Other Item Considered by the Committee

(a)French-Language Services and the New City of Toronto.

The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team reports having referred the following communication to the Chief Administrative Officer for report to the Corporate Services Committee on January 18, 1998, on an appropriate reporting structure and funding for the French Committee of the City of Toronto:

(October 31, 1998) from Councillor Mario Silva, Trinity-Niagara, and Member of the French Committee of the Toronto City Hall, advising that since 1981, the French Committee of Toronto City Hall (FCTCH) has been a great bridge between the 70,000 francophones in Toronto and City Hall; that as a Member of the FCTCH, requesting the Special Committee to review the report entitled "French-Language Services and the New City of Toronto - A Framework for meeting the Needs of Toronto's Francophone Taxpayers", dated April, 1998, and recommend to City Council that:

(1)City of Toronto Council continue with the French Committee for the City of Toronto;

(2)the Committee be called the City of Toronto French Committee;

(3)the Committee report to the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee; and

(4)the Committee adopt the recommended board composition as stated on page 20 of the aforementioned report.

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Mr. Andre Duclos, President of the existing French Committee at City Hall, appeared before the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team in connection with the foregoing matter, and filed a pamphlet, entitled "The French Committee of Toronto City Hall."