Letters - E-J
OPHA invites you to review the record of our correspondence on the following issues:
Environmental Health | Food Safety | Food Security | Healthy Schools | Injury Prevention
Environmental Health
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Supporting Letter re Ontario regulation made under the Toxic Reduction Act (EBR Registry 010-7792) [PDF] (October 28, 2009)
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Supporting Letter to Minister Prentice re the government's commitment to the reduction of global mercury pollution. [PDF] (March 9, 2009)
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Supporting Letter re EBR 010-5080 implementation of the Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008 [PDF] (December 18, 2008)
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Supporting Letter for Metrolinx's Draft Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) and Investment Strategy [PDF] (November 12, 2008)
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Supporting Letter for EBR Posting 010-2248 — Ban on Cosmetic Use of Pesticides [PDF] (February 15, 2008)
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OPHA comments on the Classification Harmonization of Domestic Class Pesticides [PDF] (September 14, 2007)
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OPHA's support for a Call to Action on Climate Change and Clean Air [PDF] (February 19, 2007)
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Letter re: development of a regulation on source protection committees made under the Clean Water Act, 2006 [PDF] (January 26, 2007)
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Letter to Minister of Energy Dwight Duncan on electricity supply [PDF] (September 25, 2006)
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OPHA Submission letter to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Parliamentary Review [PDF] (September 17, 2006)
School Buses, Air Pollution and Children's Health [PDF] (August 10, 2006)
OPHA provides input on the proposed Clean Water Act, 2005I [PDF] (February 2, 2006)
Study finds children may be exposed to polluted air on school buses [PDF] (March, 2005) Feature Article in OHPE Bulletin, Hanif Kassam, MD, Liana Nolan, MD, Kim Perrotta
School Bus Report: Minister Dion; Minister Broten [PDF]; Medical Officers of Health (November 30, 2005)
Interior Lead Dust Standards [PDF] (June 14, 2005)
OPHA responds to the Notice of Proposal for Regulation respecting the Local Air Quality Framework [PDF] (May 31, 2005)
Environmental Health Capacity [PDF] (May 13, 2005)
Children's Environmental Health [PDF] (May 12, 2005)
Local Air Quality Standards [PDF] (October 18, 2004)
Designation of Streetcar Lanes for St. Clair Avenue, Toronto [PDF] (September, 2004)
Ontario's Industry Emissions Reduction Plan [PDF] (August, 2004)
Response to the Request for Public Comments Related to the Planning Reform Initiative [PDF] (July, 2004)
Building Environmental Health Capacity Within Public Health [PDF] (June, 2004)
Choose a Cost Effective & Low Impact Future for Ontario's Electrical Sector [PDF] (June, 2004)
Implementation of Toronto's Pesticide By-law [PDF] (May, 2004)
CPCHE Response to the Canada Health Protection Act - A Proposal to Renew Federal Health Protection Legislation (March, 2004)
OPHA's Response to the Canada Health Protection Act - A Proposal to Renew Federal Health Protection Legislation [PDF] (March, 2004)
Ontario's Energy Future Should be Sustainable [PDF] (March, 2004)
National Framework for Petroleum Refinery Emission Reductions (Mar, 2004) (pdf, 136kb)
Energy Efficiency, Shared Savings Mechanisms & Public Health [PDF] (January, 2004)
Removal of the electricity rate cap for residential and small business consumers (November, 2003) (pdf, 112KB)
Phasing Out Coal Fired Power Plants [PDF] (October, 2003)
Reducing the Level of Sulphur in Canadian Off-Road Diesel Fuel [PDF] (September, 2003)
Setting Canadian Standards for Sulphur in Heavy And Light Fuel Oils (July, 2003)
2002 Progress Report on activities under the 1991 Canada-United States Air Quality Agreement [PDF] (February, 2003)
The Discussion Paper on Ontario's Clean Air Plan for Industry (CAPI) [PDF] (February, 2003)
National budget to support Canada's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol [PDF] (February, 2003)
The Proposed Safe Drinking Water Act [PDF] (November, 2002)
Beyond Coal: Op-Ed [PDF] (November, 2002)
The Kyoto Accord [PDF] (September, 2002)
Alternative Fuel Sources [PDF] (September, 2002)
Strategy for Safe Drinking Water [PDF] (August, 2002)
Report of the Walkerton Inquiry [PDF] (March, 2002)
Food Safety
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Supporting Letter to Minister Caplan re Toronto Public Health’s Food Safety in Toronto and Foodborne Illnesses in Toronto reports [PDF] (May 15, 2009)
Food Security
Letter to Premier McGuinty re the findings of the 2009 Nutritious Food Basket (NFB) reports and the risks of poverty and food insecurity. [PDF] (November 18, 2009)
OPHA's Letter of Support for Food Share's Good Food Café, Good Food Café Cart, and Good Food Market Garden programs [PDF] (July 14, 2009)
Letter re Special Dietary Allowance Report [PDF] (October 14, 2008)
Letter about Discretionary Fortification [PDF] (July 24, 2008)
Letter to Premier McGuinty re banning commercial advertising of food and beverages to children under the age of 13 [PDF] (letter, April 9, 2008)
Letter to Ontario Ombudsman re low social assistance rates [PDF] (August 30, 2006)
Healthy Weights, Healthy Lives support letter [PDF] (December 2, 2005)
Support for Student Nourishment Program Community Partners Program [PDF] (November 4, 2005)
Plant Breeders’ Rights: Support for farmers to control their own seeds [PDF] (February 9, 2005)
National Child Benefit Clawback [PDF] (May 5, 2005)
Healthy Schools
Community Use of School Facilities [PDF] (November, 2003)
Injury Prevention
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Deliberations on Restricting Cell Phone Usage in Automobiles [PDF, 131kb] - Letter to Premier Dalton McGuinty (June 12, 2008)