[{"text": "yes it is uh my name is Council Moes and I am the chair of the Board of Health the board secretary has confirmed that", "start": 0.08, "end": 6.2}, {"text": "we have Quorum so I'll call meeting 20 of the Board of Health to order now today's meeting is being held with with", "start": 6.2, "end": 12.519}, {"text": "board members and City staff participating by video conference only this meeting is also being live streamed", "start": 12.519, "end": 19.32}, {"text": "online at youtube.com/ Toronto City Council live because we are meeting remotely we ask everyone for their", "start": 19.32, "end": 26.679}, {"text": "patience with any delays and technical issues if you are registered to speak at", "start": 26.679, "end": 32.04}, {"text": "today's meeting please listen for me to call your name I will call speakers in the order they appear on the list the", "start": 32.04, "end": 38.399}, {"text": "list of speakers can be viewed online by visiting the Board of Health page at 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uh close it now okay so at 110 yes thank", "start": 276.88, "end": 283.639}, {"text": "you and uh I'm also going to also move a motion to limit speaking time to 3", "start": 283.639, "end": 291}, {"text": "minutes I will move that all those in favor that post carried and for those", "start": 291, "end": 297.12}, {"text": "that are listening online or those who are here to depute as you know we had at", "start": 297.12, "end": 302.88}, {"text": "the special meeting on December 9th um we had many deput many of which I see", "start": 302.88, "end": 309.479}, {"text": "here today were also here on the 9th as well and we do have a limited time for", "start": 309.479, "end": 315.12}, {"text": "this special meeting today and I'm really afraid that we may lose Quorum so", "start": 315.12, "end": 320.44}, {"text": "if you do not have to speak I asking you please not to and if you do want to", "start": 320.44, "end": 326.52}, {"text": "speak you know please be very brief um if we do lose Corum then we would lose", "start": 326.52, "end": 332.36}, {"text": "the opportunity to actually have this passed at the board and another opportunity will not be", "start": 332.36, "end": 338.919}, {"text": "given and it will defeat the purpose of this meeting so with that in mind I I I", "start": 338.919, "end": 345.36}, {"text": "hope that uh you take this to heart um and we have heard you and clearly the", "start": 345.36, "end": 352.72}, {"text": "board is I think in alignment with many of the deputat here so with that being", "start": 352.72, "end": 359.199}, {"text": "said um the first speaker on my list is VA", "start": 359.199, "end": 364.56}, {"text": "sin johani are you", "start": 364.56, "end": 368.479}, {"text": "here okay you have uh three minutes go ahead thank you good afternoon my name", "start": 370, "end": 375.919}, {"text": "is beta I am a Toronto resident sorry can you hold for a sec uh okay I don't", "start": 375.919, "end": 381.52}, {"text": "have a Tim in front me but staff's gonna use the time okay great go ahead VA sorry no problem I'm a Toronto resident", "start": 381.52, "end": 388.039}, {"text": "and the community policy and Network coordinator at the Canadian drug policy Coalition I want to acknowledge that", "start": 388.039, "end": 393.44}, {"text": "since our last meeting with this board there have likely been 100 toxic drug deaths in Ontario and we continue to", "start": 393.44, "end": 400.28}, {"text": "mourn the immeasurable loss of our loved ones thank you for the opportunity to speak today to provide input on the", "start": 400.28, "end": 406.639}, {"text": "charter challenge to the Community Care and Recovery Act that is already underway given the ACT would force the", "start": 406.639, "end": 412.8}, {"text": "closure of five sites by March 20 by March 31st in Toronto I must emphasize", "start": 412.8, "end": 418.8}, {"text": "that meaningful action and legal support is needed from this board well in advance of the March 31st deadline", "start": 418.8, "end": 426.44}, {"text": "though the board has previously committed to providing a possible update on a decision on January 20th we", "start": 426.44, "end": 432.639}, {"text": "respectfully urge this board to move faster as we anticipate that even January 20th will be too late for", "start": 432.639, "end": 439.319}, {"text": "Meaningful action uh we implore you to not leave members of our community fighting for", "start": 439.319, "end": 445.56}, {"text": "their lives and their rights to health and equality without the unequivocal And Timely meaningful support from this", "start": 445.56, "end": 452.16}, {"text": "board as noted in the health protection and promotion act the Mandate of all Boards of Health includes the provision", "start": 452.16, "end": 459.08}, {"text": "of health programs to control infectious disease disease and injury prevention", "start": 459.08, "end": 464.12}, {"text": "supervised consumption sites are an are an effective and integral mechanism to further these aims Toronto public", "start": 464.12, "end": 471.319}, {"text": "Health's mission is to protect and improve health at a population level while reducing Health inequities the", "start": 471.319, "end": 477.919}, {"text": "Strategic plan is to create create a city where all people can be healthy and Thrive emphasizing a public health", "start": 477.919, "end": 483.8}, {"text": "approach to prevent and reduce harms from the use of unregulated drugs and to prevent drug toxicity deaths to deliver", "start": 483.8, "end": 491.28}, {"text": "on these strategic priorities um it is essential that this", "start": 491.28, "end": 496.319}, {"text": "board provide evidence on the legal case and take a position a clear position on this matter um which is in direct", "start": 496.319, "end": 503.08}, {"text": "alignment with Toronto public Health's vision and strategic priorities it is parent amount that we", "start": 503.08, "end": 510.56}, {"text": "see prompt and meaningful action from this board the board has a responsibility at", "start": 510.56, "end": 517.12}, {"text": "a minimum to provide evidence in the legal case and we urge you to take a position as a National Organization we", "start": 517.12, "end": 524.32}, {"text": "do not generally deute at local boards however on this matter we must the precedent that this act sets for the", "start": 524.32, "end": 530.32}, {"text": "health and well-being of our children and future Generations locally provincially and even possibly federally", "start": 530.32, "end": 536.2}, {"text": "is is deeply troubling and this board can help change this trajectory we have three recommendations one the Board of", "start": 536.2, "end": 542.72}, {"text": "Health and the medical officer of Health take action in support of the legal challenge by January 10th to avoid", "start": 542.72, "end": 548.64}, {"text": "further uh delays of the Court proceedings to the board of health and medical officer of Health take a", "start": 548.64, "end": 555}, {"text": "position regarding the act and make clear to the public the harms to individual and public health and the", "start": 555, "end": 560.76}, {"text": "impacts your time to succeed in its mandate thank you any questions for", "start": 560.76, "end": 566.48}, {"text": "deput seeing none thank you Brett wson", "start": 566.48, "end": 571.88}, {"text": "stco again if you don't have to depute you don't I encourage you not to go", "start": 571.88, "end": 577.72}, {"text": "ahead three minutes thank you so good afternoon thank you for the opportunity to speak my name is Dr brols and stafco", "start": 577.72, "end": 584.48}, {"text": "I'm a parent a scientist and the co-chair of the Toronto harm reduction Alliance and I've worked in harm reduction for nearly 17 years in Toronto", "start": 584.48, "end": 591.2}, {"text": "and New York City I've worked as supervis consumption sites syringe exchanges homeless shelters and conducted research on HIV hepatitis C", "start": 591.2, "end": 598.64}, {"text": "and overdose prevention strategies my opinions are my own and not necessarily those of my employer and funders I have", "start": 598.64, "end": 604.36}, {"text": "family who struggled with addiction some for over a decade and lost my uncle to HIV related complications I'm here to", "start": 604.36, "end": 610.279}, {"text": "ask the Board of Health to join the charter challenge as an intervenor before January 10th 2025 this law", "start": 610.279, "end": 616.68}, {"text": "clearly violates section seven of the charter that guarantees the right to life liberty and security closure of", "start": 616.68, "end": 622.36}, {"text": "these sites will put people's lives needlessly at risk and is part of the city's mandate and responsibility to protect Public Health the law also", "start": 622.36, "end": 629.76}, {"text": "violate section 12 of the charter saying that people have a right not to be subjected to any cruel or unusual", "start": 629.76, "end": 634.8}, {"text": "treatment which this law does by denying people access to life-saving Services there's over 30 years of evidence", "start": 634.8, "end": 641.839}, {"text": "showing that supervised consumption sites reduce overdose deaths and prevent the spread of HIV furthermore the law is", "start": 641.839, "end": 648.279}, {"text": "a violation of section 15 of the chter it states that people cannot be discriminated against based on a mental disability in which substance use", "start": 648.279, "end": 655}, {"text": "disorder is classified I currently work for an organization that hosts a supervised consumption site that's near", "start": 655, "end": 660.48}, {"text": "two schools in a daycare we've had over 1,300 injections occur inside the site", "start": 660.48, "end": 665.72}, {"text": "in the past year that's 1300 injections that did not occur on school property in the community or in a washroom closing", "start": 665.72, "end": 672.68}, {"text": "the site will almost certainly lead to more public injection and an increase in needles in the community and needlessly", "start": 672.68, "end": 677.8}, {"text": "endangered children and community members this site alone has reversed over 70 overdoses and many of the severe", "start": 677.8, "end": 684.76}, {"text": "overdoses that occurred would have been fatal if the person was alone in a public washroom or alley way there's", "start": 684.76, "end": 690.36}, {"text": "also more potent substances than fentanyl in Toronto's elicit drug Supply Toronto drug checking service just this", "start": 690.36, "end": 696.04}, {"text": "past week found that 68% of the fentanyl samples they tested contained methyl fentanyl drugs that are 10 times", "start": 696.04, "end": 702.76}, {"text": "stronger than fentanyl closing supervised injection sites now with such an unpredictable and potent Supply is a", "start": 702.76, "end": 708.48}, {"text": "death sentence for people dependent on opioids therefore you must take action now first I ask that the Board of Health", "start": 708.48, "end": 714.56}, {"text": "and the medical officer of Health take action in support of the legal challenge by January 10th and in order to avoid", "start": 714.56, "end": 719.959}, {"text": "delaying proceedings in court second I ask that the board of health and medical officer of Health take a position regarding the community care and", "start": 719.959, "end": 726.12}, {"text": "Recovery Act and make clear to the public the harms to individual and public health and the impact to the board of Health's ability to succeed in", "start": 726.12, "end": 733.12}, {"text": "its mandate lastly I ask the board of health and medical officer of Health to invest the necessary resources in order", "start": 733.12, "end": 738.88}, {"text": "to provide the comprehensive evidence that is required for the courts to make an informed decision taking all this", "start": 738.88, "end": 745.12}, {"text": "into and more into consideration I again request that you take action and join the Char challenge as an intervener", "start": 745.12, "end": 751.079}, {"text": "thank you for your time mourn the dead and fight like hell for the living thank you very", "start": 751.079, "end": 758.199}, {"text": "much questions Mr chair you're muted sorry thanks uh thank you deir", "start": 765.72, "end": 774.519}, {"text": "morle um any questions with deput see none thank you uh Houston you", "start": 774.519, "end": 781.959}, {"text": "here okay seeing none Marina Clen are you here please hold for", "start": 787.12, "end": 793.88}, {"text": "Cal", "start": 793.88, "end": 796.88}, {"text": "okay uh we cannot hear you", "start": 803.079, "end": 807.8}, {"text": "no we have problems hearing you", "start": 812.279, "end": 816.36}, {"text": "clearly okay we'll go to Marina", "start": 826.8, "end": 831.56}, {"text": "classroom Marina you here", "start": 833.04, "end": 837.68}, {"text": "hi there can you hear me yes three minutes go ahead so Callum is also here so I hope we can get him in M are you", "start": 840.12, "end": 846.839}, {"text": "talking yeah so uh good afternoon Board of Health uh thank you for the", "start": 846.839, "end": 852.639}, {"text": "opportunity to speak with you this morning uh my name is Marina Clawson I'm a Frontline harm reduction worker social", "start": 852.639, "end": 858.12}, {"text": "worker and Community organizer I've worked in this field for the past 10 years and you've seen my face a couple", "start": 858.12, "end": 863.56}, {"text": "of times here um I'm grateful to be back uh thank you for having me I'm representing for reduction advocacy", "start": 863.56, "end": 870}, {"text": "Collective a strong Coalition of neighbors of SC is people that love people that use drugs people that use", "start": 870, "end": 875.88}, {"text": "drugs Frontline healthcare workers and allies and so many Toronto citizens we", "start": 875.88, "end": 881.24}, {"text": "are your constituents we're your allies in this fight to protect Healthcare delivery um and we have been advocating", "start": 881.24, "end": 887.48}, {"text": "tirelessly on top of our busy lives and jobs through our grief and our sadness at the MTH death due to the toxic drug", "start": 887.48, "end": 894.04}, {"text": "poisoning crisis to protect harm reduction services and we anticipate if we we do not step in in a more active", "start": 894.04, "end": 901}, {"text": "way the results will be devastating and fatal so we know how critical this fight is and", "start": 901, "end": 906.639}, {"text": "we're running out of time often it can feel like we're falling on deaf ears um", "start": 906.639, "end": 912.079}, {"text": "when we show up to places and speak about this Mass death but I'm very", "start": 912.079, "end": 917.199}, {"text": "encouraged that you have called the special emergency meeting before the holidays um it shows some dedication I", "start": 917.199, "end": 922.759}, {"text": "appreciate that we're here today to encourage the Board of Health to join the charter challenge to the Community", "start": 922.759, "end": 927.839}, {"text": "Care and Recovery Act for the health and rights and safety of toron Toronto citizens if you take this opportunity to", "start": 927.839, "end": 933.839}, {"text": "join the challenge The Province uh challenging The Province this is not just challenging an unjust law it's also", "start": 933.839, "end": 939.92}, {"text": "showing us that you're on our side as you know Ford's decision to shut down safe consumption site safer Supply and", "start": 939.92, "end": 945.959}, {"text": "needle exchange services means Toronto communities have less tools available to support themselves and", "start": 945.959, "end": 951.04}, {"text": "disproportionately that includes like especially bipo folks uh indigenous", "start": 951.04, "end": 956.16}, {"text": "folks folks that are uh gender uh women people that are the most", "start": 956.16, "end": 961.399}, {"text": "marginalized in our society their Healthcare is is at risk right now it will be a net loss not only uh", "start": 961.399, "end": 969.319}, {"text": "for those communities but also for the health and well-being of our entire Health Care system so we know that it's", "start": 969.319, "end": 975.079}, {"text": "going to put extreme strain so Ford's actions to close sc's flies in the face of our protected rights to health your", "start": 975.079, "end": 982.079}, {"text": "responsibilties the Board of Health is to ensure the public health programs and services are delivered to the city in response to local needs your role is to", "start": 982.079, "end": 989.16}, {"text": "reduce inequalities and accessibility of care and improve the health of City's populations so I know you care and have", "start": 989.16, "end": 995.68}, {"text": "compassion with us but we need to see that in action we need your leadership and voices more now than ever we need", "start": 995.68, "end": 1002.44}, {"text": "you to stand up to Ford's government and ADV advocate for the most vulnerable in our communities so like my colleagues", "start": 1002.44, "end": 1008.36}, {"text": "before me I want to ask that the Board of Health and the medical health officer take action in support of the legal", "start": 1008.36, "end": 1014.399}, {"text": "challenge by January 10th in order to avoid delaying proceedings in court the Board of Health and Medical Health", "start": 1014.399, "end": 1020.959}, {"text": "officer um can please take a position regarding the community care and Recovery Act and make clear to the", "start": 1020.959, "end": 1027.28}, {"text": "public that the harms to individual and public health and the impacts of the board of Health's ability to exceed in", "start": 1027.28, "end": 1032.64}, {"text": "its mandate are a threat the Board of Health and Medical Health officer invest in the necessary resources in order to", "start": 1032.64, "end": 1038.88}, {"text": "provide the comprehensive evidence that is required in order of the courts to make anion thank you very much thank you", "start": 1038.88, "end": 1044.678}, {"text": "we are short in time today so I do apologize any questions for anyone no uh", "start": 1044.679, "end": 1050}, {"text": "thank you Callum Houston you said he's with", "start": 1050, "end": 1054.679}, {"text": "you you want to try again Callum or do you w to", "start": 1058.36, "end": 1065.639}, {"text": "pass yeah go ahead three minutes so I'm Gonna Keep it really", "start": 1065.72, "end": 1071}, {"text": "quick uh because you know you've already heard from three people already who are", "start": 1071, "end": 1076.52}, {"text": "experiencing and uh understand and like and have explained the the consequences of a lack of action by the board so I'm", "start": 1076.52, "end": 1083.12}, {"text": "just going to repeat what Marina was saying uh because she before she was cut off that I'd like the Board of Health", 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in order to provide the comprehensive evidence that is required in order for the court to make an", "start": 1125.36, "end": 1130.799}, {"text": "informed decision and lastly we want the Board of Health and the City of Toronto to have a separate legal case", "start": 1130.799, "end": 1136.88}, {"text": "challenging the charter uh rights that are being infringed on here the city also if they took a real stand", "start": 1136.88, "end": 1143.84}, {"text": "they would be doing this as a as a separate case as well as helping um This", "start": 1143.84, "end": 1149.6}, {"text": "legal challenge by HIV and uh the community TNG um that's all uh that I", "start": 1149.6, "end": 1156.24}, {"text": "have to say but I hope everyone else is able that speaking is able to share their story thank you thank you any", "start": 1156.24, "end": 1163.08}, {"text": "questions for Callum saying none thank you Megan white Megan white are you here", "start": 1163.08, "end": 1169.76}, {"text": "Megan", "start": 1169.76, "end": 1172.159}, {"text": "white okay Peter Bachman Peter Bachman please hold for", "start": 1177.559, "end": 1186.72}, {"text": "Megan okay am I going too fast for the clerk", "start": 1186.72, "end": 1192.48}, {"text": "hello yes go ahead you have three minutes", "start": 1207.08, "end": 1212.64}, {"text": "um sorry okay there we go um I requested to speak here", "start": 1212.64, "end": 1218.039}, {"text": "today on behalf of the many we've lost within our communities Caitlyn Philip", "start": 1218.039, "end": 1223.159}, {"text": "Emily Eddie Michelle Gregory Sally Dan Kyle Lexi Mark and the list could truly", "start": 1223.159, "end": 1229.919}, {"text": "go on the name should sound familiar as I listed many of them the last time I spoke on this topic I'll introduce", "start": 1229.919, "end": 1236.039}, {"text": "myself again hi I'm Megan I'm 27 years old and the daughter of someone who uses drugs I've received countless phone", "start": 1236.039, "end": 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Zoe she's here thank you", "start": 1369.96, "end": 1380.44}, {"text": "okay you have three minutes Zoe go ahead okay thank you very much my name is Zoe Dodd and I am a member and a", "start": 1389.6, "end": 1396.4}, {"text": "co-organizer of the Toronto overdose prevention Society we are known in Toronto as the group that started the", "start": 1396.4, "end": 1402.88}, {"text": "first overdose prevention site in Toronto in Moss Park and in Ontario um", "start": 1402.88, "end": 1408.24}, {"text": "and we started because of the toxic drug crisis that was taken to the lives of people who use drugs we tried to warn", "start": 1408.24, "end": 1414.84}, {"text": "the city in the early uh in the mid 2000s about the number of people that will die from deprescribing of oxycotton", "start": 1414.84, "end": 1422.72}, {"text": "it took a long time for the city to act at that time uh we had meetings with the then medical officer of Health Eileen", "start": 1422.72, "end": 1429.4}, {"text": "Dilla in 2016 we all gathered there were 700 deaths in Ontario at that time now", "start": 1429.4, "end": 1434.799}, {"text": "there's close to 3,000 I am here to urge you to actually fight the legal with as", "start": 1434.799, "end": 1440.36}, {"text": "a legal challenge I have not come before you about this issue but I have been a part of the city and working front line", "start": 1440.36, "end": 1446.2}, {"text": "for over 20 years including in the majority in the downtown east and was a", "start": 1446.2, "end": 1451.32}, {"text": "part of the Toronto drug strategy implementation panel for many years I", "start": 1451.32, "end": 1456.36}, {"text": "come to you as an expert as well as someone who like Works in not only uh as a research scientist and a community", "start": 1456.36, "end": 1463.24}, {"text": "scholar um but as someone who also had to leave Frontline work during the co during covid as uh as we saw the city", "start": 1463.24, "end": 1470.64}, {"text": "pivot to create 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their survival they're using them every day for the wraparound supports and it will be more than five", "start": 1553.679, "end": 1559.96}, {"text": "sites that will close in the city of Toronto it is the majority of sites that will close and the busiest sites that", "start": 1559.96, "end": 1565.799}, {"text": "will close and so I urge you not only to join the legal fight but be prepared with an emergency table to address this", "start": 1565.799, "end": 1572.64}, {"text": "because the government has also imposed restrictions around um loitering and who", "start": 1572.64, "end": 1577.72}, {"text": "can um loitering and a complaints proc process and they will come for the other sites as well they've already defunded", "start": 1577.72, "end": 1584.24}, {"text": "them and so it's important and imperative the bo Join This legal fight thank you any questions for Zoe depend", "start": 1584.24, "end": 1591.88}, {"text": "on it thank you thank you Zoe uh Jonathan Brooke are you", "start": 1591.88, "end": 1598.88}, {"text": "here all you have three minutes go ahead thank you morning members my name is Jonathan", "start": 1604.2, "end": 1610.72}, {"text": "Brooke and I'm both a paramedic and a registered nurse working in the GTA thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak today I want to", "start": 1610.72, "end": 1617.72}, {"text": "address the propose closure of safe consumption sites in Ontario and Share three critical P points regarding this", "start": 1617.72, "end": 1623.919}, {"text": "decision first an independent review of safe consumption sites was conducted by the Ontario Ministry of Health the", "start": 1623.919, "end": 1630.64}, {"text": "findings were clear these sites save lives are effective in mitigating the harms of the toxic drug crisis the", "start": 1630.64, "end": 1637.84}, {"text": "review recommended not only maintaining these sites but also expanding resources for them instead the premier the", "start": 1637.84, "end": 1644.279}, {"text": "minister of Health have chosen to ignore this advice and proceed with shutting them down leaving people who rely on", "start": 1644.279, "end": 1650.279}, {"text": "these services with no real alternative this decision flies in the face of evidence and puts countless lives at", "start": 1650.279, "end": 1657}, {"text": "risk second as a paramedic I see firsthand how overdose calls strain our", "start": 1657, "end": 1662.88}, {"text": "911 system overdo calls are classified as high priority often Delta or echol", "start": 1662.88, "end": 1668.88}, {"text": "level emergencies which require an immediate all hands on deck response safe consumption sites play a vital role", "start": 1668.88, "end": 1676}, {"text": "in diverting these 911 calls when the when these sites close the 911 system", "start": 1676, "end": 1681.32}, {"text": "will inevitably become overloaded and paramedics will face increased delays in responding to overdoses this means more", "start": 1681.32, "end": 1688.36}, {"text": "people will suffer severe complications because help won't arrive in time the Ripple effects will extend to our", "start": 1688.36, "end": 1694.519}, {"text": "already overburdened emergency departments and icus creating a cascading crisis within our health care", "start": 1694.519, "end": 1701.679}, {"text": "System third the Ontario government has attempted to frame safe consumption sites as something outside the the realm", "start": 1701.679, "end": 1708.48}, {"text": "of Health Care this could not be further from the truth the safe consumption site where I work we provide nursing L care", "start": 1708.48, "end": 1715.159}, {"text": "including interventions education and support these are healthc care services delivered with compassion to some of our", "start": 1715.159, "end": 1721.399}, {"text": "most vulnerable community members people who use drugs and may be unhoused are still our neighbors they deserve the", "start": 1721.399, "end": 1728}, {"text": "same dignity and access to care as anyone else closing the uh sites disregards this fundamental principle", "start": 1728, "end": 1734.64}, {"text": "and undermines the progress we've made in creating Equitable health care finally I want to address the so-called", "start": 1734.64, "end": 1741.279}, {"text": "solution of replacing safe consumption sites with heart hubs while Supportive", "start": 1741.279, "end": 1746.48}, {"text": "Housing is undoubtedly valuable the limited scope of these hubs is insufficient to address the to toxic", "start": 1746.48, "end": 1753.08}, {"text": "drug crisis they do not provide the immediate life-saving interventions that safe consumption sites do offering", "start": 1753.08, "end": 1760.08}, {"text": "Supportive Housing while ignor ignoring overdose prevention is like offering a shelter without a door it doesn't", "start": 1760.08, "end": 1765.919}, {"text": "address the full scope scope of the issue we meet a lot of folks um at the safe", "start": 1765.919, 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1813.039}, {"text": "the board of health and medical officer of Health to position regarding thank you Jonathan thank you any questions for", "start": 1813.039, "end": 1819.72}, {"text": "Jonathan no but um Mr chair um it's come to my awareness that there are reporters", "start": 1819.72, "end": 1827.039}, {"text": "who are um interested in this uh session and they were asking someone's asking um", "start": 1827.039, "end": 1835.039}, {"text": "if you could pin the view of the speaker so they can get full screen and this is for um reporting purposes yeah thank you", "start": 1835.039, "end": 1843.919}, {"text": "uh councelor Bravo I received the same text from the reporters as well and I um", "start": 1843.919, "end": 1849.559}, {"text": "did notify staff and they've mentioned that they're not able to pin the People", "start": 1849.559, "end": 1854.799}, {"text": "speaking for whatever reason okay thank you interrupt Mr no worries no worries I", "start": 1854.799, "end": 1861.039}, {"text": "appreciate you sharing um but if staff is able to pin please", "start": 1861.039, "end": 1867.559}, {"text": "continue to try to do that uh I'm G to have my colleague here", "start": 1867.559, "end": 1874.679}, {"text": "help with the timer because I see that it's disappeared on my screen here Emily", "start": 1874.679, "end": 1879.96}, {"text": "McMillan are you here Emily McMillan", "start": 1879.96, "end": 1887.559}, {"text": "hi yes I am yeah three minutes go ahead okay um good afternoon to Runner Board", "start": 1890.76, "end": 1898.2}, {"text": "of Health my name is Ellie McMillan I'm coming to you um", "start": 1898.2, "end": 1904.279}, {"text": "sorry um I'm coming to to the board as a registered nurse Advocate and a concerned citizen of Toronto I thank you", "start": 1904.279, "end": 1911.36}, {"text": "for the opportunity to speak today and state that while I recognize that the Board of Health has been following the", "start": 1911.36, "end": 1917.039}, {"text": "legal challenge against the Community Care Act that providing a stance of opposition is not enough it is not", "start": 1917.039, "end": 1922.279}, {"text": "enough to voice that an act which is unjustifiable and will undoubtedly be a death sentence to many of my clients is", "start": 1922.279, "end": 1927.519}, {"text": "wrong it is not enough to Echo what we know is true that supervised consumption sites are evidence-based in Ontario's", "start": 1927.519, "end": 1934.84}, {"text": "proposed heart hubs are not we know that supervised consumption sites save lives in addition to decreasing transmission", "start": 1934.84, "end": 1941.559}, {"text": "of HIV and hipsy more so we know that these are places where our most marginalized communities get treated", "start": 1941.559, "end": 1946.799}, {"text": "with empathy and good care I ask that the board include themselves with the recommendation and that they stand with", "start": 1946.799, "end": 1952.279}, {"text": "the medical office of Health officer of health or acting medical officer of heal", "start": 1952.279, "end": 1957.84}, {"text": "by taking action in support of the legal challenge by January 10th that they follow the recommendations of speakers", "start": 1957.84, "end": 1963.96}, {"text": "today in addition to following the recommendations of the HIV legal Network our city is already facing an", "start": 1963.96, "end": 1969.44}, {"text": "insurmountable grief with the current lack of services the presently operating supervised consumption sites are keeping", "start": 1969.44, "end": 1975.919}, {"text": "those alive who come through their doors each day during the hours of operations however we lose too many in the time in", "start": 1975.919, "end": 1982.44}, {"text": "between many voices that hold the power to speak out against the government are silent as the fear of losing the her Hub", "start": 1982.44, "end": 1988.679}, {"text": "funding is more than the fear of losing the lives lost as a result 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"was living rough got connected to South Riverdale Community Health Center I tried many times throughout the 15 years", "start": 2041.36, "end": 2047.48}, {"text": "to exess hepsi treatment but I was always being judged or stigmatized the reason why I finally was able to do", "start": 2047.48, "end": 2053.96}, {"text": "hepsi treatment was because of the way I was treated by the hepsi nurse it was with dignity and respect which these", "start": 2053.96, "end": 2062.079}, {"text": "treatment centers do not give you while doing heepsy treatment I did their peer training program when I Gra graduated I", "start": 2062.079, "end": 2068.32}, {"text": "got a job as a community support worker with the Toronto Community HEC program I now work full-time as a", "start": 2068.32, "end": 2075.56}, {"text": "community health worker and have not been on ODSP for the last three years I have also worked in a safe injection", "start": 2075.56, "end": 2082.32}, {"text": "site including during covid I have seen how they have been able to support people without judgment and connect them", "start": 2082.32, "end": 2088.32}, {"text": "to what they need at that moment I have lost family and friends to the toxic drug Supply the safe injection", "start": 2088.32, "end": 2095.8}, {"text": "site save lives give people connection to what they are looking for at that time they give the people using the", "start": 2095.8, "end": 2101.599}, {"text": "sites a place to connect to a safe Community the safe injection sites are heart hubs you cannot force people into", "start": 2101.599, "end": 2109.04}, {"text": "treatment they have to be willing and ready and until then we as a community need to support people where they are at", "start": 2109.04, "end": 2115.68}, {"text": "in the moment and from what I've seen and know even the ones that are already have an extremely difficult and", "start": 2115.68, "end": 2122.04}, {"text": "challenging time getting into a drug or alcohol treatment program they're always being judged and stigmatized I know", "start": 2122.04, "end": 2128.04}, {"text": "because I've been there many times myself and I've also made many calls for other people treatment only works when", "start": 2128.04, "end": 2134.8}, {"text": "you're treatment only works when you're not forced you won't understand until you walk a mile in someone else's shoes", "start": 2134.8, "end": 2141.68}, {"text": "harm reduction works I ask that the Board of Health and acting medical officer of Health take action in support", "start": 2141.68, "end": 2147.24}, {"text": "of the legal challenge by January 10th in order to avoid delaying proceedings in court I ask the board of health and", "start": 2147.24, "end": 2152.68}, {"text": "medical officer of health or acting medical officer take a position regarding the community care and", "start": 2152.68, "end": 2158.119}, {"text": "Recovery Act and make clear to the public that the harms to individuals and public health and the impacts 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{"text": "resources required to deliver the evidence necess necessary for the courts to make an informed decision the", "start": 2239.4, "end": 2245.4}, {"text": "research on supervised consumption Services is clear and matches what I see every day these sites save lives they", "start": 2245.4, "end": 2251.44}, {"text": "decrease infections they reduce Health System strain I'm sure you're aware of the landet study showing the reduction", "start": 2251.44, "end": 2256.839}, {"text": "in overdose deaths in the areas surrounding the supervised consumption services in Toronto the data shows what", "start": 2256.839, "end": 2262.48}, {"text": "I see which is that supervised consumption Services make Community safer data from the Toronto Police", "start": 2262.48, "end": 2267.839}, {"text": "Service supports the fact that supervised consumption Services had a greater reductions were associated with", "start": 2267.839, "end": 2273.56}, {"text": "greater reductions in crime compared to other 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because of supervised consumption services and many others", "start": 2345.88, "end": 2351.28}, {"text": "were lost because they could not access them thank you for your time I hope the Board of Health will take action and", "start": 2351.28, "end": 2356.44}, {"text": "join the charter challenge as an intervener thank you thank you Katie any questions for the depent saying none", "start": 2356.44, "end": 2363.119}, {"text": "thank you for coming in today um up next is Jan Houston", "start": 2363.119, "end": 2368.44}, {"text": "Shan Houston are you here with", "start": 2368.44, "end": 2371.92}, {"text": "us hello hi we can hear you you have three minutes go ahead thank you uh", "start": 2382.44, "end": 2387.52}, {"text": "thank you chair and Board of Health directors my name is Jan Houston and I'm speaking on behalf of over 25 former", "start": 2387.52, "end": 2392.56}, {"text": "Toronto public health staff including retired directors managers and Frontline workers who wrote to the 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in preventable deaths from overdose and increase the spread of", "start": 2427.2, "end": 2433.56}, {"text": "infectious disease and public drug use Toronto Public Health has been a leader in the development and implementation of", "start": 2433.56, "end": 2438.68}, {"text": "evidence-based harm reduction Services through the works since 1989 in an effort to save lives and improve the", "start": 2438.68, "end": 2443.88}, {"text": "health of torontonians we've also worked with and supported Community Partners to provide these Services throughout the", "start": 2443.88, "end": 2448.92}, {"text": "city as the role of the local Board of Health is to provide Public Health Services that meet local needs including", "start": 2448.92, "end": 2454.48}, {"text": "harm reduction we asked the board to initiate a separate legal challenge of Bill 223 and specifically schedule for", "start": 2454.48, "end": 2461.119}, {"text": "Community Care and Recovery Act which severely limits and hampers Toronto 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public health or in", "start": 2493.96, "end": 2499.52}, {"text": "other City divisions for example Community Health officers until recently have been supporting many diverse communities across Toronto since the", "start": 2499.52, "end": 2506.2}, {"text": "early 1980s harm reduction counselors have a unique skill set many with lived experience of drug use or homelessness", "start": 2506.2, "end": 2512.44}, {"text": "and have been providing important Frontline services to people who use drugs for many years the city should", "start": 2512.44, "end": 2517.52}, {"text": "recognize the skills and expertise of these staff and put every effort into finding alternative employment in", "start": 2517.52, "end": 2522.76}, {"text": "closing we implore the Board of Health to challenge this misguided provincial legislation and ensure staff of The", "start": 2522.76, "end": 2528.079}, {"text": "Works can continue to help the city improve the health and well-being of all tonians in the midst of the current TRX", "start": 2528.079, "end": 2533.88}, {"text": "toxic drug crisis please do not let this regressive legislation undo over 30 years of progressive Public Health", "start": 2533.88, "end": 2540.319}, {"text": "policy and practice that has saved countless lives the letter was signed by 26 retired or former Toronto public", "start": 2540.319, "end": 2546.68}, {"text": "health staff okay thank you uh Jan uh any questions", "start": 2546.68, "end": 2552.319}, {"text": "for the deput I se n think You' coming in today uh Monica", "start": 2552.319, "end": 2558.72}, {"text": "mono are you here Monica Monaco may I please ask uh all members", "start": 2558.72, "end": 2564.839}, {"text": "uh to turn their cameras on just to be counted for quarum", "start": 2564.839, "end": 2569.119}, {"text": "please Monica Monica sorry the speaker is not present okay thank you", "start": 2571.52, "end": 2578.72}, {"text": "uh Dr sh sahil", "start": 2578.72, "end": 2584.16}, {"text": "Gupta can you also reset the timer as well sahil", "start": 2587.839, "end": 2595.079}, {"text": "GTA just just bear with us for a second on the timer apologies thank it's okay I'm using it I have my own go ahead", "start": 2598.119, "end": 2605.28}, {"text": "sahil uh thanks thanks board U my name is sahil Gupta I'm here speaking to you", "start": 2605.28, "end": 2610.44}, {"text": "today as an emergency doctor at St Michael's Hospital I'm here as an individual doctor because I'm worried", "start": 2610.44, "end": 2616.599}, {"text": "about my patient and the future care that they're going to receive and we need the board to help to intervene", "start": 2616.599, "end": 2622.64}, {"text": "every shift that we work in the emergency department we see people brought in for overdoses and some nights", "start": 2622.64, "end": 2628.24}, {"text": "it can be up to five to six people impacted from an unpredictable toxic drug Supply I want to lay out what's at", "start": 2628.24, "end": 2635.68}, {"text": "stake without super consumption people are found too late which means death or the brain being starved of vital oxygen", "start": 2635.68, "end": 2644}, {"text": "the patients we do see need to be seen quickly and they require several several hours of close watch monitoring before", "start": 2644, "end": 2650.04}, {"text": "they're discharged often back out to the street in the middle of the night consumption sites reduce overdose deaths", "start": 2650.04, "end": 2656.44}, {"text": "and what's fascinating about them is that they do so without the expensive hospital care that me and my colleagues", "start": 2656.44, "end": 2662.4}, {"text": "do and why do they do that because they can respond right away s similar uh", "start": 2662.4, "end": 2667.76}, {"text": "supervised consumption site closures have led to predict predictable outcomes with increases in opioid related Debs", "start": 2667.76, "end": 2673.8}, {"text": "and ambulance use in those communities I really do fear that our emerged department will not be able to adjust to", "start": 2673.8, "end": 2679.64}, {"text": "these increased numbers a strain that will contribute to increased weight times for everybody people who might be", "start": 2679.64, "end": 2684.68}, {"text": "injured after cycling or somebody experiencing chest pain not just people experiencing substance use issues", "start": 2684.68, "end": 2691.24}, {"text": "overcrowding in our hospital is already intense and it's morally distressing most people equate coming to theit", "start": 2691.24, "end": 2697.079}, {"text": "hospital or to the merge with with long weit times this is announcement versus care for everybody not just for people", "start": 2697.079, "end": 2703.52}, {"text": "who use drugs the Board of Health needs to make clear the harms this legislations bring to our city the board", "start": 2703.52, "end": 2709.96}, {"text": "also needs to do so while addressing the contributing issues of poverty and housing in this discussion our medical", "start": 2709.96, "end": 2716.92}, {"text": "officer of Health the Board of Health and the city needs to be an intervenor in supporting the legal challenge to", "start": 2716.92, "end": 2722}, {"text": "this legislation thank you and I hope the board can help me my colleagues and most importantly the that we serve", "start": 2722, "end": 2728.28}, {"text": "thanks thank you sahil any questions for the depent seeing none thank you uh we have", "start": 2728.28, "end": 2735.2}, {"text": "three people left on the list uh Daniel fryat are you", "start": 2735.2, "end": 2741.599}, {"text": "here Daniel three minutes go ahead good to see you again uh most of you know me", "start": 2742.2, "end": 2747.48}, {"text": "my name is Daniel Fred I do a lot of twittering on the twitters under the handle lion advocacy I was thrown into", "start": 2747.48, "end": 2753.24}, {"text": "the world of Public Health uh inadvertently um because during Co a lot of people started calling me because", "start": 2753.24, "end": 2758.599}, {"text": "they were getting fired um remote workers so it's creating a whole public health issue that wasn't getting much", "start": 2758.599, "end": 2763.76}, {"text": "attention uh and it's still not getting much attention um so when I saw a", "start": 2763.76, "end": 2769.76}, {"text": "correspondence uh from uh from Jan H uh Houston on uh on behalf of various", "start": 2769.76, "end": 2775.2}, {"text": "retired officials from Toronto Public Health speaking out on this issue of uh the safe SES closures and what it's", "start": 2775.2, "end": 2780.28}, {"text": "going to mean uh for marginalized members of the community um that caught my attention because I didn't realize", "start": 2780.28, "end": 2785.68}, {"text": "this was this was a channel and option uh for me to raise awareness about was happening in the issues that were uh", "start": 2785.68, "end": 2791.16}, {"text": "that I was facing with people getting injured from the vaccines uh some reports of deaths um an area that got", "start": 2791.16, "end": 2797.8}, {"text": "very little attention um on on on this topic on the safe uh on the issue of uh", "start": 2797.8, "end": 2803.04}, {"text": "safe con shums ins sites um I think uh first of all the the legislation is not", "start": 2803.04, "end": 2809.72}, {"text": "um is was trying to address an issue that uh a lot of speakers today haven't", "start": 2809.72, "end": 2815.48}, {"text": "uh addressed and it should be addressed which is that there's there's always two sides to a public health issue meaning I think a lot of communities were what", "start": 2815.48, "end": 2822.28}, {"text": "were they were seeing on the ground was an increase in the in a rise of of disturbing you disturbing things on the streets um and some uh some sites were", "start": 2822.28, "end": 2829.92}, {"text": "near school so kids were being uh exposed to things um so that has to be addressed as part of the debate I think", "start": 2829.92, 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that he actually was able to turn his", "start": 2871.2, "end": 2877.48}, {"text": "life around and uh and if you hear more if we hear more stories like that then it'll persuade the public that this um", "start": 2877.48, "end": 2884.88}, {"text": "that these sites uh will work and that the endgame here is not a life of dependency on public health on going to", "start": 2884.88, "end": 2891.76}, {"text": "these sites for more drug like that the end of the game here is success and Recovery um and again I I didn't know", "start": 2891.76, "end": 2899.16}, {"text": "folks can mobilize like this for a cause I'm glad to see it I just wish um it was", "start": 2899.16, "end": 2904.2}, {"text": "my I mean I wish it was my cause as well because I'm still dealing with it I got 30,000 folks that follow me primarily", "start": 2904.2, "end": 2909.96}, {"text": "from my issues that I've had with how the vaccine was rolled out and how it impacted some people from the community that got got nobody's attention nobody's", "start": 2909.96, "end": 2917.119}, {"text": "attention so I'm I'm glad this group has mobilized and keep doing more of it for for everybody from different um segments", "start": 2917.119, "end": 2923.72}, {"text": "of the population thank you okay thank you oops thank you thank you uh John SU", "start": 2923.72, "end": 2934.44}, {"text": "John Su are you", "start": 2937.92, "end": 2940.838}, {"text": "here sorry just wait for him to unmute thank you", "start": 2951.839, "end": 2957.88}, {"text": "John can you hear me I can see you", "start": 2972.28, "end": 2976.68}, {"text": "online says un okay can you hear me now yes I can three minutes go ahead thank", "start": 2978.44, "end": 2984.799}, {"text": "you um I've been involved in this issue for eight years David cromi and I as", "start": 2984.799, "end": 2991.48}, {"text": "former Mays brought together a group of people in 2016 a group of prominent", "start": 2991.48, "end": 2997.4}, {"text": "torontonians to 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my time uh just to say I support the the request that have been made today and", "start": 3106.48, "end": 3112.16}, {"text": "I'll I'll yield my time for a vote to happen we the the the board appreciates", "start": 3112.16, "end": 3117.24}, {"text": "that thank you very much um we'll now uh go to uh questions of Staff any", "start": 3117.24, "end": 3126.04}, {"text": "directors have question St Deputy Mayor moley go ahead you Mr um I wanted to", "start": 3126.04, "end": 3131.96}, {"text": "just get some further clarification on our options here today uh I know in the", "start": 3131.96, "end": 3137.119}, {"text": "information that was shared uh we're looking to direct the medical officer of Health acting to provide evidence um but", "start": 3137.119, "end": 3144.48}, {"text": "there's a very clear and strong I think important call to action for us today to do a bit more than just provide evidence", "start": 3144.48, "end": 3151.04}, {"text": "um so if someone from legal can help us understand what are the options before us today uh and whether or not we are", "start": 3151.04, "end": 3158.04}, {"text": "able to provide direction to whether it's be an intervenor a party um to the", "start": 3158.04, "end": 3163.88}, {"text": "case Etc what are the options before us sure so through the chair we would", "start": 3163.88, "end": 3169.88}, {"text": "have to go in camera to talk about the board's options to participate we are aware we heard earlier today that", "start": 3169.88, "end": 3176.079}, {"text": "there's a January 10th deadline for notifying the applicants and respondents", "start": 3176.079, "end": 3181.599}, {"text": "if there is an interest to intervene so if the board wants to discuss participating we can go in camera and", "start": 3181.599, "end": 3187.92}, {"text": "talk about that I would like to do that Mr chair if we can um and I just had one", "start": 3187.92, "end": 3194.079}, {"text": "other question to staff that I think could be done in public uh if that's okay yeah go ahead thank you um the", "start": 3194.079, "end": 3202.44}, {"text": "other question that I had which I think is an important recommendation regardless of what uh decision is made about our", "start": 3202.44, "end": 3208.52}, {"text": "involvement in the legal case in the court challenge we are very clear and we understand that there will be an impact", "start": 3208.52, "end": 3215.079}, {"text": "to our community and specifically to Frontline workers who are supporting the community most impacted here um there", "start": 3215.079, "end": 3222.24}, {"text": "was a recommendation around setting up a table around the drug toxicity crisis", "start": 3222.24, "end": 3228.2}, {"text": "and and holding space for Frontline workers and other experts to come together to better support our work and", "start": 3228.2, "end": 3234.04}, {"text": "to better support each other I wanted I want to understand if there have been previous conversations or whether staff", "start": 3234.04, "end": 3239.88}, {"text": "have undertaken um to uh review the feasibility of of such an opportunity or", "start": 3239.88, "end": 3246.48}, {"text": "beating such a table so through the chair thank you for", "start": 3246.48, "end": 3251.799}, {"text": "the question I will say this uh the board will recall that we have the our health our city strategy uh panel and", "start": 3251.799, "end": 3260.48}, {"text": "that does form an opportunity uh for people to gather and discuss uh issues", "start": 3260.48, "end": 3266.559}, {"text": "of um relevance to mental health in the city and as well um the impact of the", "start": 3266.559, "end": 3272.559}, {"text": "drug toxicity epidemic we do have people with lived and living experience uh who", "start": 3272.559, "end": 3277.68}, {"text": "are participants at the table we do have a number of uh service providers and a", "start": 3277.68, "end": 3282.799}, {"text": "broad representation uh as well of City divisions who are engaged in work that", "start": 3282.799, "end": 3288.2}, {"text": "supports people who are living uh with substance use challenges and with mental", "start": 3288.2, "end": 3294.4}, {"text": "health challenges uh so there is a very active table um chaired uh well by", "start": 3294.4, "end": 3301.4}, {"text": "deputy mayor mik uh we have met and uh have will continue to do so in order to", "start": 3301.4, "end": 3308.079}, {"text": "support the elements of the strategy and of course to deal with issues that are relevant to mental health and substance", "start": 3308.079, "end": 3314.4}, {"text": "use challenges in the city thank you so much Dr Dilla uh and through the chair", "start": 3314.4, "end": 3319.72}, {"text": "I'll just really underscore um that I think as an important opportunity for us", "start": 3319.72, "end": 3325.2}, {"text": "as we continue to nav naate the potential impacts of this legislation um", "start": 3325.2, "end": 3330.52}, {"text": "in holding firm with our community members um to continue to honor uh the", "start": 3330.52, "end": 3335.839}, {"text": "values and priorities set out in our health our city um and making sure that we're holding that space um despite", "start": 3335.839, "end": 3342.319}, {"text": "whatever uh is going to be coming down from the province so um I appreciate that those are my questions Mr chair for", "start": 3342.319, "end": 3348.2}, {"text": "public and and um we'll yield to you until we're able to go into camera thank you thank you moley any further public", "start": 3348.2, "end": 3356.76}, {"text": "questions on this item okay seeing none so we will go in", "start": 3356.76, "end": 3364.2}, {"text": "camera uh please uh please just give us a moment to get the uh the motion ready", "start": 3364.28, "end": 3372.079}, {"text": "yes sorry I Mr here if I may um while they're getting that motion ready to go", "start": 3384.24, "end": 3389.64}, {"text": "into camera I do have one other quick public question if if I may go ahead thank you um on the on the", "start": 3389.64, "end": 3397.799}, {"text": "recommendation that we are looking at in terms of um providing evidence I just wanted to uh offer an opportunity for a", "start": 3397.799, "end": 3405.44}, {"text": "medical officer of Health to uh share with the committee and members of the public uh as to whether we are in a", "start": 3405.44, "end": 3412.839}, {"text": "position to do so and prepared uh to move forward and provide uh the appropriate evidence as part of the", "start": 3412.839, "end": 3419.319}, {"text": "existing challenges already in place uh so through the chair um you", "start": 3419.319, "end": 3427.64}, {"text": "know as we've indicated several times at the board of health and in a number of public venues there is plenty of", "start": 3427.64, "end": 3434.64}, {"text": "evidence that we've put forth in respect of uh what is required in order to", "start": 3434.64, "end": 3441.72}, {"text": "successfully address or as best as possible address the existing drug toxicity epidemic uh so we certainly", "start": 3441.72, "end": 3449.24}, {"text": "have plenty of uh scientific evidence around the value of harm reduction uh", "start": 3449.24, "end": 3456.16}, {"text": "what works best in respect of uh treatment uh and of course this evidence is constantly in in evolution and in", "start": 3456.16, "end": 3463.039}, {"text": "development so um we are up to speed with what there is to date and are", "start": 3463.039, "end": 3468.68}, {"text": "continuing to monitor the development of evidence and the release of new evidence in respect of prevention harm reduction", "start": 3468.68, "end": 3475.799}, {"text": "and treatment okay thank you thank you any", "start": 3475.799, "end": 3481.079}, {"text": "further public questions saying none is the um motion ready", "start": 3481.079, "end": 3488.4}, {"text": "right here we go thank you so directors we have a motion an item that requires a close session I will 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3580.599, "end": 3587.44}, {"text": "have received some legal advice in private which we cannot share with the public but", "start": 3587.44, "end": 3594.2}, {"text": "um to the director uh do you have any further questions of", "start": 3594.2, "end": 3599.319}, {"text": "staff on this item if not we'll move to speakers uh first up is Deputy V moley", "start": 3599.319, "end": 3606.92}, {"text": "go ahead you Mr chair through you uh to colleagues and and the public I do have", "start": 3606.92, "end": 3612.64}, {"text": "a motion on this item and I want to start by thanking all of the deput who joined us here today um and who have", "start": 3612.64, "end": 3619.039}, {"text": "been advocating on this issue not only most recently under threat from this current legislation before us um but", "start": 3619.039, "end": 3625.559}, {"text": "over many years and decades to ensure that we as a city have a compassionate uh harm reduction focused approach to", "start": 3625.559, "end": 3632.88}, {"text": "supporting our residents and friends um this is a very uh personal and sensitive", "start": 3632.88, "end": 3639.88}, {"text": "issue I'm sure for so many of us um and it's something that we need to I think", "start": 3639.88, "end": 3645.359}, {"text": "absolutely take in with Incredible seriousness the impacts of this legislation are um scary um the the", "start": 3645.359, "end": 3655.359}, {"text": "consequence of this legislation are scary to consider when we contemplate what we're involved in in managing and", "start": 3655.359, "end": 3663.319}, {"text": "navigating um as the board of and as a TR public health unit so I just want to", "start": 3663.319, "end": 3669.88}, {"text": "put my motion forward if clerks could display it please I'll just um share that and wanting to really reiterate our", "start": 3669.88, "end": 3679.2}, {"text": "commitment as a as a board and I hope my colleagues will be supportive of this motion um to continue to use our voices", "start": 3679.2, "end": 3687}, {"text": "to share our expertise and to um give direction to our medical officer of", "start": 3687, "end": 3692.039}, {"text": "health and other um to be strong uh Advocates and strong voices on what's", "start": 3692.039, "end": 3697.72}, {"text": "best for our population from the health perspective so here's a motion to request the city solicitor to advise the", "start": 3697.72, "end": 3704.319}, {"text": "applicants and the respondents of the board's in potential intention to intervene in the Superior Court", "start": 3704.319, "end": 3710.319}, {"text": "application um with the court file number there before you by January 10th which we understand the", "start": 3710.319, "end": 3717.16}, {"text": "deadline uh as a as a child of an addict I know how difficult this work is and I", "start": 3717.16, "end": 3723.359}, {"text": "know what the impacts are on people in a really real way uh we have a responsibility as a municipality and as", "start": 3723.359, "end": 3730.4}, {"text": "a board to do everything we can to set ourselves and our community up for", "start": 3730.4, "end": 3735.44}, {"text": "Success uh when we are under threat we need to band together and we need to get louder and stand stronger together so uh", "start": 3735.44, "end": 3744.039}, {"text": "I hope uh that members of the public and Advocates and organizers will see that this is the work we are committed to", "start": 3744.039, "end": 3750.319}, {"text": "doing um we will continue to engage and do our best work um through uh these", "start": 3750.319, "end": 3756.44}, {"text": "challenging times and um we appreciate everyone's uh participation the last", "start": 3756.44, "end": 3761.96}, {"text": "thing I'll just say on this item is you know we sit through a lot of deputations and we deal with a lot of really controversial items at city council and", "start": 3761.96, "end": 3769.72}, {"text": "at the board here of health and um it's very rare that you have every deput on", "start": 3769.72, "end": 3775.559}, {"text": "an issue uh you know coming forward with consensus about what's right what's", "start": 3775.559, "end": 3780.839}, {"text": "wrong and what we need to do on the go forward um so I'm so grateful for your voices for your work and for your", "start": 3780.839, "end": 3786.76}, {"text": "advocacy um and I'm happy to put this motion forward to the board thank you Mr chair thank you so much Deputy M moring", "start": 3786.76, "end": 3794.48}, {"text": "um any further questions from any of sorry speakers any questions on the motion", "start": 3794.48, "end": 3802.119}, {"text": "seeing none any speakers on the item in general", "start": 3802.119, "end": 3807.279}, {"text": "I see none uh I will just speak briefly and say you know thank you to all the", "start": 3807.279, "end": 3812.68}, {"text": "deput who who've come here time and time again and really just uh putting their", "start": 3812.68, "end": 3818.599}, {"text": "soul and their hearts on the line and sharing their stories with us uh we are", "start": 3818.599, "end": 3824.48}, {"text": "all moved by it uh you know we feel you we hear you um and we want to continue", "start": 3824.48, "end": 3831.359}, {"text": "to work with you uh this is a very serious issue uh people's lives at stake", "start": 3831.359, "end": 3837.279}, {"text": "and part of our responsibility here is to actually save lives and help those who are in need and in crisis um that's", "start": 3837.279, "end": 3845.359}, {"text": "why I got into this job as a counselor and a public servant and I feel", "start": 3845.359, "end": 3851.72}, {"text": "compelled to um move on this item as I mentioned time and time again you know I", "start": 3851.72, "end": 3858.48}, {"text": "was working in the field for 22 years at the local hospital just down the street", "start": 3858.48, "end": 3864.839}, {"text": "and even today just just walking home uh I see some of my former clients and I", "start": 3864.839, "end": 3871}, {"text": "engage with them and I see the struggles and", "start": 3871, "end": 3876.24}, {"text": "uh it it I feel there's more that we can do and I can do and you know I and I", "start": 3876.24, "end": 3882}, {"text": "push the boundaries here in my role as a counselor and even on this board as well and I hope that um I make them proud in", "start": 3882, "end": 3890.88}, {"text": "the way we're advocating here today still on this particular issue so um and", "start": 3890.88, "end": 3897.72}, {"text": "as Andy you know said uh it's nice to see that we're all speaking with one", "start": 3897.72, "end": 3904.4}, {"text": "voice right not one descendant uh person spoke against this so that for me is an", "start": 3904.4, "end": 3911.88}, {"text": "indication that you know we're all doing the right thing here so with that I vote on Council we'll vote on Council moy's", "start": 3911.88, "end": 3919}, {"text": "motion first uh all those in favor post carried that's unanimous uh", "start": 3919, "end": 3926.4}, {"text": "as amended all those in favor oppos carried and that's unanimous", "start": 3926.4, "end": 3931.48}, {"text": "thank you so much that is the end of our agenda for today I thank all the board", "start": 3931.48, "end": 3937.24}, {"text": "members directors for coming in today and this short notice and again thank you to the public for coming in today as", "start": 3937.24, "end": 3943.559}, {"text": "well I want to wish you a happy holiday uh with your friends and family and", "start": 3943.559, "end": 3949.359}, {"text": "loved ones and uh may you find peace be well thank you", "start": 3949.359, "end": 3955.839}, {"text": "thank you Mr chair take care of you", "start": 3955.839, "end": 3960.839}]