Winter Training Series:
How to Speak at a Government Committee:
City Budget 2020 edition!
See other Winter training sessions offered by Progress Toronto here
Decisions made at City Hall and the Toronto School Board affect lives across Toronto. Many of those decisions are made at committees where the public has an opportunity to speak. That’s why, one way to ensure representatives and the Mayor hear our concerns is by speaking at a committee.
Speaking at a committee is also known as making a deputation. Deputations are an opportunity for you to tell the Mayor, City Councillors, and TDSB Trustees your opinions and perspectives on issues they are considering.
January 20 and January 21 public deputations on the City’s 2020 Budget will be heard downtown at Toronto City Hall, and at the Etobicoke, North York, and Scarborough civic centres. That’s why will be a special City Budget 2020 edition of our training!
This workshop is being co-hosted by Progress Toronto, the Toronto Youth Cabinet, and TTCriders.
At this workshop you will learn the basics of making a deputation. You will learn a little bit about how to choose which committee to speak at, how to read the committee agenda, how to sign up for a deputation, and how to prepare your deputation (speech).
And! We will be hosting this in a Committee Room at Toronto City Hall! So you will get to see what a committee room looks like and sit in the deputant’s seat to try it out for yourself! This will make it easier for you when you have to do the real thing in the future.
This training session is being led by Progress Toronto’s Organizer Monica Krista De Vera and the Toronto Youth Cabinet’s Executive Director Michael Manu and Budget Lead Eli Aaron.
This is a free event. We are accepting donations when you register to help cover some costs. If you can, please chip in! You can also chip in to our training fund here.
How to Speak on a Government Committee
Tuesday, January 14
6PM-9PM
Toronto City Hall (map)
100 Queen Street West, 2nd Floor
Committee Room 3
Near Osgoode Subway Station and Queen Subway Station
Capacity: 30
Sign up for this training session if any of the following applies to you:
you want to build a more affordable, democratic, and just city
you’re a supporter of Progress Toronto and our campaigns
you’re interested in volunteering with us
you have volunteered with us and want to take on a bigger leadership role
This is a free event. We are accepting donations when you register to help cover some costs. If you can, please chip in!
