Romanow Commission: Facts & Deadlines

Ontario Health Coalition

OHC NEWSLETTER
Fall 2001

The Commission's Mandate

The Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada is chaired by Roy Romanow - former premier of Saskatchewan. The mandate of the Commission is:

To recommend policies and measures to ensure the long term sustainability of a universally accessible, publicly-funded health system; a system which offers quality services to Canadians. .

To recommend policies and measures which would strike a balance between investments in prevention and health maintenance and investments directed to care and treatment.

The Process

Romanow has announced a two-stage process:

I. Fact-finding stage that will include a review of existing research. New research may also be undertaken. An interim report will be issued in January 2002.

II. A dialogue with the Canadian public and "interested stakeholders" based on the interim report of the first stage. The final report will be issued in November 2002.

Deadline for Submissions

Organizations and groups have been invited to send formal submissions to the Commission. The deadline for receipt of these submissions is November 1, 2001. All submissions will be posted on the Commission website. Submissions should not exceed 25 pages. You can mail in a paper copy or email a Word format (letter sized-pages) submission. For a copy of the guidelines for submissions, click here
Click here to see the OHC's submission to the Romanow Commission.

Table of Contents

Cover Story on the Romanow Commission
Romanow Commission: Facts & Details
OHC Conference: Convergence December 1st 2001
OHC Day of Action: October 24
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Province's Long Term Care PR a Slap to Seniors
"Two-Tier Tony" - Profile of Health Minister Tony Clement
How YOU Can Help Save Medicare: Become a Campaign Organizer!

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