Item - 2021.HL27.1
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on May 5, 2021 without amendments.
- This item was considered by Board of Health on April 12, 2021 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on May 5, 2021.
HL27.1 - Response to COVID-19 - April 2021 Update
- Decision Type:
- Presentation
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on May 5 and 6, 2021, adopted the following:
1. City Council receive the presentation (April 12, 2021) from the Medical Officer of Health, headed "Response to COVID-19: April 2021 Update", for information.
Background Information (Board)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/bgrd/backgroundfile-165738.pdf
Communications (Board)
(April 7, 2021) E-mail from Grace Steele (HL.New)
(April 8, 2021) E-mail from Jennifer Morrison (HL.New)
(April 8, 2021) E-mail from Kim Challenger, on behalf of Whitney Child Centre (HL.New)
(April 8, 2021) E-mail from Aileen O'Shea, on behalf of Whitney Child Centre (HL.New)
(April 8, 2021) Submission from Amy O'Neil, on behalf of Treetop Children's Centre (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130443.pdf
(April 8, 2021) Submission from Catherine Morton, on behalf of Whitney Child Centre (HL.New)
(April 8, 2021) Letter from Sonia Sommer, on behalf of Gibraltar Point Day Nursery (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130479.pdf
(April 9, 2021) E-mail from Nathalie Zeta (HL.New)
(April 9, 2021) E-mail from Kate Viner, on behalf of Whitney Child Centre (HL.New)
(April 9, 2021) Submission from Deirdre Munroe, on behalf of Central Eglinton Children's Centre/St. Monica's Satellite Programme (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130445.pdf
(April 9, 2021) Submission from Daniela Durisova, on behalf of Upper Yonge Village Daycare Centre (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130422.pdf
(April 9, 2021) Submission from Anjali Dubey, on behalf of Isabella Walton Childcare Centre (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130452.pdf
(April 9, 2021) Submission from Irene Udo, on behalf of North York Little Prints Daycare Board of Directors (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130453.pdf
(April 9, 2021) Submission from Stephen Boyle, on behalf of Yorkview Kids Care Board of Directors (HL.New)
(April 9, 2021) Submission from Justine Melman, on behalf of Whitney Child Centre (HL.New)
(April 9, 2021) E-mail from Michelle Ramirez (HL.New)
(April 10, 2021) E-mail from Arika Everatt-Meeuse, Shannondoe Farm (HL.New)
(April 10, 2021) E-mail from Maria F. Restrepo, on behalf of Upper Yonge Village Daycare Centre (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130462.pdf
(April 11, 2021) E-mail from Jennifer Ko, Street Nurses Network (HL.New)
(April 12, 2021) Letter from Roxie Danielson, Street Nurses Network (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130463.pdf
(April 12, 2021) Submission from Derek Moran (HL.New)
(April 12, 2021) Submission from Elizabeth Harrison and Megan Lowry (HL.New)
(April 12, 2021) Submission from Cathy Crowe (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130470.pdf
(April 12, 2021) Submission from Megan Lowry, Street Nurses Network (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130477.pdf
Communications (City Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-130889.pdf
(April 13, 2021) E-mail from Christine Massey (CC.Main)
(April 13, 2021) E-mail from Anthea Garrick Menard (CC.Main)
(April 14, 2021) E-mail from Lindsay Hayhurst and James Graham (CC.Main)
(April 14, 2021) E-mail from Sarah Massie (CC.Main)
(April 14, 2021) E-mail from Stephanie Chung and Joseph Brindley (CC.Main)
(April 14, 2021) E-mail from Patricia Borges Nogueira (CC.Main)
(April 14, 2021) E-mail from Justin Cumby (CC.Main)
(April 14, 2021) E-mail from Arla Latto-Hall and Peter Norton (CC.Main)
(April 13, 2021) Letter from Regina Abreu, General Mercer Early Learning Centre (CC.Main)
(April 14, 2021) E-mail from Sarah Brown, Today’s Child-Tomorrow’s Future Children’s Centre (CC.Main)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-130920.pdf
(April 14, 2021) E-mail from Charmae Jeane Belleza, Today’s Child-Tomorrow’s Future Children’s Centre (CC.Main)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-130939.pdf
(April 14, 2021) E-mail from Lisa Seto Nielsen (CC.Main)
(April 14, 2021) E-mail from Lindsay McGarvey (CC.Main)
(April 14, 2021) E-mail from Suzan Kisa (CC.Main)
(April 14, 2021) E-mail from Amy Barnes (CC.Main)
(April 14, 2021) E-mail from Ashley Pulker (CC.Main)
(April 15, 2021) E-mail from Caroline Larocque (CC.Main)
(April 15, 2021) E-mail from Giulia Zucal (CC.Main)
(April 13, 2021) Letter from Gillian Oskalns, Program Supervisor, Today’s Child-Tomorrow’s Future Children’s Centre (CC.Main)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-130950.pdf
(April 14, 2021) E-mail from Sarah Bullick (CC.Main)
(April 15, 2021) E-mail from Sue Domenico (CC.Main)
(April 15, 2021) E-mail from Dimitrios Siomos (CC.Main)
(April 15, 2021) Letter from Julie Howald (CC.Main)
(April 15, 2021) E-mail from Idana Silver (CC.Main)
(April 15, 2021) E-mail from Reisa Tuazon, Vaughan Road Child Care Centre (CC.Main)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-130956.pdf
(April 15, 2021) E-mail from Kathleen Yamazaki (CC.Main)
(April 15, 2021) E-mail from Jaime Zanafonetis (CC.Main)
(April 15, 2021) E-mail from Elizabeth Keay (CC.Main)
(April 14, 2021) E-mail from Amy Jenkinson (CC.Main)
(April 14, 2021) E-mail from Fred Puech (CC.Main)
(April 15, 2021) E-mail from Eranda Gjomema (CC.Main)
(April 15, 2021) E-mail from Ann Siomos (CC.Main)
(April 15, 2021) E-mail from Craig Hudson (CC.Main)
(April 16, 2021) Letter from Natalie Paananen, Board Member Today’s Child-Tomorrow’s Future Children’s Centre (CC.Main)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-130984.pdf
(April 16, 2021) E-mail from Lindsay Pitfield (CC.Main)
(April 15, 2021) E-mail from Amanda Wallace, Today’s Child-Tomorrow’s Future Children’s Centre (CC.Main)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-130986.pdf
(April 16, 2021) E-mail from Alison Leach (CC.Main)
(April 15, 2021) E-mail from Caroline Gorven (CC.Main)
(April 16, 2021) E-mail from Cameron Lounsbery (CC.Main)
(April 16, 2021) E-mail from Esha Kamaluddin (CC.Main)
(April 16, 2021) E-mail from Kelly Wright (CC.Main)
(April 16, 2021) Letter from Ashley Sweetman (CC.Main)
(April 16, 2021) E-mail from Jamie Bone (CC.Main)
(April 16, 2021) E-mail from Rebecca Horwitz (CC.Main)
(April 16, 2021) E-mail from Shannon McLaughlin (CC.Main)
(April 16, 2021) E-mail from Kyla Reid and Alex Barker (CC.Main)
(April 15, 2021) E-mail from Iain Wallace (CC.Main)
(April 19, 2021) E-mail from Cecilia Meza (CC.Main)
(April 16, 2021) E-mail from Careesa Gee (CC.Main)
(April 16, 2021) E-mail from Dan Bandurka (CC.Main)
(April 16, 2021) E-mail from Fahmida Khanam, Balmy Beach Community Day Care Centre (CC.Main)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131002.pdf
(April 16, 2021) Letter from Nazanin Hessezadeh-Hesse, Pape Children’s House Childcare Center (CC.Main)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131003.pdf
(April 14, 2021) E-mail from June Au (CC.Main)
(April 16, 2021) E-mail from Madeleine Cooper (CC.Main)
(April 20, 2021) E-mail from Christine Massey (CC.Main)
(April 17, 2021) E-mail from Jennifer Darquea (CC.Main)
(April 20, 2021) E-mail from Julia Forgie (CC.Main)
(April 16, 2021) E-mail from Ling Li (CC.Main)
(April 20, 2021) E-mail from Katie Caravaggio (CC.Main)
(April 20, 2021) E-mail from Stephanie Robinson (CC.Main)
(April 20, 2021) E-mail from Elaine Quinn (CC.Main)
(April 21, 2021) E-mail from Aurelia Engstrom (CC.Main)
(April 20, 2021) E-mail from Mariana Thomson (CC.Main)
(April 20, 2021) E-mail from M. Alex (CC.Main)
(April 21, 2021) E-mail from Nicole Kosonen (CC.Main)
(April 21, 2021) E-mail from Christine Massey (CC.Main)
(April 20, 2021) E-mail from Greg Sheldrake (CC.Main)
(April 15, 2021) E-mail from Sharon Chow (CC.Main)
(April 21, 2021) E-mail from Julia Romano (CC.Main)
(April 21, 2021) E-mail from Alexis Rivait (CC.Main)
(April 17, 2021) E-mail from Casey Hudecki (CC.Main)
(April 21, 2021) E-mail from Stephanie Grant (CC.Main)
(April 22, 2021) E-mail from Lisa Brooks (CC.Main)
(April 22, 2021) E-mail from Sarah Follet (CC.Main)
(April 22, 2021) E-mail from Carly Nishimura (CC.Main)
(April 22, 2021) Letter from Cedric Canu, Chair, Treetop Children’s Centre Board of Directors and Amy O'Neil, Director, Treetop Children’s Centre (CC.Main)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131082.pdf
(April 23, 2021) E-mail from Christine Massey (CC.Main)
(April 20, 2021) E-mail from Gavin Platt (CC.Main)
(April 23, 2021) E-mail from Ashley Barby (CC.Main)
(April 24, 2021) E-mail from Iniye Joy Bokolo (CC.Main)
(April 26, 2021) Letter from Joseph Costa (CC.Main)
(April 26, 2021) E-mail from Karen Blakey (CC.Main)
(April 26, 2021) E-mail from Tiffani Lam (CC.Main)
(April 26, 2021) E-mail from Christine Massey (CC.Main)
(April 26, 2021) E-mail from Christine Massey (CC.Main)
(April 26, 2021) E-mail from Jennifer Lee (CC.Main)
(April 21, 2021) E-mail from Karen Wong (CC.Main)
(April 24, 2021) E-mail from Ferzoli, Moussa (CC.Main)
(April 28, 2021) E-mail from Christine Massey (CC.Main)
(April 29, 2021) E-mail from Christine Massey (CC.Main)
(April 29, 2021) E-mail from Christine Massey (CC.Main)
(April 24, 2021) E-mail from Genevieve Easton (CC.Supp)
(May 4, 2021) E-mail from Christine Massey (CC.New)
Motions (City Council)
HL27.1 - Response to COVID-19 - April 2021 Update
- Decision Type:
- Presentation
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Board Recommendations
The Board of Health recommends that:
1. City Council receive the presentation (April 12, 2021) from the Medical Officer of Health, headed "Response to COVID-19: April 2021 Update", for information.
Decision Advice and Other Information
The Board of Health:
1. Urgently reiterated the request, recommended by the Medical Officer of Health in January 2021, for the Governments of Canada and Ontario to provide necessary funding, fiscal relief, and/or supports to employers so that all workers in Ontario have access to no less than 10 paid sick days immediately as an emergency measure during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. Requested the Governments of Canada and Ontario to prioritize and increase Toronto's COVID-19 vaccine supply to decrease the risk and spread of COVID-19 by responding to the increased need from eligible populations in Phase Two of the Provincial COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Plan.
3. Urged the Government of Ontario to decrease the risk and spread of COVID-19 by prioritizing COVID-19 vaccine registration in Toronto's highest risk hot spot areas.
4. Called on the Government of Ontario to decrease the risk and spread of COVID-19 by ensuring that Early Childhood Educators and essential frontline workers in the child care sector are eligible as part of Provincial plans to offer vaccinations to all education workers in hot spot priority neighbourhoods in Toronto, scheduled to commence the week of April 12, 2021.
5. Requested the Medical Officer of Health, in coordination with the Fire Chief and General Manager, Emergency Management, and Toronto's COVID-19 Incident Commander, to consider and undertake every measure, in partnership with the Government of Ontario and local health care partners, to scale up vaccine delivery through pop-up, mobile, and established clinics for vulnerable populations, including essential workers, hard hit neighbourhoods, taxi drivers, frontline workers in child care settings, and people experiencing homelessness.
6. Requested the Medical Officer of Health, in consultation with the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration and in partnership with the Government of Ontario and local health care partners, to make every effort to expedite and scale up the COVID-19 response for people experiencing homelessness and in shelter settings, including securing and opening additional isolation and recovery facilities, prioritizing shelter vaccination clinics and pop-up opportunities, and focusing on housing people experiencing long-term homelessness into new supportive housing units through the City's Coordinated Access system.
7. Requested the Medical Officer of Health to consider and implement any additional measures or restrictions necessary to halt the current third wave of COVID-19, in partnership with the Government of Ontario and Ontario's Public Health Units or under their own powers under the Health Protection and Promotion Act.
The Medical Officer of Health gave a presentation on Response to COVID-19: April 2021 Update.
Summary
The Medical Officer of Health will give a presentation on Response to COVID-19 - April 2021 Update.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/bgrd/backgroundfile-165738.pdf
Communications
(April 7, 2021) E-mail from Grace Steele (HL.New)
(April 8, 2021) E-mail from Jennifer Morrison (HL.New)
(April 8, 2021) E-mail from Kim Challenger, on behalf of Whitney Child Centre (HL.New)
(April 8, 2021) E-mail from Aileen O'Shea, on behalf of Whitney Child Centre (HL.New)
(April 8, 2021) Submission from Amy O'Neil, on behalf of Treetop Children's Centre (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130443.pdf
(April 8, 2021) Submission from Catherine Morton, on behalf of Whitney Child Centre (HL.New)
(April 8, 2021) Letter from Sonia Sommer, on behalf of Gibraltar Point Day Nursery (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130479.pdf
(April 9, 2021) E-mail from Nathalie Zeta (HL.New)
(April 9, 2021) E-mail from Kate Viner, on behalf of Whitney Child Centre (HL.New)
(April 9, 2021) Submission from Deirdre Munroe, on behalf of Central Eglinton Children's Centre/St. Monica's Satellite Programme (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130445.pdf
(April 9, 2021) Submission from Daniela Durisova, on behalf of Upper Yonge Village Daycare Centre (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130422.pdf
(April 9, 2021) Submission from Anjali Dubey, on behalf of Isabella Walton Childcare Centre (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130452.pdf
(April 9, 2021) Submission from Irene Udo, on behalf of North York Little Prints Daycare Board of Directors (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130453.pdf
(April 9, 2021) Submission from Stephen Boyle, on behalf of Yorkview Kids Care Board of Directors (HL.New)
(April 9, 2021) Submission from Justine Melman, on behalf of Whitney Child Centre (HL.New)
(April 9, 2021) E-mail from Michelle Ramirez (HL.New)
(April 10, 2021) E-mail from Arika Everatt-Meeuse, Shannondoe Farm (HL.New)
(April 10, 2021) E-mail from Maria F. Restrepo, on behalf of Upper Yonge Village Daycare Centre (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130462.pdf
(April 11, 2021) E-mail from Jennifer Ko, Street Nurses Network (HL.New)
(April 12, 2021) Letter from Roxie Danielson, Street Nurses Network (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130463.pdf
(April 12, 2021) Submission from Derek Moran (HL.New)
(April 12, 2021) Submission from Elizabeth Harrison and Megan Lowry (HL.New)
(April 12, 2021) Submission from Cathy Crowe (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130470.pdf
(April 12, 2021) Submission from Megan Lowry, Street Nurses Network (HL.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-130477.pdf
Speakers
Tommy Taylor
Elizabeth Harrison
Abigail Doris, Toronto Community for Better Child Care
Carolyn Ferns, Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care
Derek Moran
Roxie Danielson, Street Nurses Network
Motions
That:
1. The Board of Health urgently reiterate the request, recommended by the Medical Officer of Health in January 2021, for the Governments of Canada and Ontario to provide necessary funding, fiscal relief, and/or supports to employers so that all workers in Ontario have access to no less than 10 paid sick days immediately as an emergency measure during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. The Board of Health request the Governments of Canada and Ontario to prioritize and increase Toronto's COVID-19 vaccine supply to decrease the risk and spread of COVID-19 by responding to the increased need from eligible populations in Phase Two of the Provincial COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Plan.
3. The Board of Health urge the Government of Ontario to decrease the risk and spread of COVID-19 by prioritizing COVID-19 vaccine registration in Toronto's highest risk hot spot areas.
4. The Board of Health call on the Government of Ontario to decrease the risk and spread of COVID-19 by ensuring that Early Childhood Educators and essential frontline workers in the child care sector are eligible as part of Provincial plans to offer vaccinations to all education workers in hot spot priority neighbourhoods in Toronto, scheduled to commence this week.
5. The Board of Health request the Medical Officer of Health, in coordination with the Fire Chief and General Manager, Emergency Management, and Toronto's COVID-19 Incident Commander, to consider and undertake every measure, in partnership with the Government of Ontario and local health care partners, to scale up vaccine delivery through pop-up, mobile, and established clinics for vulnerable populations, including essential workers, hard hit neighbourhoods, taxi drivers, frontline workers in child care settings, and people experiencing homelessness.
6. The Board of Health request the Medical Officer of Health, in consultation with the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration and in partnership with the Government of Ontario and local health care partners, to make every effort to expedite and scale up the COVID-19 response for people experiencing homelessness and in shelter settings, including securing and opening additional isolation and recovery facilities, prioritizing shelter vaccination clinics and pop-up opportunities, and focusing on housing people experiencing long-term homelessness into new supportive housing units through the City's Coordinated Access system.
7. The Board of Health request the Medical Officer of Health to consider and implement any additional measures or restrictions necessary to halt the current third wave of COVID-19, in partnership with Ontario's Public Health Units and the Government of Ontario or under their own powers under the Health Protection and Promotion Act.
8. City Council receive the presentation from the Medical Officer of Health for information.