City Hall Corner

Updates from Councillor Hill on City Hall meetings and policy

April 11, 2025

We received the report from the safety regulatory officer this week regarding the Confederation Line LRT. I appreciate the good work that is done by this office, but I have a fundamental concern regarding the fact that there are different regulatory safety frameworks for the Confederation and Trillium Lines, and that city entities (city manager/OC Transpo/RTG/Alstom etc) have discretionary authorities as it pertains to safety technicalities.  Much like a carpenter builds/repairs a house in accordance with a set building code which is inspected by a city official, there should be an arms length to this framework, and this is what I submitted as a inquiry to have staff look into the integration of our regulatory approach to LRT more closely. I believe this approach will have the advantage of assisting in the provincial due diligence process for a potential upload.