[1] Her activism successfully staved off the eviction,[1] and eventually led to the passage of new provincial legislation in 1993 to protect the homes on the islands by granting the residents 99-year leases on their properties.
[8] She was one of six councillors, alongside Layton, Barbara Hall, Kay Gardner, Nadine Nowlan and Tom Jakobek, appointed to the new executive committee after the election.
[9] In one of her first significant acts on council, she opposed a waterfront condominium project whose developer had appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board for a bypass of the city's approval process.
[14] In early 1992, mayor June Rowlands appointed Amer, alongside Hall, Jakobek and Betty Disero, to a committee tasked to negotiate over the redevelopment of the railway lands near the SkyDome.
[18] In 1993 Amer co-authored the book Taking Action: Working Together for Positive Change in Your Community, a grassroots organizing guide.