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Re: Secret meetings of Kincardine Emergency Management Coordinating Committee (EMCC)
To Whom It May Concern:
Our community is
deprived of our right to
meaningful participation in
community safety matters.
As a local resident in
Bruce County and recent
participant in the Bruce
Power relicensing hearings
with the focus on off-site
nuclear emergency prepar-
edness I try to follow the
business of our Emergency
Management Coordinating
Committee (EMCC) which
is listed on the Municipal
website www.kincardine.net
as a committee of council.
On December 9, 2014
Mayor Anne Eadie, chaired
an EMCC meeting held at participation and access to
the Kincardine Fire Hall. information of the EMCC
There was no mention of meetings.
this meeting on the munici- Furthermore, it has been
pality's website nor was recommended by Mr. Drew
there an Agenda posted for Maddison, field officer of
this meeting. Subsequent to the Emergency Manage -
the December meeting, I ment Ontario (EMO) that
attempted to obtain Minutes "the meetings should not be
but these were not readily open to the public; the min -
available. Through my own utes do not get posted to the
persistence, I attended the municipal website."(quote
next meeting of the EMCC from Minutes of EMCC
on May 12 and was able to Dec.9, 2014 page 5)
obtain the previous Minutes These are clear violations
which were in print form. against the municipal act
The citizens of the Munic- that need attention and
ipality of Kincardine have, action to correct this
by virtue of the above, been behavior.
excluded from both The trust in our municipal
government and commu-
nity safety is broken by mis-
conduct of our municipal
leaders.
The Municipality of Kin-
cardine which hosts the
largest nuclear power plant
in the World has adopted
their Emergency Response
Plan last January 18, 2006. It
has not been revised in the
last 9 years.
We should be aiming for
full disclosure of when
meetings happen which
deal with our safety. It is
important for the public to
know what issues are being
discussed so that we can fol-
low how community safety
Reader believes it is time to stand up fro quality health care
To the Editor:
The Ontario Medical
Association (OMA) negoti-
ated for a year with the Min-
istry of Health and Long
Term Care (MOHLTC), but
in the end, the Ministry pro-
ceeded with unilateral
action effective February 1,
2015.
Within days, the govern-
ment cut or completely
eliminated many programs.
It continues to unilaterally
implement other changes to
the health care system and I
am writing this letter
because I see it impacting
patient care and access to
care in my area.
Thus far, there has been
very little uproar from the
public. I feel the public is
largely unaware of the
changes. However, in my
office, I see shoulder surger-
ies being cancelled and
rebooked 8 months later,
cataract surgeries currently
being scheduled for spring
2016. The wait times for
imaging tests and specialist
consultations are noticeably
on the rise.
The most recent change
came on May 11, 2015. The
Ministry "rebranded" the
Underserviced Areas Com-
munities as "High Needs
Areas" creating with it a new
list. It may surprise many
that with 1200 people on the
orphan list in our commu-
nity, Goderich is not seen as
a high needs area. Not
being recognized as a "High know that there is a problem
Needs Area" now also with the changes that are
means that a family physi- being implemented. They
cian cannot join the Family need to be asked how they
Health Team in Goderich, are going to rectify these
unless they are replacing an problems.
existing physician. Physicians need to be part
I constantly advocate of the process that shapes
within the health care sys- the delivery of health care in
tem for the health and well Ontario, to advocate for
being of my patients and patient care. Currently the
others within my commu- government is making
nity. My voice is not changes unilaterally and
enough. There needs to be a from what I understand, this
groundswell of advocacy for is only the tip of the iceberg.
health care from individual It is time for each of us to
citizens, from various ser- stand up for our quality
vice groups, from Municipal health care.
Councils, from Boards of Sincerely,
Health Organizations. The
LHIN, the MPP, even the Stan Z. Spacek, MD.
Minister of Health need to President of the Huron
hear from you. They need to County Medical Society
Annual Giving for Living food drive
for North Huron Community FoodShare
Community
Living
Wingham volunteers
pick up donations in
June
The North Huron Com-
munity FoodShare is an
important resource in the
community for those who
are having a difficult time
making ends meet. As the
needs in the area increase, it
becomes even more impor-
tant that we support this
great cause in the best way
we can by Giving.
Starting Friday, June 5, vol-
unteers from Community
Living Wingham will be
making door to door stops
over the course of the sum-
mer months on Friday morn-
ings to all streets in Lucknow,
asking for donations of non-
perishable food items and/or
hygienic products. This is a
voluntary donation. There is
absolutely no pressure. No
donation is too small, as it is
our belief that one can of
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soup will go a long way to
feed a family in need.
These donations will be
routinely delivered to the
North Huron Community
Food share in Wingham.
For more information, and
/or to make special arrange-
ments for food pick-up,
please feel free to call Julie
Kuik (519)529-7925.
is being developed in the
best possible way.
The nuclear emergency
preparedness in our com-
munity is inconsistent, lacks
clarity, is not timely and is
poorly accessible to the
public.
The Tiverton Manor Sen-
ior Home located in the pri-
mary zone has no nuclear
emergency plan. This is only
one of the many examples I
can give you.
After presenting my per-
sonal findings as well as a
community study report
about Nuclear Emergency
Preparedness to the Cana-
dian Nuclear Safety
Commission and our local
council I turn to you for
help. The first step to action
is to build awareness.
Today I have send letters
to Hon. Yasi Naqvi, Minister
of Community Safety and
Correctional Services and
Hon. Ted Meekin, Minister
of Municipal Affairs and
Housing to instruct their
Ministry staff and the
Municipality of Kincardine
to respect the public's right
to meaningful participation
in community safety
matters.
Respectfully,
Jutta Splettstoesser
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