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‘There is no Team Blue, Orange, Red or Green’: Premier Doug Ford discusses COVID-19 response with party leaders

Oct 7, 2021 , , , , by shlf

It’s a sign of the times.

As Ontario’sinfections soar, Premier Doug Ford invited political rivals to huddle in his Queen’s Park office Wednesday to discuss the pandemic response.

“We have the best plan in the country and we are ready to respond as the situation on the ground changes,” Ford told reporters before the meeting with Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca, Green Leader Mike Schreiner, and NDP MPP John Vanthof, standing in for leader Andrea Horwath.

“We have the best and the brightest minds working together on this. We have an army of front-line heroes helping to deliver this plan. But we’ll need everyone pulling in the same direction,” the premier said.

After the closed-door 45-minute meeting, Ford’s office called it a “productive discussion” that underscored “the importance of putting partisanship aside during this extremely difficult and unprecedented situation.”

“As the premier has said before, there is no Team Blue, Orange, Red or Green when it comes to the health and well-being of the people of Ontario. He pressed that a Team Ontario approach is crucial in our fight against the spread of COVID-19.”

Del Duca said he was encouraged that Ford agreed with his suggestion that “these Team Ontario meetings between the opposition leaders, premier and senior cabinet ministers should occur on a regular basis moving forward.”

Health Minister Christine Elliot, Finance Minister Rod Phillips, and Dr. David Williams, the chief medical officer of health, were also at the meeting.

The Liberal leader implored the premier “to focus on expanding lab capacity for testing (and) boost … pay for front-line workers in our nursing homes.”

Del Duca’s office said he and Ford “agreed that the pandemic should be the number one priority of all political parties and that more needs to be done to boost Ontario’s economic recovery.”

Vanthof (Timiskaming-Cochrane) pinch hit for Horwath, who had a long-scheduled medical appointment.

“I have a lot of respect for the premier’s office and for the premier,” said the NDP’s deputy chief.

“But he was the one who brought up politics after insisting he doesn’t want to be partisan. He said he likes NDP supporters because they vote for him,” the MPP said.

“I didn’t mention a political party — he did,” said Vanthof.

On Twitter, Schreiner said he “voiced concerns from constituents about the delay in delivering a second wave plan.”

“I urged the premier to meet with the opposition again so we can work through ‪COVID-19 together.”

Robert Benzie is the Star’s Queen’s Park bureau chief and a reporter covering Ontario politics. Follow him on Twitter:

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‘Frustrating and demoralizing’: Education groups launch public survey on Ontario school plan

Sep 27, 2021 , , , , by shlf

Ontario Families for Public Education and the Ontario Parent Action Network have announced they will be launching a public consultation process regarding the province’s pandemic education plan.

In a virtual meeting on Oct. 29, members of the action groups from across the province outlined their continued concerns with the public school year so far – namely, that families were not consulted from the beginning and that the plan continues to negatively impact the safety and mental health of educators, students and families, specifically racialized families and those in low-income neighbourhoods.

“Let me be clear: the Ford government never consulted families on the school reopening plan,” said Fernanda Yanchapaxi, a Toronto District School Board parent and member of the Ontario Parent Action Network. She added that she was surprised from the beginning of the school year to learn that the government would not be following the Sick Kids report recommendation of having smaller elementary class sizes where possible.

“As a racialized parent, I know this: low-income communities and racialized families have not only been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, but our kids have been mostly affected by the lack of support, resources and a plan that provides quality education for our children,” she said.

She added that in her Toronto community, children are having to complete and submit homework on their parents’ cellphones, and that many families chose not to send their children to school at all.

“I continue to feel stressed (and) frustrated while worrying about not doing right by my children or by other family members,” said Peel District School Board parent Romana Siddiqui, a member of Peel Families for Public Education, adding that the reorganizing, collapsing and combining of classrooms has created added stress for students and teachers, negatively impacting mental health and causing burnout.

Siddiqui stated that in the Peel school board, approximately half of the student population opted for online learning, which she said demonstrates families’ lack of confidence in the safety of the provincial plans.

She added that the , first adopted by the Upper Canada District School Board and then by the York Catholic, Dufferin-Peel Catholic and Peel district school boards this month, has been cause for recent concern, as it combines in-person and remote learners into the same class under the direction of one classroom teacher.

“Moving to this model requires yet another disruption in reorganization of classes as teachers and students are reassigned back to their home schools,” she said. “A well-designed, adequately funded school plan could have been developed and rolled out. It’s been frustrating and demoralizing to feel ignored, to feel like we don’t have a voice or a choice.”

In a previous statement about the hybrid learning model, Caitlin Clark, spokesperson for education minister Stephen Lecce, said the Ontario government believes in providing and supporting parental choice to decide what type of learning is best for their children.

“School boards decide how they deliver quality learning for students in class and online,” Clark said. “We have set the highest standards in Canada for remote learning.”

The action groups have launched the public consultation survey on , which will be open until Nov. 20, after which the groups plan to submit the results to the Ford government.

“Our plan to safely reopen schools, fully endorsed by Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, has been informed by the best medical and scientific minds in the country,” Clark said, adding that the Ontario government is proud to be leading the country in COVID-19 school reopening funding.

“Our plan was informed by the voices of parents, educators and the medical community, and was designed to reduce the risk and keep students safe. We will never hesitate from taking further action to protect the health and safety of Ontario’s students and education staff,” she added.

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Had a baby during the pandemic? Midland’s Well Baby clinic is here to help

Jul 15, 2021 , , , , by shlf

Having a baby during the pandemic adds an extra layer of worry for new parents, says a registered nurse.

“A lot of moms are scared when they come in — Scared about doing something wrong, and nobody has told them what to do. And it’s COVID-19,” says Rebecca Sloan, who is part of the Well Baby team, operating out of the North Simcoe Family Health Team at in Midland.

The disadvantage of having a baby during the pandemic is there is less physical support for new parents and less access to community resources, said Sloan.

That’s why she’s trying to get the word out about the Well Baby program. It’s an OHIP-supported program available for parents of children, from birth to age three, which has now converted to offering the majority of appointments over the phone.

Sloan was recently a part of the Midland Cultural Centre’s ‘Our Health: World of my Baby’ virtual program, where she said every family can benefit from the program that offers baby check-ups at each milestone, as well as a connection to a registered nurse, dietician, social worker and nurse practitioner.

“You’ve got four different professions until they are three years old,” said Sloan.

Well Baby staff also communicate with clients’ family doctors and specialists.

Mom Rebecca Merkley didn’t think she needed the extra help through the clinic, but then her second baby developed severe allergies.

“At five months, my husband gave her peanut butter and she got a big rash on her face. We went to an allergist in Barrie and discovered she is allergic to any dairy, all kinds of nuts and eggs,” said Merkley.

“For a while, it was pretty scary,” said Merkley, because those ingredients are in all types of food, including infant cereal.

Going into the Well Baby clinic made all the difference.

“I’d recommend it to any new mom for sure. They answer all your questions. They give you so much information,” said Merkley.

Her daughter Alice was switched to a soy-based formula and her eczema got better. She now tolerates almond milk.

The silver lining to having a baby during the pandemic is that everything is more relaxed ,and keeping a small social bubble can bring families closer together, said Sloan.

“The expectation to be out there doing things is gone. They feel they are bonding with their baby, and bonding as a nuclear family.”

Newborns are particularly prone to respiratory ailments, so strictly following health guidelines of a small social bubble, hand washing, and mask-wearing is especially important, Sloan said.

The virtual program ‘Our Health: The World of my Baby’ can be viewed through the Midland Cultural Centre website at or through Rogers TV.

For more information about Well Baby, visit the website: or call

STORY BEHIND THE STORY

With people more isolated at home due to the pandemic, it’s a challenging time if you have a newborn and a lot of questions. The Well Baby clinic now offers appointments over the phone, with access to four professions.