Resolutions	Recent Developments
A06-1, Highway Traffic Act  alPHa urges the Minister of Transport to amend the Highway Traffic Act to require that the number of passengers transported by a motor vehicle be limited to the number of available seatbelts	February 1 2007 Resolution closed by alPHa's Board of Directors January 9, 2007 Letter received from Minister of Transportation thanking alPHa for its support for the amendments called for in the Resolution. Please click here to read. December 11, 2006 alPHa Advocacy Committee recommends that this resolution be closed, as the operative clause has been satisfied November 2, 2006 Bill 148 has received Royal Assent and is passed into law. October 24, 2006 alPHa has sent a letter to the MInister of Transportation thanking her for the introduction of this amendment. Please click here to read. October 16, 2006 Following four deaths resulting from an overcrowded minivan crash on Saturday October 14th, the Minister of Transportation introduced a "one person, one seatbelt" amendment to the HTA. Please click here for the Government News Release  Please click here to view the First Reading of Bill 148 September 19, 2006 Letter sent by alPHa to the Minister of Transportation introducing resolutions A06-1 and A06-2. Please click here to read. Summer 2006 alPHa has received notification of the passage of similar resolutions from the Ontario Public Health Association, the Thunder Bay Police Services Board and several boards of health (Peterbourough, Thunder Bay, Northwestern, Durham)
A06-2, All Terrain Vehicle Safety  alPHa urges the Government of Ontario to strike a multi-stakeholder panel to develop a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to promote ATV safety and prevent related injuries, especially in children	November 23 2006 alPHa has received correspondence from the Director of the Province’s Projects and Change Management Branch, indicating that there is a multi-stakeholder ATV group in plae that is reviewing legislation and policies related to the Off Road Vehicles Act. Please click here to read the letter Please click here to read September 19, 2006 Letter sent by alPHa to the Minister of Transportation introducing resolutions A06-1 and A06-2. Please click here to read
A05-13, Window Saftey Devices  alPHa urges the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to amend the building code to require the installation of window safety devices in multiple-dwellings such that every window that does not lead to a balcony, is located two metres or more above the finished grade of land upon which it faces, and is not otherwise equipped to prevent falls shall be equipped with a safety device to prevent an opening in any part of the window greater than 100 millimetres	February 15, 2006 Letter written to Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, copied to the CMOH, Minister of Health and Long Term Care, Minister of Health Promotion and the Premier introducing the Resolution. Please click here to read.