PREPARED BY:

Communications Department

DATE:

November 21, 2023

SUBJECT:

October 15, 2023 – November 14, 2023, Communications Update

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:

Provide regular marketing and communication updates to the Board of Health.

BACKGROUND

Overview

• SafePoint has been open since April 26th, 2023, serving clients 7 days per week between the hours of 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
• In order to ensure transparency related to SafePoint operations, the Board of Health is provided with regular updates.

Application Status

BACKGROUND

Overview

• SafePoint opened on April 26^th, 2023, serving clients 7 days per week between the hours of 10:00 a.m. – 
  6:00 p.m. daily.
• In order to ensure transparency related to SafePoint operations, the Board of Health is provided with regular updates.

Application Status

December 1, 2023

Dr. Kieran Moore,
Chief Medical Officer of Health,
Box 12,
Toronto, ON M7A 1N3

Dear Dr. Moore,

Re: Voluntary Mergers and Boards of Health Leadership

On behalf of the Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa) and its Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health, Boards of Health Section and Affiliate Associations, we are writing to provide advice on the voluntary mergers component of the Strengthening Public Health initiative that is currently underway.

October 27, 2023

VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL

Honourable Chrystia Freeland
Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance

Honourable Jenna Sudds
Ministry of Families, Children and Social Development

Honourable Lawrence MacAulay
Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Food

Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos
Ministry of Public Services and Procurement

Dear Federal Ministers Freeland, Sudds, MacAulay, and Duclos:

Re: Support for a Funded Healthy School Food Program in Budget 2024 (Federal)

November 9, 2023

Fabio Costante, Board of Health Chair
Dr. Kenneth Blanchette, Chief Executive Officer
Windsor-Essex County Health Unit
1005 Ouellette Avenue
Windsor, ON
N9A 4J8

Re: Investing in a Sustainable Federal School Food Policy

Dear Chair Costante and Dr. Blanchette,

At the October 19, 2023 meeting, under Correspondence item d), the Middlesex-London Board of Health moved to endorse the following item:

October 27, 2023

VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL

The Honourable Doug Ford
Premier of Ontario

The Honourable Sylvia Jones
Minister of Health

The Honourable Michael Tibollo
Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions

Dear Premier Ford and Provincial Ministers Jones and Tibollo:

Re: Public Health Strengthening and Chronic Disease Prevention