REPORTS FROM COUNCIL
Traditional Land Acknowledgement
Council opened its meeting with a traditional
land acknowledgement statement intended to
show recognition and respect for indigenous
peoples:
We acknowledge the land we are meeting on is
the traditional territory of many nations includ-
ing the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishna-
beg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunaee and the
Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse
First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
Later in the meeting, George Couchie of
Redtail Hawk Training and Consulting, led
Council in a session designed to build aware-
ness and understanding of indigenous realities
and the concept of reconciliation.
No Membership Fee Increase for
2019
There will be no fee increase for a certificate of
registration for 2019.
The Finance and Audit Committee brought
forward a budget containing efficiencies of
almost 3% or savings of $1.8M to achieve this
result.
MAID Policy Changes Reflect
Federal Regulations
In light of federal regulations for MAID
monitoring, effective November 1, Council
approved updates to the College’s policy
to ensure physicians’ new reporting obliga-
tions are captured. Under the new federal
reporting requirements, a report to Health
Canada is required when a physician
receives a written request for MAID, and
that request does not result in a medically-
assisted death.
Additional policy revisions address areas
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identified by the Office of the Chief Coroner
and Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
as warranting further clarification.
The key changes made to the Medical Assis-
tance in Dying policy include the following:
• Existing content on data collection and
reporting has been consolidated in a section
titled Reporting Obligations that outlines both
federal and provincial reporting
requirements;
• Added content on the role of post-graduate
medical trainees in MAID, and the capacities
in which they may be involved;
• Clarification that where a patient has opted
for self-administered MAID, where death is
prolonged or not achieved, a physician may
only administer an IV backup if the patient
is capable of providing their express consent
immediately before the medication is admin-
istered; and
• Clarification that the Process Map contained
in the policy is not prescriptive in terms of
sequencing. Any departure from the Process
Map, however, must comply with the federal
legislation.
General By-law Amendments
Council approved amendments that revise
certain General By-law provisions relating to
the public register and mandatory reporting.
The bylaw addresses duplications and inconsis-
tencies with the new legislative and regulatory
provisions passed under Bill 87 last year. The
General By-law already provided for most of
the new posting and mandatory reporting pro-
visions, but there are some differences in scope
and in language.