Health committee  Having been a medical officer of health for Peel region, I am quite familiar with the circumstances in Brampton and the challenges with respect to health care access. With respect to how the situation is being managed, I would defer to my provincial colleagues. Suffice it to say

Health committee  Like most public health units, we do have obligations. Let me speak to the Ontario context. I'll start there. In the Ontario context, we have something called the Ontario public health standards. All local public health departments are expected to adhere to those standards. One o

Health committee  To answer the question specifically, I'd be happy to share with you what we have with respect to responding to infectious diseases. I will tell you that this novel coronavirus was identified a month ago, but I will remind you that infectious disease response and management has an