ANNOUNCEMENTS/CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES

Recognition of National Aboriginal History Month

ROLL CALL

REGRETS

Member Pinel has sent regrets.

DECLARATIONS OF PECUNIARY INTEREST(INCLUDING THOSE ORIGINALLY ARISING FROM PRIOR MEETINGS)

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

Confirmation of the Minutes of the meeting of April 3, 2017

COMMUNICATIONS

Twenty-three communication items have been received (held on file with the Board of Health Secretary)

MOTION TO INTRODUCE REPORTS

1.

CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH VERBAL REPORT

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That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit receive this report for information.

2.

MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH VERBAL REPORT

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That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit receive this report for information.

3.

PUBLIC HEALTH SUPPORT FOR ACTIONS THAT PROMOTE RECONCILIATION AND ADVANCE INDIGENOUS HEALTH EQUITY: UPDATE

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That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit receive this report for information.

4.

UPDATE ON OTTAWA PUBLIC HEALTH’S IMMUNIZATION STRATEGY

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That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit:

1.    Receive, for information, an update on implementation of Ottawa Public Health’s Immunization Program: a multi-phased immunization strategy; and

2.    Approve that the Chair of the Board of Health write a letter to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care recommending that social determinants of health data be collected and analysed in the Panorama database.

5.

UPDATE ON OTTAWA PUBLIC HEALTH’S PLAN TO FOSTER MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITY

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That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit receive this report for information.

6.

LEGALIZATION OF CANNABIS – A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO MINIMIZE HARMS OF USE

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That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit:

1.    Receive, for information, an overview of Bills C-45 and C-46, as described in this report and detailed in Document 1; and

2.    Approve that the Board of Health make recommendations to the federal government with respect to:

a.    Regulating and restricting access to edible cannabis products within the current legalization time frame, as described in this report; and

b.    Strengthening restrictions on packaging and labelling to require THC content and dose per serving size, health warnings, and plain packaging of cannabis products as described in this report.

7.

HARM REDUCTION AND OVERDOSE PREVENTION – OVERVIEW AND UPDATE

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That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit receives this report for information.

8.

2017 OPERATING BUDGET Q1 – BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE CITY OF OTTAWA HEALTH UNIT STATUS REPORT

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That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit receive this report for information.

MOTION TO ADOPT REPORTS

MOTIONS OF WHICH NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN PREVIOUSLY

MOTIONS REQUIRING SUSPENSION OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE

NOTICES OF MOTION (FOR CONSIDERATION AT SUBSEQUENT MEETING)

INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED

A.

WORKING WITH THE CHAMPLAIN LOCAL HEALTH INTEGRATION NETWORK (LHIN) ON HEALTH STATUS REPORTING

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CONFIRMATION BY-LAW

INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS

ADJOURNMENT