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Submission to the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly regarding Bill 175, Connecting People to Home and Community Care Act, 2020

The Alliance for Healthier Communities is the voice of a vibrant network of over 100 community-governed primary health care organizations, including Community Health Centres, Aboriginal Health Access Centres, Nurse-Practitioner-Led Clinics and Community Family Health Teams. Members of the Alliance share a commitment to advancing health equity through the delivery of comprehensive primary health care.

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Letter to Deputy Minister Janet Menard, Chief Coroner for Ontario Dr. Dirk Huyer and Ontario Health President and CEO Matthew Anderson regarding supports for migrant agricultural workers during COVID-19

Dear Hon. Deputy Minister Menard, Dr. Huyer and Mr. Anderson,

We write to you to highlight the urgent need for a broad province-wide strategy to protect the health of migrant agricultural workers during the COVID-19 crisis. A growing number of outbreaks in the migrant worker communities and two deaths in the Windsor-Essex area have made it clear that this group is one of the most at-risk in Ontario.

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Anti-Black Racism impacts health and as healthcare organizations we must act now

Over the past week – and the weeks, months and years before this – we at the Alliance for Healthier Communities have seen the impact of historical and present-day racism, inequity, violence and inaction on our member organizations and the communities they serve.

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Statement from Black health leaders: Anti-Black Racism is a Public Health Crisis

Our communities are grieving.

This moment is unprecedented, yet in many ways, we have been here before.

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Enhanced discharge planning during COVID-19 crisis

Letter from the Alliance to Solicitor General regarding enhanced discharge planning during COVID-19 crisis.

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Ontario Needs a Proactive COVID-19 Strategy that Includes Sentinel Testing

We are writing to express our concern over reopening Ontario’s economy before public health protections are more fully established.

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Letter to Deputy Minister Menard regarding supporting vulnerable populations in Ontario

Dear Hon. Deputy Minister Menard,

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Protecting Personal Support Workers in COVID-19

The high number of PSWs among healthcare workers who have died to date makes it clear that too little is being done to support these essential workers and reduce their risk.

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Letter to Minister Elliott regarding expanded testing for marginalized people

Dear Minister Elliott and Minister Smith,

Ontario’s most recent COVID-19 modelling, released on April 20, suggests we have reached the pandemic peak. By all accounts this represents a provincial turning point. But gains in slowing the spread of the virus are not equally felt or shared by all. The terms “community spread” and “congregate settings” obscure important differences in how this virus is spreading inequitably, and limit our ability to target scarce community resources where they are most needed.

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Black Health Leaders Respond to CMOH

Dear Minister Elliott and Dr. Williams,

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