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Ottawa
Board of Health
MINUTES 17
Monday,
September 18, 2017, 5:00 PM
Champlain Room, 110 Laurier Avenue West
Contact
for the Ottawa Board of Health:
Diane
Blais, Board of Health Secretary
613-580-2424, ext. 21544
Diane.Blais@Ottawa.ca
Board
Members:
Chair: S. Qadri
Vice-Chair: J. Poirier
Members: D. Chernushenko, M. Fleury, A. Kapur, L. Leikin, C. McKenney, S.
Pinel, M. Qaqish, M. Taylor, P. Tilley
The
Ottawa Board of Health met in the Champlain Room, 110 Laurier Avenue West,
Ottawa, on Monday, 18 September 2017 beginning at 5:00 PM.
The
Chair, Shad Qadri, presided over the meeting.
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ROLL CALL
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Member
Leikin was absent from the meeting.
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REGRETS
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Member Leikin sent regrets.
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COMMUNICATIONS
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Sixteen
communication items have been received (held on file with the Board of
Health Secretary).
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MOTION TO INTRODUCE REPORTS
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Motion 17/01
Moved
by Member Qaqish
BE
IT RESOLVED THAT the Chair of the Board of Health Verbal Report; the Medical
Officer of Health Verbal Report; the Ontario’s Health System Transformation –
Update report; the Ottawa Public Health Submission in Response to Public
Consultation – Legalization of Cannabis in Ontario report; the Update on
Ottawa Public Health’s Immunization Strategy report; the Federal Government
Healthy Eating Strategy Consultations report; the 2017 Operating Budget Q2 –
Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit Status Report; the
Delegation of Authority report for Contracts Awarded for the Period of
January 1 to June 30, 2017; and the Ottawa Board of Health Public Health
Funding and Accountability Agreement – 2017 Mid-Year Update report be
received and considered; and
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the
following item, given that the report was not distributed with the Agenda:
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Harm
Reduction and Overdose Prevention – Status Report.
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CARRIED
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Following
a ‘Consent Agenda’ process, the Board considered the held Items in the
following order: Items 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7.
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1.
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CHAIR
OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH VERBAL REPORT
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ACS2017-OPH-BOH-0004
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That the Board of Health for the City
of Ottawa Health Unit receive this report for information.
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Chair Qadri provided the Board with an update on recent
events. The Chair’s verbal report took approximately six minutes. The
attached memo includes the Chair of the Board of Health Verbal Update.
The report was then received by the Board.
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RECEIVED
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2.
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MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH VERBAL REPORT
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ACS2017-OPH-MOH-0005
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That the Board of Health for the
City of Ottawa Health Unit receive this report for information.
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Dr. Isra Levy, Medical Officer of Health, provided the
Board with an update on recent events. The Medical Officer of Health’s report
took approximately 12 minutes. The attached memo includes the Medical Officer
of Health Verbal Update.
The report was then received by the Board.
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RECEIVED
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3.
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HARM
REDUCTION AND OVERDOSE PREVENTION – STATUS REPORT
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ACS2017-OPH-HPS-0002
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That the Board of Health for the
City of Ottawa Health Unit:
1.
Receive
this update for information; and
2.
Authorize
the Medical Officer of Health (or designate) to execute an agreement with the
Sandy Hill Community Health Centre for the provision of interim supervised
injection services to enhance existing harm reduction services at 179
Clarence Street, as outlined in this report.
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Mr.
Andrew Hendriks, Director, Health Protection, spoke to a PowerPoint
presentation, which served to provide the Board with some context on this
report. Mr. Hendriks was accompanied by Ms. Pam Oickle, Program Manager,
Healthy Sexuality and Risk Reduction, Ms. Wendy Muckle, Executive Director,
Inner City Health, and Mr. David Gibson, Executive Director, Sandy Hill
Community Health Centre. Board members asked questions on the presentation, a
copy of which is held on file with the Board of Health Secretary.
The
following delegations addressed the Board on the Harm Reduction and
Overdose Prevention – Status Report.
·
Dr. Marilou
Gagnon and Mr. Robert Jamison from Overdose Prevention Ottawa (agreed with
the report recommendations)
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Mr. Stan
Kupferschmidt, Outreach worker, Ms. Naini Cloutier, Executive Director, and
Mr. Eugene Williams, Manager of Health Promotion and Community Programs from
the Somerset West Community Health Centre (SWCHC) (agreed with the report
recommendations)
After
hearing from the delegations, staff resumed taking questions from Board
members. Discussion on this item lasted approximately 85 minutes.
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At
6:44 p.m., Member Qaqish moved a motion to extend the meeting.
MOTION 17/02
Moved
by Member Qaqish
BE
IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Health approve that the meeting time be
extended past 7:00 p.m. pursuant to Subsection 8.(1)(c) of the Procedural
By-law.
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CARRIED
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In
dealing with this item, the Board considered the following motions.
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MOTION 17/03
Moved
by Member McKenney
WHEREAS
the Medical Officer of Health’s report identifies five (5) areas in our city
as having higher concentrations of overdose activity (ByWard Market,
Lowertown, Centretown, Sandy Hill, and Carlington);
AND
WHEREAS some of these areas will soon be served by either the OPH’s interim supervised
injection service (SIS) at 179 Clarence Street or the Sandy Hill Community
Health Centre, which will begin operations later this fall;
AND
WHEREAS an important portion of Centretown experiencing higher concentrations
of overdose activity would remain unserved for the foreseeable future, namely
the western portion of Centretown;
AND
WHEREAS the Somerset West Community Health Centre (SWCHC) has applied to
Health Canada for an exemption from the federal Controlled Drugs and
Substances Act (CDSA) in order to operate a SIS at its location, at 55 Eccles
Street;
AND
WHEREAS the SWCHC has received a letter from Health Canada advising that they
have met all conditions and that Health Canada is willing to provide them an
exemption to operate in the near term, provided they obtain a letter of
support and funding commitment from Ontario’s Ministry of Health and
Long-Term Care;
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Health direct the Medical Officer of Health
to work with the applicable federal and provincial bodies to facilitate the
necessary documentation, and other relevant approvals, to expedite the
SWCHC’s exemption approval.
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CARRIED
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MOTION 17/04
Moved
by Vice-Chair Poirier
WHEREAS
the Medical Officer of Health’s report is proposing a time-limited interim
supervised injection service (SIS) at 179 Clarence Street and a corresponding
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre
(SHCHC);
AND
WHEREAS the MOA will expire after 120 days;
AND
WHEREAS the current report proposes a monitoring and evaluation plan for the
operations of the interim SIS at 179 Clarence Street;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Health direct the Medical Officer of Health
to bring forward a progress report, at the first meeting of 2018, based on
the first 60 days of operating the interim SIS at 179 Clarence Street;
AND
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the above-referenced progress report include
recommendations for a more permanent solution for enhancing OPH’s harm
reduction services through the provision of SIS, at fixed or mobile
facilities, either directly or through partner agencies, provided that all
legislative requirements can be met and subject to the availability of sufficient
funding.
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CARRIED
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The
report recommendations were then put to the Board.
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CARRIED, as amended by Motions 17/03
and 17/04.
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4.
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ONTARIO’S
HEALTH SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION - UPDATE
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ACS2017-OPH-MOH-0006
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That the Board of Health for the
City of Ottawa Health Unit receive this report for information.
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The
following delegation addressed the Board on this item.
·
Mr. Jamie Dunn,
Executive Director, Civic Institute of Professional Personnel (CIPP)
After
hearing from the delegation, the report recommendation was put to the Board.
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RECEIVED
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5.
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OTTAWA
PUBLIC HEALTH SUBMISSION IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC CONSULTATION – LEGALIZATION OF
CANNABIS IN ONTARIO
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ACS2017-OPH-HPP-0002
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That the Board of Health for the
City of Ottawa Health Unit:
1.
Receive
for information the Medical Officer of Health’s submission to the Province of
Ontario in response to the online consultation survey regarding Ontario’s
approach to cannabis legalization, as outlined in Document 1, attached;
2.
Adopt
a formal Ottawa Board of Health position on the legalization of cannabis in
Ontario, based on the recommendations outlined in Document 1, attached; and
3.
Authorize
the Chair of the Board of Health to work with the Medical Officer of Health
on a further submission to the Province of Ontario on the legalization of
cannabis in Ontario, based on an analysis of the Province’s recently
announced framework.
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CARRIED
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6.
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UPDATE
ON OTTAWA PUBLIC HEALTH’S IMMUNIZATION STRATEGY
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ACS2017-OPH-HPP-0004
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That the Board of Health for the City
of Ottawa Health Unit receive, for information, updates with respect to the
implementation of Ottawa Public Health’s Immunization Strategy, as outlined
in this report.
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Ms.
Marie-Claude Turcotte, Program Manager, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, accompanied
by Dr. Carolyn Pim, Associate Medical Officer of Health, and Ms. Lindsay
Whitmore, Epidemiologist, spoke to a PowerPoint presentation, which served to
provide the Board with some context on this report. Staff then took questions
from Board members. This discussion lasted approximately eight minutes. A
copy of the presentation is held on file with the Board of Health Secretary.
Following
the discussion, the report recommendation was put to the Board.
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RECEIVED
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7.
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FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HEALTHY EATING STRATEGY CONSULTATIONS
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ACS2017-OPH-HPP-0003
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That the Board of Health for the
City of Ottawa Health Unit receive this report for information.
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Dr.
Isra Levy responded to questions from Member Fleury. This discussion lasted
approximately four minutes. Following the discussion, the report
recommendation was put to the Board.
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RECEIVED
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MOTION TO ADOPT REPORTS
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Motion 17/05
Moved
by Member Qaqish
BE
IT RESOLVED THAT the Chair of the Board of Health Verbal Report; the Medical
Officer of Health Verbal Report; the Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention –
Status Report, as amended; the Ontario’s Health System Transformation –
Update report; the Ottawa Public Health Submission in Response to Public
Consultation – Legalization of Cannabis in Ontario report; the Update on
Ottawa Public Health’s Immunization Strategy report; the Federal Government
Healthy Eating Strategy Consultations report; the 2017 Operating Budget Q2 –
Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit Status Report; the
Delegation of Authority report for Contracts Awarded for the Period of
January 1 to June 30, 2017; and the Ottawa Board of Health Public Health
Funding and Accountability Agreement – 2017 Mid-Year Update report be
received and adopted.
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CARRIED
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CONFIRMATION BY-LAW
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Motion 17/06
Moved
by Member Qaqish
BE
IT RESOLVED THAT Confirmation By-law no. 2017-4, a by-law of the Board of
Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit to confirm the proceedings of the
Ottawa Board of Health at its meeting of September 18, 2017, be read and
passed.
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CARRIED
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ADJOURNMENT
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The Board adjourned the meeting at 7:44 p.m.
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NEXT MEETING
Regular Meeting
Monday, 18 September 2017 - 5:00 PM, Champlain Room, 110
Laurier Avenue West
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“Original
signed by”
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“Original
signed by”
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BOARD SECRETARY
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BOARD CHAIR
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M
E M O / N O T E D E S E R V I C E
TO:
Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit
DESTINATAIRE : Conseil de santé de la circonscription
sanitaire de la ville d’Ottawa
FROM:
Councillor Shad Qadri
Contact :
Councillor Shad Qadri
Chair, Ottawa Board of Health
613-580-2424 ext. 23681
shad.qadri@ottawa.ca
EXPÉDITEUR : Conseiller Shad Qadri
Personne ressource :
Conseiller Shad Qadri
Président, Conseil de santé d’Ottawa
613-580-2424, poste 23681
shad.qadri@ottawa.ca
DATE: September 18, 2017
18 septembre 2017
FILE
NUMBER: ACS2017-OPH-BOH-0004
SUBJECT:
CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH VERBAL REPORT
OBJET : RAPPORT VERBAL DU
PRÉSIDENT DU CONSEIL DE SANTÉ
Good evening and thank you very much
for joining us.
Tonight, I would like to begin by
updating you on the work that has been happening at Ottawa Public Health (OPH)
since we last met in June.
I would like to start by highlighting some
leadership shown by both employees and members of the Board.
First, I am very proud to announce
that four OPH nurses have been chosen as recipients of the Canadian Nurses
Association (CNA)’s 150 Nurses for Canada award. To mark the 150th
anniversary of Confederation, the CNA is recognizing nurses who continue to
pioneer health innovation in Canada and around the world. These nurses are
strong public advocates and leaders in advancing a client-centred approach to
quality health care through traditional, innovative or inter-professional
practices.
I believe some of these nurses are
here with us this evening. I invite you to please stand as I say your name and
I invite the audience to give these employees a round of applause. Please join
me in congratulating public health nurses Erin Culley, Cynthia Horvath, Christa
Poirier, and Kim Trotter!
Thank you for your passion for
nursing. Our community truly benefits from your commitment and dedication.
Second, I would like to share with you
that last month I had the pleasure of attending the Association of
Municipalities of Ontario conference. This was held in Ottawa and Dr. Levy
participated in a panel on health system transformation in Ontario. As far as I
am aware, this is the first time OPH has been invited to participate in the
conference. I congratulate Dr. Levy on his participation and the thoughtful
comments he shared on the future of public health.
Next, I would like to thank some of
our Board of Health members for their involvement in the Ottawa Champions Youth
Baseball Leadership Camp. Late last month, the Ottawa Champions held a Youth
Baseball Leadership Camp. The camp provided children and youth from Ottawa Community
Housing and the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa the opportunity to learn baseball
skills from the professional Champions players. Board Members Taylor and Tilley
were on-site with me to support the event along with OPH employees. I thank you
both for your leadership and attendance at this event to improve the health and
wellbeing of children and youth in our community.
I would also like to thank members of
the Board who walked in the Capital Pride Parade on Sunday, August 27. The
parade wrapped up the annual weeklong festival that celebrates the diversity of
the gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans, two-spirited and queer (GLBTTQ)
community.
OPH has been a proud Capital Pride
Parade participant since 2002. This year marks the 15th year that
OPH, in collaboration with the Board of Health, will host the City of Ottawa
parade float. This year OPH encouraged the “Connect with Us” campaign, which
promotes OPH’s social media channels as a key source for public health
information and engagement, and the launch of OPH’s new website, OttawaPublicHealth.ca.
This event was a wonderful opportunity
to bring people together to celebrate and promote our values of diversity,
inclusiveness, understanding, equality and self-expression. I would like to
thank Board Members McKenney and Qaqish along with the many OPH employees who
were in attendance.
These are just some of the ways our
Board members are championing OPH in the community.
Finally, Board Members may be aware
that last Wednesday, City Council considered a report that is expected to lead
to the expansion of gambling at the current Rideau Carleton Raceway facility.
During the debate, questions were raised about the public health implications
of problematic gambling. I would like the record to reflect that I have asked
our Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Levy, to follow-up on the concerns raised by
meeting with the proponents and to report back to us in the new year on the
progress of those discussions.
That concludes my verbal report for
this evening and I welcome any question.
M
E M O / N O T E D E S E R V I C E
TO:
Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit
DESTINATAIRE : Conseil de santé de la circonscription
sanitaire de la ville d’Ottawa
FROM:
Dr. Isra Levy,
Ottawa Public Health
Contact :
Dr. Isra Levy
Medical Officer of Health
613-580-2424 ext. 23681
isra.levy@ottawa.ca
EXPÉDITEUR : Dr Isra Levy,
Santé publique Ottawa
Personne ressource :
Dr Isra Levy
Médecin chef en santé publique
613-580-2424, poste 23681
isra.levy@ottawa.ca
DATE: September 18, 2017
18 septembre 2017
FILE
NUMBER: ACS2017-OPH-MOH-0005
SUBJECT:
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH VERBAL REPORT
OBJET : RAPPORT VERBAL DU
MÉDECIN CHEF EN SANTÉ PUBLIQUE
Bonsoir,
good evening,
I
hope you have all had a little time to rest during the summer. As you know from
my email updates, we have been engaged on a number of issues in recent months,
many of which are on our agenda tonight. Before we get to that agenda I do want
to briefly speak to some issues, including challenges to the City’s hookah
By-law, a reflection on summer activities including many Ministry
consultations, and some staffing updates.
With
respect to the hookah By-law, in August, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
heard a new application for an emergency injunction to block the ongoing
enforcement of the “hookah ban” portion of the City’s Smoke-Free By-laws. This
application alleged that a business had suffered significant financial losses
due to its inability to serve shisha. Working with our Legal Counsel I did
submit an affidavit opposing this injunction. The judge hearing the case
determined in favour of our position.
The
main challenge to the constitutionality of the By-law does – as you know –
remain outstanding. That challenge, as we have discussed previously, claims
that the By-law violates rights guaranteed by the Charter of Rights and
Freedoms. This challenge is set to be heard in February 2018.
Moving
to other issues, June through August proved to be as busy at OPH as we had
predicted. The Canada 150 celebrations generally went smoothly from our
perspective, though, and I am pleased to report that we were able to work with
municipal partners in supporting the city safely through summer months. Aside
from the summer Canada150 celebrations, OPH also worked proactively with
festival organisers to ensure the safe enjoyment by patrons at the wide variety
of summer concerts.
As
I know you appreciate one of the immediate and pressing issues we continue to
be working on is the ongoing opioid challenge in our City. Over recent weeks we
have acted to enhance our programming in support of partners and residents on
this subject even further than in previous months. I appreciate the opportunity
to discuss this matter in depth later this evening, as this issue is very
rapidly evolving and has many challenging elements to it. In recent
weeks, the OPH clinic on Clarence Street began preparations to provide interim
Supervised Injection Services (SIS). If approved, these services will be
provided under the Health Canada exemption granted to the Sandy Hill Community
Health Centre in July 2017, by current, qualified employees of OPH in
accordance with both the requirements of Health Canada, and the applicable
policies and procedures of the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre.
Summer
was also unusually busy with respect to various provincial and federal
consultations on a diverse range of issues that are relevant to our work. Many
of these are on our agenda tonight, so I can address questions in general on
these now, or later in the evening.
Looking
forward to the new requirements that the province will have of us into the
future, I can provide an update on staff alignment activities. In late June, I
announced our new Senior Leadership Team. I am pleased to welcome Lou Flaborea
who recently joined us as Manager of Performance & Corporate Services. Some
of you may recognize Lou. OPH was one of Lou’s many clients when he served as
Account Manager for the City of Ottawa’s Financial Services Unit.
Also
tonight, I welcome our new Associate MOH, Dr. Geneviève Cadieux. Geneviève, who
had previously worked with us during her studies, joined us over the summer,
and we are pleased to be welcoming her to the team and back to Ottawa!
Work
is progressing on the staff alignment exercise, and later this month I will
announce the next phase to our employees. I am developing a new structure that
will position us for implementation of the 2018 provincial Standards, and our
contribution to the evolving and transforming provincial health care system. We
will continue to be responsive to community need and client centered, and
committed to ongoing self assessment and improvement. The ongoing feedback I’m
receiving from employees and the Board continues to guide me and the Senior
Leadership Team (SLT) members through this exercise.
Just
before concluding my comments tonight I want to note that this week we at OPH
are pleased to be hosting Business Administrators from Public Health Units
across Ontario at their annual meeting and to extend our welcome to any who may
have chosen to observe this meeting tonight.
Mr.
Chair, that concludes my update, and as always I am happy to answer any
questions.
Merci beaucoup.