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Toronto Public Health recommends removal of exemptions
The Toronto Medical Officer of Health is recommending that the Toronto Board of Health pass recommendations at their Monday, September 23, 2019 meeting which will urge the Ontario Minister of Health to “Consider removing philosophical and religious exemptions under the Immunization of School Pupils Act and only accept medical exemptions completed by a certified health care provider” among other numerous items. To read the entire Agenda item HL9.2 click here. You can apply to appear before the committee and e-mail your comments directly to the committee using the buttons in the upper left hand corner of the webpage.
The meeting will be held at Toronto City Hall, Committee Room 1, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto.
Emailed submissions can be sent to boh@toronto.ca fax: 416-392-1879
Be sure to specify your submission is for Agenda Item HL9.2 for September 23. Please ensure that you cc. The Honorable Christine Elliott, Ontario Minister of Health in any written submissions at christine.elliott@ontario.ca and your own MPP.
The board of health clerk advice re: e-mail below:
Subject line: My comments for 2019.HL9.2 on September 23, 2019 Board of Health
To the City Clerk:
Please add my comments to the agenda for the September 23, 2019 Board of Health meeting on item 2019.HL9.2, Moving to Acceptance: Toronto Public Health’s Strategy to Address Vaccine Hesitancy
I understand that my comments and the personal information in this email will form part of the public record and that my name will be listed as a correspondent on agendas and minutes of City Council or its committees. Also, I understand that agendas and minutes are posted online and my name may be indexed by search engines like Google.
Comments:
Further reading: CBC – Toronto Public Health calling on province to end non-medical exemptions for vaccines in schools – Office for Health Minister Christine Elliott says ‘no plans’ to change province’s approach
British Columbia
Update July 4, 2019 – Vaccination Status Reporting Regulation under the BC Public Health Act came into effect July 1, 2019, see Dear BC Parents page for further details and regular updates:
Dear BC Parents – page with Vaccine Action Ideas, resources to share with your MLA, sample letter.
Schools will require kids’ immunization status by fall, B.C. health minister says
B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix says he expects mandatory reporting of vaccinations to be in place for the start of school in September. All students in both public and private schools would be required to provide proof of immunization against diseases such as the measles. Parents who refuse based on religious or philosophical grounds would be required to attend a course designed to show them the risks of not vaccinating their children. … Dix said new legislation is not needed, since regulations can be added in accordance with the Public Health Act. … ‘It’s my view mandatory reporting can happen in a relatively short period of time,’ said Dix. ‘The long period required to wait for legislation is not required in this case and we can move forward more quickly.’ … In Ontario, children who attend primary or secondary schools must be immunized against several diseases, including measles, unless they have an exemption for medical reasons or due to conscience or religious belief. ‘What we’ve proposed in B.C. is really the same as in Ontario,’ said Dix. ‘It will be structured in law somewhat differently, but it will be mandatory reporting.'”
Find your BC MLA contact information here.
See Ted Kuntz’s letter to BC Premier Horgan and Health Minister Dix here.
Sign a petition here: No Mandates in BC – to Hon. Adrian Dix Minister of Health, Hon. Rob Fleming Minister of Education, Dr. Bonnie Henry Provincial Health Officer
Resources
Vaccines Given to British Columbia Children Birth-18 Years – can be printed as postcard, poster, etc.
British Columbia (BC) Childhood Vaccine Schedule 1983 vs 2019 (pdf)
New Brunswick
Please see our New Brunswick Take Action page for all action items.
New Brunswick Mandates – Take Action
New Brunswick moves toward mandatory immunization for students – Legislative amendments introduced Friday would remove all non-medical exemptions – CBC
Ontario MPPs who refuse to sign legal vaccine exemption affidavits
See a list of known MPPs that to refuse to assist their constituents by acting as Commissioner of Oaths for their exemption forms here. Please contact us at toronto (at) vaccinechoicecanada.com if you wish to report an MPP who will not sign exemption affidavits.
Letter to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne re: the office of former Ontario’s Education Minister, MPP Liz Sandals refusal to act as a Commissioner of Oaths for the Statement of Conscience or Religious Belief form 4897-64E (2013/08) under the Immunization of School Pupils Act. (PDF) – December 2015 Jan 7, 2016 Response from Kathleen Wynne. (PDF)
Letter to Ontario MPP France Gelinas (Sudbury), NDP Critic for Health and Long-‐Term Care, re: her refusal to act as a Commissioner of Oaths for her constituents wanting to complete the Statement of Conscience or Religious Belief Form 4897-64E (2013/08) under the Immunization of School Pupils Act. (PDF) – December 2015
Letter to Liz Sandals, Ontario MPP and former Minister of Education re: her refusal to act as a Commissioner of oaths for her constituents wanting to complete the Statement of Conscience or Religious Belief Form 4897-64E (2013/08) under the Immunization of School Pupils Act. (PDF) – December 2015
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