Receiving Integrity Commissioner Report 2025-03-CC and directing anti-racism Strategic Plan amendments and DEI training
General Committee makes recommendations; City Council makes the final decision.
We haven’t matched this to Council’s final vote yet. Committee recommendations normally go to the City Council meeting on January 19, 2026.
Councillor Votes
Full Resolution Text
That Council approve as follows: a) That the Report 2025-03-CC, of the Peterborough Integrity Commissioner, dated December 22, 2025, be received for information. b) City staff be directed to amend the 2023–2050 Strategic Plan to include anti- racism and race relations as a strategic priority under the Community and Wellbeing pillar, as recommended by the Integrity Commissioner; c) All Members of Council and all City staff receive anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion training, with an implementation plan and timeline to be brought back to Council within 90 days; d) City staff be directed to review and amend the Council Code of Conduct to explicitly prohibit the use of racial slurs—including but not limited to the N- word—regardless of context or circumstance, in alignment with the Integrity Commissioner's findings and recommendations, with proposed amendments to be presented to Council within 60 days.