Letter to Premier Ford: Cuts to Local Health Care Services - January 24, 2020

January 24, 2020

 

Premier Doug Ford
Room 281
Legislative Building, Queens Park
Toronto ON  M7A 1A1

SENT VIA EMAIL: premier@ontario.ca

Dear Premier Ford, 

The purpose of this letter is to bring to your attention that, at its regular monthly meeting of January 23, 2020, the Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board adopted Resolution # 20 – 08 in support of Resolution 19-374 passed by the Municipality of Killarney.   

A duly authorized copy of the Manitoulin-Sudbury DSB Resolution # 20 – 08 is attached calling upon the Ontario government to halt the closures of, mergers of, and cuts to our local health care services including Public Health Units, Paramedic Services, hospitals and long-term care homes.

We look forward to working with the government in addressing these important issues. 

Sincerely, 

Les Gamble
Chair of Manitoulin-Sudbury DSB

cc:      

AMO
FONOM
Public Health Sudbury & Districts
Carole Hughes, MP
Mike Mantha, MPP
Marc Serré, MP
Paul Lefebvre, MP
 

RESOLUTION 20-08 

DATE: January 23, 2020 

MOVED BY: Jim Rook                        

SECONDED BY: Paul Schoppmann

WHEREAS the Manitoulin-Sudbury DSB supports Resolution 19-374 passed by the Municipality of Killarney at their November 26, 2019 meeting regarding Local Health Care Services;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Manitoulin-Sudbury DSB calls upon the Ontario government to halt the closures of, mergers of, and cuts to our local health care services including Public Health Units, Paramedic Services, hospitals and long-term care homes.

FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED THAT this resolution be forwarded to Premier Doug Ford, AMO, FONOM, Public Health Sudbury & Districts and all local MPP’s. 

Carried

Original signed by Les Gamble, Board Chair