November 9, 2020 City Council Meeting Item 15 Additional Information Notice of Motion
From: Doug Charles
Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2020 6:33 PM
To: clerks < clerks@citywindsor.ca>
Subject: Item 15 (Notices of Motion) - City Council Agenda for November 9, 2020
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From: Doug Charles
To council members:
I'm at a loss to understand the purpose of this motion, other than a pointless dog and pony show. It is well known that among the citizens there is far from unanimous support for this hospital proposal, regardless of what council decides.
I have to wonder if it is to convince the citizens that this plan is supported. To the Ministry of Health, this motion would be meaningless. They have specific criteria, which obviously haven't been met after 5 years of being stuck in stage 1.
A wiser motion would be to ask the hospital planners to address the concerns preventing approval.
As citizen representatives, your voting for this would be a disservice to the healthcare of those you represent.
Across the province, it seems the hospital plans progress when the citizen and Ministry concerns are finally addressed. Here those concerns have been primarily ignored, except when forced out of necessity. Community engagement so far has been for show only, as this motion seems to be.