With all the hype surrounding the race to become mayor of Toronto, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that the mayor has just one of 26 votes at City Council. Does it really matter who the mayor is with regards to local health care issues? Do the goings on at City Hall make any difference to our health and the health of our patients?
You are invited to spend an evening with Chris Moise, one of Toronto’s City Councilors and Chair of the Board of Health, to explore these questions.
Learn about some of Toronto’s health issues here .
This election is an opportunity to think about and raise questions about health from the local perspective, from climate change to road safety, from housing issues to sheltering the unhoused, from food insecurity to healthy eating options for all, from the opioid crisis to, well, the list goes on and on once you start thinking about it.
How does city government work? How can we as physicians work with our elected officials to improve the health of our fellow citizens beyond the mayoral election?
Please join us to examine the possibilities.
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