Board of Health

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Chair of the Board of Health Verbal Report; the Medical Officer of Health Verbal Report; Reducing Preventable Infectious Diseases Strategic Direction report; Ottawa Public Health Submission to Federal Task Force - Toward the Legalization, Regulation and Restriction of Access to Marijuana; 2016 Operating Budget Q2 – Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit Status Report; Delegation of Authority – Contracts Awarded for the Period of January 1 to June 30, 2016 report; and Ottawa Board of Health Public Health Funding and Accountability Agreement 2016 Mid-Year Update report be received and considered.

WHEREAS the federal government is expected to introduce legislation in spring 2017 further to the current work of the Task Force on Marijuana Legalization and Regulation; and WHEREAS the legislation that the Federal Government is expected to table in 2017 may not fully address all the public health concerns identified by Ottawa Public Health and/or other public health agencies through the summer 2016 public consultation process; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff report back to the Board with an analysis of the legislation at an appropriate time in 2017, with the objective of a potential further submission from the Board of Health to the federal government as part of the legislative process; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT staff monitor any provincial developments on this issue and the implications for Ottawa Public Health policy and practice and report to the Board as appropriate.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Confirmation By-law no. 2016-4, a by-law of the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit to confirm the proceedings of the Ottawa Board of Health at its meeting of October 17, 2016, be read and passed.