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using a holistic", "start": 905.8, "end": 913.16}, {"text": "approach and finally we have some updates on the closure of safe consumption sites the impact on", "start": 913.16, "end": 919.959}, {"text": "emergency services and the legal challenge being brought to the Su Court of Ontario by TNG the neighborhood group", "start": 919.959, "end": 928.56}, {"text": "on December 20th 2024 following Board of Health Direction the city solicitors", "start": 928.56, "end": 933.88}, {"text": "office advised the parties to the TNG application of the board's potential intention to intervene today the board", "start": 933.88, "end": 941.68}, {"text": "will have an opportunity to hear from our legal councel and decide on the best path forward to potentially support the", "start": 941.68, "end": 949}, {"text": "challenge as chair I remain committed to advocating for safe consumption and harm", "start": 949, "end": 954.519}, {"text": "reduction services with recognition of the advice of the evidence 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reducing inequities", "start": 996.04, "end": 1003.959}, {"text": "and protecting the health and well-being of those we serve we are grateful for Dr dilla's significant contributions to our", "start": 1003.959, "end": 1011.079}, {"text": "community including guiding Toronto's covid-19 pandemic response the largest", "start": 1011.079, "end": 1016.44}, {"text": "vaccination campaign in our City's history addressing the drug toxicity epidemic and many other important Public", "start": 1016.44, "end": 1023.079}, {"text": "Health initiatives with some new faces around the table at the Board of Health I want", "start": 1023.079, "end": 1029.079}, {"text": "to introduce our current slate of directors who form Toronto public Health's senior management team in", "start": 1029.079, "end": 1036.16}, {"text": "addition to acting medical officer of Health I will remain the director of decision support surveillance and", "start": 1036.16, "end": 1041.72}, {"text": "immunization until an individual 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"specialist the primary role of uh officers from the Toronto police services is to support and enhance the", "start": 1127.679, "end": 1134}, {"text": "safety of public health professionals when identifying and interacting with vulnerable community members in the", "start": 1134, "end": 1140.52}, {"text": "area as a chair of the student nutrition Ontario Toronto partnership Toronto Public Health supports student nutrition", "start": 1140.52, "end": 1147.08}, {"text": "program oversight and coordination it has a lead rule role for nutrition and", "start": 1147.08, "end": 1152.36}, {"text": "food safety expertise in addition to coordinating the annual government grant application process in 2024 Toronto", "start": 1152.36, "end": 1159.88}, {"text": "Public Health championed the first public school expansion of the program since 2018 resulting in $2.6 million in", "start": 1159.88, "end": 1167.72}, {"text": "additional funds to to support 23 new student nutrition programs reaching an 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the downtown Corp however we are still waiting to hear from the province about the total", "start": 1213.72, "end": 1220.36}, {"text": "financial support that will be made available and the scope of the project which will impact the services Tonto", "start": 1220.36, "end": 1226.159}, {"text": "public health is able to offer the downtown heart Hub will aim to facilitate access to essential essential", "start": 1226.159, "end": 1232.72}, {"text": "health care services for people who use drugs including improved access to treatment and wraparound support such as", "start": 1232.72, "end": 1239.799}, {"text": "housing as we look back at 2024 Toronto Public Health faked complex challenges", "start": 1239.799, "end": 1245.88}, {"text": "made tough decisions and work to protect the health of our diverse communities as we embrace the new year it brings a", "start": 1245.88, "end": 1251.799}, {"text": "sense of renewal opportunity Innovation and potential looking ahead we'll", "start": 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"chair you accept Okay uh any other", "start": 1303.84, "end": 1309.32}, {"text": "nominations I'm calling for nominations for a second time have the any further nominations for vice", "start": 1309.679, "end": 1316.279}, {"text": "chair I'm calling nominations for third time and final time I the nom for vice", "start": 1316.279, "end": 1321.919}, {"text": "chair and seeing none You' been acclaimed as Vice chair you like to say a few words you", "start": 1321.919, "end": 1329.76}, {"text": "don't have to thank you uh Mr chair just look forward to supporting you and the board and the work that we have", "start": 1329.76, "end": 1336.64}, {"text": "ahead thank you so much okay we'll now review the rest of the", "start": 1336.64, "end": 1344.52}, {"text": "agenda so item HL 21.1 2025 by Board of Health committees and", "start": 1344.52, "end": 1352.24}, {"text": "appointments would anyone like to hold this item no can we have a motion right", "start": 1354.279, "end": 1360.559}, {"text": "yes oh we do have a motion because I prepared", "start": 1360.559, "end": 1365.08}, {"text": "it we just move it now or yeah I'm just going to move it now", "start": 1371.36, "end": 1378.2}, {"text": "yeah I don't want to on the", "start": 1383.559, "end": 1386.84}, {"text": "screen okay this is the uh motion for committees I've spoken to all the", "start": 1389.44, "end": 1396.96}, {"text": "members here on this item and they've all said", "start": 1396.96, "end": 1401.72}, {"text": "yes so I'm going to all those in favor oos", "start": 1402.48, "end": 1410.36}, {"text": "carried item as amended all those in favor oppos carried thank you item HL", "start": 1410.36, "end": 1416.4}, {"text": "21.4 2024 a year in review of Tron Public Health there is a presentation so", "start": 1416.4, "end": 1422.36}, {"text": "I will hold this item down in my name HL 21.5 feedback from Toronto public health", "start": 1422.36, "end": 1430}, {"text": "and homelessness working table there's a 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top yeah okay uh Candice cassana are you", "start": 1655.84, "end": 1662.88}, {"text": "here okay Callum Houston", "start": 1662.88, "end": 1668.919}, {"text": "okay you have five minutes go ahead yeah um so thank my my name is", "start": 1680.44, "end": 1685.84}, {"text": "Callum Houston uh I'm From Dawn Valley East and I uh just want to thank the", "start": 1685.84, "end": 1692.44}, {"text": "counselors here and me board members for hearing uh hearing me speak um also I'd", "start": 1692.44, "end": 1698.559}, {"text": "like to just say that there are deput who are coming they thought the item was later so um they might not uh be able to", "start": 1698.559, "end": 1707.36}, {"text": "speak uh if they if they don't make it in time um just point of order Mr chair I just", "start": 1707.36, "end": 1714.64}, {"text": "just I'm new here and I want to understand it so the agenda gets published 9:30 right the items get", "start": 1714.64, "end": 1720.039}, {"text": "listed in order there 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1984.08, "end": 1989.88}, {"text": "overburdened uh my last uh request uh is that the uh scope of what emergency", "start": 1989.88, "end": 1998.6}, {"text": "services are uh that will be impacted is get broadened because uh in the report there", "start": 1998.6, "end": 2005.24}, {"text": "were only the only service providers that were included were police uh emergency responders and uh", "start": 2005.24, "end": 2013.6}, {"text": "firefighters but there's a lot of other services that will be impacted by this and they're not necessarily emergency", "start": 2013.6, "end": 2019.799}, {"text": "services but they are services that people depend on and will be overburdened such as the", "start": 2019.799, "end": 2025.48}, {"text": "TTC uh places like I mean food banks will be uh overwhelmed as even though", "start": 2025.48, "end": 2032.12}, {"text": "they already are um as well as drop-ins and even the shelters which", "start": 2032.12, "end": 2038.24}, {"text": "are going to be the first places that are overwhelmed supposed to say that that's", "start": 2038.24, "end": 2044.48}, {"text": "pretty much everything uh in terms of the asks and I won't take up any more of", "start": 2044.48, "end": 2050.04}, {"text": "your time thank you thank you Callum any questions for the deput seeing none", "start": 2050.04, "end": 2055.839}, {"text": "thank you for coming in today uh next up is uh Megan white are you here Megan", "start": 2055.839, "end": 2064.24}, {"text": "white okay um Dan Diana mcnali I heard you're", "start": 2065.52, "end": 2073.359}, {"text": "online you want to unmute okay here I am can you see me", "start": 2074.159, "end": 2079.56}, {"text": "hear me here we go you have five minutes go ahead thank you so while not every", "start": 2079.56, "end": 2084.919}, {"text": "overdose death is of someone who is homeless and not every person who is homeless uses drugs we know that there", "start": 2084.919, "end": 2090.8}, {"text": "is a disproportionate impact of the toxic drug crisis on people without housing and people who are Street", "start": 2090.8, "end": 2096.638}, {"text": "involved so in 2023 525 torontonians died as a result of toxic drugs that's a", "start": 2096.639, "end": 2103.24}, {"text": "lot of people 42 of those deaths occurred in the Shel in a shelter or a 247 respit and based on what I have", "start": 2103.24, "end": 2110.64}, {"text": "surmised from the city of Toronto's data at least 60 homeless individuals died of toxic drugs in 2023 meaning at least 18", "start": 2110.64, "end": 2117.64}, {"text": "people died outside of a shelter or respit setting now there are another 57", "start": 2117.64, "end": 2123.04}, {"text": "deaths that have no attributable cause but many of them likely were also the result of", "start": 2123.04, "end": 2128.88}, {"text": "Overdose we have no numbers as to how many people who are low-income and Street involved and who have previously", "start": 2128.88, "end": 2134.68}, {"text": "and even recently been homeless have died from toxic drugs this is all to say that we don't know the full scope of the", "start": 2134.68, "end": 2142.359}, {"text": "impact more specifically we don't know who is dying in the population of people that I work with in the city of", "start": 2142.359, "end": 2148.44}, {"text": "Toronto's daytime drop-ins our spaces are the only Social Service used exclusively by homeless people in", "start": 2148.44, "end": 2154.48}, {"text": "shelters encampment residents and unsheltered people people as well as lowincome and Street involved people we", "start": 2154.48, "end": 2160.359}, {"text": "are a net that catches that entire population and before we had safe consumption sites daytime drop-ins were", "start": 2160.359, "end": 2167.56}, {"text": "safe consumption sites I say this because I lived it as a Frontline worker before safe consumption sit existed", "start": 2167.56, "end": 2174.4}, {"text": "reversing overdoses was a central part of my work in a drop in but unlike a staff person in an SCS it wasn't my", "start": 2174.4, "end": 2181.96}, {"text": "dedicated role where I could closely monitor people using drugs and instead it's something I would catch while", "start": 2181.96, "end": 2187.76}, {"text": "making my rounds or when a Community member would run to come get me this means that I often found people too late", "start": 2187.76, "end": 2194.079}, {"text": "to prevent Serious injury to their organs including to their brains through oxygen deprivation and I have to say", "start": 2194.079, "end": 2201.319}, {"text": "when you find somebody who's blue in the face and you're scraping the vomit out of the inside of their nose to spray in", "start": 2201.319, "end": 2207.44}, {"text": "lock Zone it's it's unpleasant it's very very unpleasant and the worst moment of", "start": 2207.44, "end": 2213.8}, {"text": "my life was having to perform CPR on one of my own peer workers he lived but I", "start": 2213.8, "end": 2219.96}, {"text": "was forced to break his rib cage and feel what it's like to push directly down on his organs through the floating", "start": 2219.96, "end": 2226.16}, {"text": "bones of his chest you have to know that it isn't", "start": 2226.16, "end": 2231.24}, {"text": "just dedicated emergency responders who will be impacted it's people like me workers who will have to take on saving", "start": 2231.24, "end": 2238}, {"text": "lives at the sides of their desks with no supports for the trauma that this", "start": 2238, "end": 2243.16}, {"text": "will entail no resources for community members who witness these events and who", "start": 2243.16, "end": 2248.2}, {"text": "themselves are often First Responders so when supervised consumption sites close drop-ins will once again become your", "start": 2248.2, "end": 2255.76}, {"text": "deao overdose prevention sites I know this because I've experienced it the city needs to do more than request", "start": 2255.76, "end": 2262.48}, {"text": "policy reversal from The Province we need a comprehensive plan to support this inevitable transition and this is", "start": 2262.48, "end": 2269.56}, {"text": "why we need as per deput Callum Houston's request the reestablishment of the emergency task force and the", "start": 2269.56, "end": 2275.92}, {"text": "creation of an emergency table thank", "start": 2275.92, "end": 2280.799}, {"text": "you thank you Diane any questions for the deput seeing none thank you", "start": 2281.079, "end": 2290.28}, {"text": "um John Su former mayor of", "start": 2290.72, "end": 2296.8}, {"text": "Toronto five", "start": 2296.8, "end": 2300.079}, {"text": "minutes thank you Mr chairman this is an issue that I've been", "start": 2302.2, "end": 2307.599}, {"text": "involved in for the last 10 years in 2015 David cromby and I got together", "start": 2307.599, "end": 2315.52}, {"text": "because we thought that Toronto needed uh some safe consumption sites we", "start": 2315.52, "end": 2321.92}, {"text": "brought together a group of about 40 prominent torontonians to argue that", "start": 2321.92, "end": 2327.92}, {"text": "case and in fact we got the city to in fact establish its first um uh", "start": 2327.92, "end": 2335.599}, {"text": "consumption sites um and since then I've been very interested in the issue and of course as", "start": 2335.599, "end": 2341.24}, {"text": "soon as I heard that the province is coming in with legislation I got together at David cromby again and again", "start": 2341.24, "end": 2348}, {"text": "we brought together a bunch of people who who made some public statements at the beginning of October uh more", "start": 2348, "end": 2354.16}, {"text": "recently David and I sponsored a public meeting a week ago today actually um Mr", "start": 2354.16, "end": 2361.04}, {"text": "chair you you spoke at that meeting uh a very well attended meeting to try and argue that we have to reverse the", "start": 2361.04, "end": 2368.44}, {"text": "provincial legislation in my mind the first thing", "start": 2368.44, "end": 2374.24}, {"text": "the board has to do is agree to be an intervenor in the court challenge", "start": 2374.24, "end": 2379.52}, {"text": "against the legislation the legislation has two impacts first it has a devastating", "start": 2379.52, "end": 2387.92}, {"text": "impact on the lives of people in Toronto and in fact in Ontario getting rid of consumption sites", "start": 2387.92, "end": 2395.599}, {"text": "is just a major blow it's going to cause a lot more people to unnecessarily", "start": 2395.599, "end": 2401.599}, {"text": "die and obviously as Board of Health that's something you have to be concerned about I mean I one of the", "start": 2401.599, "end": 2408.119}, {"text": "points that was made at the meeting um on on last Monday was that", "start": 2408.119, "end": 2415.599}, {"text": "more people have died of drug overdoses in Canada than died of covid and think", "start": 2415.599, "end": 2423.28}, {"text": "of all the resources we put into Co so that's one but the second aspect", "start": 2423.28, "end": 2429.64}, {"text": "is that the city's Powers about address addressing health concerns are actually", "start": 2429.64, "end": 2435.319}, {"text": "being taken away by this legislation so it's a direct attack on the City's power", "start": 2435.319, "end": 2440.96}, {"text": "to actually deal with issues just the the one issue that that's in the the uh", "start": 2440.96, "end": 2447.76}, {"text": "the the board of the staff report is is not being allowed to give out clean", "start": 2447.76, "end": 2454.16}, {"text": "needles absolutely astounding that a government would do that so what I want", "start": 2454.16, "end": 2460.28}, {"text": "the board to do is to agree today that you're going to intervene in", "start": 2460.28, "end": 2465.76}, {"text": "the court challenge I will say that the judge had", "start": 2465.76, "end": 2470.88}, {"text": "set last Tuesday as the day for interventions Barbara Hall and I as", "start": 2470.88, "end": 2478.119}, {"text": "former mayors have both intervened I'm not sure the court has allowed our intervention at the moment", "start": 2478.119, "end": 2484.56}, {"text": "but our lawyer has argued the case because the city hadn't taken a position", "start": 2484.56, "end": 2490.839}, {"text": "the court said okay I'll put it off until the 24th for the city to make a", "start": 2490.839, "end": 2495.92}, {"text": "decision so it's really important that the board today say we're going to", "start": 2495.92, "end": 2501.52}, {"text": "intervene in that legislation if the board does not intervene in my opinion that's a real", "start": 2501.52, "end": 2508.04}, {"text": "black mark against the city in not responding to a very very serious health", "start": 2508.04, "end": 2514.64}, {"text": "concern so that's the key recommendation I'd make with you today agree to", "start": 2514.64, "end": 2520.2}, {"text": "intervene in the court challenge instruct the city solicitor to do that", "start": 2520.2, "end": 2525.68}, {"text": "or if you don't want to do that in instruct the city solicitor to to get outside counsel in order to do that I", "start": 2525.68, "end": 2533.72}, {"text": "think I find it interesting that the provincial government in this case are not using its own lawyers and they've", "start": 2533.72, "end": 2539.72}, {"text": "gone out and get outside councel to to to work with them the city could do that if you don't want our own legal staff to", "start": 2539.72, "end": 2546.68}, {"text": "do it so that's my recommendation I certainly", "start": 2546.68, "end": 2551.88}, {"text": "agree with the arguments about an emergency table but the key thing right now is to get rid of that legislation as", "start": 2551.88, "end": 2558.8}, {"text": "we know the likelihood of a court challenge to succeed is very very likely", "start": 2558.8, "end": 2566.64}, {"text": "Supreme Court of Canada made a very strong decision in the Insight Facility in Vancouver in", "start": 2566.64, "end": 2573.28}, {"text": "2011 it could clearly support this so please do that thank you very much thank", "start": 2573.28, "end": 2579.48}, {"text": "you John any questions for the deput seeing none thank you for coming in", "start": 2579.48, "end": 2586}, {"text": "today and thank you for your passion on this issue uh Justin niera", "start": 2586, "end": 2593.68}, {"text": "arza no online here we go five minutes go", "start": 2596.28, "end": 2603.119}, {"text": "ahead we can see you but we cannot hear you though", "start": 2603.119, "end": 2608.68}, {"text": "hear me yep no we can okay uh thank you to the Board of Health for allowing me", "start": 2608.68, "end": 2614.359}, {"text": "to speak today my name is Justine Adisa I'm a healthcare provider Community member and constituent of the city in w", "start": 2614.359, "end": 2620.559}, {"text": "n I am here to speak to the item anticipated service impacts for the Toronto Public Health Emergency", "start": 2620.559, "end": 2626.359}, {"text": "responders due to the closure of supervised consumption sites in Toronto I would like to Echo many of the words", "start": 2626.359, "end": 2632.16}, {"text": "that my fellow peers have said before me I've sat before this board multiple", "start": 2632.16, "end": 2637.64}, {"text": "times over the last few months along with many community members and peers for the last few months we including", "start": 2637.64, "end": 2643.319}, {"text": "members of this board have talked about and acknowledge the emergency that we are in we have agreed that the", "start": 2643.319, "end": 2648.48}, {"text": "negligence we agreed on the negligence of Bill 223 putting thousand more lives at risk a risk we cannot afford as we", "start": 2648.48, "end": 2655.44}, {"text": "have lost far too many we emphasized how vital and imperative safe consumption sites are and Har ruction services are", "start": 2655.44, "end": 2661.76}, {"text": "across our city we have set motions made recommendations and shared stories yet here we are once again with little to no", "start": 2661.76, "end": 2667.92}, {"text": "action I acknowledge the recommendations made by the Board of Health for today's meeting and their urges to the Ontario", "start": 2667.92, "end": 2673.559}, {"text": "to the government of Ontario however this is not enough we have little to no answers about how the board of health is", "start": 2673.559, "end": 2679.44}, {"text": "going to fight and stret forward amidst the D the drug toxics crisis the province's war against people who use", "start": 2679.44, "end": 2685.96}, {"text": "drugs and the surfaces that meet them where they are at we have no insight to how the Board of Health is ensuring that", "start": 2685.96, "end": 2691.48}, {"text": "their own safe consumption sites continues to run we've had no explanation on how the board board of", "start": 2691.48, "end": 2696.52}, {"text": "health will support report safe consumption sites that will remain open in our city past March 31st and the", "start": 2696.52, "end": 2701.8}, {"text": "surge in services that will come a news that will come we have no clarification", "start": 2701.8, "end": 2707.68}, {"text": "of what happens to the remaining of har reduction programs such as access to sterile equipment and Drug checking Services we are quite literally feeling", "start": 2707.68, "end": 2715.72}, {"text": "like we are blind at this moment in time at last we find ourselves completely at a loss of action and", "start": 2715.72, "end": 2722.64}, {"text": "understanding of how the board of health is going to hold itself accountable at a time of complete negligence from from the provincial government so as a", "start": 2722.64, "end": 2729.2}, {"text": "community member we have gathered here to present you with the following demands one reassemble the emergency", "start": 2729.2, "end": 2735.2}, {"text": "task force for addressing toxic drug poisoning crisis two move forward with being an intervenor in the charter", "start": 2735.2, "end": 2740.72}, {"text": "Challenge and three full support and advocacy for resource to be put into keeping the Works open and all harm", "start": 2740.72, "end": 2746.119}, {"text": "reduction distribution flowing if the injunction is successful again I would like to", "start": 2746.119, "end": 2751.24}, {"text": "highlight that this is that today's item is all about anticipated and impacts to", "start": 2751.24, "end": 2757.68}, {"text": "emergency responders duee to the closure of safe consumption sites we know that over 11,000 overdoses were reversed in", "start": 2757.68, "end": 2764.96}, {"text": "safe consumption sites across Toronto Just Between the years of 2020 and 2024 Evan thousand a number that I know", "start": 2764.96, "end": 2773.359}, {"text": "we're all quite familiar with um we know that the scale back of farm", "start": 2773.359, "end": 2779.359}, {"text": "reduction services including distribution of NE sterile kits and needle exchange programs will result in an increase of chronic and blood bu", "start": 2779.359, "end": 2786.48}, {"text": "infection for an allra vulnerable community outreach workers dropin community health centers service service", "start": 2786.48, "end": 2793.24}, {"text": "providers across the C the sector of mental health and substance use are unders sourced and underf founded our", "start": 2793.24, "end": 2798.8}, {"text": "hubs will be no different we need funding that acknowledges and supports the evidence gathered for decades about", "start": 2798.8, "end": 2803.88}, {"text": "already existing and life-saving Healthcare First Responders and hospitals are going to be inundated once these sites close Board of Health has", "start": 2803.88, "end": 2811.04}, {"text": "provided all the information outlining just how dangerous this will be as a community again we call on the Board of", "start": 2811.04, "end": 2817.319}, {"text": "Health in Toronto Public Health to one take urgent action to establish an emergency table with a mandate plan and", "start": 2817.319, "end": 2823.64}, {"text": "four to respond to the public health emergency that will be caused by side closures this table should one be", "start": 2823.64, "end": 2830.599}, {"text": "established by the end of January two be co-chaired by the city and Community Representatives three involve", "start": 2830.599, "end": 2836.64}, {"text": "perspectives in the expertise of people who use drugs and people who support people who use drugs and four meet", "start": 2836.64, "end": 2842.48}, {"text": "regularly we suggest weekly to reflect the scale and the urgency of the crisises that we are in lastly I would", "start": 2842.48, "end": 2850.88}, {"text": "like to ask how is Toronto Public Health preparing for the anticipated increase in public truck use once sites are", "start": 2850.88, "end": 2856.44}, {"text": "closed public spaces are going to become unsupervised consumption sites public", "start": 2856.44, "end": 2861.559}, {"text": "bathrooms aren't equipped with sharp boxes and possibility and in Need for fose response among those staff", "start": 2861.559, "end": 2868}, {"text": "responsible in these spaces City of Toronto staff people working in cafes public spaces such as Transit libraries", "start": 2868, "end": 2873.88}, {"text": "do not have the tools that safe consumption sites and workers within du this decision is going it's forcing the", "start": 2873.88, "end": 2880.76}, {"text": "public to become First Responders because the First Responders will not have the capacity to respond to every", "start": 2880.76, "end": 2885.839}, {"text": "call and an overdose every second every minute it's vital people deserve to live", "start": 2885.839, "end": 2891.92}, {"text": "and the city is responsible for the safety of every single one of its constituents we need you to step up we", "start": 2891.92, "end": 2898.16}, {"text": "need you to act now we're in an emergency we know that this can be done", "start": 2898.16, "end": 2904}, {"text": "please please please stop up okay thank you any questions for the deput saying", "start": 2904, "end": 2912.64}, {"text": "none thank you for coming in today uh up next is ranan uh Thomas are", "start": 2912.64, "end": 2917.88}, {"text": "you here ranan", "start": 2917.88, "end": 2923.48}, {"text": "Thomas one online hello can you hear me yes five", "start": 2926.64, "end": 2932.559}, {"text": "minutes go ahead okay great um thank you for uh having me speak here today my", "start": 2932.559, "end": 2939.2}, {"text": "name is Rihanna Thomas as you know I uh currently um work in an emergency department and have spent over 20 years", "start": 2939.2, "end": 2947.079}, {"text": "uh working with people who use drugs in this city um I'm here to uh Echo the", "start": 2947.079, "end": 2954.04}, {"text": "concerns about the emergency response to the closures 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3101.28}, {"text": "overdose that was prevented in those consumption sites will not be reversed", "start": 3101.28, "end": 3106.76}, {"text": "70 days until we start seeing increased deaths in our city and as one of my", "start": 3106.76, "end": 3111.839}, {"text": "fellow speaker mentioned responding to an overdose is terrifying", "start": 3111.839, "end": 3118.04}, {"text": "um I I can't describe it to anyone who's never seen it before and this will be a", "start": 3118.04, "end": 3124.48}, {"text": "huge impact on the public people who work anywhere where there's a public bathroom and people are of our city are", "start": 3124.48, "end": 3131.559}, {"text": "just not going to be prepared for that so again I'm here to call on the board today to continue to do the right thing", "start": 3131.559, "end": 3139.44}, {"text": "in prioritizing support on this issue and I ask that you direct the", "start": 3139.44, "end": 3144.72}, {"text": "appropriate City divisions and departments to 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launched by TNG and are willing to sign on as inter interveners but what's not clear is what", "start": 3233.079, "end": 3238.88}, {"text": "exactly the plan is to manage the very real Public Health Emergency that is about to occur when SCS is Clos the", "start": 3238.88, "end": 3245.599}, {"text": "22,000 overdoses that have been responded to by scss in Ontario resulting in Zero fatalities will not", "start": 3245.599, "end": 3253.359}, {"text": "magically stop happening when the clock strikes midnight on April 1st heart hubs will not cure the problem by simply", "start": 3253.359, "end": 3259.52}, {"text": "referring out to public detox and treatment services that barely exist to begin with and for which Ford has not", "start": 3259.52, "end": 3265.599}, {"text": "offered up any fullsome plan for expansion instead overdoses will be occurring much more frequently in public", "start": 3265.599, "end": 3271.799}, {"text": "on sidewalks in schoolyards alleys in shared bathrooms libraries 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3315.359}, {"text": "society when we sidestep our way around caring for other people's lives no one comes to an SCS because their favorite", "start": 3315.359, "end": 3322.319}, {"text": "way to get high is in a medicalized environment under the watchful supervision of a team of Overdose prevention workers RNs and health", "start": 3322.319, "end": 3329.079}, {"text": "promotion staff people come to scss because they want to live and they know", "start": 3329.079, "end": 3334.16}, {"text": "the simple fact of their being alive is valued in these spaces removing scss with no plan for the Fallout tells", "start": 3334.16, "end": 3340.72}, {"text": "everyone who uses drugs that it's okay if they die even encouraged you've heard my comrades refer to this negligence at", "start": 3340.72, "end": 3347.599}, {"text": "these meetings and elsewhere as social murder I'll remove the qualifier and call it murder plain and simple if Ford", "start": 3347.599, "end": 3354.039}, {"text": "Jones and their allies were being honest with us they would admit this plan amounts to the desire to kill off those", "start": 3354.039, "end": 3360.16}, {"text": "that their ostensible fiscal conservatism finds too draining on the system the fact is we don't have a plan", "start": 3360.16, "end": 3366.039}, {"text": "for the bodies and they are about to pile up this isn't fear-mongering this is basic math we call on the board of", "start": 3366.039, "end": 3372.119}, {"text": "health and Toronto Public Health to firstly take urgent action to establish an emergency table with a mandate to", "start": 3372.119, "end": 3378.68}, {"text": "plan for and respond to Public Health Emergency that will be caused by site closures we call for this emergency", "start": 3378.68, "end": 3384.96}, {"text": "table to be established by the end of the month be co-chaired by City And Community reps Center the perspectives", "start": 3384.96, "end": 3390.76}, {"text": "and experience of people who use drugs and meet regularly ideally weekly to reflect the scale and urgency of the", "start": 3390.76, "end": 3396.92}, {"text": "crisis secondly we call for needle exchange services to exist within heart hubs we cannot have preventable diseases", "start": 3396.92, "end": 3404.359}, {"text": "like HIV heepsy or abscesses and other ailments caused by the sharing of needles and H harm reduction supplies", "start": 3404.359, "end": 3410.88}, {"text": "backing up our already strained ERS we cannot follow Saskatchewan's lead and watch HIV rates rise over 70% in the", "start": 3410.88, "end": 3418.559}, {"text": "years after limiting access to harm reduction as if we had no conceivable idea what would occur third we call for", "start": 3418.559, "end": 3424.96}, {"text": "Toronto Public Health to follow through on their commitment to act as interveners and to Advocate to keep the Works open before I close I want to take", "start": 3424.96, "end": 3432.28}, {"text": "a moment to honor some people in my world who have passed on as a result of this crisis Sally John Steph Mark Alexis", "start": 3432.28, "end": 3440.039}, {"text": "Michelle Dan Eddie de James um and also want to send love to our uh comrade", "start": 3440.039, "end": 3447}, {"text": "Charlene you are loved and missed every day and we will never stop the fight thank you to the Board of Health for", "start": 3447, "end": 3452.28}, {"text": "having me today thank you for your deputation any questions for deput seeing none thank you uh the last on my", "start": 3452.28, "end": 3460.559}, {"text": "list is Megan white are you here Megan white no okay I'm gonna hold this item", "start": 3460.559, "end": 3469.16}, {"text": "down as I mentioned previously and we'll go move on to item HL", "start": 3469.16, "end": 3474.68}, {"text": "21.4 20 2 for a year in review of TR of Public Health uh we will begin with the", "start": 3474.68, "end": 3481.52}, {"text": "presentation on this item and I'll ask Dr Lamy to U", "start": 3481.52, 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"end": 4411.8}, {"text": "minutes this is on yeah Toronto Public Health", "start": 4419.719, "end": 4425}, {"text": "accomplishments in the 2024 review highlights the creation of Toronto Public Health 4year strategic plan", "start": 4425, "end": 4433.04}, {"text": "during the plan's consultation process hundreds of torontonians expressed concerns regarding actions taken by", "start": 4433.04, "end": 4439.12}, {"text": "Toronto public health during the wh's pandemic including the enforcement of", "start": 4439.12, "end": 4444.239}, {"text": "unsafe and ineffective covid-19 injections unfortunately in a letter", "start": 4444.239, "end": 4449.52}, {"text": "dated January 13 20125 from Toronto Public Health to parents and Guardians", "start": 4449.52, "end": 4454.56}, {"text": "it's clear that covid-19 injections continue to be pushed onto children at the last Board of Health", "start": 4454.56, "end": 4460.679}, {"text": "meeting councelor Thompson asked Dr Eileen Dilla if she had concerns regarding ing the safety of vaccines and", "start": 4460.679, "end": 4467}, {"text": "he inquired about safety studies Dr Dilla said there is a process at the federal level that vaccines have to go", "start": 4467, "end": 4473.76}, {"text": "through before they become licensed for use in Canada and Dr lampy said Health", "start": 4473.76, "end": 4479.04}, {"text": "Canada does review the evidence from clinical trials whether the vaccine is effective and how it's safe in terms in", "start": 4479.04, "end": 4485.76}, {"text": "terms of side effects and which group it works in if Health Canada reviewed documents", "start": 4485.76, "end": 4491.8}, {"text": "from the clinical trials of the fiser covid-19 vaccine then Health Canada would have known that", "start": 4491.8, "end": 4497.719}, {"text": "fizer's language in the documents includes vaccine failure and failure of efficacy they would have known that", "start": 4497.719, "end": 4504.44}, {"text": "fiser was aware that the third most common adverse event from their vaccine was covid they would have seen that", "start": 4504.44, "end": 4511.92}, {"text": "fiser manipulated the data for instance removing people who were vaccinated and died from covid Health Canada would have", "start": 4511.92, "end": 4519.159}, {"text": "known that fiser was aware that 1,225 people died within 3 months of the", "start": 4519.159, "end": 4524.56}, {"text": "RO of their VX and by April 2021 fiser was aware that children's Hearts were", "start": 4524.56, "end": 4529.84}, {"text": "being damaged and they knew this was not a rare and transient side effect if", "start": 4529.84, "end": 4535.239}, {"text": "Health Canada reviewed the evidence from fizer's clinical trials they would know that fizer documents indicated an", "start": 4535.239, "end": 4541.719}, {"text": "increase in maternal deaths by 40% because women were hemorrhaging due to degrading placenta during pregnancy and", "start": 4541.719, "end": 4548.8}, {"text": "the testes of male baby boys is degrading therefore affecting the normal growth of boys into men these clinical", "start": 4548.8, "end": 4556.12}, {"text": "trial reports are just a few of the 50 shocking reports in the book the fizer papers fizer's crime against humanity", "start": 4556.12, "end": 4563.639}, {"text": "the information in this book is available to the public because the FDA was sued and subsequently ordered to", "start": 4563.639, "end": 4569}, {"text": "release 450,000 of fizer's clinical trial documents today fizer is being sued by", "start": 4569, "end": 4575.6}, {"text": "the Attorney General of Texas for misrepresenting covid-19 vaccine efficacy and all covid vaccine", "start": 4575.6, "end": 4582.08}, {"text": "manufacturers are being investigated these inves instigations these investigations concerns potentially", "start": 4582.08, "end": 4588.92}, {"text": "fudul fraudulent activity that falls outside the scope of legal immunity granted to manufacturers of the covid-19", "start": 4588.92, "end": 4595.199}, {"text": "vaccine a question being asked by the authors of the fiser papers is can any blame be attributed to government", "start": 4595.199, "end": 4601.32}, {"text": "leaders and elected politicians who knowingly suppressed or falsified information for pharmaceutical companies", "start": 4601.32, "end": 4607.4}, {"text": "about the vax harms just to achieve political advantage today Health boards and districts in the US and other cities", "start": 4607.4, "end": 4613.88}, {"text": "around the world are making decisions to cease all covid-19 vaccines due to safety concerns I'm asking Toronto's", "start": 4613.88, "end": 4620.639}, {"text": "Board of Health to do the same to stop providing and promoting the co VA in public health clinics and other", "start": 4620.639, "end": 4626.44}, {"text": "facilities and schools across the city can I get the overhead", "start": 4626.44, "end": 4633.48}, {"text": "please if there is a benefit to the covid-19 mass injection campaign it's that more Canadians are now questioning", "start": 4635, "end": 4641.6}, {"text": "the safety of all vaccines I shared at the last Board of Health meeting that Dr Anthony fouchi and the Department of", "start": 4641.6, "end": 4647.639}, {"text": "Health and Human Services in the US admitted there were no pre-licensing Placebo controlled safety trials for any", "start": 4647.639, "end": 4654}, {"text": "of the 72 vaccines that are essentially mandated to Children if children receive", "start": 4654, "end": 4659.92}, {"text": "all the vaccines in the student immunization program they will get almost 13,000 micrograms of aluminum and", "start": 4659.92, "end": 4666.12}, {"text": "almost 600 micrograms of mercury as well as 200 other chemicals there is substantial", "start": 4666.12, "end": 4672.6}, {"text": "scientific evidence proving the associ iation between neurotoxins Mercury and aluminum and autism spectrum disorder", "start": 4672.6, "end": 4680.239}, {"text": "according to the 2019 Canadian government Health survey one in 50 Children and Youth between the ages of 1", "start": 4680.239, "end": 4685.8}, {"text": "to 17 years were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder an increase of over", "start": 4685.8, "end": 4691.36}, {"text": "500% since 1990 the Board of Health is accountable to the citizens of Toronto", "start": 4691.36, "end": 4697.44}, {"text": "the members of the board need to take action to protect the people they serve in the city from the from the actions", "start": 4697.44, "end": 4704.08}, {"text": "and directives of the pharmaceutical industry and other entities and", "start": 4704.08, "end": 4709.198}, {"text": "organizations okay final thoughts final thoughts is that uh", "start": 4711, "end": 4716.199}, {"text": "doctors are being disciplined and fired for signing exemptions for vaccines and we heard at the last Board of Health", "start": 4716.199, "end": 4722.36}, {"text": "meeting that even City councilors are being discouraged and prevented from signing non-medical exemp exemp you're", "start": 4722.36, "end": 4729.159}, {"text": "at time you shouldn't need an exemption to opt out any questions for the deput", "start": 4729.159, "end": 4735.92}, {"text": "seeing none thank you okay well now to get to directors any questions for staff", "start": 4735.92, "end": 4741.88}, {"text": "on this item councelor", "start": 4741.88, "end": 4746.92}, {"text": "Thompson thank you and uh thank you uh Dr lney and congratulations um with", "start": 4746.92, "end": 4752.88}, {"text": "respect to the um Assumption of the leadership for a brief period of time uh", "start": 4752.88, "end": 4759.88}, {"text": "nonetheless your expertise we will rely on that I just wanted to ask you around", "start": 4759.88, "end": 4765.12}, {"text": "the um you know the harm reduction or a safe injection sites what are some of", "start": 4765.12, "end": 4771.719}, {"text": "the public complains and some of the issues as to the problems that members of the", "start": 4771.719, "end": 4778.12}, {"text": "broader Community have with respect to these locations um to the chair I'll I'll", "start": 4778.12, "end": 4785.04}, {"text": "start and then I'll um perhaps include uh some respond from our wider", "start": 4785.04, "end": 4790.199}, {"text": "team if I understand the question correctly you're asking about what restate it yes please okay what are the", "start": 4790.199, "end": 4798.36}, {"text": "problems associated with the harm reduction facilities that people are complaining", "start": 4798.36, "end": 4805.678}, {"text": "about so again to the chair um our understanding is that in some", "start": 4805.8, "end": 4811.76}, {"text": "neighborhoods um there are residents um near uh safe consumption sites who are", "start": 4811.76, "end": 4818.48}, {"text": "concerned about uh visible um items um in public places", "start": 4818.48, "end": 4825.96}, {"text": "associated with substance use um also concerned about", "start": 4825.96, "end": 4834.08}, {"text": "um uh people congregating to use substances and we encourage people not to use alone because that is a risk", "start": 4834.08, "end": 4841.12}, {"text": "factor for fatal uh overdoses and um also concern um because", "start": 4841.12, "end": 4849.84}, {"text": "people might uh choose to congregate together uh just you know crowding around a public entry ways those are", "start": 4849.84, "end": 4856}, {"text": "some of the concerns that have been expressed um by members of the", "start": 4856, "end": 4861.239}, {"text": "public and um those uh are some of the reasons", "start": 4861.239, "end": 4866.8}, {"text": "why there are uh tight regulations around the operations of supervised consumption facilities put in place by", "start": 4866.8, "end": 4874.159}, {"text": "the provincial government I see some nods from my colleagues I'll just ask our director of", "start": 4874.159, "end": 4879.76}, {"text": "Clinical Services um if there's anything she would like to add", "start": 4879.76, "end": 4886}, {"text": "thank you sir the chair I think um Dr lamby you you did Cover a lot of um of what we hear and and as Dr lampi shared", "start": 4887.12, "end": 4894.639}, {"text": "we do have a process in place where the sites are regularly reviewed and inspected to ensure that they're following the compliance standards um", "start": 4894.639, "end": 4902.159}, {"text": "I'm going to pass it over to our associate medical officer of Health as she has some thoughts as", "start": 4902.159, "end": 4908.159}, {"text": "well thank you through the chair um in addition to what uh Dr lamd and and my", "start": 4908.159, "end": 4913.52}, {"text": "colleague sah have ated is that uh through this process where we do receive", "start": 4913.52, "end": 4918.76}, {"text": "uh complaints from the community I do want to stress that um many of them actually don't meet the criteria under", "start": 4918.76, "end": 4924.92}, {"text": "uh sort of our regulatory purview um so uh as Dr lampy had", "start": 4924.92, "end": 4930.239}, {"text": "mentioned um things like loitering or or gathering in front of the site uh you", "start": 4930.239, "end": 4936.679}, {"text": "know there's not much Public Health can do we uh enforce more of an infection uh prevention control standard uh so so um", "start": 4936.679, "end": 4945.639}, {"text": "I haven't looked at the latest data but uh at one point for example we had received over 100 complaints and I think", "start": 4945.639, "end": 4952}, {"text": "only one or two of those complaints had actually met the criteria for which uh", "start": 4952, "end": 4957.159}, {"text": "we can actually um you know support so there is a criteria that exists for", "start": 4957.159, "end": 4963.44}, {"text": "public health in terms of dealing with these issues but there are broader concerns that the community has so is", "start": 4963.44, "end": 4969.44}, {"text": "there a mitigation 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we want to ensure that these facilities are are open for the importance of the people", "start": 5013.48, "end": 5019.84}, {"text": "who came into to speak about people are dying so there needs to be a a plan and", "start": 5019.84, "end": 5025.08}, {"text": "it doesn't appear to be that there is a mitigation plan so what's the plan to", "start": 5025.08, "end": 5030.92}, {"text": "the chair I think there are two components to your question so certainly", "start": 5030.92, "end": 5036.36}, {"text": "um each supervised consumption site is expected to have its own safety plan as", "start": 5036.36, "end": 5043.199}, {"text": "well as um tables or um meetings with", "start": 5043.199, "end": 5048.76}, {"text": "members of the public um surrounding their site that's part of their operational", "start": 5048.76, "end": 5055.08}, {"text": "obligations of course Toronto Public Health um has that for its own site The Works um including a security plan and", "start": 5055.08, "end": 5063.12}, {"text": "regular meetings with many constituents including uh neighborhood businesses um", "start": 5063.12, "end": 5069.04}, {"text": "and other institutions in the area in terms of the coordination of all of the heart hubs that actually falls um", "start": 5069.04, "end": 5076.8}, {"text": "as a clinical service under the purview of Ontario Health Ontario health is responsible for coordinating Clinical", "start": 5076.8, "end": 5083.4}, {"text": "Services um whether it's Hospital Services paramedics um Community Care um so they", "start": 5083.4, "end": 5092.159}, {"text": "really have the the responsibility for ation of clinical", "start": 5092.159, "end": 5097.4}, {"text": "sites thank you we time uh any further", "start": 5098.52, "end": 5103.719}, {"text": "questions uh counselor changen go ahead five minutes thank you um through the chair I", "start": 5103.719, "end": 5112.84}, {"text": "I'm just wondering uh as the heart hubs are going to be implemented and the province would 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diagnose the um severity of the issue and how the trends are changing so", "start": 5170.199, "end": 5177.28}, {"text": "you'll see a lot of the information sources around the impacts of the drug", "start": 5177.28, "end": 5182.6}, {"text": "toxicity epidemic are conveyed through regular um", "start": 5182.6, "end": 5187.76}, {"text": "Publications um and releases from Toronto public he so we'll continue to pay that role and share it with sorry", "start": 5187.76, "end": 5194.04}, {"text": "just to because I want to keep to time with regard to safety because I think", "start": 5194.04, "end": 5199.159}, {"text": "that's been what people have been talking about safety drug paraphernalia", "start": 5199.159, "end": 5204.56}, {"text": "in playground nearby playgrounds these issues what is are we tracking data on", "start": 5204.56, "end": 5211.199}, {"text": "those pieces uh or only on the health specific", "start": 5211.199, "end": 5217.04}, {"text": "data uh to the chair our sorry Dr L 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"responsibility including many parts of the Ministry of Health um such as um the", "start": 5315.8, "end": 5321.159}, {"text": "branch that involves mental health and addictions okay so", "start": 5321.159, "end": 5327.159}, {"text": "where going to hope that the province has a plan in the implementation of the", "start": 5327.159, "end": 5333.199}, {"text": "new model but even still there will still be some safe injection sites that will continue and the overall Community", "start": 5333.199, "end": 5340.84}, {"text": "impact from a higher level to oversee that uh to ensure positive outcome for", "start": 5340.84, "end": 5347.639}, {"text": "everyone that is the responsibility of the provin is that what I'm hearing to the chair", "start": 5347.639, "end": 5354.04}, {"text": "yes great uh my other question is regarding the fifth uh priority about", "start": 5354.04, "end": 5359.679}, {"text": "nurturing a positive workplace and I know that a lot of Tron Public Health", "start": 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the presentation", "start": 5464.48, "end": 5471.159}, {"text": "um I noticed here that it says that uh there's there was a launching of online vaping prevention resources I remember", "start": 5471.159, "end": 5478.679}, {"text": "at the I believe it was the too health check", "start": 5478.679, "end": 5484.8}, {"text": "presentation uh there was some figure shared that vaping had gone down slightly amongst youth any updates on", "start": 5484.8, "end": 5493.04}, {"text": "that on um on vaping uh to the chair I don't have any", "start": 5493.04, "end": 5498.8}, {"text": "updates uh right at my finger tapes I'll just fingertips I'll just ask my colleague um our acting director of", "start": 5498.8, "end": 5503.96}, {"text": "Community Health and wellbeing if there's any uh updates on you", "start": 5503.96, "end": 5509.28}, {"text": "vaping hi thank you thank you for the question uh we were very excited to launch launch our vaping uh resource Hub", "start": 5509.28, "end": 5516.76}, {"text": "in September of last year so it's only been a few months but we've seen close to uh 10,000 um people access the", "start": 5516.76, "end": 5524.28}, {"text": "resources online we've been working uh closely with our school Partners in terms of the uptake of the resources", "start": 5524.28, "end": 5531.679}, {"text": "working with uh administrations and uh teachers to um get the information out", "start": 5531.679, "end": 5537.6}, {"text": "uh and we continue to monitor uh the data and hopefully we can report back on um the outcomes of that", "start": 5537.6, "end": 5545.84}, {"text": "thank you okay any further questions from anyone I do have a few and I'm going to", "start": 5546.159, "end": 5553.44}, {"text": "front frontload them just so I could get them all in uh so you mentioned uh 277", "start": 5553.44, "end": 5559.92}, {"text": "Victoria Street and uh you're in the process of Staff moving out of there uh", "start": 5559.92, "end": 5566.8}, {"text": "are you on track 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5987.639, "end": 5994.119}, {"text": "much uh Mr chair and through you to staff I want to thank the staff for um", "start": 5994.119, "end": 5999.239}, {"text": "obviously an excellent uh presentation with respect to a year in the review um", "start": 5999.239, "end": 6005.08}, {"text": "but it's really important for us to understand I just want to focus specifically on the you know consumption", "start": 6005.08, "end": 6011.4}, {"text": "sites and harm reduction Focus we've heard time and time again the complaints from the public as to the", "start": 6011.4, "end": 6019.04}, {"text": "challenges that they're having within their respective areas where these facilities are in place and these", "start": 6019.04, "end": 6025.88}, {"text": "facilities are extremely important because they are there to help those who are in need and to save lives and that", "start": 6025.88, "end": 6032.36}, {"text": "is something that's a priority for us I mean safety is always a priority and everyone's 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concerns and it's brought out it appears that there is a", "start": 6172.719, "end": 6177.84}, {"text": "disregard of Interest by those who are in uh position to make decisions I'm not", "start": 6177.84, "end": 6185.36}, {"text": "saying it is but that's the perception that the public has and those are concerns that are extremely important", "start": 6185.36, "end": 6192.8}, {"text": "people are also concerned about their safety and the impact that um some of", "start": 6192.8, "end": 6198.159}, {"text": "these facilities and individuals using these facilities pose to the community Comm and that's the reason why we have", "start": 6198.159, "end": 6206.239}, {"text": "this outcry that's the reason why people are going to The Province to say", "start": 6206.239, "end": 6212.08}, {"text": "Province you do something about it that's the reason why the province is responding so I know we talk about the", "start": 6212.08, "end": 6219.44}, {"text": "province here and there's a perception that they are the bad people quite", "start": 6219.44, "end": 6224.679}, {"text": "frankly what are they doing they're responding to complaints that we appear", "start": 6224.679, "end": 6230.8}, {"text": "not to be addressing as a city and I think that we've failed the public", "start": 6230.8, "end": 6236.159}, {"text": "in that perspective and I think there's more that can be done and should be done", "start": 6236.159, "end": 6241.199}, {"text": "I don't think it's question of just simply moving a motion that suggests more collaboration takes place I think", "start": 6241.199, "end": 6248.199}, {"text": "it's really common sense to recognize that if you put one of these facilities", "start": 6248.199, "end": 6253.52}, {"text": "in a specific area there are huge challenges that arises from it if you", "start": 6253.52, "end": 6259.56}, {"text": "may if you don't think about it um in advance obviously ly we get the effects that we actually having now in varying", "start": 6259.56, "end": 6267}, {"text": "communities across the city and the complaints that come forward and so now we're dealing with this we have to look", "start": 6267, "end": 6273.4}, {"text": "at potentially intervening in court actions and spending lots of resources", "start": 6273.4, "end": 6278.84}, {"text": "to address those issues whereas perhaps had we have approached it differently we would have had different outcome so", "start": 6278.84, "end": 6285.92}, {"text": "because we've taken the positions because we have not looked at it in a sort of collaborative way we are where", "start": 6285.92, "end": 6292.08}, {"text": "we are and so so I you know thank the staff for everything that's been presented but this is a huge issue uh", "start": 6292.08, "end": 6298.599}, {"text": "overall in the city and that's part of the reason while we're having these challenges we need to fix it thank you", "start": 6298.599, "end": 6305.32}, {"text": "Council Thompson um any further speakers than", 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6414.48}, {"text": "federal and provincial counterparts talking about these issues um the mayor has had meetings", "start": 6414.48, "end": 6422.36}, {"text": "with her counterparts uh about this issue this is this is ongoing discussion we've had as", "start": 6422.36, "end": 6430.08}, {"text": "recently as Friday we had a meeting with various um Healthcare leaders across the", "start": 6430.08, "end": 6438.599}, {"text": "city talking about some of the challenges they're facing", "start": 6438.599, "end": 6444.32}, {"text": "including um what will happen in our emergency departments when safe", "start": 6444.32, "end": 6450.44}, {"text": "consumptions close right I mean everyone is concerned and the system is becoming", "start": 6450.44, "end": 6456.84}, {"text": "overwhelmed our staff is overwhelmed I'm overwhelmed I'm being totally honest", "start": 6456.84, "end": 6462.719}, {"text": "so we are doing all we can with the resources that we have with the limited", "start": 6462.719, 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6624.56, "end": 6632.48}, {"text": "working", "start": 6632.48, "end": 6634.8}, {"text": "table good morning can you hear me am I on the mic good morning can you hear me now is the", "start": 6644.76, "end": 6651.88}, {"text": "red button on the red light is on there we go I can hear you now good morning I'm pleased to join you", "start": 6651.88, "end": 6658.719}, {"text": "today to share the discussions from the health and homelessness working table I'm joined by Dr Lori Ross uh from the", "start": 6658.719, "end": 6665.719}, {"text": "dala School of Public Health who was a member of the table and who will be", "start": 6665.719, "end": 6670.88}, {"text": "sharing some of their discussion points later in the presentation before we get started I", "start": 6670.88, "end": 6676}, {"text": "wanted to Express gratitude to the members of the working table for their dedication and insights and to the Board", "start": 6676, "end": 6682.28}, {"text": "of Health for its ongoing commitment to 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the health and homelessness working table including experts and individuals lived", "start": 6727.639, "end": 6734.52}, {"text": "experiences convened eight meetings to provide recommendations aimed at improving the health and well-being of", "start": 6734.52, "end": 6740.84}, {"text": "individuals experiencing home homelessness in Toronto the working table met between August 2023 and may", "start": 6740.84, "end": 6749.639}, {"text": "2024 they focused on critical areas including healthy environments chronic", "start": 6749.639, "end": 6754.719}, {"text": "disease management the needs of refugees and Asylum claimants safety and injury", "start": 6754.719, "end": 6760.079}, {"text": "prevention mental health and substance use and health across the lifespan the overarching recommendation", "start": 6760.079, "end": 6767.599}, {"text": "from the table was to establish a collaborative group that would be led by the Fed Federal and provincial", "start": 6767.599, "end": 6773.32}, {"text": 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refugees and Asylum claimants TOS lgbtq plus", "start": 6989.599, "end": 6995.199}, {"text": "people and people with disabilities amongst others any interventions to address homelessness and its Health", "start": 6995.199, "end": 7001.719}, {"text": "impacts will need to be taken up through an anti-oppression lens to ensure that the interventions do not further widen", "start": 7001.719, "end": 7008.32}, {"text": "existing inequities next slide please", "start": 7008.32, "end": 7013.4}, {"text": "moving on to some of the specifics of our discussions as was shared the health and homelessness working table discussed", "start": 7013.4, "end": 7019.32}, {"text": "an array of topics spanned over eight meetings and on the following three slides I'll share a very brief overview", "start": 7019.32, "end": 7025.28}, {"text": "of some of these discussions starting with healthy environments it's clear that environmental conditions like air", "start": 7025.28, "end": 7031.88}, {"text": "quality 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councelor Bravo thank", "start": 7351.84, "end": 7360.199}, {"text": "you uh Mr chair um thank you for the report uh was uh great to see the robust", "start": 7360.199, "end": 7367.56}, {"text": "participation and um I guess my questions are are focused around the", "start": 7367.56, "end": 7373.56}, {"text": "particular population that's been identified as um in need of support did the the the table deliberate", "start": 7373.56, "end": 7381.32}, {"text": "uh Beyond uh Refugee claimants and Asylum Seekers um on people without", "start": 7381.32, "end": 7387.119}, {"text": "status I point out be the fact that once your Refugee claim has been accepted you", "start": 7387.119, "end": 7392.639}, {"text": "have status or you're in a different situation um and this board um and has", "start": 7392.639, "end": 7398.88}, {"text": "long had a policy around um documented uh uh people documented", "start": 7398.88, "end": 7406.239}, {"text": "workers thank you for the question uh at uh the 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"end": 7861.199}, {"text": "level as part of input from City departments that's right so each time", "start": 7861.199, "end": 7866.559}, {"text": "that the working table met we covered different topics So based on the topics we would invite the experts to help us", "start": 7866.559, "end": 7873.599}, {"text": "inform the conversation thank you thank you Mr chair and just to follow I think the table met four times last year they", "start": 7873.599, "end": 7881.639}, {"text": "met eight times in total eight times okay thank you I see that uh director o", "start": 7881.639, "end": 7887.76}, {"text": "has a question go ahead thank you so much for your work", "start": 7887.76, "end": 7893.159}, {"text": "can see behind this um yeah this is a really uh cool report", "start": 7893.159, "end": 7899.92}, {"text": "and findings uh I guess we're all synchronized on the board with regards to the refugee and I say loan claim and", "start": 7899.92, "end": 7907.44}, {"text": "so that's one of my 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the experiences and perspectives of the members of the working table it was really more an issue of inadequate resourcing rather", "start": 8101.8, "end": 8108.559}, {"text": "than any kind of lack of will or um investment in making sure that these", "start": 8108.559, "end": 8113.96}, {"text": "folks needs were appropriately met okay thank you one final question um", "start": 8113.96, "end": 8121.559}, {"text": "I noticed you uh reference St Michael's Hospital", "start": 8121.559, "end": 8128.32}, {"text": "peer navigation program is there peer navigation for people who are leing incarceration or just people who are on", "start": 8128.32, "end": 8135.52}, {"text": "uh on house um I believe that that program is for people who are unhoused", "start": 8135.52, "end": 8141.599}, {"text": "okay um I I know that people who are living incarceration tend to be at higher risk of um homelessness and I", "start": 8141.599, "end": 8150.159}, {"text": "think the pandemic really excitated a lot of that um was there something that", "start": 8150.159, "end": 8155.599}, {"text": "you found in your conversations on how to improve um housing or or reduce", "start": 8155.599, "end": 8162.48}, {"text": "homelessness for this uh vulnerable population I'm sorry can you repeat the", "start": 8162.48, "end": 8168.079}, {"text": "population so people who were previously incarcerated okay yeah um yes thank you", "start": 8168.079, "end": 8173.639}, {"text": "there was some discussion about that issue and that came up around thinking about coordination with Justice systems", "start": 8173.639, "end": 8179.559}, {"text": "uh and making sure that that there would be coordination for individuals uh at the time of leaving um incarceration to", "start": 8179.559, "end": 8187.199}, {"text": "consider uh uh what kinds of uh housing um options needed to be provided again", "start": 8187.199, "end": 8194.2}, {"text": "it's an issue that we didn't go into a lot of depth about but certainly that population was one that was recognized", "start": 8194.2, "end": 8200.719}, {"text": "uh as having particular considerations okay thank", "start": 8200.719, "end": 8206.28}, {"text": "you thank you uh Council Bravo oh yeah you did any further", "start": 8206.281, "end": 8214.12}, {"text": "questions councelor Chang go", "start": 8214.12, "end": 8218.319}, {"text": "ahead thank you through the chair uh on page five there's mention of funding for", "start": 8219.679, "end": 8227.359}, {"text": "low barrier crisis stabilization spaces and I'm just wondering has the city put", "start": 8227.36, "end": 8233.558}, {"text": "in a business case for such a stabilization Center including the", "start": 8233.559, "end": 8239.24}, {"text": "impact on Financial savings it could Garner in our healthare", "start": 8239.24, "end": 8245.678}, {"text": "system I'm wondering if we could defer that question until questions of Staff because there's colleagues here of mine", "start": 8247.04, "end": 8253}, {"text": "that would be better position to answer that right right we're asking questions of the deput right now sorry about that", "start": 8253, "end": 8259.96}, {"text": "I missed that I will wait I well they are staff so you could right you could", "start": 8259.96, "end": 8267.598}, {"text": "ask questions of Staff right now if You' like oh we don't have have the right people here to answer those questions", "start": 8267.599, "end": 8274.678}, {"text": "sorry okay um I will move on and circle back", "start": 8274.679, "end": 8282.28}, {"text": "offline with that question okay so we can ask any question about this report", "start": 8282.281, "end": 8287.439}, {"text": "now or is it specifically to the presenters uh on the report and they", "start": 8287.44, "end": 8293.8}, {"text": "could redirected to staff if they like great okay so um this is also so about", "start": 8293.8, "end": 8302.24}, {"text": "the public bathroom access that was raised on page seven and I'm not sure if anyone in the room knows where the city", "start": 8302.24, "end": 8309.478}, {"text": "is at in our bathroom winterization which launched a couple of years ago and", "start": 8309.479, "end": 8315.359}, {"text": "have we also done any advocacy perhaps with Metro links on including bathrooms", "start": 8315.36, "end": 8322}, {"text": "and all new future ba uh metro subway stations because those are really", "start": 8322, "end": 8328.28}, {"text": "critical points of access uh that could provide I I think that's that's I think", "start": 8328.281, "end": 8334.08}, {"text": "that's an ecdc question counselor Chang okay okay yeah and then I will go to my third", "start": 8334.08, "end": 8341.638}, {"text": "question then uh with regard to service hubs for", "start": 8341.639, "end": 8347.04}, {"text": "refugees is the suggestion of establishing these service hubs", "start": 8347.04, "end": 8352.28}, {"text": "different from the request that we've made to the federal government to create a Welcome Center uh near the airport to", "start": 8352.281, "end": 8359.478}, {"text": "support those who are claiming Asylum status versus is this suggestion", "start": 8359.479, "end": 8365.76}, {"text": "to create service hubs specific to Asylum Seekers that are already in", "start": 8365.76, "end": 8372.439}, {"text": "Toronto I think that uh the recommendation as I understand it would be distinct from that in that we're", "start": 8375.08, "end": 8381.638}, {"text": "looking at for individuals who are already in the city uh how can we provide a hub of resources and supports", "start": 8381.639, "end": 8388.28}, {"text": "that will address uh their health and also other needs related to social determents of Health including", "start": 8388.281, "end": 8395.28}, {"text": "housing thank you and is there anyone uh in the room who can speak to whether or not something to this effect is being", "start": 8395.28, "end": 8403.68}, {"text": "actioned currently in the", "start": 8403.68, "end": 8407.239}, {"text": "city I don't think there's anyone in the room right now but it's just a reminder that the the recommendations from the", "start": 8409.04, "end": 8415.72}, {"text": "health and homelessness working table they're new they they were just released with this agenda and so one of the", "start": 8415.72, "end": 8421.8}, {"text": "recommendations before you is for Toronto Public Health to work with the other City divisions on implementing", "start": 8421.8, "end": 8427.56}, {"text": "them as appropriate so there's opportunities to action those uh recommendations in the future as his", "start": 8427.56, "end": 8434.72}, {"text": "next steps yeah and I think be PR to speak to parks and um Recreation on some", "start": 8434.72, "end": 8440.92}, {"text": "of these items because they're responsible for those things right I mean Public Health make recommendations", "start": 8440.92, "end": 8447.72}, {"text": "and it's up to City divisions to actually Implement them if they can okay and so would we be tracking that", "start": 8447.72, "end": 8455.359}, {"text": "down on the other side now that this report is out that in the coming months we would track how divisions are", "start": 8455.359, "end": 8462.28}, {"text": "responding to these recommendations well we can ask for to come back or we could definitely get a", "start": 8462.28, "end": 8469.68}, {"text": "followup I think they do usually annual reports on these things so it may come", "start": 8469.68, "end": 8475.72}, {"text": "back eventually but if you if you track it you'll see it at very ious uh", "start": 8475.72, "end": 8482.2}, {"text": "committees in the city because there is Direction here for example recommendation number four talks", "start": 8482.2, "end": 8488.52}, {"text": "around tsss collaborating with uh", "start": 8488.52, "end": 8494.2}, {"text": "various departments okay great thank you those", "start": 8494.2, "end": 8499.8}, {"text": "are my questions thank you uh I do have one question and it was alluded to so", "start": 8499.8, "end": 8506.08}, {"text": "again we're talking about uh homelessness", "start": 8506.08, "end": 8511.52}, {"text": "you know and People's Health and how to work with", "start": 8511.52, "end": 8516.84}, {"text": "other levels of government but one of the things that I haven't really seen here is that", "start": 8516.84, "end": 8525.319}, {"text": "when it comes to people who have been um incarcerated especially young black men", "start": 8525.319, "end": 8533.359}, {"text": "or indigenous men um they may have let's say a possession", "start": 8533.359, "end": 8540.56}, {"text": "in charge when they were younger and that they now have a criminal record for the rest of their lives and even though", "start": 8540.56, "end": 8547.08}, {"text": "the laws have changed over the years that Still Remains on their record and", "start": 8547.08, "end": 8554.479}, {"text": "for example if someone has a criminal record they can't work for the city they can't work for the province or the feds", "start": 8554.479, "end": 8561.52}, {"text": "there's certain uh opportunities that they just don't have access to so I'm", "start": 8561.52, "end": 8567.68}, {"text": "just wondering um is and and again these are great recommendations uh among all", "start": 8567.68, "end": 8573.12}, {"text": "the things we do here in this uh on this board but at what point are we going to", "start": 8573.12, "end": 8579.72}, {"text": "perhaps ask the federal and provincial governments to clear people's um", "start": 8579.72, "end": 8588.96}, {"text": "records you know to actually help", "start": 8588.96, "end": 8594.2}, {"text": "people not be be homeless because all these things in place prevent people", "start": 8594.2, "end": 8600.52}, {"text": "people from actually having you know a decent way of life any", "start": 8600.52, "end": 8605.76}, {"text": "thoughts on that thank you for uh that important", "start": 8605.76, "end": 8611.2}, {"text": "Point um I don't recall that that specific issue in terms of expending Records came up as part of the health", "start": 8611.2, "end": 8617.399}, {"text": "and homelessness working table meetings but", "start": 8617.399, "end": 8622.439}, {"text": "apologies um I don't recall that that specific issue around expunging records", "start": 8622.439, "end": 8627.88}, {"text": "came up in our discussions around the working table meetings but I uh would agree that it fits squarely within our", "start": 8627.88, "end": 8634.2}, {"text": "recommendation that an anti-oppressive lens needs to be uh taken up when", "start": 8634.2, "end": 8640.2}, {"text": "implementing all of these recommendations and that that concern uh would certainly fall within that and um", "start": 8640.2, "end": 8647.68}, {"text": "be very much worthy of attention and now that it's on my mind I'm thinking maybe I should bring em", "start": 8647.68, "end": 8653.92}, {"text": "motion forth to actually add that um and I see 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say this now so uh seeing no other speakers on the item I'm going to hold", "start": 8766.64, "end": 8771.68}, {"text": "it down as we work on this one motion", "start": 8771.68, "end": 8777.24}, {"text": "okay okay can I hold it down until my um motion's ready okay thank", "start": 8777.24, "end": 8785.08}, {"text": "you uh so we'll move then to item", "start": 8785.24, "end": 8791.681}, {"text": "seven I know the agenda is all over the place today and I my apologies", "start": 8792.68, "end": 8800.279}, {"text": "um so item seven", "start": 8805.8, "end": 8810.56}, {"text": "yes uh enhancing food and safety at special events uh councilor Thompson has", "start": 8814.24, "end": 8820.399}, {"text": "a questions of Staff yeah through you Mr chair I I just wanted to", "start": 8820.399, "end": 8826}, {"text": "um just sort of get a better sense of understanding as to what are the Matrix", "start": 8826, "end": 8832.24}, {"text": "that we're going to be using in terms of the tools with 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working very diligently with our vendors that that do operate at the events but we do", "start": 9013.12, "end": 9020.16}, {"text": "understand that there's some um precautions or steps that organizers can help take to help further enhance food", "start": 9020.16, "end": 9026.2}, {"text": "safety at these events and make them great events for all the people that are attending so the current situation in", "start": 9026.2, "end": 9032.8}, {"text": "terms of how so I I'm I I started the tast of Lawrence it's a big Festival in", "start": 9032.8, "end": 9039.08}, {"text": "Scaro and Board of Health folks come out and they test it and this is something that is very um welcome but for smaller", "start": 9039.08, "end": 9047.399}, {"text": "organizations uh for example when you talk about the work to be done they", "start": 9047.399, "end": 9053.279}, {"text": "don't have enough resources is there um any proposal to find ways to assist them", "start": 9053.279, "end": 9060.04}, {"text": "with respect to resources as part of the work that has to be done in an Administration", "start": 9060.04, "end": 9066.319}, {"text": "aspect yes so through the chair what we're looking at is actually resources that one will help educate them um into", "start": 9066.319, "end": 9073.96}, {"text": "to itemizing some of the food safety aspects into their plan but through the development of an online tool that's", "start": 9073.96, "end": 9079.72}, {"text": "been very um that's been created to actually assist them in the actual writing so that this does not become a", "start": 9079.72, "end": 9085.72}, {"text": "burdis some task for those organizers because ultimately we this is not a writing campaign that we want them to go", "start": 9085.72, "end": 9092.319}, {"text": "on to we want them to understand the importance of food safety at the events fantastic thank you very much for both", "start": 9092.319, "end": 9097.68}, {"text": "understanding the question that I've asked you and giving me a response and thank you very much for your response", "start": 9097.68, "end": 9103.64}, {"text": "thank you thank you um any other questions seeing none any speakers on this item seeing none uh go ahead", "start": 9103.64, "end": 9112.479}, {"text": "Council Thompson thank you I I just want to congratulate the staff um for this report I think it's great quite frankly", "start": 9112.479, "end": 9119.12}, {"text": "in terms of um the overall desire to enhance food safety um as it's been", "start": 9119.12, "end": 9124.68}, {"text": "stated um many of events across the city food plays such an important role and", "start": 9124.68, "end": 9129.72}, {"text": "all of the different um diverse um ethnic foods that exist in this city and", "start": 9129.72, "end": 9135.2}, {"text": "and sometimes when we look at perhaps places around the world the way some", "start": 9135.2, "end": 9140.279}, {"text": "street foods for example are handled we would never imagine we would never allow them 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in the city so uh I realize that it's not going to be uh", "start": 9236.399, "end": 9241.72}, {"text": "tomorrow or next week but it's going to be sometime down the road but I do think", "start": 9241.72, "end": 9246.8}, {"text": "the direction of accountability is an appropriate one that we're actually taking so again thank you for this work", "start": 9246.8, "end": 9253.2}, {"text": "I can move that item if no one else is speaking wonderful thank you uh move by", "start": 9253.2, "end": 9258.24}, {"text": "councilor Thompson all those in favor favor poos carried okay so it looks like", "start": 9258.24, "end": 9265.12}, {"text": "um is my motion ready one", "start": 9265.12, "end": 9271.561}, {"text": "second just yeah sure yeah yeah it's great", "start": 9280.359, "end": 9286.6}, {"text": "thank you let them point of order chair uh I'm also working on a motion and I", "start": 9286.6, "end": 9293.24}, {"text": "just wonder could we go into camera first and then come back with any 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that table I'll bring it up there we're now part of Amo I'll make sure to", "start": 13072.479, "end": 13077.92}, {"text": "bring it up there as well and I think um more more voices at the table on this", "start": 13077.92, "end": 13086.239}, {"text": "issue will make a difference so I'm going to be the the champion in this one for", "start": 13086.239, "end": 13091.72}, {"text": "now um I will go ahead councel Thompson", "start": 13091.72, "end": 13099.08}, {"text": "201 is your m is M your mic on 2019 Bill c", "start": 13099.08, "end": 13106.279}, {"text": "um bill c93 that was passed was that not intended to do the very thing that you", "start": 13106.279, "end": 13112.68}, {"text": "are hoping to achieve so when I spoke to staff on this they mentioned that if an", "start": 13112.68, "end": 13119.64}, {"text": "individual goes to the courts then it will be expunged", "start": 13119.64, "end": 13126.52}, {"text": "I'm saying that you have to take proactive action you have to take proactive action your my motion intended", "start": 13126.52, "end": 13132.96}, {"text": "on just sarily arbitrarily that they would just remove the", "start": 13132.96, "end": 13138.8}, {"text": "charges well my motion is actually saying to uh the government that they", "start": 13138.8, "end": 13145.199}, {"text": "should go in and and just to remove it all together we move it all together that's", "start": 13145.199, "end": 13150.84}, {"text": "that's that's my intention yeah to expe their record when", "start": 13150.84, "end": 13157.72}, {"text": "they consider those records thank you very much for the clarification I appreciate thank you so the most of re", "start": 13157.72, "end": 13163.359}, {"text": "the Board of Health requests that the federal government consider a proactive Canabis record expunging for convictions", "start": 13163.359, "end": 13170.92}, {"text": "of simple possession right so again it's the proactive piece here I'm focusing on got", "start": 13170.92, "end": 13176.52}, {"text": "you thanks for clarification okay thanks um so I will move the", "start": 13176.52, "end": 13182.8}, {"text": "items on the order that uh we put them up do you need to put them up again or I'd like have", "start": 13182.8, "end": 13188.96}, {"text": "record okay okay recorded vote on councilor Thompson's", "start": 13188.96, "end": 13195.6}, {"text": "item report", "start": 13199.08, "end": 13202.96}, {"text": "circul the clerk has to call the names I know you've only been here forever all", "start": 13205.88, "end": 13213.439}, {"text": "right on counselor uh on counselor uh Thompson's motion um councelor Alejandra", "start": 13213.439, "end": 13220.04}, {"text": "Bravo how do you vote in favor abah Shandra Elan not present", "start": 13220.04, "end": 13227.64}, {"text": "councelor Lily Chang in", "start": 13227.64, "end": 13232.72}, {"text": "favor councelor parthy Kendal not present L Lindsey cresmer not present", "start": 13232.72, "end": 13239.359}, {"text": "Idol ledy I'm in favor apologies can you repeat that", "start": 13239.359, "end": 13248.08}, {"text": "please in favor councelor councelor Chris Moyes in", "start": 13248.08, "end": 13254.6}, {"text": "favor Charles O in favor councelor Anthony", "start": 13254.6, "end": 13262.68}, {"text": "pruta Suman Roy in favor reman jet sing not present", "start": 13263.64, "end": 13271.72}, {"text": "councelor Michael Thompson in favor Stephanie", "start": 13271.72, "end": 13276.84}, {"text": "D in favor okay that P that uh passes", "start": 13276.84, "end": 13282.96}, {"text": "unanimously okay thank you the next item is Council Bravo's", "start": 13282.96, "end": 13288.6}, {"text": "motion can we just have a we are it's a voice B in that yes all those in", "start": 13288.6, "end": 13293.96}, {"text": "favor oppos carried uh here we go that carried my next is my", "start": 13293.96, "end": 13301}, {"text": "item all those in favor opposed carried and as amended coun oh councelor Chang", "start": 13301, "end": 13308.439}, {"text": "sorry councilor Chang's motion all those in favor oppose carried to put it up I", "start": 13308.439, "end": 13314.88}, {"text": "it came up I think I saw it I think I", "start": 13314.88, "end": 13320.279}, {"text": "did okay and item as amended all those in favor opposed", "start": 13320.439, "end": 13328.199}, {"text": "carried okay wonderful so we'll move on to our last", "start": 13328.199, "end": 13333.239}, {"text": "item and anybody want who wants to speak to this or should I just put mine up", "start": 13333.239, "end": 13340.04}, {"text": "first the last it's the Cannabis", "start": 13340.04, "end": 13345.159}, {"text": "item okay so I", "start": 13345.279, "end": 13349.199}, {"text": "will it's item number six yes anticipated service 21.6 ant anticipated", "start": 13351.6, "end": 13358.72}, {"text": "service impacts for Toronto Public Health and emergency responders due to the closures of safe consumption sites T", "start": 13358.72, "end": 13364.76}, {"text": "in Tonto and I do have a motion and I'll ask staff to put it up", "start": 13364.76, "end": 13371.199}, {"text": "and I'll read it and it's as follows the Board of Health authorized the city solicitor to seek leave to intervene on", "start": 13371.199, "end": 13378.68}, {"text": "behalf of the Board of Health in the Superior Court application bearing court file number", "start": 13378.68, "end": 13384.76}, {"text": "cv-240 73286 1- and to intervene in the application", "start": 13384.76, "end": 13393.159}, {"text": "if granted leave by the court and take any further steps necessary and", "start": 13393.159, "end": 13399.399}, {"text": "consistent to give effect to this authorization in consultation with the chair of the Board of Health or in the", "start": 13399.399, "end": 13407.92}, {"text": "absence of in the chair's absence the vice chair of the Board of Health so again we've been very", "start": 13407.92, "end": 13415.04}, {"text": "consistent as a can we ask a few are there is there an opportunity to ask a couple of public questions on the public", "start": 13415.04, "end": 13421.92}, {"text": "on the on the recommendations the public staff report", "start": 13421.92, "end": 13427.04}, {"text": "sure um okay I will hold this down you know", "start": 13427.199, "end": 13434.399}, {"text": "we've dealt with the confidential stuff and the and the legal stuff but series", "start": 13434.399, "end": 13440.08}, {"text": "of recommendations here that are that are public that relate to this okay and", "start": 13440.08, "end": 13445.439}, {"text": "I just want to understand what the net impact of the recommendations that are", "start": 13445.439, "end": 13450.64}, {"text": "before us today okay so go ahead and ask your questions councelor sure um", "start": 13450.64, "end": 13455.96}, {"text": "so um so we have a bit of a quandry with this because clearly the uh the", "start": 13455.96, "end": 13463.72}, {"text": "provincial government um uh action uh is is causing a number of these sites uh to", "start": 13463.72, "end": 13471.64}, {"text": "to um to essentially not be functional anymore because they're uh they they", "start": 13471.64, "end": 13478}, {"text": "don't meet the legislative test and there are some recommendations here which I'm not very clear on uh is it is", "start": 13478, "end": 13486.08}, {"text": "it um is it your intention to essentially move some of the services uh", "start": 13486.08, "end": 13493.439}, {"text": "that are currently being offered in these specific sites into um into our", "start": 13493.439, "end": 13501.761}, {"text": "shelters go ahead also to counc councelor P I want to note that in one", "start": 13504.64, "end": 13511.88}, {"text": "item one it says the Board of Health urged the government of Ontario too and", "start": 13511.88, "end": 13517.439}, {"text": "then there's ABC Bas the act in medical office of Health to comment go", "start": 13517.439, "end": 13523.52}, {"text": "ahead sorry to the chair the um intention of this", "start": 13523.52, "end": 13528.64}, {"text": "recommendation is to continue to allow um access to supervised", "start": 13528.64, "end": 13535.08}, {"text": "consumption sites where the legislation permits it to be allowed um so we're just asking the", "start": 13535.08, "end": 13542.96}, {"text": "government of Ontario to expand access where is permitted within the", "start": 13542.96, "end": 13549.64}, {"text": "legislation so that even if there are some sites that are closing that uh", "start": 13549.64, "end": 13554.68}, {"text": "there'll still be access at the remaining sites so so but what is what do you", "start": 13554.68, "end": 13562.439}, {"text": "expect the uh uh the net effect uh of your uh of your recommendation here to", "start": 13562.439, "end": 13569.359}, {"text": "be um so the so someone now um uh", "start": 13569.359, "end": 13575.52}, {"text": "technically can bring their own um whatever drug they use uh to a", "start": 13575.52, "end": 13582.88}, {"text": "shelter um and if that shelter uh fits within the sort of the", "start": 13582.88, "end": 13590.84}, {"text": "um the or or or rather is not is is not", "start": 13590.84, "end": 13596.52}, {"text": "um U how do you say um if that if that shelter is not deemed to be uh uh you", "start": 13596.52, "end": 13605.08}, {"text": "not to be able to be a um a consumption site um then then people will will be", "start": 13605.08, "end": 13612.439}, {"text": "supervised there so you're moving those services in into some of those places is that is that", "start": 13612.439, "end": 13617.92}, {"text": "it um to to the chair I'll just start and then I'll include our acting director of clinical Serv yeah maybe you", "start": 13617.92, "end": 13623.88}, {"text": "can describe it just in a simple way what what what you mean by this so supervised consumption sites", "start": 13623.88, "end": 13630.76}, {"text": "allow um users to bring their own substances to be able to use them under", "start": 13630.76, "end": 13636.84}, {"text": "uh clinical supervision to intervene and provide safe equipment and also respond", "start": 13636.84, "end": 13642.04}, {"text": "if there's an overdose um those sites are designated uh they're only allowed to occur under", "start": 13642.04, "end": 13648.92}, {"text": "legislation and in Toronto we had um nine and five are slated to to close so", "start": 13648.92, "end": 13657.56}, {"text": "um they are not necessarily in shelters many of them are in sites like community health centers and other clinical sites", "start": 13657.56, "end": 13665.72}, {"text": "so in the legislation the sites that are set to close are those that are within", "start": 13665.72, "end": 13671.6}, {"text": "200 met of a daycare child care center um school or private", "start": 13671.6, "end": 13676.84}, {"text": "school um and we don't have assurance that as", "start": 13676.84, "end": 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"questions of Staff seeing none oh councel Chang go ahead and again I know", "start": 13811.08, "end": 13817.64}, {"text": "uh these are new uh board members and so they haven't been prived to the conversations we've been having over the", "start": 13817.64, "end": 13824}, {"text": "last several months so this is why thank you so go ahead thank", "start": 13824, "end": 13829.239}, {"text": "you um so I'm just wondering what kind of consultation has", "start": 13829.239, "end": 13835.199}, {"text": "happened in the scoping of the heart hubs in our application have we included", "start": 13835.199, "end": 13841.159}, {"text": "the consultation of all the specialists including those who are", "start": 13841.159, "end": 13848.159}, {"text": "addicts uh to the chair I'll start by saying in order to submit the application for the heart Hub there was", "start": 13848.159, "end": 13854.199}, {"text": "a requirement to include and list the partners that would be involved in providing the suite 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"operational in April 2025 so would there be a gap upon the", "start": 13996.68, "end": 14004.359}, {"text": "closures of safe consumption sites and the opening of these sites is there expected to be a one month Gap or the", "start": 14004.359, "end": 14012.6}, {"text": "same the next day the next thing opens uh through the chair to answer", "start": 14012.6, "end": 14018.12}, {"text": "that question the services at safe consumption sites are are different to what would be offered in a heartb so it", "start": 14018.12, "end": 14023.88}, {"text": "wouldn't necessarily be a gap exactly um we do have plans at our location for", "start": 14023.88, "end": 14030.08}, {"text": "Trona Public Health to expand our Outreach and ensure our clients needs are being met through what is allowable", "start": 14030.08, "end": 14035.52}, {"text": "within our legislation at this time um but yeah so since the services are different it's hard to answer that", "start": 14035.52, "end": 14040.92}, {"text": "question with an exact Gap but I guess someone who is looking for help and", "start": 14040.92, "end": 14047.68}, {"text": "before they might go you know and maybe the kind of support they'll get is different but having a place that they", "start": 14047.68, "end": 14053.84}, {"text": "know they can go to where people can care for them is there a Gap in that", "start": 14053.84, "end": 14060.76}, {"text": "through the chair um absolutely that's a good question what we are doing at our end is ensuring clients are aware of", "start": 14060.76, "end": 14067.199}, {"text": "nearby locations that are remaining open so for example closer to 277 there would be a site operated by Fred Victor of", "start": 14067.199, "end": 14074.279}, {"text": "course um they would have limited hours of operation and limited number of boots so there would be an impact to their", "start": 14074.279, "end": 14079.6}, {"text": "operations we've also been working with our nearby agencies including St Mike's 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{"text": "closure of safe consumption sites har where are they expected to go har", "start": 14122.52, "end": 14128.439}, {"text": "Production Services uh through the chair yes um so we will provide clients with a list of", "start": 14128.439, "end": 14134.8}, {"text": "nearby locations to 77 Victoria so that the clients that are normally coming to our location are aware of where else in", "start": 14134.8, "end": 14141.56}, {"text": "the area and we will also ensure that's available on Outreach so during our hours of operation we are looking into", "start": 14141.56, "end": 14147.76}, {"text": "expanding our Outreach model and um and ensuring clients receive supplies through that", "start": 14147.76, "end": 14153.319}, {"text": "means thank you those are my questions just to follow up on councelor Chang's last question um harm induction", "start": 14153.319, "end": 14164.12}, {"text": "services or supplies was provided um from Toronto public health and the", "start": 14164.12, "end": 14172.08}, {"text": "province paid for that so so with the remaining scss that will", "start": 14172.08, "end": 14178.84}, {"text": "remain open how do they get those their harm ruction supplies if we're not if we are", "start": 14178.84, "end": 14185.399}, {"text": "not supplying it at Public Health through the chair so as as I", "start": 14185.399, "end": 14190.84}, {"text": "shared earlier heart hubs are distinct to our harm reduction program I'm aware of that so that work will continue so we", "start": 14190.84, "end": 14197.439}, {"text": "will continue to support agencies in receiving har reduction supplies through our our contracts with them so that work", "start": 14197.439, "end": 14204.92}, {"text": "will continue was I misinformed when I was maybe I misunderstood that", "start": 14204.92, "end": 14211.479}, {"text": "um hard hubs are not permitted to uh provide", "start": 14211.479, "end": 14217.08}, {"text": "harm reduction um you know", "start": 14217.08, "end": 14222.96}, 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councelor Thompson cor thank you um with respect to your remarks um", "start": 14630.96, "end": 14636.439}, {"text": "your position on the province's decision to seek outside Council you have no", "start": 14636.439, "end": 14644.399}, {"text": "evidence that that's in fact the position of the province this is just your opinion is that correct sorry can", "start": 14644.399, "end": 14650.239}, {"text": "you repeat that Thompson sure you stated in your remarks that that um you thought", "start": 14650.239, "end": 14655.64}, {"text": "that the reason why the province is going getting outside council is that", "start": 14655.64, "end": 14660.92}, {"text": "the assumption is that internally there is another belief and so they're moving outside that's that was those were your", "start": 14660.92, "end": 14668.6}, {"text": "remarks I just wanted to make sure that I understood that this was just your opinion not that you had any inside", "start": 14668.6, "end": 14675.92}, {"text": "information from anyone it is my opinion my opinion only I just wanted to help you actually yes thank you I appreciate", "start": 14675.92, "end": 14681.399}, {"text": "that thank you thank you it's my opinion only any further questions um uh", "start": 14681.399, "end": 14687.6}, {"text": "comments on the motion there's two", "start": 14687.6, "end": 14691.88}, {"text": "additional okay um according to uh the clerks we have two additional motions", "start": 14710.479, "end": 14716.56}, {"text": "you want put up motion number one sorry two and it reads the Board of Health that that confidential attachment one to", "start": 14716.56, "end": 14723.76}, {"text": "the report January 17 2025 from the city ccil remains confidential in its", "start": 14723.76, "end": 14729.04}, {"text": "entirety as it contains advice which is subject to social client privilege and", "start": 14729.04, "end": 14734.159}, {"text": "information about litigation or potential litigation that affects the Board of Health and there is a third", "start": 14734.159, "end": 14742.04}, {"text": "motion that the board of of Health adopt the following recommendations in the report January 7th 2025 from the city", "start": 14742.04, "end": 14750.399}, {"text": "solicitor uh the Board of Health direct that the confidential information contained in confidential attachment one", "start": 14750.399, "end": 14756.6}, {"text": "remain confidential in its entirety as it contains advice which is subject to cons client privilege and information", "start": 14756.6, "end": 14763.319}, {"text": "about litigation the potential litigation that affects the Board of Health any go ahead Council Thompson to", "start": 14763.319, "end": 14771.08}, {"text": "vote oh you want to vote okay so let's vote on uh item one", "start": 14771.08, "end": 14778.04}, {"text": "first of course this speaking time go ahead you want to say a few", "start": 14780.199, "end": 14785.96}, {"text": "words I I just so thank sorry yeah go ahead 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uh with this U um social issue", "start": 14979.399, "end": 14986.279}, {"text": "for you and that's what we've allowed here I think that's what how I read it and that's that's what's happened uh and", "start": 14986.279, "end": 14994.159}, {"text": "and I'm not sure that the recommendations that we have in front of us move us to a middle ground with the", "start": 14994.159, "end": 15001.76}, {"text": "province on how it is that we take care of people's Health how we do the kinds", "start": 15001.76, "end": 15007.72}, {"text": "of things that you talked about right but at the same time right um", "start": 15007.72, "end": 15014.279}, {"text": "address the concerns that are being raised by The Province around Community", "start": 15014.279, "end": 15020.359}, {"text": "reaction to the issues that they are faced with in dealing with these", "start": 15020.359, "end": 15026.68}, {"text": "centers and and in dealing with uh sort of the all of the added uh you know um", "start": 15026.68, 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neighborhoods and we deal with People's Health yeah thank you Council Bravo go ahead five minutes", "start": 15076.92, "end": 15084.08}, {"text": "thank you speaker um I will be supporting um sorry not the speaker yet", "start": 15084.08, "end": 15090.04}, {"text": "but uh the chair I I'll be supporting um the chair's motion I I think that the", "start": 15090.04, "end": 15097.72}, {"text": "council appr raises raises really important questions of politics and administration of a policy", "start": 15097.72, "end": 15104.68}, {"text": "um and that's certainly something that politicians need to consider and also as", "start": 15104.68, "end": 15109.76}, {"text": "we reflect on the work that was done uh to uh study um the particular site um in", "start": 15109.76, "end": 15119.56}, {"text": "a Riverdale which there was ano The Province appointed someone to study what went wrong there and clearly there was", "start": 15119.56, "end": 15126.319}, {"text": "work that was needed that wasn't 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their communities are safe and so we've had the outcry of", "start": 15426.76, "end": 15432.52}, {"text": "the Community to say look I don't feel safe these facilities while it's all", "start": 15432.52, "end": 15438.399}, {"text": "good and well that they're designed to help and respond to a need and to provide safety and protect individuals", "start": 15438.399, "end": 15445.319}, {"text": "and so on and and you know we think that's a good thing however the impact", "start": 15445.319, "end": 15452.119}, {"text": "of that and the sort of dichotomy of that situation in", "start": 15452.119, "end": 15458.92}, {"text": "which people who are not participating in these facilities are finding that their own", "start": 15458.92, "end": 15465.84}, {"text": "safety is at risk and in fact lives are being lost and we've heard about the", "start": 15465.84, "end": 15472.479}, {"text": "criminality associated with respect to the annexing and the connection with", "start": 15472.479, "end": 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"to the province and ask the province to intervene and to help and they've made", "start": 15575.56, "end": 15581.96}, {"text": "these decisions maybe not the right ones and we we that's the response here and the provins has said look we're doing", "start": 15581.96, "end": 15588.279}, {"text": "what we have to do because of all of these things that you city has failed to do so let's not blame the province for", "start": 15588.279, "end": 15595.239}, {"text": "our own inefficiency let's take some of the blame on ourselves and yes do uh", "start": 15595.239, "end": 15600.6}, {"text": "work with the province with the people to challenge this but don't simply point the finger at the provins and say it's", "start": 15600.6, "end": 15606.68}, {"text": "your fault we need to take responsibility for what has taken place in our city", "start": 15606.68, "end": 15614.279}, {"text": "okay um clerk can I just ask all members participating online to turn their", "start": 15614.279, "end": 15620.52}, {"text": "camera on just to be counted for Quorum thank you very much thank you um any", "start": 15620.52, "end": 15627}, {"text": "other speakers seeing none we are at Quorum so um let's put the Motions up", "start": 15627, "end": 15633.159}, {"text": "item this is our last uh item so let's try to wrap up before 2", "start": 15633.159, "end": 15638.84}, {"text": "o' so the first item is my motion all those in favor", "start": 15638.84, "end": 15644.64}, {"text": "opposed carried I'm opposed L's opposed sorry I just want to be okay Le is", "start": 15644.64, "end": 15651.119}, {"text": "opposed thank you okay Rec v no it's", "start": 15651.119, "end": 15656.439}, {"text": "fine do you want to record a vote or", "start": 15656.439, "end": 15660.681}, {"text": "not it is recorded I just voted a post okay fine uh second item all those in", "start": 15662.439, "end": 15668.52}, {"text": "favor uh let's post it first", "start": 15668.52, "end": 15673.76}, {"text": "all those in 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