 11: us. Registration is now open. It'll

00:32:01 Speaker 11: be happening in Port Algonquin at

00:32:02 Speaker 11: the Unifor Center on October 8th

00:32:04 Speaker 11: and 9th. We've got a couple

00:32:06 Speaker 11: of really cool keynote speakers lined

00:32:07 Speaker 01: up. We do have a reception

00:32:10 Speaker 01: on the Thursday evening, so if

00:32:12 Speaker 01: you can only join us for

00:32:13 Speaker 01: part of it, please do. If

00:32:16 Speaker 01: you can join us for the

00:32:17 Speaker 01: whole thing, we would love to

00:32:19 Speaker 01: have you. And I'm really looking

00:32:25 Speaker 01: forward to the conference. It certainly

00:32:26 Speaker 01: is a highlight. Okay, with that,

00:32:30 Speaker 06: Madam Warden, I will pause, but

00:32:34 Speaker 06: I'm happy to answer any questions.

00:32:39 Speaker 06: Thank you very much. And just

00:32:40 Speaker 06: as a note for the agenda

00:32:42 Speaker 06: for the Clean Energy Frontier, it

00:32:44 Speaker 06: starts later in the day on

00:32:47 Speaker 06: the Thursday, correct? Because it is

00:32:50 Speaker 06: a county day. But if if

00:32:51 Speaker 06: our agendas align nicely and it's

00:32:53 Speaker 06: not too far to carry on

00:32:57 Speaker 06: to come over to you, okay.

00:32:59 Speaker 06: So with that, I'll put it

00:33:03 Speaker 06: out in case there are any

00:33:05 Speaker 06: questions or comments from committee. The

00:33:06 Speaker 06: whole members. Okay. Oh, I'm going

00:33:10 Speaker 06: to go to Councilor Body first.

00:33:12 Speaker 06: Somebody better ask a question. Jessica

00:33:19 Speaker 06: had the pleasure of attending the

00:33:21 Speaker 06: nuclear conference in Ottawa a few

00:33:22 Speaker 06: weeks ago, and I was talking

00:33:25 Speaker 06: to an economist—I can't think of

00:33:29 Speaker 06: his name—who was talking about what

00:33:31 Speaker 06: the provinces recognizing for need and.

00:33:34 Speaker 06: ISO, and he thinks that even

00:33:36 Speaker 06: the province is low with AI

00:33:38 Speaker 06: with all the demands that are

00:33:44 Speaker 11: coming. Without even just looking at

00:33:47 Speaker 11: the economic what's coming, not not

00:33:49 Speaker 11: even considering the clean energy side

00:33:50 Speaker 11: of it, Bruce Power, Bruce C

00:33:51 Speaker 11: is going to be an absolute

00:33:53 Speaker 11: need. He said the Ontario Pump

00:33:55 Speaker 11: Storage is going to be an

00:33:56 Speaker 11: absolute need. Certainly, transmission lines are

00:33:57 Speaker 11: going to be important. The Canadian

00:33:59 Speaker 11: government talked about wanting to be

00:34:00 Speaker 11: a superpower, a nuclear superpower, clean

00:34:03 Speaker 11: energy superpower. The provinces certainly put

00:34:05 Speaker 11: their eggs into that basket. What's

00:34:06 Speaker 11: the impact economically going to be?

00:34:07 Speaker 11: Without getting into too much detail,

00:34:08 Speaker 11: so for the whole region. True,

00:34:11 Speaker 11: Madam Warden, although. True, Madam Ward,

00:34:13 Speaker 11: and although I appreciate the question,

00:34:15 Speaker 11: Councillor Body, I'm hesitant to. Well,

00:34:17 Speaker 11: I'm certainly not going to give

00:34:19 Speaker 11: you a figure for a data

00:34:20 Speaker 11: point, but I'm committed to follow

00:34:22 Speaker 11: up on that. We have done

00:34:24 Speaker 11: that economic impact analysis on Bruce

00:34:26 Speaker 11: C, and so we do have

00:34:27 Speaker 11: lots of data available on what

00:34:29 Speaker 11: that new build could look like

00:34:31 Speaker 11: for our region. Now, you name

00:34:33 Speaker 11: the Ontario Pump Storage. I mean,

00:34:34 Speaker 11: one of the things that we

00:34:37 Speaker 11: talk about at the NII is

00:34:40 Speaker 11: we remind people that 60% of

00:34:42 Speaker 11: the grid is nuclear, 30% coming

00:34:44 Speaker 11: from Bruce County. Um, so 30%

00:34:47 Speaker 11: of Ontario's Um. So, thirty percent

00:34:48 Speaker 11: of Ontario's power is coming from

00:34:51 Speaker 11: Bruce Power, and I think that

00:34:52 Speaker 11: that should not be forgotten or

00:34:55 Speaker 11: lost. And the demand, and to

00:34:56 Speaker 11: your point on the AI data

00:34:58 Speaker 11: center piece, we did release a

00:34:59 Speaker 11: report in 2025. You can find

00:35:01 Speaker 11: that online too. Spoiler alert: We're

00:35:03 Speaker 11: going to need more nuclear, right?

00:35:04 Speaker 11: Like that's ultimately where we're going

00:35:05 Speaker 11: with that research. And and as

00:35:08 Speaker 11: all of these things come online

00:35:11 Speaker 11: and the growth of Ontario, the

00:35:12 Speaker 11: projections through the ISO, the Independent

00:35:14 Speaker 11: Electricity Systems Operator, their projections and

00:35:15 Speaker 11: the demand. is significantly set out,

00:35:17 Speaker 11: and so the province is is

00:35:19 Speaker 11: committed. And the work that we

00:35:21 Speaker 11: do with Minister Lete, he has

00:35:23 Speaker 11: been very clear that the future

00:35:24 Speaker 11: is nuclear and in Ontario. And

00:35:28 Speaker 11: so we're quite excited, but it

00:35:29 Speaker 11: will take all of the tools

00:35:31 Speaker 11: in the toolbox. It will. And

00:35:32 Speaker 11: so when you go on OntarioGridWatch.ca

00:35:34 Speaker 11: and you can see live time,

00:35:36 Speaker 11: you know how what's happening right

00:35:38 Speaker 11: now on our grid. You'll see

00:35:40 Speaker 11: wind and solar. You'll see hydroelectric.

00:35:41 Speaker 11: You'll see lots of nuclear. You'll

00:35:43 Speaker 11: see some. Clear. You'll see some

00:35:47 Speaker 01: gas, right? Like there are these

00:35:49 Speaker 01: this mix that's going to take,

00:35:50 Speaker 01: and so I think that all

00:35:53 Speaker 01: of us should be quite reflective

00:35:57 Speaker 01: when we look forward on the

00:35:59 Speaker 12: opportunity and the economic impact and

00:36:02 Speaker 12: those studies that are shaping up

00:36:03 Speaker 12: are helping us make decisions, but

00:36:07 Speaker 12: also should be exciting small business

00:36:09 Speaker 12: owners. And when I put my

00:36:13 Speaker 12: economic development hat on, I think

00:36:21 Speaker 11: about what that means for our

00:36:24 Speaker 11: local economy and the the restaurants

00:36:25 Speaker 11: and the businesses and the entrepreneurs

00:36:28 Speaker 11: and the people that are standing

00:36:30 Speaker 11: up this work. There's going to

00:36:31 Speaker 11: be tremendous growth in the economy,

00:36:34 Speaker 11: and it's it's quite exciting, and

00:36:36 Speaker 11: it's for the long for the

00:36:38 Speaker 11: long haul too. So, thank you.

00:36:40 Speaker 11: We'll go to Councillor Ketner, and

00:36:43 Speaker 11: then over to Councillor Greg. Thank

00:36:44 Speaker 11: you. And I I've a tough

00:36:47 Speaker 11: question. I think sometimes looking at

00:36:49 Speaker 11: the number of outages right in

00:36:51 Speaker 11: Sauguenoors and Picardine, and we've had

00:36:52 Speaker 11: a few in Weford recently. I

00:36:54 Speaker 11: know that we're building out. our

00:36:57 Speaker 11: nuclear capacity in grand style. Are

00:36:59 Speaker 11: is the municipal infrastructure in Gray

00:37:00 Speaker 11: County keeping pace? Through Madam Warden,

00:37:02 Speaker 11: I won't be able to answer

00:37:04 Speaker 11: that question. When I think about

00:37:05 Speaker 11: what's happening here on the infrastructure

00:37:08 Speaker 11: side, I mean Bruce Power is

00:37:09 Speaker 11: in the business of creating clean

00:37:11 Speaker 11: energy and selling it to the

00:37:12 Speaker 11: grid and and through the ISO,

00:37:14 Speaker 11: the Independent Electricity Systems Operator, and

00:37:16 Speaker 11: then that electricity is hitting our

00:37:18 Speaker 11: our local distribution networks. And so

00:37:20 Speaker 11: there's so many players down the

00:37:22 Speaker 11: road on who is responsible to

00:37:24 Speaker 11: make sure that that power is

00:37:25 Speaker 11: powering our economy. And so I

00:37:27 Speaker 11: guess it would depend on. I

00:37:29 Speaker 11: think that's a discussion with the

00:37:30 Speaker 11: with your local distribution line, whether

00:37:31 Speaker 11: that's Hydro One or or you

00:37:32 Speaker 11: know West Area or with Power

00:37:32 Speaker 11: or whoever that may be, on

00:37:34 Speaker 11: what the needs or what their

00:37:39 Speaker 11: projections might be. so it's sort

00:37:40 Speaker 11: of it's a journey from

00:37:42 Speaker 11: producing it at Bruce Power, getting

00:37:45 Speaker 01: it to the Ontario grid, on

00:37:46 Speaker 01: the lines out, and then when

00:37:48 Speaker 01: it hits your communities, I think

00:37:50 Speaker 01: that's a better conversation to have

00:37:51 Speaker 01: with them. But a very critical

00:37:54 Speaker 01: conversation too, when we think about,

00:37:56 Speaker 01: I mean, aging infrastructure that you

00:37:57 Speaker 01: are all responsible for as

00:37:59 Speaker 01: as municipal government. You know, the

00:38:02 Speaker 01: pipes in the ground. What about

00:38:04 Speaker 01: all of those lines in? And

00:38:05 Speaker 01: so I don't have an answer

00:38:08 Speaker 01: for you, but I do again.

00:38:10 Speaker 01: I thank you for the question

00:38:12 Speaker 01: because I think that it's something

00:38:14 Speaker 01: for all of us to be.

00:38:17 Speaker 01: reflective on as we're projecting the

00:38:20 Speaker 01: the growth as well. Okay, thank

00:38:22 Speaker 01: you, and we appreciate that you

00:38:23 Speaker 01: are representing the Nuclear Innovation Institute,

00:38:24 Speaker 02: not Bruce Power. So that that's

00:38:27 Speaker 02: okay if you say I don't

00:38:29 Speaker 02: quite have that that information. And

00:38:34 Speaker 02: it certainly is the reason why

00:38:37 Speaker 02: we work together as the Clean

00:38:41 Speaker 02: Energy Frontier. The ongoing discussions that

00:38:44 Speaker 02: go back and forth, the representation

00:38:46 Speaker 02: we have from our senior staff

00:38:48 Speaker 02: participating in those conversations, like Director

00:38:50 Speaker 02: Myers, to talk. about that economic

00:38:53 Speaker 02: impact and to always keep those

00:38:56 Speaker 02: numbers in front of us and

00:38:57 Speaker 02: and updating it's it's it's a

00:38:59 Speaker 02: a year long perspective rather than

00:39:01 Speaker 02: just a a one one snapshot

00:39:02 Speaker 02: at this point in time, so

00:39:04 Speaker 02: we'll go over to Councilor Gray.

00:39:06 Speaker 02: Thank you for the presentation and

00:39:09 Speaker 02: update this afternoon, Jessica. You led

00:39:11 Speaker 02: with building our strength at home,

00:39:15 Speaker 02: and I just want to take

00:39:16 Speaker 02: a moment and thank you and

00:39:18 Speaker 02: the Institute on the investment you

00:39:19 Speaker 02: make both with staffing and monetary.

00:39:21 Speaker 02: dollars, with investing into high school

00:39:24 Speaker 02: programs and the college to support

00:39:26 Speaker 02: the future of the build out

00:39:28 Speaker 02: of the nuclear industry in the

00:39:30 Speaker 02: area. We have such a great

00:39:33 Speaker 02: area here, but we certainly all

00:39:34 Speaker 02: see it in the various sizes

00:39:36 Speaker 02: of organizations. You can have great

00:39:38 Speaker 02: candidates come in, but often when

00:39:43 Speaker 02: they're not from the area, they

00:39:46 Speaker 13: may leave. for a variety of

00:39:47 Speaker 13: other reasons. So, to see the

00:39:50 Speaker 13: investment that you're making at home

00:39:51 Speaker 13: in our schools and in the

00:39:54 Speaker 13: college to build and support great

00:39:56 Speaker 13: jobs with people who are born

00:39:59 Speaker 13: here, grew up here, and can

00:40:01 Speaker 13: build families and enhance communities here,

00:40:03 Speaker 13: I just want to thank you

00:40:05 Speaker 13: for that investment because it does

00:40:08 Speaker 13: go a long way. You see

00:40:10 Speaker 13: that in today's labor pool. It's

00:40:12 Speaker 13: great when you hire a great

00:40:14 Speaker 13: employee, but it hurts when you

00:40:15 Speaker 13: lose that. But it it hurts

00:40:18 Speaker 13: when you lose that great employee,

00:40:22 Speaker 13: so it's extra special when that

00:40:25 Speaker 13: great employee is a byproduct of

00:40:26 Speaker 13: the local area, and there's more

00:40:28 Speaker 13: security knowing that they're more likely

00:40:29 Speaker 11: to stay with the organization. So,

00:40:32 Speaker 11: thanks for that investment. Thank you,

00:40:35 Speaker 11: other. Oh, we'll go to Councilor

00:40:37 Speaker 11: Mackey. Thank you, Warden. Good morning,

00:40:39 Speaker 11: County Council. Thanks, Jessica. You're a

00:40:41 Speaker 11: great ambassador for the area and

00:40:42 Speaker 11: for the nuclear business. Can you

00:40:45 Speaker 11: just talk a little bit? about

00:40:47 Speaker 11: the small modular reactors and how

00:40:48 Speaker 11: they may, when they may come

00:40:50 Speaker 11: into play? I mean, with the

00:40:51 Speaker 11: the resource sector being opened up

00:40:53 Speaker 11: in northern Ontario and throughout throughout

00:40:54 Speaker 11: Canada, I think the reliance on

00:40:56 Speaker 11: those. The sooner we can get

00:40:59 Speaker 11: those operational, the better we are.

00:41:02 Speaker 11: It eliminates transmission lines to some

00:41:03 Speaker 11: extent. So, can you just speak

00:41:05 Speaker 11: about that whole new business, please?

00:41:07 Speaker 11: Thanks. Through you, Madam Warden. Thank

00:41:09 Speaker 11: you. Morden. Thank you, Councillor Mackey.

00:41:10 Speaker 11: Good to see you again. With

00:41:12 Speaker 11: regards to the SMRs, the Small

00:41:14 Speaker 11: Modular Reactors, so there is a

00:41:16 Speaker 11: small SMR being built through OPG

00:41:17 Speaker 11: on east of Toronto, and I

00:41:19 Speaker 11: would say that the world's watching

00:41:20 Speaker 11: that. Quite frankly, the world, right?

00:41:21 Speaker 11: I literally mean that the world,

00:41:22 Speaker 11: the nuclear countries, like we are

00:41:23 Speaker 11: watching that build to see how

00:41:25 Speaker 11: it lands on time and on

00:41:27 Speaker 11: budget, right? Like these are things

00:41:29 Speaker 11: that that people are thinking. What's

00:41:31 Speaker 11: that cost for that out? That

00:41:32 Speaker 11: megawatt out? the door. What's you

00:41:34 Speaker 11: know what does that total cost

00:41:36 Speaker 11: look like? What's the efficiency in

00:41:38 Speaker 11: building a small modular reactor? And

00:41:39 Speaker 11: I think that the the there's

00:41:40 Speaker 11: an opportunity I would say to

00:41:41 Speaker 11: do further research and and further

00:41:43 Speaker 11: case study into you know that

00:41:45 Speaker 11: build and how it goes. And

00:41:47 Speaker 11: then what is the the best

00:41:49 Speaker 11: function or the best appropriate use

00:41:50 Speaker 11: of that SMR? So there's lots

00:41:52 Speaker 11: of discussion. I was at an

00:41:53 Speaker 11: event last year near Niagara Falls,

00:41:55 Speaker 11: and I think it was near

00:41:57 Speaker 11: Griesby, and there was an elected

00:41:59 Speaker 11: official that said, hey. what about

00:42:01 Speaker 11: an SMR and a business park?"

00:42:03 Speaker 11: And I was like, "Well, we're

00:42:05 Speaker 11: not there yet, right? Like, this

00:42:07 Speaker 11: isn't something we just drive in

00:42:08 Speaker 11: and drop down and turn on.

00:42:09 Speaker 11: Like, let's." So the intricacies of

00:42:10 Speaker 11: it on, you know, licensed sites

00:42:12 Speaker 11: and the regulatory body, of course,

00:42:13 Speaker 11: like the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

00:42:16 Speaker 11: (CNSC). And so I don't have

00:42:17 Speaker 11: those answers for you today. And

00:42:18 Speaker 11: there's probably more research out there

00:42:21 Speaker 11: that I could find and kick

00:42:22 Speaker 11: over to you. But what I,

00:42:23 Speaker 11: you know, my own self and

00:42:25 Speaker 11: our organization, we're watching right now

00:42:27 Speaker 11: to see how that builds going.

00:42:32 Speaker 11: and to see what happens at

00:42:38 Speaker 11: the end with you know on

00:42:39 Speaker 01: time and on budget. I think

00:42:42 Speaker 01: everyone's watching that. And and then

00:42:43 Speaker 01: what are the appropriate uses for

00:42:44 Speaker 01: this SMR? Is it northern communities

00:42:46 Speaker 01: to power northern community? What does

00:42:48 Speaker 01: it take for operations? What does

00:42:49 Speaker 01: the spent fuel you know look

00:42:51 Speaker 01: like? Like what are all of

00:42:53 Speaker 01: these things? Because we know with

00:42:54 Speaker 01: our Candu reactors at Bruce Power

00:42:57 Speaker 01: we've got the four in Bruce

00:42:59 Speaker 01: A and four in Bruce B,

00:43:01 Speaker 01: and and we know that very

00:43:03 Speaker 01: well, right? The large scale reactor,

00:43:05 Speaker 01: they're big boring machines, and that's

00:43:07 Speaker 01: what we want. And they've. And

00:43:10 Speaker 01: that's what we want, and they

00:43:12 Speaker 01: produce a ton of power for

00:43:14 Speaker 01: us. So we'll watch the SMRs,

00:43:15 Speaker 01: but I think that's a really

00:43:17 Speaker 01: great question, and again, really thought

00:43:20 Speaker 01: provoking on what does the future

00:43:21 Speaker 01: of that look like. We'll see.

00:43:23 Speaker 01: Okay, thank you. Any other comments,

00:43:24 Speaker 01: questions? Okay, seeing none. I'll just

00:43:26 Speaker 01: you know add, I think most

00:43:27 Speaker 01: specifically to what Councillor Greg was

00:43:28 Speaker 01: saying about the opportunities for our

00:43:30 Speaker 01: young people, our young adults, as

00:43:32 Speaker 01: well as our youth in the

00:43:33 Speaker 01: area as well. Earlier, when we

00:43:35 Speaker 01: were talking about how exciting it

00:43:37 Speaker 01: is for our current entrepreneurs and

00:43:39 Speaker 01: and what kind of economic development

00:43:42 Speaker 01: comes when such a large project

00:43:44 Speaker 01: comes into a region that's within

00:43:45 Speaker 01: reach, such as our Gray County

00:43:47 Speaker 01: part of the Clean Energy Frontier.

00:43:49 Speaker 01: I also know, as a former

00:43:50 Speaker 01: educator, how important it is to

00:43:52 Speaker 01: introduce young people to potential career

00:43:53 Speaker 01: paths very early in life, because

00:43:56 Speaker 01: it did always frustrate me as

00:43:58 Speaker 01: a high school teacher that our

00:44:01 Speaker 01: students. were coming out at age

00:44:03 Speaker 01: 18 with only a small sliver

00:44:04 Speaker 01: of knowledge about the the professions

00:44:06 Speaker 01: that were out there, you know,

00:44:08 Speaker 01: just what had touched their lives

00:44:09 Speaker 01: at that point in time. So

00:44:10 Speaker 01: to be able to put that

00:44:17 Speaker 01: nugget of thought process and to

00:44:18 Speaker 01: be able to say this is

00:44:20 Speaker 01: a place where it doesn't matter

00:44:22 Speaker 01: who you are, there there is

00:44:25 Speaker 01: a career pathway if you're interested

00:44:27 Speaker 01: in this, I think is very

00:44:29 Speaker 01: exciting. So thank you very much

00:44:31 Speaker 01: for all the Innovation Institute's work

00:44:33 Speaker 01: on that note. All right, so

00:44:35 Speaker 01: that's it. So thank you. very

00:44:37 Speaker 01: much. We appreciate you coming in

00:44:39 Speaker 01: in person, and of course, you

00:44:41 Speaker 01: provide great documentation online for people

00:44:42 Speaker 01: that want to read further. If

00:44:43 Speaker 01: members of the public are following

00:44:47 Speaker 01: along, you've got great materials at

00:44:51 Speaker 01: your website as well. Okay. So

00:44:55 Speaker 01: with that, we are going to

00:44:57 Speaker 01: move on then to items for

00:44:58 Speaker 01: separate discussions. So looking at the

00:45:00 Speaker 01: list that we have, we have

00:45:03 Speaker 01: six different items listed in the

00:45:05 Speaker 01: consent agenda. Number six. If you

00:45:07 Speaker 01: could please identify this point in

00:45:08 Speaker 01: time, any that you wish to

00:45:09 Speaker 01: have a separate discussion for. discussion,

00:45:12 Speaker 01: for okay, I'm seeing no hands

00:45:14 Speaker 01: go up, so I'll put forth

00:45:15 Speaker 01: them. The recommended motion is that

00:45:17 Speaker 01: the following consent agenda consent items

00:45:18 Speaker 01: be received, and that staff be

00:45:20 Speaker 01: authorized to take actions necessary to

00:45:23 Speaker 01: give effect to the recommendations in

00:45:25 Speaker 01: the staff reports, and that the

00:45:28 Speaker 01: correspondence be supported or received for

00:45:29 Speaker 01: information as recommended in the consent

00:45:32 Speaker 01: agenda. And all six items have

00:45:33 Speaker 01: been published duly in our agenda

00:45:35 Speaker 01: that has. been circulated, may I

00:45:36 Speaker 01: ask for a mover and a

00:45:39 Speaker 01: seconder? Moved by Councillor Mackie, seconded

00:45:46 Speaker 01: by Councillor Bourdon. Any discussion? All

00:45:47 Speaker 01: those in favor? And that motion

00:45:50 Speaker 01: is carried. Okay, we're still a

00:45:52 Speaker 01: little ahead of eleven o'clock, so

00:45:54 Speaker 01: I think it would be appropriate

00:45:58 Speaker 01: for us to continue with our

00:46:02 Speaker 01: items for direction and discussion. At

00:46:03 Speaker 01: at number seven, we're going to

00:46:10 Speaker 14: begin with item seven A, and

00:46:12 Speaker 14: then I'll be watching the clock.

00:46:14 Speaker 14: to see when we'll break during

00:46:18 Speaker 14: our section seven for a break.

00:46:22 Speaker 14: So with that, I'm going to

00:46:24 Speaker 14: ask first before I call up

00:46:26 Speaker 14: our staff members if there is

00:46:28 Speaker 14: a mover and a seconder that

00:46:30 Speaker 14: the report C A O R

00:46:32 Speaker 14: C W fifteen twenty six regarding

00:46:35 Speaker 14: the going green and gray review

00:46:37 Speaker 14: be received for information. I ask

00:46:39 Speaker 14: for mover and a seconder. Moved

00:46:41 Speaker 14: by Councillor Hutchinson, seconded by Councillor

00:46:42 Speaker 14: Kentner. It's now on the floor

00:46:45 Speaker 14: for discussion. So I'd like to

00:46:47 Speaker 14: invite both the Deputy CAO and.

00:46:49 Speaker 14: Manager Swanson up to provide background

00:46:51 Speaker 14: information. Good morning, and through you,

00:46:54 Speaker 14: Warden. Good morning, members of council.