Setsuko Thurlow and Councillor Chin Lee at the Toronto City Hall Peace Garden. Photo by Anton Wagner.
The following day, Councillor Chin Lee moved, seconded by Mayor Tory, that “City Council reaffirm the City of Toronto’s position as a nuclear weapons-free zone” and that “City Council request the Board of Health to hold public hearings on the dangers of nuclear weapons and radiation fallout.” City Council passed this motion. It acknowledged that “the City of Toronto can play a key role in raising awareness of the devastating impact of nuclear weapons and promote the solidarity of cities toward abolition and prohibition of nuclear weapons.”