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alPHa Letter - Remote BOH Participation
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Administration
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2016-01-14
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January 14 2016 alPHa letter to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care requesting his support for legislative amendments to allow for remote participation in Board of Health meetings.
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alPHa Letter - Community Water Fluoridation
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2016-01-15
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January 15 2016 alPHa Letter to the Minister of Heath and Long-Term Care and the CMOH thanking them for their January 7 letter to all heads of municipal council in support of community water fluoridation and urging them to consider alPHa's call via Resolution A14-4 to mandate and fund the practice. The Minister / CMOH letter is included at the end.
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alPHa Letter - OSNPPH Food Insecurity Position
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Administration
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2016-01-15
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January 15 2016 alPHa letter in support of the Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health (OSNPPH) Position Statement on Responses to Food Insecurity. Includes alPHa Resolutions A15-4 (Basic Income Guarantee) and A05-18 (Adequate Nutrition for works and Ontario Disability Support Program Participants and Low Wage Earners)
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alPHa Letter - Immunization 2020
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2016-01-15
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January 15 2016 alPHa letter of congratulations to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care for the release of the Immunization 2020 plan. Includes a call to action on three related alPHa Resolutions (A12-10 - HPV Immunization of All Students, A11-7 - Eligibility into Perpetuity for HPV, HBV and Tdap Vaccines and A01-3, Vaccine Availability).
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alPHa Letter - Provincial Alcohol Strategy
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Administration
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2016-01-26
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January 26 2016 alPHa letter responding to the December 21 announcement that the Province will be developing a Provincial Alcohol Strategy.
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alPHa Letter - Outgoing President Lorne Coe
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2016-02-19
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February 16 2016 letter to former alPHa President Lorne Coe, thanking him for his service to the alPHa Board of Directors and congratulating him on his election to the Ontario Legislature.
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alPHa Letter - Menu Labeling Contextual Statement
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2016-02-19
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February 19 2016 alPHa letter of support for the Ontario Society for Nutrition Professionals in Public Health (OSNPPH) proposal for a contextual statement as part of Ontario's new menu labeling legislation.
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alPHa Letter - Appointment of CMOH
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2016-02-19
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February 19 2016 alPHa Letter of congratulations to Dr. David Williams on his appointment as Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health.
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Premier Reply - Provincial Alcohol Strategy
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2016-02-23
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Feb 10 2016 Premier Response to the January 26 2016 alPHa letter regarding the December 21 announcement that the Province will be developing a Provincial Alcohol Strategy.
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alPHa Letter - Thanks to Deputy Minister
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2016-03-02
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March 2 2016 letter from the alPHa President thanking Deputy Minister Bob Bell for joining the February 25th Section meetings for dialogue with our members.
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alPHa Letter - Patients First Response
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2016-03-04
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February 29 2016 alPHa response to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care discussion paper, "Patients First: A Proposal to Strengthen Patient-Centred Health Care in Ontario".
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alPHa Letter - Patients First Expert Panel
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2016-03-04
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March 4 2016 alPHa letter responding to the Patients First Discussion Paper proposal to establish an Expert Panel to advise on deepening and formalizing linkages between LHINs and Public Health Units. Includes a recommendation to include the current alPHa President as a member.
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COMOH Letter - HIV Reporting Regulatory Amendments
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2016-03-08
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March 8 2016 letter from the Chair of the Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health (COMOH), expressing disappointment in the lack of consultation regarding amendments to Regulations 569 under the Health Protection and Promotion Act (HPPA) and 682 under the Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act (LSCCLA).
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COMOH Letter - FASD
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2016-03-08
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March 8 COMOH Letter to MCYS expressing concerns about the significant preventative strategies and interventions that were absent from the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Provincial Roundtable Report, released in September 2015.
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alPHa Letter - Senate Obesity Report
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2016-03-09
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March 9 2016 letter to the federal Minister of Health in support of recommendations contained in the 2016 Canadian Senate Report, Obesity in Canada: Whole-of-Society Approach for a Healthier Canada.
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alPHa Letter - 2016 Ontario Budget
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2016-03-11
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March 11 2016 alPHa letter in response to several items of interest that were included in the 2016 Ontario Budget, including menu labelling, ISPA amendments, vaccine coverage and basic income guarantee.
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alPHa Letter - Infrastructure and Public Health
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2016-03-18
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March 18 2016 alPHa letter that calls on the federal Ministers of Transport and Infrastructure & Communities to include health promotion criteria for the allocation of federal infrastructure funding.
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alPHa Letter - MMT Clinics
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2016-04-01
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April 1 2016 - alPHa Letter to the Ministers of Health and Long-Term Care and Municipal Affairs and Housing expressing concerns about municipalities restricting the location of methadone maintenance and treatment (MMT) clinics.
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MCYS Reply - FASD
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2016-04-08
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April 1 2016 response from the Minister of Children and Youth Services to the March 8 COMOH letter regarding the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Provincial Roundtable Report, released in September 2015.
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MMAH reply - MMT Clinics
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2016-04-14
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April 8 2016 MMAH acknowledgement of receipt of alPHa's April 1 letter to the Ministers of Health and Long-Term Care and Municipal Affairs and Housing expressing concerns about municipalities restricting the location of methadone maintenance and treatment (MMT) clinics.
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alPHa PHEY Response - CCEYA
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2016-04-14
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The Public Health Early Years group (on behalf of the Council of Medical Officers of Health) feedback on phase 2 of the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014.
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alPHa Letter - Smoke Free Ontario Consultation
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2016-04-21
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April 21 2016 alPHa letter responding to proposed changes to regulations made under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act and Electronic Cigarettes Act, 2015 that would further restrict the sale / use of e-cigarettes and medical marijuana. The letter urges the Ministry to develop further restrictions to include water pipes, as per alPHa Resolution A13-5
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MOHLTC Memo - Patients First
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2016-04-21
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April 20 2016 memo from the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to alPHa's members regarding his vision for public health's role in the Patients First health care system transformation plan.
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alPHa Letter - HPV Program Announcement
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2016-04-21
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April 21 2016 alPHa letter congratulating and thanking the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care for his announcement that coverage under Ontario's HPV vaccination program is to be extended to males.
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alPHa Letter - Patients First
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2016-04-28
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April 28 2016 alPHa letter to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care that responds to his April 20 memo to Boards and MOHs regarding health system transformation, noting its omission of any specific reference or response to alPHa's February 28 recommendations on the Patients First discussion paper.
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alPHa Letter - Opioid Overdose Prevention
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2016-04-28
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April 28 2016 letter from the President of the Association of Local Public Health Agencies endorsing the recent call by a coalition of health providers for a provincial opioid overdose prevention and intervention plan.
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alPHa Brief - Patients First Response
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2016-04-29
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April 29 2016 - single-page summary of alPHa's response to the Patients First discussion paper, distributed to members for use during meetings with MPPs and other local advocacy activities.
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MinTrans Reply - Infrastructure and Public Health
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2016-05-03
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May 3 2016 acknowledgement from the federal Ministry of Transport of alPHa's March 18 letter, which also confirms that the issues raised are the responsibility of the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities.
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alPHa Letter - OPHS Review Progress Report
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2016-05-13
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May 13 2016 letter from the alPHa President to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care requesting a progress report on the ongoing review of the Ontario Public Health Standards and the initiation of regular updates from the committees.
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alPHa BOH Section Letter - Algoma Asessor's Report
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2016-05-30
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May 30 2016 letter from the Chair of alPHa's Boards of Health Section requesting a meeting with the ADM of the PPHD to discuss the possible implications for local boards of health of the application of recommendations from the assessment of the Algoma Board of Health, particularly where skills-based boards are under consideration.
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alPHa News Release - Patients First Act
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2016-06-03
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June 2 2016 alPHa News Release following the introduction of Bill 210, the Patients First Act.
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COMOH Letter - ISPA Issues Paper
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2016-06-16
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June 16 2016 letter to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care from the Chair of the Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health (COMOH) pertaining to issues related to the implementation of requirements under the Immunization of School Pupils Act.
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OSNPPH Letter - Food Security
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2016-06-16
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June 15 2016 letter of thanks to the alPHa President from the Ontario Society for Nutrition Professionals in Public Health (OSNPPH) for the endorsement of their position statement on responses to food insecurity.
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MOHLTC Response - Algoma Asessor's Report
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2016-06-23
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June 13 2016 response from Roselle Martino to the May 30 2016 letter from the Chair of alPHa's Boards of Health Section requesting a meeting with the ADM of the PPHD to discuss the possible implications for local boards of health of the application of recommendations from the assessment of the Algoma Board of Health, particularly where skills-based boards are under consideration.
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alPHa News Release - Healthy Eating (Res.A16-6)
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2016-07-13
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July 12 alPHa news release (with input from Heart and Stroke) announcing the passage of Resolution A16-5, Advocate for a Comprehensive Province-Wide Healthy Eating Approach Integrating the Recommendations in the Senate’s Report on Obesity and the Heart and Stroke Foundation Sugar, Heart Disease and Stroke Position Statement, including Taxation of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages.
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