Regional Chair Emmerson called the meeting to order at 3:41 p.m. and made the following remarks:
"We acknowledge the land we are meeting on today is located on the traditional territory of many Indigenous peoples such as the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat and Métis peoples and the treaty territories of the Haudenosaunee, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and Williams Treaties First Nations.
York Region falls under the Nanfan Treaty, Treaty 13 and the Williams Treaties. There are also other land claims and treaty rights involving portions of York Region that have not been resolved.
The Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation is a Williams Treaty First Nation and the closest First Nation community to York Region."