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Here’s a summary of approved Section 37 spending in Ward 13 during 2026. (This entry will be updated through the year.) Learn more about section 37. Section 37 spending in 2024 in Ward 13 was almost $5 million, and $10.1 million in 2025.

• Mar: $10 k for heritage plaque to recognize the Bathhouse raids
  $300 k for capital improvements to the Moss Park Arena
  $607 k: $580 k Shoreline Commemorative Sidewalk Etching project (Front St: Yonge to Parliament), $17 k heritage street signs/banners, $10 k heritage plaque for Claude Cormier
  $750 k: $250k to revitalize Wellesley Magill Park, $500 k for James Canning Park Dog Off Leash Area
  $700 k: $680 k to revitalize Lawren Harris Square; $10 k Corktown Commons benches, $10 k Ping Pong Table
  $10 k heritage plaque for Toronto Maple Leafs at Arena Gardens (78 Mutual St)
• April:

On Aug. 23, the city will hold its very first official “Sankofa Day“. But inviting the whole city to a party won’t persuade anyone this Dec 2023 renaming was a good idea. Councillor Chris Moise (who most recently renamed Sumach-Shuter Parkette) made headlines in Dec 2023 for the renaming of another city asset in his ward: Yonge-Dundas Square (YDS), now Sankofa Square: no public consultation, interference by city politicians in committee deliberations, no advance notice of the renaming motion at City Council, the chosen name has no connection to Toronto, the chair of YDS resigned in protest, and it’s unclear whether Toronto’s Property Naming Policy was followed.

Summary of YDS renaming (see here for details): City Council setup a committee (CAC) in July 2021, to seek community input on potential new names for Dundas. After meeting 18 times, CAC had a short list of 4 possible names. Sankofa was the only name on the short list with no connection to Toronto or its history. One CAC member said public consultation process never took place. CAC’s meeting planned for Dec 5 was delayed one week while Chris Moise and Mayor Chow intervened and met with the CAC co-chairs and city staff. Chow attended the CAC meeting on Dec 12, 2023, told them to pick a single name and to not bother with public consultation. Two days later Councillor Moise made a urgent motion at City Council to declare Sankofa as the new name for Yonge-Dundas Square (YDS).

Here’s a summary of approved Section 37 spending in Ward 13 during 2025. (This entry will be updated through the year.) (Learn more about section 37.) Section 37 spending in 2024 in Ward 13 was almost $5 million.

• Mar: $330,000 ($300 k) for Verner Lane and Drovers Lane laneway improvements
  $113 k for plaques for 1841 Shoreline Interpretation
  $10 k for plaque at North Star Way Lane
  $10 k for plaque at Henry Box Brown Lane
  $10 k for plaque at Colonial Tavern site
  $10 k for plaque recognizing Sam Ching at 9 Adelaide Street East.
  $1.1 million for Heritage Lighting at the Young People’s Theatre
  (revising $80 k for mural at Wellesley Station, previously approved in March 2024)
  $51 k for Accessibility Improvements for Casey House at 119 Isabella Street.
  $133 k for 519 Church improvements
  $200 k for mid-block curb extensions, seating on Maitland, Alexander and Grosvenor St (not listed in Moise’s March 2025 newsletter, but mentioned on his website)
• May: $500 k for $350 k Allan Gardens off-leash improvements and $150 k landscaping Central Neighbourhood House
  $460 k for $80 k mosaics at Winchester Park, $80 k mosaic at St. James Town, $100 k Cabbagetown gateway features, and $200 k sculpture at Spruce /Parliament, and Amelia/Parliament intersections
  $1.25 million for streetscape improvements for Colborne Street, Leader Lane and Colborne Lane
• June: $2.9 million to purchase community space in the Church-Wellesley Village (attached report explains source of funds)
  Total (Jan-June): $7.077 million

• July: $47 k for benches for Cabbagetown
• Oct: $3 million for St. Lawrence library branch

E-newsletter “City Council – Items of Interest” sent by Councillor Moise a few days before each month’s City Council meeting (these PDFs include links to each listed council motion):
2024: Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Oct | Nov | Dec
2025: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Oct | Nov
2026: Feb | Mar

Councillor Moise’s monthly newsletter, sent via email:
2025: Jan 7 | Feb 5 | March 4 | April 3 | May 1 | June 5 | July 3 | Aug 7 | Sept 11 | Oct 2 | Nov 6 | Dec 4
2026: Jan 8 | Feb 5 | Mar 10 | Apr 2
These emails aren’t easily printed because of their elaborate formatting. Some of these newsletters are also on Moise’s website (eg. Jan 2025, Aug 2025, etc), but are not easily found since they are inconsistently named, and no “newsletters” menu item on Moise’s website).