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COALITION TO STOP HOME CARE CUTS NEWSLETTER/NOVEMBER 2002
We have not updated this newsletter for a few months. However, we are completing the newsletter now.
There is lots of news re the home care cuts in Ottawa. As you may have been reading in media most recently, that Graham Bird, the Chairman of the Ottawa Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) has been on the hot seat in the media in August and Septemberof this year. The CCAC appeared in Ottawa Citizenn newspaper 6 articles, two of which were editorials. There were also newspaper articles in the Ottawa Sun and in the LeDroit newspapers. The NewRO TV, CJOH TV, CBC TV, and CBC Radio, and CFRA radio stations also covered the home care cuts issue. Our Coalition would like to take this opportunity to thank the media for an excellent job in reporting this issue fairly.
Our Coalition would also like to thank our Coalition members and advisors and those who work behind the scenes in research, and in networking with others in the community. Without you, we would not have achieved the success we have had in making the home care issue a "hot" issue in the media this summer in Ottawa.
Our group in non violent. We believe in exposing the truth in the home care issue.
Well, Graham Bird did finally release the "CCAC Final Report this summer to the public. You can view this report at the CCAC's website at: www.ccac.-casc.on.ca/ Go to the "Publications" section. There you will see the "Ottawa CCAC Baseline Assessment Final Report". You can view this report by going to the "Home Care Info" section of our website.
The Community Legal Education Ontario has releasd a brochure called "Home Care Complaints and Appeals". (See Home Care Info on this site for more info re the above)
JOCELYNE ST. JEAN CANCELS DELEGATION TO TORONTO
Some more red tape at the City of Ottawa on Thursday, November 7th at the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee. Alex Cullen, city councillor and part of this committe made a motion on June 20th which was voted on and passed, that the mayor of Ottawa, city staff, along with some of the people who had their home care cut go to Toronto to see Tony Clement the Ontario Health Minister to discuss the homecare cuts in Ottawa.
Well Jocelyne St. Jean, the head of People Services who replaces Dick Stewart at the City of Ottawa has the responsibility of organizing this delegation to go to Toronto. She said to Alex Cullen and the rest of the Committee last Thursday, November 7th that she wants the delegation to Toronto to be postponed until she talks to the Ottawa Community Care Access Centre (CCAC).
Remember the press and how Graham Bird the Chair of the CCAC was in the news everyday for awhile recently. It took 21 days to get the CCAC to deliver their final report to the public.
Give me a break, Jocelyne really eh, but 5,900 people in the city have been waiting for over 4 and half months to have their homecare reinstated eh? so the red tape at city hall never stops and the story shall continue in a soap opera at city hall called "As the City of Ottawa turns"....... by the way heard that at the next city council meeting next Wednesday, November l3th, l:30 p.m. at City Hall the same issue will be brought up again re the delegation to Toronto....keep you posted folks!
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION:
As soon as the November 2002 issue of our newsletter is complete, it will be added to this section here. Each month the newsletter will include latest news, interesting facts, upcoming events, and member names.
We are always looking for new ideas and topics for the monthly newsletter. If you have an idea or would be interested in writing an article, please let us know.
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