List of Submissions

Below is a listing of recent media releases, as well as an archive of releases as a reference on issues for which OPHA advocates.


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2011

  • January 28 - Consultation on Enteric Protozoa: Giardia and Cryptosporidium [PDF] - OPHA was recently invited to provide comments on Health Canada's Guideline Technical Document — Enteric Protozoa: Giardia and Cryptosporidium. We highlighted the excellent quality of the reference paper and encourage its distribution to all provincial health ministers. We also list several recommendations paired with the relevant category: Health Risks Associated with Enteric Pathogens in Recreational Waters (see also OPHA Position Paper, 2008 [PDF]); Risk Assessment; Relationship to Indicator Organism; Analytical Methods; and, Source Water Protection.

2010

  • May 17 - OPHA comments on EBR 010-9349 supporting amendment to Regulation 455/09 [PDF] - OPHA submitted a letter to the Senior Policy Advisor at the Ministry of the Environment supporting the amendment to Regulation 455/09. Strong regulations are required to support the government's Toxic Reductions Act. Community members, workers, and consumers have the right to know about the environmental and occupational risks they are exposed to. Toxic reduction planners should be licenced by the Ministry and should have the appropriate skill and background that includes workplace health and safety.
  • February 1 - Consultation on the Minister's Report on the Waste Diversion Act 2002 [PDF] - OPHA submitted their comments on “From Waste to Worth: The Role of Waste Diversion in the Green Economy - Minister's Report on the Waste Diversion Act 2002” [EBR Registry Number 010-7325] OPHA strongly recommends that there should be acknowledgement and awareness-raising, about the impact our consumer-based society has on our health and our environment.
  • January 27 - OPHA responds to “With Our Best Future in Mind” by Dr. Charles Pascal [PDF]: In June 2009, Dr Charles Pascal, Special Advisor on Early Learning, presented his report, With Our Best Future In Mind: Implementing Early Learning in Ontario, to Premier Dalton McGuinty. In his report, Dr Pascal presented the Premier with a bold vision for Early Learning and Care in Ontario. This vision is based on a solid understanding of early years growth and development and intensive investigation into best practices.

    OPHA has expressed its support for Dr. Pascal’s vision. To date, the Premier has formally endorsed the recommendations that relate specifically to full day learning and child care and has established an Early Years Division within the Ministry of Education to lead planning and implementation of these recommendations. OPHA, along with many of our early years service partners, has now called on the Province to endorse the full vision, which includes the establishment of Best Start Child and Family Centres.
  • January 8 - Responding to Private Members' Bill C-391 an Act to Amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act [PDF] - OPHA made a submission to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security purporting that firearms impose a significant burden on the health of Canadians in terms of death, disabling injury, and emotional trauma. OPHA recommends that the Committee uphold the registration of rifles and shotguns within Canada's Firearms Act. Commonly referred to as the Long Gun Registry.
  • January 7 - 2010 Pre-Budget Submission [PDF], presented to the Honourable Dwight Duncan, Minister of Finance.

2009

  • October 27 - Toxics Reduction Act (Bill 167) passed second reading in the Ontario Legislature on June 3, 2009. OPHA had an opportunity to appear before the Government Committee, chaired by David Orazietti, to make a presentation [PDF] highlighting the many reasons the legislation should be strengthened. Connie Uetrecht, Executive Director, was joined by Carol Timmings, President and Helen Doyle, member of the OPHA Environmental Workgroup.

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2004

  • March - Health Protection Act: Legislative Renewal: During the winter of 2003/2004 Health Canada consulted on its proposed changes to Canada's health protection legislation. A group of OPHA members actively participated in this process and worked to develop an organizational position and response to the proposed changes. At the end of March OPHA submitted a letter and extensive comments on the proposed Act to Health Canada. As a member of the Canadian Partnership on Child Health and the Environment (CPCHE), OPHA also co-signed the CPCHE response, which emphasized the need for the integration of a children's environmental health perspective into the proposed legislation.

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