COVID-19 efforts shift to the protection of seniors and vulnerable persons
Although the community spread of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have peaked in the province according to public health officials in Ontario, concern about the spread of COVID-19 in long-term care, retirement and congregate care settings has significantly increased. COVID-19 […]
Ontario issues emergency order to enable flexibility in Board and Members meetings during COVID-19 Pandemic
On March 25, 2020 Miller Thomson held a special edition Coffee Talk Directors Series titled Governance in COVID-19: Key Actions for Health Provider Boards of Directors. In that session, we discussed duties and responsibilities of Boards for continuing conduct for […]
Public Hospital Advisory: Ministry of Health relaxes approval process to enable hospitals to build COVID-19 capacity
Public hospitals across the province are working with their system partners and communities to build capacity to manage patients suffering from COVID-19 and to create flexible space to minimize the risk of exposure to other patients and staff. This includes […]
Provincial economic and fiscal update: Significant health sector funding
Ontario’s Action Plan: Responding to COVID-19 (March 2020 Economic and Fiscal Update) (the “Action Plan”) was released yesterday and is intended to provide “a prudent one‐year outlook based on current economic projections”. The Action Plan has been released instead of […]
Hospital Naming Directive revoked
In 2017, the then Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care issued a Hospital Naming Directive (“Naming Directive”) setting out naming criteria and approval processes that all Ontario Hospitals were required to follow to change their corporate name or obtain […]
Update on new Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act
The Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 (“ONCA”) was passed in 2010 and, up to recently, the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services (“MGCS”) had been indicating that it was expected to come into force in early 2020. The MGCS has […]
