Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee

Comité de la santé, des loisirs et des services sociaux

Disposition 13 / Suite À donner 13

Thursday, 4 November 2004, 9:30 a.m.

le jeudi 4 novembre 2004, 9 h 30

Notes: 1. Underlining indicates a new or amended recommendation approved by Committee.

2. Reports requiring Council consideration will be presented to Council on 10 & 24 November 2004 in Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee Report 12 and 12A.

Nota : 1. Le soulignement indique qu'il s'agit d'une nouvelle recommandation ou d'une recommandation modifiée approuvée par le Comité.

2. Les rapports nécessitant un examen par le Conseil municipal devraient normalement être présentés au Conseil le 10 et le 24 novembre 2004 dans les rapport n^o12 et 12A du Comité de la santé, des loisirs et des services sociaux

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

Minutes 12 and Confidential Minutes 3 - Thursday, 7 October 2004.

CONFIRMED

1. STROKE AND STROKE SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY / ACCIDENTS CÉRÉBROVASCULAIRES ET TRAITEMENT DES ACCIDENTS

CÉRÉBROVASCULAIRES AU SEIN DE LA COLLECTIVITÉ

That the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee receive this verbal presentation from the Stroke Survivors Association of Ottawa.

RECEIVED

That staff review the City of Toronto’s “The Next Step” program regarding rehabilitation services for possible implementation in the City of Ottawa and report to the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee.

CARRIED as amended

2. THE ANTI POVERTY PROJECT / LE PROJET DE LUTTE CONTRE LA

PAUVRETÉ

That the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee receive this verbal presentation from the Anti Poverty Project.

WITHDRAWN

3. HOMELESSNESS AND THE SAFE STREETS ACT / LES SANS-ABRI ET LA LOI

SUR LA SÉCURITÉ DANS LES RUES

ACS2004-CCV-HRS-0018

That Council request the Province to reinstate social assistance rates that were in place pre-1995.

REFERRED TO STAFF

4. ABORIGINAL PEOPLE IN OTTAWA – THE SILENT CRISIS / LES PEUPLES AUTOCHTONES À OTTAWA – UNE CRISE SANS VOIX

ACS2004-CCV-HSS-0004

That the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee recommend that Council approve the following:

1. That the City consult with Aboriginal organizations, leaders and elders to develop formal structures for collaboration for the development and funding for culturally appropriate health and social programs and services and that a progress report be brought back in February 2005.

2. That the City identify Aboriginal health and social services funding levels and submit as a priority in the 2006 budget.

3. That in consultation with local Aboriginal organizations, leaders and elders, that the City undertake an internal review of all city programs and services to ensure cultural sensitivity and cultural competency needs/plans that guide the development of better practice and strategies that will enhance the delivery of services to Aboriginal citizens.

4. That Recommendation 3 be referred to the Heath, Recreation and Social Services Committee meeting to discuss the Community and Protective Services Departmental priorities expected in February.

5. That the Chair of the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee meet with the Health and Social Services Advisory Committee and Aboriginal women to discuss their issues and concerns.

CARRIED as amended

5. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT / MISE EN OEUVRE DE LA LOI DE 2004 SUR LA PROTECTION DES RENSEIGNEMENTS PERSONNELS SUR LA SANTÉ

ACS2004-CRS-SEC-0064

That the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee recommend that Council approve the following implementation measures with respect to the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004:

1. That a By-law be enacted, as detailed in Document 1, to designate the City Clerk as a lead “contact person” under the legislation and be assigned the responsibility for dealing with formal requests for access and/or correction of personal health information, appeals, and formal privacy complaints;

2. That an initial written public statement describing information practices, contact person information, and the procedure for making formal requests be posted on the City’s web-site;

3. That a By-law be enacted, as detailed in Document 2, to implement fees for the purposes of disclosure of information pursuant to requests received under the legislation, such fees to be modelled on the fees currently prescribed under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; and,

4. That the City Clerk and the City Solicitor be given the authority to place a repeal by-law on the Orders of the Day with respect to the fees by-law noted in recommendation 3, above, should the Province prescribe fees for disclosure of information in the future.

CARRIED

6. 2006 OTTAWA SUMMER GAMES ORGANIZING COMMITTEE / COMITÉ ORGANISATEUR DES JEUX D’ÉTÉ D’OTTAWA DE 2006

ACS2004-CPS-PAR-0013

That the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee recommend that Council :

1. Establish a 2006 Ottawa Summer Games Organizing Committee for the 2006 Ontario Summer Games as a Departmental Consultative Committee and enact a by-law in the form attached in Document 1.

2. Grant delegated authority to the Director, Parks and Recreation, in the Department of Community and Protective Services, to appoint all members of this Departmental Committee.

CARRIED

7. MAINTENANCE QUALITY STANDARDS – PARKS, SPORTS FIELDS AND TREES / NORMES DE QUALITÉ EN MATIÈRE D’ENTRETIEN DES PARCS, DES TERRAINS DE SPORT ET DES ARBRES

ACS2004-PWS-SOP-0005

That the report on Maintenance Quality Standards – Parks, Sportsfields and Trees be deferred pending the provision of additional information in response to the questions raised by Committee and the Ottawa Forests and Greenspace Advisory Committee including, but not limited to; identification and impacts of service level reductions in 2004, identification of parks under the proposed classification and the inclusion of restored standards for pocket parks and cenotaphs and trees;

That the provision of this additional information be provided as part of the 2005 budget deliberations;

And that the report on Maintenance Quality Standards – Parks, Sportsfields and Trees be brought back to the committee for consideration in February/March 2005.

CARRIED as amended

8. ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPALITIES OF ONTARIO (A.M.O.) – HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS TASK FORCE / ASSOCIATION DES MUNICIPALITÉS DE L’ONTARIO (A.M.O.) – GROUPE DE TRAVAIL SUR LE LOGEMENT À PRIS ABORDABLE ET LES SANS-ABRIS

ACS2004-CRS-SEC-0060

That the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee recommend Council endorse Councillor Peter Hume to sit as the City of Ottawa representative on the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (A.M.O.) Affordable Housing and Homelessness Task Force.

And that the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee recommend that City Council endorse Councillor Alex Cullen to sit on the AMO / MOHLTC Public Health Liaison Committee.

CARRIED as amended

KEEP THE CHILD CARE PROMISE / RESPECT DE LA PROMESSE SUR LES

SERVICES DE GARDE D’ENFANTS

Whereas Prime Minister Paul Martin promised in the federal election campaign to implement a national child care strategy based on the Foundations program to enshrine four key principles in legislation -- Quality, Universality, Accessibility and Developmental Programming; and

Whereas approximately 10% of children have a disability, health condition or disorder that requires extra support if the child is to benefit from child care, and these children need child care for the same reasons that all other children need child care, and in Canada many children with disabilities are still excluded from child care, and the Foundations principles do not explicitly name Inclusion; and

Whereas the prime minister promised to spend $5 billion more dollars over the next five years to create 250,000 new high-quality, government-regulated child care spaces at an affordable cost to parents; and

Whereas New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton promised in the federal election campaign to spend $5.25 billion over the next four years and to work with the provinces and territories to create an additional 200,000 high-quality, publicly funded, affordable child cares spaces; and

Whereas regulated child care in the province of Ontario has seen $165 million dollars cut from the provincial child care budget over the past nine years and failure by the previous provincial government to direct any federal ECDI dollars into the regulated child care system; and

Whereas we have a new provincial Liberal government that is now ready to use federal Multi Lateral Framework funding for regulated child care and has indicated that it will step in quickly to begin to shore up the crisis in the child care system by immediately flowing new dollars to municipal governments; and

Whereas the City of Ottawa continues to experience a crisis in child care caused by nine years of provincial budget cuts and neglect which saw growing numbers of families unable to qualify for or afford high quality child care and left many child care centres running with empty spaces because of reduced enrolment; and

Whereas, the City of Ottawa has attempted to cover these shortfalls through 100% municipal dollars to protect its regulated child care system despite provincial legislation on 80/20% cost-share funding arrangements.

Therefore, Be It Resolved, that the City of Ottawa call on Prime Minister Paul Martin and NDP leader Jack Layton to keep their child care promises and to immediately pass the Foundations legislation and to begin increased child care funding within the 2004-2005 budget; and

Further, Be It Resolved, that the principle of Inclusion be added to the four Foundations principles; and

Further, Be It Resolved, that the City of Ottawa urge Mr. Martin and Mr. Layton to ensure that the provinces and the territories use federal child care dollars to supplement, not replace, provincial and territorial spending on child care; and

Further, Be It Resolved, that this motion be sent to the Ontario Municipal Social Services Association and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities urging them to adopt similar motions in support of quality, regulated and affordable child care for all our children; and

Be It Finally Resolved, that the City of Ottawa urge all residents to contact their federal representative and the leaders of the Liberal Party and the NDP urging them to Keep the Child Care Promise.

RECEIVED FOR CONSIDERATION ON 18 NOV