Liveable Peel Conference Friday, February 10, 2006 Living Arts Centre Mississauga, ON

Conference Starts at 8:00 am

Regional Chair Emil Kolb

Honourable , Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal

Master of Ceremonies Honourable David Caplan was Emil Kolb was first elected as David Szwarc, Acting Chief Administrative first elected to the Chair and Chief Executive Officer Officer, Region of Peel provincial legislature in a of Peel Regional Council on September 1997 by-election and December 12, 1991. He was re-elected in 1999 and 2003. In elected to serve for a fifth term in “Imagine Peel in 2051” opposition, Mr. Caplan served as December 2003. the critic for both housing and Nick Tunnacliffe, Commissioner of Planning, municipal affairs and acted as As Regional Chair, he is the Head Region of Peel deputy whip for the Liberal caucus. of Regional Council, and an ex- He is currently Minister of Public officio member of all committees of Infrastructure Renewal and Deputy Council. Mr. Kolb was first elected Luncheon Speaker: Government House Leader. Chair of the Peel Police Services Before entering provincial politics, Board in January of 1996. He is a Honourable , Mr. Caplan was elected to two former Chair of the Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration terms on the Board of Property Assessment Corporation Education beginning in 1991 and and was a member of the Greater also served on the Metro Toronto Services Board. Mr. Kolb School Board following his election has been a Regional Councillor in 1994. As a school board since the establishment of trustee, he served as finance Regional Government in Peel in First Concurrent Sessions (9:00am – 10:30am) committee chair and budget chief 1974. and sat on various committees.

Good Health For Everyone – Realistic or Utopian Dream? Human health is arguably the most important human condition. It is intrinsic to liveability. Environments that contribute to obesity, impaired air quality, poor urban forms, low incomes, poverty, food handling practises, dietary habits, and education and information on achieving good health collectively impact the human health condition. The session will profile the health

characteristics of Peel’s residents and highlight some David Szwarc, appointed the Honourable Michael Colle was Acting Chief Administrative Officer of the many initiatives being taken to address them. appointed Minister of Citizenship (CAO) in October 2005, David The prospects for improved health outcomes in Peel and Immigration by Premier Dalton oversees a diversified organization McGuinty in June 2005. He was made up of approximately 4,000 and the long-term public health challenges from socio- re-elected to his third term as employees in nine departments economic and demographic changes, such as member of provincial parliament who provide day-to-day services immigration and aging, will be explained. for the midtown Toronto riding of including water and wastewater, Eglinton-Lawrence in October waste management, arterial roads, Moderator: 2003. Mr. Colle also served as child care, public health, Liberal critic for transportation, ambulance, housing and social Sue M. Cumming, Principal, Cumming + Company consumer and business services, services for Peel resident and Confirmed Speakers: municipal affairs and for the business. Greater Toronto Area. Before Dr. Hanif Kassam, Medical Officer of Health, being elected, he was also a David has a Bachelor of Arts Region of Peel councillor in the City of York and degree from University of Toronto , and served Gena Ali, Principal Planner, Region of Peel as chair and commissioner of the and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Queen’s Shelley White, Chief Executive Director, Toronto Transit Commission. University. United Way of Peel 1 For updates, please visit www.liveablepeel.ca. Driving Prosperity: The Role of Immigration

Immigration is significantly contributing to the growth, prosperity and richness of Peel Region. This session explores what makes Peel attractive to immigrants, how we sustain this over the long-term, and how the Region of Peel can continue to be responsive in meeting the needs of our changing population. This session will also provide an opportunity to discuss how immigration enriches our community, what challenges immigrants face, how these should be addressed, and Dr. Colin Saldanha currently what our community will look like over the next 50 practices Family and Occupational years. Medicine in Mississauga. He also serves as a corporate physician to a Moderator: number of business establishments and government agencies. Involved David Szwarc, Acting CAO, Region of Peel extensively in community work, Dr.

Confirmed Speakers: Saldanha participates in numerous forums on race relations and equity, Naomi Alboim, Professor, School of Policy Studies, immigration, policing and social Queen’s University justice issues. A Past President of the Peel Multicultural Council and Naheeda Jamal, Planner, Region of Peel Past President of the Mississauga Board of Trade, he is a member of Dr. Colin Saldanha, Past President, Mississauga Board of the Toronto Immigrant Employment Trade Council and was elected to United Way’s Board of Directors in 2005.

Coming to Terms with the Energy Dilemma This session will focus on the impact of higher oil and gasoline prices and declining fossil fuel resources on

Peel’s economy and land use/transportation patterns; Richard Gilbert is an urban issues renewable-green energy development; and energy consultant who focuses on transport and energy challenges policies and legislation with regard to efficiently and has current or recent clients in meeting energy demands and ensuring environmental Asia, Europe, and North America. He was a Toronto councillor from sustainability, energy conservation and use. What are 1976-1991 and served at different the implications for the next 50 years? times as president of the Federation of Canadian Moderator: Municipalities and the Canadian Urban Institute. Much of his Nick Tunnacliffe, Planning Commissioner, ongoing work concerns how Region of Peel transportation could evolve in response to likely severe energy Confirmed Speakers: constraints during the next few Nonita Yap is a professor at the decades. Dr. Richard Gilbert, Research Director, Dept. of Rural Planning & Centre for Sustainable Transportation Development, University of Guelph. She is active on the role Allan Jenkins, Senior Policy Advisor of Renewable of technology in the environmental Energy Supply, Ministry of Energy sustainability of development interventions. Her research Dr. Nonita Yap, Professor, University of Guelph interests include industrial ecology, cleaner production technologies and environmental impact assessment. Nonita also provides consultancy services for government and non- governmental organizations and has traveled widely. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Alberta and an M.E.S. from Dalhousie University. 2 For updates, please visit www.liveablepeel.ca. A Look through the Crystal Ball at the Future of the Pearson Airport

Canada’s premier international gateway for passengers and freight continues to have a dramatic impact on the evolution of development and the economy in the Peel area. This session will present an update on the airport and some of its challenges and opportunities. What are some possible futures for the airport? It will garner participant input on how Peel Steve Shaw has been with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority can maximize the benefit of this key economic node in (GTAA) since December 1994 and the GTA. is currently Vice President, Corporate Affairs. Responsibilities Moderator: include corporate relations with government at all levels, Glenn Miller, Vice President, Education and Research, community and media relations, Canadian Urban Institute and all corporate communications and publications. He was closely Confirmed Speakers: involved in the transfer

Karen Campbell, President & CEO, negotiations with the federal government and the establishment Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance of the GTAA. Mr. Shaw has

Neal Irwin, Chairman Director, IBI Group served on the Boards of the Canadian Airports Council and Steve Shaw, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Greater Tourism Toronto. Toronto Airports Authority

Ray Simpson, Partner, Hemson Consulting

Neal Irwin is a professional Sustainable Municipal Finance: How Do We engineer with over 40 years’ experience as a consultant in Get There? transportation and in strategic planning of urban development The liveability of Peel in the future requires a and infrastructure. A native of Toronto, he has lived and worked sustainable approach to financing programs and here and in the United Kingdom, infrastructure which can effectively respond to the Montreal and New York. He was pressures on the Region, be affordable and be a founding partner of IBI Group in 1974 and served as its Managing maintained over the long-term. The session will start Director until 2003 when he with a review of the current and emerging trends in became the firm’s Chairman Director, and then Chairman municipal finance and move to a discussion of future Emeritus early in 2006. challenges. This session will address the following questions. Is Peel’s current approach to financing Enid Slack is the Director of Municipal Finance and operating and capital needs based on property taxes, Governance at the Munk Centre water rates and other user fees, provincial grants and for International Studies and an development charges- sustainable over the long-term? Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto. She is also one of If not, why is it not sustainable? What other financing Canada's foremost experts in approaches might Peel consider based on successful municipal finance. Enid has been experience in other jurisdictions? working in this field for over 25 years and is respected nationally and internationally for her research Moderator: on property taxes and other

Bryan Hill, Planning Manager, Region of Peel aspects of municipal finance.

Confirmed Speakers:

Frank Clayton, President, Clayton Research

Enid Slack, Director of Municipal Finance and Governance and Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto

Cam Watson, President, C.N. Watson and Associates Ltd.

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Second Concurrent Sessions (11:00am – 12:30pm)

Put a Roof on It: Meeting The Housing Needs

of Peel’s Current and Future Residents

The current population forecast for Peel shows that by the year 2051, 500,000 additional people will call Peel

their home. This means that growth will be very high over the next 40+ years and the housing needs will be

wide ranging. Two important demographic trends to consider is that by 2051, over 40% of Peel’s Hugh Heron is the Principal and population will be over the age of 55 and immigration Partner in the Heron Group of Companies and President of Heron will continue to drive growth in Peel. The purpose of Homes Corporation. Mr. Heron is this session is to address what we need to do to make Past President of the Toronto Home Peel a more liveable community by taking into Builders’ Association and the Ontario Home Builders’ Association. Long consideration the housing needs of Peel’s current and an active participant in the future residents. betterment of the housing and development industries, Hugh Heron Moderator: is a major spokesperson and a regular contributor to numerous Bruce Hynes, Director of Policy/Programs, industry publications. Housing and Property, Region of Peel

Confirmed Speakers:

Hugh Heron, President, Heron Homes Corporation

Jennifer Murdoch, Manager of Housing Program, Region of Waterloo

Michael Shapcott, Senior Fellow in Residence: Public Policy, Wellesley Central Health Corporation

Aligning Regional Services with a Changing Economy

Starting with a brief context on the future challenges

facing the regional economy, attendees will learn about Mississauga’s programs to match educational Jim Milway is the Executive curricula with future business needs and about Director of the Institute for Brampton’s strategy to develop a strong advanced Competitiveness and Prosperity. Jim brings more than 30 years' manufacturing economic base. Susan Taylor, who business and public policy directed York Region’s human services planning experience to the Institute. He has program, will comment on the possibilities for better consulted to senior decision makers as a partner in The co-ordination of service delivery within the Peel Canada Consulting Group and The community. Boston Consulting Group, and in

his own firm. Jim served as CEO Moderator: of a specialized insurance firm and Susan Taylor is currently a coach/consultant with Tamarack, Tom Slomke, Director of Development Planning Services, has advised the Government of An Institute for Community Ontario. At the federal level his Region of Peel work was primarily in the areas of Engagement. Before joining Tamarack, Susan was the director Confirmed Speakers culture and communications. of human services planning with the Regional Municipality of York Dennis Cutajar, Commissioner of Economic where she ensured human Development and Public Relations, services were a component of the City of Brampton Region’s growth management strategy and provided leadership to James Milway, Executive Director, establish the Human Services Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity Planning Coalition. Susan is currently a board member for Skills Larry Petovello, Director of Economic Development, City for Change, a Toronto-based non- of Mississauga profit organization that supports immigrants seeking employment in Susan Taylor, Coach/Consultant, Canada. Tamarack Institute of Community Engagement

4 For updates, please visit www.liveablepeel.ca. Getting to Green: Future Trends and Fresh Ideas

Recognizing that past approaches will not adequately address issues of sustainability and environmental quality in the future, this session will discuss innovation in environmental planning to identify future research, policy and partnership needs in the Region of Peel. Urban growth, water quality and natural environment trends in the Great Lakes Basin will be explored along with comparisons of watershed and environmental planning approaches in different Great Lakes jurisdictions. Brian Denney is Chief Administrative Officer for the Moderator:

Toronto and Region Conservation Andrea Warren, Planning Manager, Region of Peel Authority has been employed in positions of progressive Confirmed Speakers: responsibility for 31 years. His Brian Denney, CAO, responsibilities include managing and overseeing all aspects of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority organization in an effort to guide Isobel Heathcote, Dean of Graduate Studies and the TRCA to work with its many Professor, University of Guelph partners to make the Toronto region one of the most sustainable Christine Zimmer, Senior Water Resources Engineer, and liveable urban communities in Credit Valley Conservation the world.

Networking with the Province

Staff from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal and Municipal Affairs and Housing will participate in an informal drop-in networking session. This session provides an opportunity to discuss recent Provincial initiatives, such as the Greenbelt, Places to Grow,

Source Water Protection, Bill 51, etc. with Provincial staff. Clive Rock is Director, Strategic Planning and Policy with the Hannah Evans, Director of Partnerships and Consultation, Greater Vancouver Transportation MPIR Authority. His previous positions

David Sit, Team Leader – Community Planning and include Administrator, Transportation Planning with the Development, MPIR GVRD, Vice-President of Planning Jason Thorne, Acting Manager, Partnerships and and Marketing with BC Transit and Consultation Branch, MPIR Manager of Engineering with the City of Richmond. He is a member

of the Urban Transportation Changing the Future Course of Transportation Council of the Transport in Peel: From Gridlock to Sustainability Association of Canada and served on the Federal Table on This session will explore various issues and questions Transportation and Climate that Peel Region must address in setting a new course Change. towards a more sustainable transportation system, one

that meets the future needs of the community in an Sue Cumming is professional affordable and convenient manner, while supporting planner and dynamic facilitator with economic growth and minimizing impacts on the some 20 years experience as a environment. consultant working with broad based stakeholder interests and Moderator: the public in designing and carrying out consultation programs directly Sue M. Cumming, Principal, related to building liveable Cumming + Company communities, growth management, Confirmed Speakers: transportation planning and infrastructure undertakings. She is Tom AppaRao, Director, Transportation Planning, the Principal of Cumming + Region of Peel

Company and is respected for her Dr. Richard Gilbert, Research Director, ability to energize discussion on Centre for Sustainable Transportation key public issues towards developing tangible outcomes. Neal Irwin, Chairman Director, IBI Group She is serving on the Council for the Ontario Professional Planners Clive Rock, Director of Strategic Planning, Institute. Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority 5 For updates, please visit www.liveablepeel.ca. Third Concurrent Sessions (2:00pm – 3:30pm)

The Booming Dynamics of Aging in Peel: Crystallizing the Years Ahead

Imagine living, working, running a business or delivering public services in Peel in 2051 when almost 40 per cent of the population is older than 55 and 20 per cent is over 80. These population shifts are significant. In this session, two “imagineers” will look forward and give us a glimpse of life in Peel in 2051 if we manage to meet the needs and capitalize on the

Raymond Applebaum is the assets of our aging population and if we do not do the Executive Director of Peel Senior job well enough. A moderated discussion with the Link. He has monitored and addressed issues in the field of audience will then identify implications of the aging social gerontology over his 30 population in Peel for regional services and functions. year-long career. He has served in several capacities within Moderator: government, education, community, and private practice, Carole Berry advocating for seniors needs and service challenges. In 1998, Confirmed Speakers:

Raymond came to work in Peel as Ray Applebaum, Executive Director, Peel Senior Link the Executive Director of Peel

Senior Link, a position that he Ron Jaros, Planning Manager, Region of Peel continues to hold. Alan Skeoch, Retired Teacher, Author, Historian

Mr. Ray Simpson is a founding

partner of Hemson Consulting Ltd.

Ray has 35 years of experience as

a land economist, management

consultant and land use planner

throughout Canada and in parts of

Europe. Ray considers himself a

“big picture” planner, devoting the

majority of his career to issues of

property markets, urban structure, Reaping the Rewards: Culture the Fourth Pillar of municipal management, and long- Sustainability range growth management. He works with the property development industry and all levels The fourth and emerging pillar of sustainability is of government. Ray and his firm culture which is promising to be an important recently assisted the province with a consideration in future long-term planning. This growth strategy for the Greater session explores how we can capitalize on our cultural Golden Horseshoe.

Brian Gilchrist is one of North resources such as the value, celebrations, and America’s leading genealogists and family historians, and brings physical infrastructure of our communities to ensure 40 years of research experience the long-term prosperity and liveability of our to this presentation. The author of communities. How do we embrace culture as an several books and numerous publications, Brian is a frequent important consideration in long-term planning and guest on television and radio talk what does this mean for a more liveable Peel?

shows on the topic of researching and preserving your family history. Moderator:

He is a graduate from the Arvin Prasad, Director of Planning Policy and Research, University of Toronto. More complete biographical details are Region of Peel st found in the 1 edition of Who’s Who in Genealogy and Heraldry, Confirmed Speakers: as well as The Dictionary of International Biography. Brian is Beth Gignac, Executive Committee Member, Municipal now the Reference Archivist at the Cultural Planning Project for Ontario

Region of Peel Archives which is part of the Peel Heritage Complex Brian Gilchrist, Reference Archivist, in Brampton. Peel Heritage Complex

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Getting to Green: What Does it Take?

Building on the discussion on trends and innovation, this session will explore examples of sustainable action, their

requirements for success and barriers to implementation.

Sustainable site design, building green and environmental policy innovation that address impacts of

Al Seskus is President and growth on the environment will be specific topics Director, Building Science, at discussed. Building Dynamics Inc. He recently completed a position as the Moderator:

Director, Building Science, at Andrea Warren, Planning Manager, Region of Peel Mattamy Homes, and is involved with Eco-tech concepts, green and Confirmed Speakers: LEED building and energy efficiency. He worked for the Andrew Bowerbank, Supervisor, Living City Programs, International Council for Local Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) as Manager of ICLEI Energy Services Lee Ann Mallett, Executive Director, Ecosource (IES), Ontario Hydro Energy Mississauga Conservation Program, and the University of Toronto Civil Maurice Stevens, Vice President, Engineering research program in Castlepoint Investments Inc. Building Science. Air Quality: Taking a Leadership Role in Climate Change

This session will provide a thought-provoking discussion on the implications of urban growth for air quality and human health, as well as what the Region can do in improving the air we breath and make Peel a liveable community.

Moderator:

Quentin Chiotti, Air Programme Director and Senior Dr. Anthony Ciccone is a Principal Scientist, Pollution Probe with Golder Associates in Mississauga and is responsible for Confirmed Speakers: directing Air Quality and Energy. He

is a mechanical engineer with more Paul Callanan, Director of Environmental Health, Region of than 20 years experience in air Peel quality and meteorological related

Anthony Ciccone, Principal, Golder Associates projects, as well as expert testimony. He received his Al Seskus, Consultant doctorate from the University of Toronto in 1988 and has additional Focussing in on Where We Live and Work advanced training in computational fluid dynamics. He was an Adjunct The designation and development of growth centres and Professor at University of Western Ontario with The Boundary-Layer intensification corridors are key components of Wind Tunnel Laboratory, in the community sustainability, Liveable Peel and Places to Faculty of Engineering Science. Grow. What is the vision for our communities in the future when these policy directions have been John Corbett is currently Commissioner of Planning Design implemented? What is being done now to support these and Development for the City of directions? What short-term successes are being Brampton and is responsible for achieved? What are the obstacles to implementation and growth management, long range land use and transportation what should Peel Region be doing to support initiatives planning, development approvals, in these areas? urban design, engineering and development services and building Moderator: permit approvals. Mr. Corbett has Hannah Evans, over 25 years of progressively responsible experience in the Director of Partnerships and Consultation, MPIR municipal sector and most recently Confirmed Speakers: has specific areas of expertise related to growth John Corbett, Commissioner, Planning, Design and management/development Development, City of Brampton approvals, land use policy development, urban design and John Waller, Director, Long Range Planning, strategic planning. Regional Municipality of York 7 For updates, please visit www.liveablepeel.ca. Wrap Up (3:40 pm)

Facilitator: Sue M. Cumming, Principal, Cumming + Company

The conference will wrap up with some concluding ideas brought forward in the sessions and inspire you to think about our long-term future.

Closing Remarks:

Nick Tunnacliffe, Commissioner of Planning, Region of Peel

This conference is sponsored in conjunction with the Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal.

Conference Concludes at 4:30 pm

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