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Protecting Local Health Care Services from Provincial Downloading and Funding Cuts - by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy

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2019-10-02 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on October 2 and 3, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council call on the Province of Ontario to halt the closures of, mergers of, and cuts to our local health care services, including Public Health Units, land ambulance services, hospitals and long-term care homes.

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Adopt Item · Carried, 21-3

For (21)Ana Bailão, Anthony Perruzza, Brad Bradford, Cynthia Lai, Frances Nunziata, Gord Perks, James Pasternak, Jaye Robinson, Jennifer McKelvie, Jim Karygiannis, Joe Cressy, John Filion, Josh Matlow, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Mark Grimes, Michael Thompson, Mike Colle, Mike Layton, Paul Ainslie, Paula Fletcher, Shelley Carroll
Against (3)Gary Crawford, Michael Ford, Stephen Holyday
Absent (2)Denzil Minnan-Wong, John Tory
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Health care is consistently ranked as the highest Canadian public policy priority. Investments in health care have improved the overall welfare of society in countless ways by preventing, curing and treating disease and injuries. Municipalities like Toronto, and residents across Ontario, benefit from health investments when those resources are delivered locally. The amalgamation and downsizing of hospitals in Ontario and across other Canadian jurisdictions has proven to be an expensive undertaking that has redirected money away from frontline care.

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Now there is mounting concern about the proposed closure of 25 local Public Health Units, more than half of the local ambulance dispatch centres, and 49 of Ontario's 59 local ambulance services. Simultaneously, long-term care homes are facing real dollar cuts and the cancellation of two dedicated funds. Altogether, these cuts represent a challenge in effectively delivering services to those in need. The proposed cuts, closures, and mergers of local heal care services should be halted to ensure that the highest quality of care can be maintained for Toronto and residents across Ontario. Cities and towns across Ontario are adopting similar motions to protect local health care services from shortsighted provincial downloading and funding cuts.

Staff recommended

Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council call on the Province of Ontario to halt the closures of, mergers of, and cuts to our local health care services, including Public Health Units, land ambulance services, hospitals and long-term care homes.

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