Board of Health

Carr Confirmation of minutes of the meeting of April 15.

Carr BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Chair of the Board of Health Verbal Report, the Medical Officer of Health Verbal Report, Ottawa Public Health 2023 Annual Report, Ottawa Public Health’s Strategic Plan for 2023-2027 - Update on the Strategic Action Plan, Ottawa Public Health Approach to Infectious Disease Case and Contact Management and 2024 Operating, Capital Budget Q1 – Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit Status Report and Cyber Security at Ottawa Public Health Presentation – In Camera Item to consider the security of the property of Ottawa Public Health, be received and considered.

Carr WHEREAS, the Ottawa Board of Health recognizes that income is one of the most important social determinants of health, and relates to many other determinants including education and literacy, healthy behaviors, inadequate housing, and employment conditions; AND WHEREAS, a Basic Income Guarantee program for people over the age of 17 in Canada would meet basic human needs by ensuring the security of a minimum income level, regardless of employment status; AND WHEREAS, a Basic Income Guarantee program would help to reduce poverty and improve income security in Canada and address the related negative social and economic impacts on the health of our most vulnerable populations; AND WHEREAS, income-based policy measures are necessary to effectively reduce household food insecurity, which is associated with many negative physical and mental health outcomes, and is experienced by 1 in 7 households in Ottawa (as outlined in a report received at the November 2023 Ottawa Board of Health meeting); AND WHEREAS, a Basic Income Guarantee program can complement existing social support systems in Canada, in the form of longstanding programs like the Canada Child Benefit and the Guaranteed Income Supplement for seniors, which have demonstrated positive impacts on basic income recipients, economies, and our greater society; AND WHEREAS, the Ontario Basic Income Pilot project, that was tested in the Hamilton area, Thunder Bay area and Lindsay between 2017 and 2019, saw 4,000 eligible applic

Carr That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit receive this verbal report for information.

Carr THAT, the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit: Receive Ottawa Public Health’s 2023 Annual Report; and Approve that it be forwarded to Ottawa City Council for information, in accordance with the City of Ottawa Act, 1999.

Carr THAT the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit receive this report for information.

Carr THAT, the Ottawa Board of Health receive information about Ottawa Public Health’s case and contact management work as outlined in this report and Document 1; AND THAT, the Chair of the Board of Health send a letter to the Minister of Health to convey: The need to review the funding formula alongside the review of the OPHS to grow capacity for infectious disease case and contact management work; The need to accelerate the development of a provincial infectious diseases case and contact management documentation and surveillance tool integrated with the Ontario Laboratory Information System (OLIS) to provide significant efficiencies in infectious disease case and contact management work.

Carr BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Health approve that the meeting time be extended past 7:00 p.m. pursuant to Subsection 8(1)(c) of the Procedural By-law.

Carr THAT the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit receive the 2024 Q1 operating and capital budget status report for information.

Carr BE IT RESOLVED THAT, The Board of Health Return to open session at 7:45pm

Carr BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Chair of the Board of Health Verbal Report, the Medical Officer of Health Verbal Report, and the reports titled: Ottawa Public Health 2023 Annual Report, Ottawa Public Health’s Strategic Plan for 2023-2027 - Update on the Strategic Action Plan, Ottawa Public Health Approach to Infectious Disease Case and Contact Management and 2024 Operating, Capital Budget Q1 – Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit Status Report and Cyber Security at Ottawa Public Health Presentation – In Camera Item to consider the security of the property of Ottawa Public Health, be received and adopted.

Carr BE IT RESOLVED THAT Confirmation By-law no. 2024-3, 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 June 17, 2024, be read and passed.