Over the past several months, the Medical Officer of Health Hiring Committee has been working alongside Phelps Group to find Toronto’s next Medical Officer of Health in preparation for Dr. Eileen de Villa’s departure at the end of this year. After an extensive search and interview process, we are bringing forward a recommendation to appoint the new Medical Officer of Health.
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A report on the appointment of the recommended Medical Officer of Health will be submitted for consideration to the November 18th meeting of the Board of Health.
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1. City Council appoint the candidate identified in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the position of Medical Officer of Health for the City of Toronto Health Unit effective on January 1, 2025 or on the date the appointment is approved by the Minister of Health, whichever is later.
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2. City Council transmit the appointment of the Medical Officer of Health to the provincial Minister of Health for approval.
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3. In the event that the Minister of Health has not approved the appointment of the Medical Officer of Health by January 1, 2025, City Council appoint the candidate identified in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the position of Acting Medical Officer of Health for the City of Toronto Health Unit effective January 1, 2025, until such time that the Medical Officer of Health appointment is approved by the Minister of Health.
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4. City Council authorize the appropriate City officials to take the necessary action to give effect thereto, including the introduction in Council of the necessary bills to appoint the approved candidate as the Medical Officer of Health and to appoint the Acting Medical Officer of Health under the Health Protection and Promotion Act, R.S.O. 1990, c H.7 (“HPPA”).
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5. City Council authorize the public release of the name and Curriculum Vitae summary of the Medical Officer of Health contained in Confidential Attachment 1 upon City Council's approval of the appointment.
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1. That the Board of Health direct the Medical Officer of Health, in consultation with the City Solicitor, to submit comments on Bill 223 before December 18th, 2024.
","financialImpactWep":"","agendaItemSummary":"On November 18th, the Provincial government tabled Bill 223, which includes the Community Care and Recovery Act. This act is the result of the government’s commitment to ban supervised consumption sites within 200 metres of schools and child care centres from earlier this year. It stipulates that no person shall establish or operate a supervised consumption site at a location that is less than 200 metres from a designated premises. This legislation will force the closure of at least five supervised consumption facilities in Toronto, putting countless lives at risk and burdening our first response services.
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As this board has previously shared its support for safe consumption sites, I recommend that we direct the Medical Officer of Health to provide comments on Bill 223 on our behalf.
The Medical Officer of Health Hiring Committee recommends to the Board of Health that
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1. City Council appoint the Associate Medical Officer of Health identified in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the position of Acting Medical Officer of Health for the City of Toronto Health Unit effective on January 1, 2025.
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2. City Council authorize the appropriate City officials to take the necessary action to give effect thereto, including the introduction in Council of the necessary bill to appoint the candidate as the Acting Medical Officer of Health under the Health Protection and Promotion Act, R.S.O. 1990, c H.7 (“HPPA”).
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3. City Council authorize the public release of the name and Curriculum Vitae summary of the Acting Medical Officer of Health contained in Confidential Attachment 1 upon City Council's approval of the appointment.
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| \r\n Councillor Chris Moise, Chair \r\nCouncillor Alejandra Bravo, Vice Chair \r\nAbinaya Chandrabalan \r\nLindsay Kretschmer \r\n | \r\n\r\n Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik \r\nCouncillor Amber Morley \r\nCharles Ozzoude \r\nCouncillor Gord Perks \r\nSuman Roy \r\n | \r\n\r\n Ramanjeet Singh \r\nTrustee Anu Sriskandarajah \r\nCouncillor Michael Thompson \r\nStephanie Zhou \r\n | \r\n
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This meeting of the Board of Health will be held by electronic means and the proceedings of the Board of Health will be conducted publicly.
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Directors of the Board and participating City Officials will be provided with the video conference details closer to the meeting date.
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To provide comments or make a presentation to the Board of Health:
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The public may submit written comments or register to speak to the Board on any item on the agenda.
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Written comments may be submitted by writing to boh@toronto.ca.
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