Item Name		Posted By	Date Posted
alPHa Letter - Smoke-Free Patios PDF (168.28 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-09-04
May 23 2012 Letter from alPHa President calling for a Provincial ban on smoking on restaurant and bar patios
alPHa Letter - Social Assistance in Ontario PDF (264.22 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-07-23
alPHa/OPHA letter to Premier providing comments on budget restrictions on social assistance and the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario.
alPHa Letter - Support for OMA Obesity Paper PDF (213.29 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-10-26
October 26 2012 - alPHa letter of support for support of the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) Policy Paper on Applying Lessons Learned from Anti-Tobacco Campaigns to the Prevention of Obesity. The letter includes several of alPHa's nutrition-related resolutions.
alPHa Letter - Support for Oral Health Report PDF (170.77 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-10-26
October 26 2012 - alPHa letter of support for the recommendations made in the recent report entitled Staying Ahead of the Curve: A unified public oral health program for Ontario? (For a copy of the report, please go to Resources > Position Papers & Reports. Posting date: 12/10/12).
alPHa Letter - Taking Action on Chronic Disease PDF (168.23 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2013-04-23
March 29 2012 letter of congratulations to the joint Public Health Ontario/Cancer Care Ontario Prevention Working Group for the release of the Taking Action to Prevent Chronic Disease Report
alPHa Letter - UIIP Reimbursements PDF (152.25 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-10-12
October 12 2012 - alPHa letter to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care reminding her of alPHa's long-standing efforts to secure an increase to the $5.00 per dose reimbursement for vaccinations provided under the Universal Influenza Immunization Program (UIIP), having learned that pharmacists will receive $7.50 per dose.
alPHa Letter - Welcome to Executive Director, PHD PDF (138.47 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-11-23
Letter of congratulations to Roselle Martino on her new position as Executive Director of the Public Health Division.
alPHa Letter - Youth Action Plan PDF (163.88 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-10-04
Oct 4 2012 - Letter to the Premier from the alPHa President, congratulating the Government for the launch of the Youth Action Plan, which is a designed to address youth violence through a variety of approaches.
alPHa Letter -Sodium Reduction (A11-10) PDF (156.71 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-11-28
Nov 28 2012 - Letter to federal Minister of Health in support of Bill C-460, the Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada Act, which also includes alPHa's supporting Resolution A11-10.
alPHa -OPHA Letter - Social Assistance Rates PDF (0 bytes)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-11-15
May 30 2012 alPHa/OPHA letter to Premier providing comments on budget restrictions on social assistance and the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario.
alPHa Response - Accountability Agreements PDF (238.31 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2013-04-30
29 March 2012 alPHa Response to KFLA Request for advocacy on concerns about the process and targets related to the recently signed Accountability Agreements
alPHa-OPHA Letter - Health Inequities and OPHS PDF (96.04 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-07-30
Letter from the joint alPHa-OPHA Health Equity Working Group requesting Public Health Ontario's involvement in the renewal and evergreening process of the Ontario Public Health Standards, to provide evidence that supports strenthening the public health mandate in addressing health inequities
alPHa-OPHA News Release - Social Assistance Review PDF (32.61 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-11-02
October 26 2012 - alPHa-OPHA joint release welcoming the recommendations of the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario. Its final report, released Wednesday 24th October, outlines the commission’s recommendations for the transformation of Ontario’s social assistance program.
CIC Reponse - Interim Federal Health Program PDF (37.28 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-07-30
Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration response to the COMOH Letter expressing concerns about cuts to health benefits to refugee claimants under the Interim Federal Health Program.
COMOH - OCFP Letter AQHI PDF (190.84 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-11-15
June 22 2012 Letter co-signed by the Chair of the Council of Medical Officers of Health and the President of the Ontario College of Family Physicians urging province-wide rollout of the Air Quality Health Index
COMOH - PHSEL Letter - Children's Commissioner PDF (117.74 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-11-23
November 22 2012 Letter to all Ontario MPs calling for support for Bill C-420, An Act to establish the Office of the Commissioner for Children and Young Persons in Canada
COMOH Letter - Accountability Agreements PDF (129.93 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-11-15
Jan 13 2012 Letter from the COMOH Chair to the Chief Medical Officer of Health and the Assistant Deputy Minister of Health Promotion regarding concerns with performance indicator targets as set out in the Accountability Agreements.
COMOH Letter - Confinement Orders PDF (120.23 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2013-04-30
6 February 2012 Letter from the COMOH Chair seeking clarification on a recent directive that confinement orders should be issued following all animal bite incidents involving domestic pets.
COMOH Letter - Healthy Kids Panel PDF (155.57 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-08-08
Submission of the Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health to the Provincial Healthy Kids Panel, which has been charged with developing a strategy to reduce childhood obesity in Ontario
COMOH Letter - HPV Vaccine in Catholic Schools PDF (100.11 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-09-19
Sept 19 2012 Letter to the President of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops expressing concerns about the content of its message to Directors of Education of Catholic School Boards and to the Catholic educational community regarding the provision of HPV vaccine to Grade 8 females.
COMOH Letter - IFHP PDF (88.11 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-11-15
June 26 2012 Letter to the federal Minister of Immigration endorsing the Toronto Board of Health recommendations to reinstate health coverage to refugees under the Interim Federal Health Program until full consultation has taken place.
COMOH Letter - Interim Federal Health Program PDF (88.12 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-08-08
COMOH Letter to the federal Minister of Citizenship and Immigration urging reversal of changes to the IFHP (Refugee Health)
HC Response - alPHa Resolution A12-6 PDF (59.9 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-07-30
Reply from federal Minister of Health regarding alPHa Resolution A12-6, which calls for stricter regulation of energy drinks.
MCSS Reply - Social Assistance in Ontario PDF (95.23 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-07-23
Minister of Community and Social Services response to the May 30 alPHa/OPHA letter to Premier providing comments on budget restrictions on social assistance and the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario.
MED Response - Modernizing Child Care PDF (62.05 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-10-31
October 22 2012 - Minister of Education response to alPHa's July 11 letter congratulating the Government for introducing a discussion paper on modernizing child care in Ontario.
MOHLTC Reply - Ont Action Plan for Health Care PDF (47.81 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-10-31
April 20 2012 Response from the Minister to alPHa's correspondence on the Action Plan, which included an expression of interest in participating on the announced panel to tackle obesity.
MOHLTC Reply - Smoke-Free Patios PDF (61.5 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-09-04
Response to alPHa's May 23 Letter calling for a Provincial ban on smoking on restaurant and bar patios.
MOHLTC Reply - Trans Fat in Food PDF (63.9 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-10-12
October 3 2012 - Response from the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to alPHa's May 2012 reintoduction of its 2009 Resolution (A09-4 - Trans Fat in the Food Supply), which urges the Government of Ontario to take immediate steps towards regulating trans fat levels in foods and beverages available in Ontario food premises, including, but not limited to, supporting Bill 156 Healthy Decisions for Healthy Foods.
MOHLTC Response - Accountability Agreements PDF (118.61 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-11-01
June 15 2012 Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care reply to the April 19 alPHa letter regarding outstending concerns about indicator targets in the PHU-MOHLTC Accountability Agreements.
MOHLTC Response - Accountability Agreements PDF (143.09 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2013-04-30
29 February 2012 Letter from the CMOH and ADM, Health Promotion Division responding to concerns raised by the COMOH Chair about the Accountabilty Agreements in her January 12, 2012 letter
MOHLTC Response - Funding for UIIP Immunizations PDF (65.2 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2013-04-30
Jan 23 2012 Response from the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to alPHa's November 17 letter calling for an increase to the per-dose reimbursements for immunizations provided under the Universal Influenza Immunization Program
MOHLTC Response - Capital Budgets PDF (85.77 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2013-01-07
December 17 response from MOHLTC to alPHa's Sept 18 2012 letter requesting the restoration of a capital expenditure line in local public health unit budgets.
MOHLTC Response - HPV Vaccination (A12-10) PDF (89.73 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-11-28
November 13 2012 - MOHLTC response to 11 July 2012 alPHa Letter introducing alPHa Resolution A12-10, which calls for Provincial funding for HPV Immunization of All Students
MOHLTC Response - Infection Control PDF (95.54 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2013-04-30
5 April 2012 MOHLTC response to alPHa request for discussions among MOHLTC, alPHa, PHO and CPSO to ensure clarity of roles and responsibilities for infection control and follow-up related to clinical settings.
MOHLTC Response - UIIP Reimbursements PDF (104.46 KB)  [ more ] [ hide ]		Administration	2012-12-11
December 3 2012 response from the Chief Medical Officer of Health to alPHa's letter regarding reimbursements under the Universal Influenza Immunization Program (outlines the rationale for giving pharmacists $7.50 per dose while public health's rate remains at $5.00.